GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**jocko** · 06-06-2020, 03:47 PM

Pete, couldn't find any dedicated threads on the subj, so here we go (good suggestion)..

Like the title says, post GMC interior pics that highlight the GMC-unique complementary or contrasting color combos of the gb door and instrument bezel vs the interior paint color. Pls include year, SPID and/or ext paint and int trim RPO codes if known (if unknown, that's ok too!).

Here are a few to get started:
67 (very low mileage), 68, 68, 70 (relatively low mileage brush fire truck) & another 68:

**jocko** · 06-06-2020, 04:07 PM

a few more, mostly 68-69s - especially like the last one from a 69 K2500...

**DeadheadNM** · 06-06-2020, 10:14 PM

Love it. Here’s one from Larry’s cheapskate friend. Highlander.

**Bob B.** · 06-06-2020, 10:33 PM

The supplier that makes those nice chrome and black 'Chevy' instrument cluster bezels ought to sell them in raw black plastic so you could paint one up for an early GMC.

**jocko** · 06-06-2020, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob B.

The supplier that makes those nice chrome and black 'Chevy' instrument cluster bezels ought to sell them in raw black plastic so you could paint one up for an early GMC.

that's a great point.

**DeadheadNM** · 06-06-2020, 11:06 PM

Can’t the black be painted?

**Bob B.** · 06-07-2020, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

Can’t the black be painted?

Yes, but it's more work. Have to take the chrome off too to make the paint stick. Besides, maybe they could sell a raw bezel a little cheaper!

**special-K** · 06-07-2020, 07:15 AM

I've painted some, masking the chrome off. It's a pain in the rear.

My '72 K2500 Sierra came with the blue interior. I removed the woodgrain on the doors.

I put a saddle interior in. I have the matching gauge bezel and glovebox door, but for now I'm running a woodgrain & chrome combo

jonmc56 · 06-07-2020, 02:25 PM

Cool thread, I have to admit I didn't have a clue that this contrasting color treatment was a GMC thing. Here's my bro-in-law's 68 when he first dragged it out of the field. I know you guys are going to ask where you can get a cool steering wheel like that, sorry - don't know.

Jon

**DeadheadNM** · 06-07-2020, 03:53 PM

Worth noting that GMC Jimmy’s were the same as Blazers as regards color of the cluster bezel (black) and the gb door (matched to dash).

**jocko** · 06-07-2020, 07:19 PM

Pete, I've kinda wondered what the 1st year really was for the "color" (i.e. other than black) bezels. For some reason I always assumed 67s Chevs and GMCs all had the matching black bezel and gb door and that 68 was the first year for colors. But that very low mileage 67 I posted in post #1 seems to contradict that theory - its dash and gb door look dark fawn. Are there any "colorful" color 67 examples out there? Curious if it was a 67-70 thing or a 68-70 thing. by 71 they seem to have all shifted to match the Chevrolet logic, i.e. black bezel, same int color on the gb door, with the exception of the super and sierra grande, of course - which is possibly why they stopped the GMC color process - to make way for some woodgrain on the top of the line model. Dunno, just guessing.

**DeadheadNM** · 06-07-2020, 10:10 PM

Good questions Mark. I’m unsure - will keep a closer eye out for any patterns that seem to emerge. The gray-silver surround about the margins of the gb doors on the earlier examples just caught my eye. It’s as if an attempt to emulate the cluster bezel.

Here’s two more 72 examples - another highlander (all GMC highlanders seem to share this color scheme) and my old k1500, which had green bezel and a gb door that was the same green as the dash (Flint assembled).

**jocko** · 06-07-2020, 10:59 PM

thanks Pete! Well that certainly shows it continued thru to 72, good to know!

**Chevyland** · 06-07-2020, 11:05 PM

Pete
Do you have a pic of the spid on the k1500
I thought there was never any proof
That Highlander’s
We’re ever, k trucks ?

**DeadheadNM** · 06-08-2020, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Pete
Do you have a pic of the spid on the k1500
I thought there was never any proof
That Highlander’s
We’re ever, k trucks ?

