1968 3/4 ton 4x4 Panel

[In The Ten Ring]

So you bought that?

Congratulations. I wanted it, even called about it, but it was both out of my price range and out of my abilities also. I'm still knee deep in getting my truck to run, I wouldn't be able to do another truck justice.

Keep us posted.

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by In The Ten Ring

So you bought that?

Congratulations. I wanted it, even called about it, but it was both out of my price range and out of my abilities also. I'm still knee deep in getting my truck to run, I wouldn't be able to do another truck justice.

Keep us posted.

Thanks!

Yes I bought it and will preserve it for the future! It´ll look better than when it rolled off the assembly line. This one will stay stock, to nice and rare to mess with it! I´ll keep you posted in the build thread.

[Juiced06GTO]

Sweet and another New Englander too! I wish I could have found a 4x4. Can't wait to see the build up!

[mike16]

civil defense colors were blue and white,

very cool truck. with only 69 of them out there you gotta restore it

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by Juiced06GTO

Sweet and another New Englander too! I wish I could have found a 4x4. Can't wait to see the build up!

I was really lucky to get this one and it is for sure a keeper.

Originally Posted by mike16

civil defense colors were blue and white,

very cool truck. with only 69 of them out there you gotta restore it

I know that the Colors were blue and White, just Need to figure out the Color codes, to get it right.

69, or was it 68, ever built, but I´m sure not all of them survived. This one has all the paper work from the day it was delivered, can´t beat that for a classic Piece of history. I will restore it to the best of my abilities!

[mike16]

what if the color code is not one in GM's invantory.


When They sold batches of trucks with specialised color combinations, they would slip them in, as a group among the other trucks comming down the line , and run them through., then resume normal assembly line.

Jim Wangers in his book "GloryDays" talks about this procedure implemented bt Pontiac several times in the 60's and Chevy too in the 70's.

It may not be a factory color. You might have to do one of thos colorgraphic spectrum analysis to get what your sfter.

Any other CD trucks out there with good paint


I like the red

I see alot of images of CD trucks of other era's on other websites. Try Goodling thier images?

[K20chevy]

Originally Posted by mike16

what if the color code is not one in GM's invantory.


When They sold batches of trucks with specialised color combinations, they would slip them in, as a group among the other trucks comming down the line , and run them through., then resume normal assembly line.

Jim Wangers in his book "GloryDays" talks about this procedure implemented bt Pontiac several times in the 60's and Chevy too in the 70's.

It may not be a factory color. You might have to do one of thos colorgraphic spectrum analysis to get what your sfter.

Any other CD trucks out there with good paint


I like the red

I see alot of images of CD trucks of other era's on other websites. Try Goodling thier images?

I´m pretty sure the Colors are non-GM Colors. Maybe the white ist the fronst white, but the blue is different.

Mine was painted afterwards, not at the factory. the firewall, the fender insides and parts where the bumpers get close to the body are still light blue. That is what it says in the glove box RPO label too. They must have painted it at the rescue service themselves. And after CD it went to the fire department with the red color, which was litteraly just painted over, they didn´t even paint the door jams.

Thanks for the tip on the book, I´ll check that out! Sounds interesting!

The paint on the door jambs (white/blue) ist still very good, that should help match the Colors to their original tone.

Don´t get me wrong, the red is nice, I do like that too, but I like the fact of putting it back to the first service color.

I have already looked for other CD trucks and found tons of pictures. But they did change the blue from the 50 to later trucks. It was a lighter blue in the 50´s and a little darker blue in the 60´s by what I found and compared to my 68.