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Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
So my stepside is a metallic (rootbeer?) brown and I need the paint code since my hood has lost 60% of its paint and my drivers door is somehow the most rotted out part on the truck but the rest of the original paint is great.
I just want to get some panels painted in the correct color and matching. Anyone know what the PPG color codes and original color codes are? ![]()
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
I was looking at that but it seems kinda vague. I know it's metallic paint and nothing on that site references if the "brown" is metallic.
That and my spid sheet is long gone so that piece of useful info is gone
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
All I can come up with is possibly code 81 (PPG 2947)
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
My 77' was the same color. Code 81, but in 77' it was called Cordova instead of Brown Poly.
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.asp...truck-pg01.jpg
68 or 71 looks closer to me. Hard to say w/out your truck in front of me so I can fold the page of the color book over and compare chips. That's the joy of viewing a photo of a 35 year old truck and comparing scans of a 35 year old book in low resolution online.
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
I think it's probably code 81 brown metallic. You could buy a little touch up paint to paint a test panel. I bought some 1/2 pints last year that were less than $20 each.
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/chipdisp...k&info=&page=6
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
One more vote for code 81 Brown poly (Cordova Brown Metallic according to Chevrolet) -
http://www.tcpglobal.com/aclchip.asp...truck-pg01.jpg K
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
Left to right; 81, 71, 68.
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
Looks very similar to mine yours maybe a little darker, 1980 Dark Camel code #62
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
TexasJeff - Is the color in your picture true to what it looks like on the truck? That color is just what I'm thinking for my 78 GMC. But, if you are in Pinehurst just north of Tomball, I may have to look for something different
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
Thanks guys I will go to my local wesco auto body and get a sample of that code 81 poly brown and see if it matches.
Also what type of paint was used at the factory? Urethane? Acrylic? Enamel?
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
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Re: Need paint code help for 1978 gmc
Rgunlock, the picture is true to the paint color, the sun tends to brighten it up some. I am in the Pinehurst just north of Tomball, been there for a little over 8 years now.
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