Question about two-tone paint on 1973 GMC

[esbstuff]

Originally Posted by billdozer

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Something else to note on the SPID just for fun... The "Z88 GMC Conversion" package. ALL GM trucks start life out as Chevolet... The Z88 code makes them into GMC's. Basicly the GMC is an 'option' on a Chevolet. In 1988 the retail cost of the GMC Conversion Package option was $52.

[billdozer]

Even more good info. Thanks!

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by esbstuff

Something else to note on the SPID just for fun... The "Z88 GMC Conversion" package. ALL GM trucks start life out as Chevolet... The Z88 code makes them into GMC's. Basicly the GMC is an 'option' on a Chevolet. In 1988 the retail cost of the GMC Conversion Package option was $52.

This is absolutely correct.

There is a "Chevrolet Nameplate" RPO as well; RPO X88.

Cadillac is Z75.

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by SilverMiner

I don't want to hijack this thread and turn it into a drip-rail discussion, but just as a point of info one of Vic Hickey's big money-makers back in 1973 was selling aftermarket drip rails for all the 73 GM early-adopters. I have a number of magazines from that era, all filled with ads offering drip rails to those who wanted them right from the get-go. I would love to hear stories from the square-body designers and engineers from back then to hear what their reasons were for not originally including them. As an engineer myself, I know there was a reason - either ahead of time or certainly after the fact. Probably a lot of good stories to be told from that time frame. Any of those guys write a memoir?

I was able to track down one of the guys who started here in 1969 (he had been on vacation in Florida these last couple weeks ).

He said the drip rails were not included initially because of aesthetics; they did not fit in well with the new "aerodynamic/rounded line" theme.

It became readily apparent they were desperately needed and they were added as soon as practicable.

K

[slimneverdies]

Keith, do you have a list of all the different Chevy trim (model) levels? I have a Scottsdale 20 that has the two tone but of different colored greens. I want to make it red and white with the roof white and would love to have the the badging that goes with 1974...

Also, was the white bumpers an option or did they come on specific models???

Thanks
Slim

[Keith Seymore]

Yes - go to the GM Heritage Center website and download the generic packet for the model year you are interested in -

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-h...tion-kits.html

That will show all of the available options for that model year (including trim levels and content).

White bumpers were base content, and chrome bumpers were available free flow or as part of a trim package.

K

[slimneverdies]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Yes - go to the GM Heritage Center website and download the generic packet for the model year you are interested in -

http://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-h...tion-kits.html

That will show all of the available options for that model year (including trim levels and content).

White bumpers were base content, and chrome bumpers were available free flow or as part of a trim package.

K

Thanks Keith. One thing I still can't figure out. It says "black paint is applied to the raised "CHEVROLET" lettering on the tailgate panel, except with the Cheyenne or Silverado model options". What color would you paint them if not black???

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by slimneverdies

Thanks Keith. One thing I still can't figure out. It says "black paint is applied to the raised "CHEVROLET" lettering on the tailgate panel, except with the Cheyenne or Silverado model options". What color would you paint them if not black???

Those got the stainless tailgate band (which would cover the painted center portion of the tailgate).

K

[slimneverdies]

Ok. Thanks Keith. I never have been a fan of the those stainless bands on the tailgate. They just look like something that should be on the later models. I guess black lettering it is. I figured I could make them gold (yellowish tan) like the side molding that I'm in search of...