Any idea what this horn cap came from? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

johnymac · 09-16-2002, 06:10 PM

This horn cap came out of the truck I bought 67 C10 stepside.
Several of the plastic tabs are broken, so doesn't fit in the wheel so good anymore.

I like the style of the cap, so like to find one like it someday. This one is pretty pitted. Looks like the white plastice that attaches inside the wheel can be replaced. I see the 67 replacement caps have a black rubber that attaches the cap to the wheel, so this looks very unorginal to me.

I ordered a cap when I got the truck and what I recieved was the plane chrome cap that proabaly came with a 67 c10. I thought the cap I had was an original, shows how much I knew when I got into this hobby.

So anyway trying to figure out what I have here. Perhaps a car cap?

Oh yeah, there are no casting numbers on it.

johnymac · 09-16-2002, 06:11 PM

Here's another pic.

palallin · 09-16-2002, 06:19 PM

It looks like the one that was on my '67, but I cannot vouch for its originality.

**ThreeQuarter** · 09-16-2002, 06:41 PM

It's original to '67s and '68s. My '67 C20 has one and I htink it came with the Custom interior option group. I think in '68 it only came with the CST package.

johnymac · 09-16-2002, 06:44 PM

Thanks so much for the info.

Do you know if these can be bought anywhere? I like the cap, but mine is really pitted and needs a new backing to it.

Thanks again.

Capitol68 · 09-16-2002, 06:46 PM

mine has a lot heavier looking button..it is flat and has a red bow tie,and it does have the rubber type insert,,,,,,68 lwb,,almost orig.

**CPNE** · 09-16-2002, 07:14 PM

My experience tells me it's a 67 CST horn button, one year only and hard to find. Most are chrome or brushed steel with the rubber backing to hold it in. Broken tabs are common on these.

junkyardjohn · 09-16-2002, 07:56 PM

YEP -- I ONLY SEEN THEM ON 67 CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE CST OPTION

**ThreeQuarter** · 09-16-2002, 09:33 PM

OK I'll concede that they probably don't come on '68s, because I've never actually seen one on a '68. Just thought I had read on the board that they came on a '68 CST.

But my '67 isn't a CST, and it's a very "unaltered" truck--the first owner didn't ever do much to it in it's short 69K mile lifetime, so I have no reason to suspect the horn button was changed. I have both Custom groups and the Custom Camper nameplate. Would it more likely come with the Custom interior group or the Custom Camper nameplate?

Ben

**Classic Heartbeat** · 09-16-2002, 09:44 PM

That cap came with the 67 Chevy Customs and the CSTs. GMC Had one also for their Super customs in in 67.... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com

Longhorn Man · 09-16-2002, 10:19 PM

Custom Camper is only HD springs (coil or leaf) HD shocks, and a sway bar. That's it.

**ThreeQuarter** · 09-16-2002, 11:08 PM

Custom Camper was kind of a ripoff option if you ask me. It was only a nameplate, didn't actually come with anything but badges. Those options are listed separately and were present anyway, without the nameplate. They were just prerequisites to getting the Custom Camper nameplate. So the nameplate is kinda like a "certification" that it's a bonfide camper truck.

I just thought maybe it went along with the badges, since everyone was associating the horn button with CST which mine wasn't.

O'l Buck · 09-17-2002, 01:08 AM

dad's 67 K-20 has the flat horn cap that you mentioned, just flat face with Chevrolet stamped in it, possibly says Chevrolet Division, but I can't remember for sure.

johnymac · 09-17-2002, 10:53 AM

Thanks again for the info.

My truck has the custom option, not sure if the cap was changed?

I would like to get a replacement retainer for it. Anyone ever hear where to purchase these? I have looked around and only see the black rubber retainers for these year trucks.

Think this could be rechromed? I am not sure with the platistic center if this would even be possible.

Capitol68 · 09-17-2002, 03:34 PM

Johnymac,
where did u see the rubber part for sale. mine is worn out and I took up the slack with elect tape

seems like i saw ur type in a car, but memory could be failing me
Mark

johnymac · 09-17-2002, 03:45 PM

Let's see, LMC sells them, I think Chevy Duty does too.
I bet most the companies on the home page of this site would have. I think there under 2 bucks, or maybe 3?

