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01-16-2014, 05:10 PM
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tailgate arms
What is the factory color for the tailgate arms on a 71 72 c 10 Pics would be nice, Mine were painted blue to match the color of the truck THANKS
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01-16-2014, 06:04 PM
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Re: tailgate arms
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01-16-2014, 06:20 PM
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Re: tailgate arms
I don't know if all years were the same, but I've seen them painted body color and bare cad or zinc. My 69 was originally painted body color. I remember when the paint started peeling, and I completed the job. I looked at two beds in Phoenix a year ago that were taken off when the trucks were new. One, I believe the 68, was painted. The other, a 71 or 72, was raw.
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01-16-2014, 06:29 PM
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Re: tailgate arms
The ones on my '71 are body color.
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01-16-2014, 06:37 PM
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Re: tailgate arms
The ones on my 72 were zinc plated, I had them replated when I freshened up the truck last year.
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01-16-2014, 09:50 PM
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Re: tailgate arms
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01-17-2014, 02:47 AM
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Re: tailgate arms
The original paint 71-72's i have parted were all zinc plates
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01-17-2014, 04:38 AM
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Re: tailgate arms
This came up when I was painting my truck. My cousin, who has been doing body work forever, said most of the ones he had seen were zinc.
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01-17-2014, 08:59 AM
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Re: tailgate arms
Not looking to argue,but all the trucks I've had in 40 years were painted. And,I generally buy original paint trucks. I have a box full that are all (original) painted. Maybe people have been seeing replacements that were never painted. Or maybe some just didn't get painted,for whatever reason. Maybe different plants?
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01-17-2014, 11:05 AM
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Re: tailgate arms
Body color as far as I can recall on every original condition 67-72 Fleetside I can think of. On the other hand I can see the plated arms staying nicer much longer.
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01-18-2014, 10:46 AM
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Re: tailgate arms
My Chev 72 and GMC 68 were body color
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