What year did they start with the white roof?

[SCHRUMGMC]

That is a nice ´68 Truck man

[HotRod C/10]

thanks

[SCHRUMGMC]

No problem man, Any plans on doing anything with it

[JNiemela]

I thought it was the 67 didn't have the A pillars painted white and then after that year they did get white A pillars.

[HotRod C/10]

look at the build thread in my sig.

[oklalawnboy]

Originally Posted by paws 72

1860's?

Where is the like button?

x2!!

[oklalawnboy]

I guess as guys, we don't go around saying ooh nice Ivory roof, love the mauve interior too...

[SCHRUMGMC]

Haha ^

[leddzepp]

All joking aside, SSTim's information IS correct and answers the OP's question.
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[SCHRUMGMC]

I just looked at your build its sick

[Mayo]

My truck came from the factory as silver/off white. Someone repainted it at some point, do you think it is all the factory off white now. I wish there was a better picture a few posts above, but it defintely looks similar.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

All joking aside, SSTim's information IS correct and answers the OP's question.
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I wasn't joking. The OP asked "What year did they start with the white roof?". Assuming "they" is GM,since this is a GM Truck forum,I answered the question asked. We could also assume the OP only meant 67-72,since this is the 67-72 message board,but that wasn't specified and being specific to 67-72 is irrelevant since GM Trucks were available with 2-tone many years prior. If the OP meant to specify between just the top painted rather than to down to the bottom of the windshield and door windows,then '68 was the first year for the latter and '67 was a unique year. As far as what paint code and White vs Ivory,that's splitting hairs. When I look at Ivory I am seeing a shade of White.

[SS Tim]

Mitch,
This is very hard to do like this but... From the picture alone using the house I would say it is probably Ivory/off white. However the only way to know how close it is to the factory color would be to have a small amount mixed up to the color code (see chart) and compare. Your truck is listed as 4526AA OFF WHITE correct?

Now is the truck in the picture background your 68 Longhorn? If it is great. The truck in the foreground is a known Off White truck. You can see how close the trucks are in color.

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by special-K

I wasn't joking. The OP asked "What year did they start with the white roof?". Assuming "they" is GM,since this is a GM Truck forum,I answered the question asked. We could also assume the OP only meant 67-72,since this is the 67-72 message board,but that wasn't specified and being specific to 67-72 is irrelevant since GM Trucks were available with 2-tone many years prior. If the OP meant to specify between just the top painted rather than to down to the bottom of the windshield and door windows,then '68 was the first year for the latter and '67 was a unique year. As far as what paint code and White vs Ivory,that's splitting hairs. When I look at Ivory I am seeing a shade of White.

All good points Tim. Generally when I answer a question for a specific board I try to keep it as applicable to the given years. Probably should have written 67-68 and even earlier trucks... Codes and colors are offered in the interest of being correct because it does matter to some.

[GCncsuHD]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

Are you sure? 67-68 trucks used the 526 Ivory. In 69 they went to the 521 true white for the roofs.

You're starting to sound like my wife picking out colors for the house. It's all white to me


But on topic of the question, they were doing the white/ivory colored roofs well before the 67-72 body style. My 67 has a body color roof, but there is a original 67 down the road from me rotting away in a field with a white/ivory roof, along with a 65 a little ways down the road, also with a white/ivory roof.

[leddzepp]

Originally Posted by special-K

I wasn't joking. The OP asked "What year did they start with the white roof?". Assuming "they" is GM,since this is a GM Truck forum,I answered the question asked. We could also assume the OP only meant 67-72,since this is the 67-72 message board,but that wasn't specified and being specific to 67-72 is irrelevant since GM Trucks were available with 2-tone many years prior. If the OP meant to specify between just the top painted rather than to down to the bottom of the windshield and door windows,then '68 was the first year for the latter and '67 was a unique year. As far as what paint code and White vs Ivory,that's splitting hairs. When I look at Ivory I am seeing a shade of White.

