Need help picking a color help please

[darush01]

Im trying to think of what color to paint my truck and i have been bouncing between black and the factory color medium olive, id like to see pics of both and i see a few black ones on here but the medium olive seems kind of rare. I am just starting body work so im in no hurry just wanting to get an idea so once i get there ill know what im doing. Thanks in advance
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[Expat_dude]

Hardest choice Imo is paint color, I am pouring over choices as well!
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[darush01]

I mean I love gloss black with a little chrome and red interior but its been done alot, and my stock color would look pretty good as well Im hoping if I see a few trucks done in both colors it might make it easier, I googled it and still couldnt find any medium olive trucks

[jocko]

here ya go (I vote med olive, but I'm biased) (black ones are comin in the next post, I promise)

[jocko]

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[jocko]

a few more (# 3 is a member's and one of my absolute favorite trucks ever) - the white buckets in the black truck are not in the posted black/white super, and are not stock. No buckets came with houndstooth. But it looks good.

[jocko]

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[Sicklajoie]

My truck was originally olive green

[jocko]

sorry don't have many med olive interior pics, and note that whote/black houndstooth on a black seat is non-stock/non-factory. The med olive depicted below has an incorrect seat cover just so you know.

[SS Tim]

There were a lot more trucks built in Medium Olive Green (Willow Green) than Black. It was a very popular color at the time. However many have been repainted over the years.

[KEL]

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[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by darush01

Im trying to think of what color to paint my truck and i have been bouncing between black and the factory color medium olive, id like to see pics of both and i see a few black ones on here but the medium olive seems kind of rare. I am just starting body work so im in no hurry just wanting to get an idea so once i get there ill know what im doing. Thanks in advance
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Factory green is nice, and goes along with the vintage look more than black IMHO. Also, it might save you from having to paint the interior, door jams, etc.
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[darush01]

Man, all those trucks look so good, i plan on repainting the whole truck inside and out ( it was a work truck) the interior paint is ok but has chips and fading so if i touch it up im afraid it wont match. But my basic plan is now that its mechanically sound, newish carb new brakes, clutch... Im gonna start the body work piece by piece so it can still be driven since its my dd i hope to be able to have this done by july at the latest but i know that deadline isnt for sure and once i get the paint im going to have my old seat frame redone with a stock look and new foam and go from there but it seems like the only thing still not sure of is the paint, once i get that figured i can decide on an interior color and so on.
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[treveiger]

Im a fan of two tone white on olive green. Specially if you put back up the trim pieces.
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[jocko]

Tim, how have I not ever seen the green K20 before!!?? That's a sweet truck.

[darush01]

I was also wondering since i have a custom 20 that has none of the body trim how hard is it to install and make it look good, straight? I love the look with it
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[SS Tim]

More for the color tour.

[Madtat]

Maybe a two tone with both black and green Post #10 pic #3. you can decide which goes where.

[Mister-B]

Originally Posted by darush01

I was also wondering since i have a custom 20 that has none of the body trim how hard is it to install and make it look good, straight? I love the look with it
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Molding can be expensive, and hard to find used. You can get it new, but it is really expensive new. It isn't that hard to install. There are these clips that go inside and behind the top and bottom lips of the molding, and then the knob sticks the through a hole on the side of the truck, and you screw in a nut from the back. There's one of these about every 4" or so. I was missing one piece on either side. Here's a before and after. I found mine at the junkyard. Found the other side at a different junk yard. It wasn't very expensive, luckily, but was kinda hard to find. I actually like the molding. It has grown on me

Before


After

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[Sicklajoie]

The molding is easy to install when there's already existing holes there to use as a reference. Without them I imagine it's quite difficult even though there are sources that show where the holes should be drilled.

[White70C20]

When the PO repainted my truck, he didn't bother using the clips. He drilled holes and used screws to hold the trim on. It kinda hacked me off that I didn't see that until after I had bought the thing (don't buy a truck at night). I figure I'll paint the tops of the screws black to match the trim. It won't be a show truck, but a good 10 footer.
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[darush01]

ok so if I decide not to do the trim because I dont want to mess my body up any worse than I already have and I dont have preexisting holes, what are some other decent looking ways to divide it off if I use a two tone? i want some sort of divider between the colors I really like the white top and middle with both colors I just like it when theres trim or pin stripes or something between the colors anyone with ideas and pics of something like that Id appreciate it, like I said Ive got a log way to go before paint but I just want to have my mind made up.Ill post pics that I have of my truck now asap

[gearys 5600]

I vote OLIVE !!!

[darush01]

and thank you for the ideas so for they are much appreciated

[darush01]

here is what Im starting with