“Special paint” blue? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

rwade · 03-24-2019, 08:28 PM

I have a 69 GMC that I’m going to do some rust repair mostly in the rocker area and wondered if anyone else has come across a similar blue with the special paint on the SPID?

Thanks, Wade

rwade · 03-24-2019, 08:29 PM

SPID pic

67_C-30 · 03-24-2019, 08:32 PM

My GMC C3500 has special paint listed on the SPID, but it is gray. It looks about like the colt of gray primer.

I think to match your repairs, your best bet would be to take your truck (or a panel) to an Automtive paint shop and have them shoot it. Even if you had the original paint code, it probably wouldn’t match because of fading.

67_C-30 · 03-24-2019, 08:36 PM

P.S. - I love that truck! Are you putting the trim back on it?

rwade · 03-24-2019, 10:00 PM

Thank you. Yes I plan on putting all the emblems and trim back on after I either buff it or clear it. Good idea on taking it to a paint shop to try and match.

Wade

**jocko** · 03-24-2019, 10:06 PM

I'm guessing it was a USN or USAF service truck. But they are usually pretty sparse with lotsa oddball things on the SPID... Z62 not a common military option...

So, who knows!

67_C-30 · 03-24-2019, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jocko

I'm guessing it was a USN or USAF service truck. But they are usually pretty sparse with lotsa oddball things on the SPID... Z62 not a common military option...

So, who knows!

You might be right on the military thing, although like you said, they are usually very stripped. That said, it appears to be the same color of this truck is a military issue.

67_C-30 · 03-24-2019, 10:26 PM

The bumpers were body color on this one.
This truck had special paint on the SPID also.

**jocko** · 03-24-2019, 10:46 PM

This was the only GMC USAF truck I could find... but the paint IS pretty close!
What's the other side of the SPID look like?

67_C-30 · 03-24-2019, 10:49 PM

Man, I wonder if the AF logo is what was sanded off this truck? The shape kinda seems right.

rwade · 03-24-2019, 11:48 PM

I’ll take a picture of the other side tomorrow and post it. Interesting about the military aspect, but it has quite a few options. I have some old receipts that were in the glove box when it was owned by a Lieutenant Colonel. I bought it from the Austin Texas area and I think it spent some time around San Antonio also.

Wade

rwade · 03-25-2019, 12:15 PM

The other side of the SPID

rwade · 03-25-2019, 12:18 PM

Old receipt I mentioned from 1986.

**jocko** · 03-25-2019, 02:13 PM

So much for that theory - definitely not military as a custom camper with chrome hubcaps..

cypressbog · 03-25-2019, 02:17 PM

Lt. Col Carruthers is a war hero who was a POW in WWII and finished his career in Nam.

http://www.purpleheartaustin.org/carruthers.htm

rwade · 03-25-2019, 05:24 PM

Wow, that’s very interesting. It’s always like a treasure hunt when you start finding different things in these old trucks. Thank you for the link to the article.

Wade

**MeanGreen72C10** · 03-25-2019, 05:57 PM

it would be cool to find him and show him the truck today.

Willys_MB · 03-25-2019, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cypressbog

Lt. Col Carruthers is a war hero who was a POW in WWII and finished his career in Nam.

http://www.purpleheartaustin.org/carruthers.htm

That's a real interesting read!

Mykids69 · 03-25-2019, 06:53 PM

http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/sto...0001001.stream

Here is an interview with Lt. Col George C. Carruthers.

A true American Hero.

03-24-2019, 08:28 PM	#1
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	“Special paint” blue? I have a 69 GMC that I’m going to do some rust repair mostly in the rocker area and wondered if anyone else has come across a similar blue with the special paint on the SPID? Thanks, Wade Attached Images

03-24-2019, 08:29 PM	#2
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? SPID pic Attached Images

03-24-2019, 08:32 PM	#3
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: “Special paint” blue? My GMC C3500 has special paint listed on the SPID, but it is gray. It looks about like the colt of gray primer. I think to match your repairs, your best bet would be to take your truck (or a panel) to an Automtive paint shop and have them shoot it. Even if you had the original paint code, it probably wouldn’t match because of fading. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

03-24-2019, 08:36 PM	#4
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: “Special paint” blue? P.S. - I love that truck! Are you putting the trim back on it? __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

03-24-2019, 10:00 PM	#5
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? Thank you. Yes I plan on putting all the emblems and trim back on after I either buff it or clear it. Good idea on taking it to a paint shop to try and match. Wade

03-24-2019, 10:06 PM	#6
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,934	Re: “Special paint” blue? I'm guessing it was a USN or USAF service truck. But they are usually pretty sparse with lotsa oddball things on the SPID... Z62 not a common military option... So, who knows!

03-24-2019, 10:26 PM	#8
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: “Special paint” blue? The bumpers were body color on this one. This truck had special paint on the SPID also. Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

03-24-2019, 10:46 PM	#9
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,934	Re: “Special paint” blue? This was the only GMC USAF truck I could find... but the paint IS pretty close! What's the other side of the SPID look like? Attached Images

03-24-2019, 10:49 PM	#10
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: “Special paint” blue? Man, I wonder if the AF logo is what was sanded off this truck? The shape kinda seems right. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

03-24-2019, 11:48 PM	#11
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? I’ll take a picture of the other side tomorrow and post it. Interesting about the military aspect, but it has quite a few options. I have some old receipts that were in the glove box when it was owned by a Lieutenant Colonel. I bought it from the Austin Texas area and I think it spent some time around San Antonio also. Wade

03-25-2019, 12:15 PM	#12
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? The other side of the SPID Attached Images

03-25-2019, 12:18 PM	#13
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? Old receipt I mentioned from 1986. Attached Images

03-25-2019, 02:13 PM	#14
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,934	Re: “Special paint” blue? So much for that theory - definitely not military as a custom camper with chrome hubcaps..

03-25-2019, 02:17 PM	#15
cypressbog Go Pack Go! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Green Bay Posts: 2,669	Re: “Special paint” blue? Lt. Col Carruthers is a war hero who was a POW in WWII and finished his career in Nam. http://www.purpleheartaustin.org/carruthers.htm

03-25-2019, 05:24 PM	#16
rwade Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 970	Re: “Special paint” blue? Wow, that’s very interesting. It’s always like a treasure hunt when you start finding different things in these old trucks. Thank you for the link to the article. Wade



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03-25-2019, 06:53 PM	#19
Mykids69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Magnolia, TX Posts: 174	Re: “Special paint” blue? http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/sto...0001001.stream Here is an interview with Lt. Col George C. Carruthers. A true American Hero. __________________ 68' C20 Custom Camper 350ci/turbo 400 Mine 69' C10 long bed 380 hp 350ci/turbo 400 Son's 70' C10 long bed Orchard Barn Find Project Sold

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