You are correct. My k1500 was not a highlander and had the green interior dash shown above in the second pic. The orange GMC highlander in the first pic was 2wd.

PS - those two holes right of the radio are for the same vintage Bar Buoy you just grabbed (good buy).

**DeadheadNM** · 06-08-2020, 10:18 AM

1970 K truck

57taskforce · 06-08-2020, 10:23 AM

Awesome thread Mark and Pete! I’ve got a blue GMC cluster laying around here somewhere. I really love the dark olive truck posted earlier in this thread. Well I really love pretty much all the interiors pictures here!

**JQ-72** · 06-09-2020, 01:13 PM

1972 Sierra - medium green with olive interior

Eric Johnson · 06-09-2020, 04:01 PM

Here are a few pics of 67 283 ...

67C10Step · 06-09-2020, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeadheadNM

1970 K truck

This truck brings back memories. My dad had one the same color with the same white wagon wheels on it. It was a straight six, automatic truck with the smaller mirrors. Was very nice but the six mated with the auto was no powerhouse.

**Ol Blue K20** · 06-09-2020, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by special-K

I've painted some, masking the chrome off. It's a pain in the rear.

My '72 K2500 Sierra came with the blue interior. I removed the woodgrain on the doors.

I put a saddle interior in. I have the matching gauge bezel and glovebox door, but for now I'm running a woodgrain & chrome combo

I love the blue seat Tim. I've been watching for one here on the left coast.

**jimer1964** · 06-09-2020, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eric Johnson

Here are a few pics of 67 283 ...

Very nice!

**jimer1964** · 06-09-2020, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

I love the blue seat Tim. I've been watching for one here on the left coast.

I like the blue with white also! But it also looks good in saddle the last time I saw it!

**RenoKeene** · 06-09-2020, 09:04 PM

Parchment 72 2500

**Ol Blue K20** · 06-09-2020, 10:12 PM

These pics,are really cool.

06-06-2020, 04:07 PM	#2
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos a few more, mostly 68-69s - especially like the last one from a 69 K2500... Attached Images

06-06-2020, 10:14 PM	#3
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,422	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Love it. Here’s one from Larry’s cheapskate friend. Highlander. Attached Images __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-06-2020, 10:33 PM	#4
Bob B. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,348	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos The supplier that makes those nice chrome and black 'Chevy' instrument cluster bezels ought to sell them in raw black plastic so you could paint one up for an early GMC. __________________ 1967 GMC CM-2500 Camper Cruiser, 351E V-6, NP 435 4 speed, Dana 60, and factory A/C. 2012 GMC K-3500 WT regular cab, 6.0L Vortec, 6L90.

06-06-2020, 11:06 PM	#6
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,422	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Can’t the black be painted? __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-07-2020, 07:15 AM	#8
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos I've painted some, masking the chrome off. It's a pain in the rear. My '72 K2500 Sierra came with the blue interior. I removed the woodgrain on the doors. I put a saddle interior in. I have the matching gauge bezel and glovebox door, but for now I'm running a woodgrain & chrome combo Attached Images __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

06-06-2020, 03:47 PM	#1
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Pete, couldn't find any dedicated threads on the subj, so here we go (good suggestion).. Like the title says, post GMC interior pics that highlight the GMC-unique complementary or contrasting color combos of the gb door and instrument bezel vs the interior paint color. Pls include year, SPID and/or ext paint and int trim RPO codes if known (if unknown, that's ok too!). Here are a few to get started: 67 (very low mileage), 68, 68, 70 (relatively low mileage brush fire truck) & another 68: Attached Images Last edited by jocko; 06-06-2020 at 03:55 PM.

