factory grease pencil marks?

[70c10stepside]

My 67 has em!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 70c10stepside

My 67 has em!

Get off the computer and go get some photos!!

(lol)

K

[Steve Hafner]

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My 70 C-10 has them . . . a "635" job number and the letter "B".

( I've always assumed that the "B" was for the Baltimore Plant )

There "WAS" also an "AIR" on the inside of the right fender.

( The truck does have factory air, so that's probably what that meant )

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[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by Steve Hafner

( I've always assumed that the "B" was for the Baltimore Plant )

Probably not. Assuming it was built in Baltimore it was already "in" Baltimore and there would not be any reason to tell the assembly line workers that. One would hope they already knew where they were...



If that's the original color my guess would be the "B" stands for "Blue".

K

[Bishops Trucks]

Originally Posted by bruceman1968

Jim, Do you have a pic of the mustard writing. I would like to have it for my collection. Also any pics of the 215 written anywhere. IIRC your truck has been painted, so if you don't have the pics, no problem. Just thought I'd ask.

Ill take some picks of what I can. If I'm careful, maybe I can strip the paint and get to the mustard writing.

[Steve Hafner]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Probably not. Assuming it was built in Baltimore it was already "in" Baltimore and there would not be any reason to tell the assembly line workers that. One would hope they already knew where they were...



If that's the original color my guess would be the "B" stands for "Blue".

K

It WAS built in Baltimore ( the "B" is in the serial number ).

I thought the same thing about it already being in Baltimore, but it was already BLUE when it was written on the firewall too !!! LOL ( that is the original paint on the firewall ) We'll probably never know for sure.

[sboris]

Had this under the green paint. Matched all the grease marks all over the truck. Looks to be painted on with a brush. Built in Janesville.. 68 cab

[John H.]

Bruce,

here is a 72 Sierra Grande with paint color on the firewall. it looks like it may have been put on before the paint and again in white grease after paint? I have another example with GMC noted from my 69.

[John H.]

The 69 is gold with saddle interior.

[sboris]

Also just curious, is that stamp on the firewall edge on 72 only? My 68 don't have it. Or plant specific maybe..

[davischevy]

Any body know what the "4T" on the Sierra Grande firewall stands for? My Cheyenne Super has the same 4T.

[John H.]

I have seen 4T in that location on all AC trucks. I have seen an S in the same location on a few non AC trucks. I assume it is AC but have not figured what the T stands for figuring the 4 is four season.

[vidman]

On a 72 cheyenne cab for my build.

[bruceman1968]

Originally Posted by Bishops Trucks

Ill take some picks of what I can. If I'm careful, maybe I can strip the paint and get to the mustard writing.

Thanks Jim, I appreciate you doing that, No rush, and please don't strip paint on my account. Just the 215 stamp and the 215 grease markings are a score for me.

Originally Posted by John H.

Bruce,

here is a 72 Sierra Grande with paint color on the firewall. it looks like it may have been put on before the paint and again in white grease after paint? .

Yes, that's right. Different info the second time. Those markings are kinda a heads up for the workers down the line. So they can tell what's coming next.

Originally Posted by John H.

The 69 is gold with saddle interior.

John, Those are great shots of both trucks. Thank you so much for posting those. That's the first time I have seen photos of the double layer ones on a truck, And the full paint colors written out. That is very cool. Really happy to have those. Thank You. Any chance you could send the large size files to my Email?

Originally Posted by sboris

Also just curious, is that stamp on the firewall edge on 72 only? My 68 don't have it. Or plant specific maybe..

sboris, So far I have only seen those (stamped into the radius of the firewall)on the Freemont Trucks. I have several 72's and 1 on a 1971. I'm curious to see how many different years can be found.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by bruceman1968

Yes, that's right. Different info the second time. Those marking are kinda a heads up for the workers down the line. So they can tell what's coming next.

This is exactly correct.

Thanks for all the good pictures, guys.

K

[75gmc454]

Here are some on a 71 Cheyenne I bought. The first is on the back of the header panel of the bed. The second pic shows a number that is on the lower cowl area behind the drivers fender. This truck is a St. Louis truck.

[bruceman1968]

75gmc454, Great pics, thanks! I wonder what that 4 digit number on the side of the cowl is. Here's another one.

[75gmc454]

I don't know??? I wonder why the Z84 Cheyenne code was on the front of the bed? I can take some more pics of other St Louis trucks I have also if you are looking for more.

[Bishops Trucks]

[QUOTE=bruceman1968;6450159]Thanks Jim, I appreciate you doing that, No rush, and please don't strip paint on my account. Just the 215 stamp and the 215 grease markings are a score for me.

No problem Bruce, I'm stripping the cab to bare metal anyway.

[69-72]

Here is an interesting one on my 69


I have BK on the firewall on my Blazer and Jimmy, has it been figured out what that means?

[kentucky_smith]

My 72

[67-4x4]

Has anyone ever seen the front of a bed panel written on with grease pencil ? I have a 67 bed that was written on it happy new year from the spray booth boys 11/31/66 . couldn't believe it when I seen it so we left it on there and sprayed over top of it you can still see it . I wish I would've taken pictures of it but I was young when I restored it that was 1990. Has anyone ever seen this before?

[67-4x4]

Sorry typo there 12/31/66 wish I could take bed off and take some pics

[bruceman1968]

Originally Posted by 75gmc454

I don't know??? I wonder why the Z84 Cheyenne code was on the front of the bed? I can take some more pics of other St Louis trucks I have also if you are looking for more.

That would be great! Thank you, Don't know why a trim level code would be written on the front of a bed, But there must be a good reason. I have seen several beds with codes and such, on the front panel facing the back of the cab.

Originally Posted by 69-72

Here is an interesting one on my 69


I have BK on the firewall on my Blazer and Jimmy, has it been figured out what that means?

Has your truck been repainted?
Don't know what BK means. I'll keep a eye out for more.

Originally Posted by 67-4x4

Has anyone ever seen the front of a bed panel written on with grease pencil ? I have a 67 bed that was written on it happy new year from the spray booth boys 11/31/66 . couldn't believe it when I seen it so we left it on there and sprayed over top of it you can still see it . I wish I would've taken pictures of it but I was young when I restored it that was 1990. Has anyone ever seen this before?

Front bed panels get marks on them a lot. Usually codes. Your hand written note is rare, but it did happen. The workers had fun the same ways we all do. The "Happy New Year form the spray booth boys" is awesome. That is a very cool memento to have/know is on your truck. Very cool!! If you ever pop the bed off, I sure would appreciate, having a picture of it. That is so cool. BTW totally against protocol. It would be considered graffiti, by management, back in the day. Any chance this truck was built at Fremont? The painters at Freemont signed lot's of trucks. Here is a thread with some of the Freemont painters Initials in it. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=607102

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by bruceman1968

Front bed panels get marks on them a lot. Usually codes. Your hand written note is rare, but it did happen. The workers had fun the same ways we all do. The "Happy New Year form the spray booth boys" is awesome. That is a very cool memento to have/know is on your truck. Very cool!! If you ever pop the bed off, I sure would appreciate, having a picture of it. That is so cool. BTW totally against protocol. It would be considered graffiti, by management, back in the day. Any chance this truck was built at Fremont? The painters at Freemont signed lot's of trucks.

LOL - that was my first thought as well (ie, built in Fremont).

K