Good luck.

Ok Chevy Duty $1.99 number 27-23.

toms68cst · 09-17-2002, 11:14 PM

Every original 68 horn button I've seen is always a brushed flat aluminum (SP) type finish whether it's a CST, Custom or basic truck. I've never seen any kind of a shiny chrome horn button on an original 68.

I'm not sure but 67's where finished chrome and came in the basic plain style or fancy CST/Custom? style.

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2002, 12:15 AM

I know the 68 had the plain one (it's actually copper that has been plated with aluminum).
My restoration catalog says a bright horn button was available on CST trucks in 67.

*Fast68Chevy* · 09-18-2002, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by longhornmail
I know the 68 had the plain one (it's actually copper that has been plated with aluminum).
My restoration catalog says a bright horn button was available on CST trucks in 67.

theyre copper under that plating ? cereal ?

how did you come to find that out ? wild..

bright horn-button cap is listed as part of the Z84 Custom Sport truck option in 67 and also in the Custom Appearance Option Z61 in 67 but not in the Custom Comfort Option Z62 in 67

keep in mind that 67 was oddball and custom comfort and appeaance was split into two separate options, Z61 for appearance and Z62 for comfort, were combined together into Z62 for 68-72 years and the bright horn cap dropped in 68 also.

look on your glove box SPID label list and look for Z84 and Z61

Longhorn Man · 09-18-2002, 11:35 PM

I tried wet sanding my plain-jane horn button so I could polish it and make it seem like chrome...now it is clean brushed alluminum with a copper edge on one end.

09-16-2002, 06:10 PM	#1
johnymac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dover, NH USA Posts: 194	Any idea what this horn cap came from? This horn cap came out of the truck I bought 67 C10 stepside. Several of the plastic tabs are broken, so doesn't fit in the wheel so good anymore. I like the style of the cap, so like to find one like it someday. This one is pretty pitted. Looks like the white plastice that attaches inside the wheel can be replaced. I see the 67 replacement caps have a black rubber that attaches the cap to the wheel, so this looks very unorginal to me. I ordered a cap when I got the truck and what I recieved was the plane chrome cap that proabaly came with a 67 c10. I thought the cap I had was an original, shows how much I knew when I got into this hobby. So anyway trying to figure out what I have here. Perhaps a car cap? Oh yeah, there are no casting numbers on it. Attached Images Last edited by johnymac; 09-16-2002 at 06:35 PM.

09-16-2002, 06:11 PM	#2
johnymac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dover, NH USA Posts: 194	Here's another pic. Attached Images

09-16-2002, 06:19 PM	#3
palallin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. James, MO Posts: 1,239	It looks like the one that was on my '67, but I cannot vouch for its originality. __________________ '69 Longstep K-10: 327/SM465/T-221/Closed Knuckle Dana44/12-bolt.

09-16-2002, 06:41 PM	#4
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	It's original to '67s and '68s. My '67 C20 has one and I htink it came with the Custom interior option group. I think in '68 it only came with the CST package. Attached Images __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

09-16-2002, 06:44 PM	#5
johnymac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dover, NH USA Posts: 194	Great!! Thanks so much for the info. Do you know if these can be bought anywhere? I like the cap, but mine is really pitted and needs a new backing to it. Thanks again.

09-16-2002, 06:46 PM	#6
Capitol68 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austin,Tx Posts: 327	mine has a lot heavier looking button..it is flat and has a red bow tie,and it does have the rubber type insert,,,,,,68 lwb,,almost orig. __________________ '68 Fleet LWB orig 307 .030 over GM Hei/w Accel Super coil orig. stock TH 400. _______________________ “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine English author d.1851

09-16-2002, 07:14 PM	#7
CPNE Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NH Posts: 6,664	My experience tells me it's a 67 CST horn button, one year only and hard to find. Most are chrome or brushed steel with the rubber backing to hold it in. Broken tabs are common on these. __________________ Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter Maybe I need to sell some of this crap Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all

09-16-2002, 07:56 PM	#8
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,427	YEP -- I ONLY SEEN THEM ON 67 CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE CST OPTION __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