06-07-2020, 02:25 PM	#9
jonmc56 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 286	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Cool thread, I have to admit I didn't have a clue that this contrasting color treatment was a GMC thing. Here's my bro-in-law's 68 when he first dragged it out of the field. I know you guys are going to ask where you can get a cool steering wheel like that, sorry - don't know. Jon Attached Images __________________ '69 C10 CST '68 Chevelle Malibu My 69 CST Build Thread

06-07-2020, 03:53 PM	#10
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,422	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Worth noting that GMC Jimmy’s were the same as Blazers as regards color of the cluster bezel (black) and the gb door (matched to dash). __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-07-2020, 07:19 PM	#11
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Pete, I've kinda wondered what the 1st year really was for the "color" (i.e. other than black) bezels. For some reason I always assumed 67s Chevs and GMCs all had the matching black bezel and gb door and that 68 was the first year for colors. But that very low mileage 67 I posted in post #1 seems to contradict that theory - its dash and gb door look dark fawn. Are there any "colorful" color 67 examples out there? Curious if it was a 67-70 thing or a 68-70 thing. by 71 they seem to have all shifted to match the Chevrolet logic, i.e. black bezel, same int color on the gb door, with the exception of the super and sierra grande, of course - which is possibly why they stopped the GMC color process - to make way for some woodgrain on the top of the line model. Dunno, just guessing.

06-07-2020, 10:10 PM	#12
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,422	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Good questions Mark. I’m unsure - will keep a closer eye out for any patterns that seem to emerge. The gray-silver surround about the margins of the gb doors on the earlier examples just caught my eye. It’s as if an attempt to emulate the cluster bezel. Here’s two more 72 examples - another highlander (all GMC highlanders seem to share this color scheme) and my old k1500, which had green bezel and a gb door that was the same green as the dash (Flint assembled). Attached Images __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-07-2020, 10:59 PM	#13
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,976	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos thanks Pete! Well that certainly shows it continued thru to 72, good to know!

06-07-2020, 11:05 PM	#14
Chevyland Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Ca. <-> Ma. Posts: 5,725	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Pete Do you have a pic of the spid on the k1500 I thought there was never any proof That Highlander’s We’re ever, k trucks ?

06-08-2020, 10:18 AM	#16
DeadheadNM Carpe manana Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Eau Claire, WI Posts: 12,422	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos 1970 K truck Attached Images __________________ 1972 K5 CST Highlander Blazer: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=708547 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=528308 Members met: ORANGBLAZ, 2003 silverado, MikeCofield, BB72CHEVKT, Duncan&Son, Sameyrasmea72, THENEWMEXICAN, HotRod C/10, brianthelion02, Sport/Truck, ryanroo, michael bustamante, Dirt's72, Already Gone, WestButteTruck, 57taskforce, Moreyel, painterljp, AASmedic, SoCoC10, Lumaestas, carbuff382, Chevyland

06-08-2020, 10:23 AM	#17
57taskforce All about them K’s Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Entrapment Posts: 6,439	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Awesome thread Mark and Pete! I’ve got a blue GMC cluster laying around here somewhere. I really love the dark olive truck posted earlier in this thread. Well I really love pretty much all the interiors pictures here! __________________ Tyler '57 3100 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=813888 '72 K20 Cheyenne: 5” lift, 35’s, front dana 60 blah blah blah… http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=662879 ‘69 K10 SWB: 4” lift 33”s… in a million pieces http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=805206 '98 Silverado LT K2500HD ECLB Vortec 454/4l80E: 6" lift 35x12.5x20’s

06-09-2020, 01:13 PM	#18
JQ-72 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Killen, Alabama USA Posts: 3,614	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos 1972 Sierra - medium green with olive interior Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super swb. Factory 402/400,tach,posi,AM/FM, A/C. Adding cruise, 8-track 72 Cheyenne Super swb. 350/350 A/C, bucket seats 72 Cheyenne swb. Factory 402/400, tilt, posi, A/C 72 Cheyenne Super K-10. 350/4 spd., posi. 72 Suburban 350/350 tilt, tach, AM/FM, A/C, luggage rack 72 GMC Sierra lwb. 350/350, A/C. medium green/olive interior



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06-09-2020, 04:01 PM	#19
Eric Johnson Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Millbrook, New York Posts: 88	Re: GMC instrument bezel and glovebox door complementary/contrasting color combos Here are a few pics of 67 283 ... Attached Images __________________ 1967 GMC 3/4 ton custom. 283 4 speed unrestored Last edited by Eric Johnson; 06-09-2020 at 04:06 PM. Reason: additional pic

06-09-2020, 09:04 PM	#24
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06-09-2020, 10:12 PM	#25
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