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Re: most original 60-66 truck in existence?
Body color on all that I've seen. I had read somewhere that there were deviations on detail stuff like that, depending on the assembly plant.
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Re: most original 60-66 truck in existence?
JQ72 (Josh) owned this truck for a good while. He hangs out on the 67-72 side. I sure he can give more history on this truck. This is the cleanest example of an original truck of this year that I have seen in person.
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Re: most original 60-66 truck in existence?
The red truck DPowers posted also has the fawn colored firewall?
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I think it depended on the plant, I have seen them both ways...
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All of them very cool, I bet they all still have that unique smell inside, something that goes away after a restoration. These trucks were mostly bought for work, which is why they all got beat up and rusted out.
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Restored and original are not the same thing....
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My 64 GMC has a fawn fire wall also.
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Re: most original 60-66 truck in existence?
Once again I learned something new today. I've never seen one of these trucks in real life with a fawn colored firewall. It makes sense though considering how this might have streamlined production.
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I remember reading about the fawn colored firewall in another thread here not long ago. I believe it was just one of the assembly plants that was doing this. I don't remember which one it was though.
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Growing up, my Grandpa's 65 Chevy 4x4 had that smell. It also had the whine of the SM465, with the rattle of 4-speed gearshift knob. Of all the work I plan on doing to my 66, those are three things I will do my best to leave in my truck; it makes me think of Grandpa. ![]()
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I got this 1961 GMC from a guy who says it has been in a barn for 15 years. It has factory power steering and only 45,000 miles on it...with a 305 big block V6 and 3 speed on the tree. All the rust you see is surface rust and thats about it! Yep the picture makes it look ruff and does it no justice......but its all there. I can't wait to get started on this old GMC.
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I seen another member use clr and a scotch pad clean all the rust off.
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hmmm....didn't think about that...thanks for the advice ..... going to try to start out with scotchbrite pads and clr....hoping that I dont have to take it all the way down to the metal....
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IMO, to restore something BACK to original is 100 times more difficult than just restoring it with aftermarket items.
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wont that eat up all the window rubber???.....show me a picture of what that would look like...I like the clear coat idea. Thanks
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yes it was in an earlier thread about the fawn colored firewalls.most(not all)east coast built trucks had the fawn firewall's.in my personal experience of the trucks i have owned and others i have looked at is the firewall is fawn on all east coast built trucks except the 1966 trucks which were a solid color and they had the firewall painted to match the exterior of the truck.the 1966 tutone trucks also had the fawn firewall built in the east.
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interesting discussion about the fawn firewalls. other than jonzcustomshop's post which certainly looks original - the ONLY trucks I've ever seen with fawn firewalls were the high-dollar no-stone-left-unturned restorations. Here's a few more, one in green and one in red (red one is different than the restored one above, this one has an orange engine). Final pic is of an unrestored white 62, it had a black firewall (not original engine). I can't keep track! Which brings up anOTHER quesiton - I thought the 66 327's (i.e. comparing this red truck with the one posted earlier) were normally painted gray or blue!! Maybe they were - just not on this one though. Learn somethin new every day.
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