09-16-2002, 09:33 PM	#9
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	OK I'll concede that they probably don't come on '68s, because I've never actually seen one on a '68. Just thought I had read on the board that they came on a '68 CST. But my '67 isn't a CST, and it's a very "unaltered" truck--the first owner didn't ever do much to it in it's short 69K mile lifetime, so I have no reason to suspect the horn button was changed. I have both Custom groups and the Custom Camper nameplate. Would it more likely come with the Custom interior group or the Custom Camper nameplate? Ben __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

09-16-2002, 09:44 PM	#10
Classic Heartbeat Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!! Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Olympia,Wa. 98512 Posts: 10,770	That cap came with the 67 Chevy Customs and the CSTs. GMC Had one also for their Super customs in in 67.... WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com __________________ On-line catolog Classic Heartbeat Pickup Parts WEHEPP@comcast.net Call us Toll Free (888) 338-2502 Like Us on Facebook No appointment necessary. 72 BB Chevy Custom Deluxe / Custom Camper 67 I-6 (Soon to be 5.7 LS1) Panel 68 BB Chevy Short Bed 72 6.0 LQ9 Short Bed Chevy 4X4 Olympia's fastest growing truck parts supplier. Olympia's home for Wayward Chevys

09-16-2002, 10:19 PM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Custom Camper is only HD springs (coil or leaf) HD shocks, and a sway bar. That's it.

09-16-2002, 11:08 PM	#12
ThreeQuarter Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Texan in Iowa Posts: 2,522	Custom Camper was kind of a ripoff option if you ask me. It was only a nameplate, didn't actually come with anything but badges. Those options are listed separately and were present anyway, without the nameplate. They were just prerequisites to getting the Custom Camper nameplate. So the nameplate is kinda like a "certification" that it's a bonfide camper truck. I just thought maybe it went along with the badges, since everyone was associating the horn button with CST which mine wasn't. __________________ Ben '68 Chevy C10 Custom LWB 327/TH400 2nd owner '16 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Dblcab 4wd 5.3

09-17-2002, 01:08 AM	#13
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	dad's 67 K-20 has the flat horn cap that you mentioned, just flat face with Chevrolet stamped in it, possibly says Chevrolet Division, but I can't remember for sure. __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

09-17-2002, 10:53 AM	#14
johnymac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dover, NH USA Posts: 194	Thanks again for the info. My truck has the custom option, not sure if the cap was changed? I would like to get a replacement retainer for it. Anyone ever hear where to purchase these? I have looked around and only see the black rubber retainers for these year trucks. Think this could be rechromed? I am not sure with the platistic center if this would even be possible.

09-17-2002, 03:34 PM	#15
Capitol68 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austin,Tx Posts: 327	Johnymac, where did u see the rubber part for sale. mine is worn out and I took up the slack with elect tape seems like i saw ur type in a car, but memory could be failing me Mark __________________ '68 Fleet LWB orig 307 .030 over GM Hei/w Accel Super coil orig. stock TH 400. _______________________ “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine English author d.1851



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09-17-2002, 03:45 PM	#16
johnymac Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dover, NH USA Posts: 194	Let's see, LMC sells them, I think Chevy Duty does too. I bet most the companies on the home page of this site would have. I think there under 2 bucks, or maybe 3? Good luck. Ok Chevy Duty $1.99 number 27-23. Last edited by johnymac; 09-18-2002 at 06:49 PM.

09-17-2002, 11:14 PM	#17
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,282	Every original 68 horn button I've seen is always a brushed flat aluminum (SP) type finish whether it's a CST, Custom or basic truck. I've never seen any kind of a shiny chrome horn button on an original 68. I'm not sure but 67's where finished chrome and came in the basic plain style or fancy CST/Custom? style. Attached Images __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

09-18-2002, 12:15 AM	#18
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	I know the 68 had the plain one (it's actually copper that has been plated with aluminum). My restoration catalog says a bright horn button was available on CST trucks in 67.

09-18-2002, 11:35 PM	#20
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	I tried wet sanding my plain-jane horn button so I could polish it and make it seem like chrome...now it is clean brushed alluminum with a copper edge on one end.

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