I wasn't referring to what you posted.
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[northerngmc]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

Pretty sure your truck has/had an Ivory (off-white) roof. Yes people would order a "white roof" conventional two-tone and it was common. My point was/is that the factory color used is Ivory (off-white) and not a true white. It was the same color used on the grills in 67-68 that were not silver or body color. The paint code on the SPID should identify a factory two-tone code. If in fact it was painted true white from the factory it would be a special paint truck and SPID code. In most cases to say that a 40 year old brochure image online is going to show the defining shade difference between a white or an ivory roof is a stretch without a reference object. Here are two pictures that show the Ivory shade well. Note on the ivory truck how everyhing is kind of blob like and there is no definition from the grill or bumper, yet the true white mirrors are clearly a bright white.



Are you saying it is white and not ivory? If so please give us your color code as well.

Here is the spid to go with the 68 pictured......


It looks white to me!

[71sierragrande]

Just to be clear...My original question was meant to pertain to 67-72, my fault for not stating specifically. Perhaps the 68 I saw was an ivory color, so the use of the word white may have been a bad choice. But Id say its been covered(not the wagons):-)

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

Mitch,
This is very hard to do like this but... From the picture alone using the house I would say it is probably Ivory/off white. However the only way to know how close it is to the factory color would be to have a small amount mixed up to the color code (see chart) and compare. Your truck is listed as 4526AA OFF WHITE correct?

Now is the truck in the picture background your 68 Longhorn? If it is great. The truck in the foreground is a known Off White truck. You can see how close the trucks are in color.

Yeah thats mine in the background. My SPID lists 04553AD Silver/Off-White.

[68gmsee]

Gotta remember that color scheme naming is never black, blue or brown. They get names like Raven Black, Royal Blue, Autumn Gold, Sandstone Brown, Cherry Ice, Emerald Green. These are colors of some of the vehicles I've owned.

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by Mayo

Yeah thats mine in the background. My SPID lists 04553AD Silver/Off-White.

For some reason I thought that you had a silver face on an Ivory truck. The silver is a nice color we don't see too often. Was pretty sure that was your Longhorn in the background. I had saved the pictures from that Custom Camper's final day but not a link or name. Did you save the glovebox door/SPID by any chance?

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by 68gmsee

Gotta remember that color scheme naming is never black, blue or brown. They get names like Raven Black, Royal Blue, Autumn Gold, Sandstone Brown, Cherry Ice, Emerald Green. These are colors of some of the vehicles I've owned.

That is always a problem, generally I try to stick with the trade names like you see on the cards and SPIDS. The sales names often are not much help just creative.

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

For some reason I thought that you had a silver face on an Ivory truck. The silver is a nice color we don't see too often. Was pretty sure that was your Longhorn in the background. I had saved the pictures from that Custom Camper's final day but not a link or name. Did you save the glovebox door/SPID by any chance?

Yeah, I've never really seen any silver trucks around. The only things I got from the truck were the buddy buckets, turn signal lenses, mirrors, and the emergency brake cover. It was down at my dads friends gas station and it belonged to one of his former employees. He traded a 97 or so Tahoe with a blown motor and I think a little bit of cash for it, but all he wanted was the motor and tranny because it was a 396. He also saved the gauge cluster, and maybe a few other small things like the front and rear windshield trim. He didn't want it there to long because it wasn't the best looking vehicle to have at your business, but looking back on it now there was a lot of decent parts someone could have used that got junked.

[Steeveedee]

Interesting question. GM changes the name of a color from year to year, as can be seen from this reference- Here's an example I found just for Chevy trucks-

http://paintref.com/paintref/model/w...%20Truck.shtml

Cars that I have seen painted "white" have had various names attached to them, like "Ermine White", "Classic White", "Something Grey", etc.

Frankly, I'm kind of puzzled by all this, since whenever I went into the paint store to get white, I've always asked for GM #11 white. I'm pretty much a Chevy guy (except for the occasional Poncho, and I currently have a '68 Buick California GS). The guys always know what it is, and have it in stock. Note that it isn't really "white", like there is a definite "color" there. If you went to the paint store and asked for "white", without any tint, you'd get something totally different. But that would be the same every time, since it has no tint pigment. A little stark, for my taste. I just painted my '68 GS roof a shade of white that is pretty pure, and I'll probably tone it down a bit from that by doing it again with a little blue tint, since the dark blue lower portion is in high contrast. At least it isn't black, so nobody thinks I'm The Man. Well, the doors aren't white, either...

[special-K]

I think the OP was referring to white in general. Not a specific shade. Elephant tusks are ivory,yet the same as our teeth we call white (see?>) . With all paints it's the code that matters,not the name