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**Nima** · 11-20-2021, 12:38 AM

So, I am in the process of cleaning and prepping the fire cowl and firewall, as I scuff the area, I see this!!!

MiraclePieCo · 11-20-2021, 03:51 AM

Narva?

mr48chev · 11-20-2021, 04:07 AM

What exactly are we supposed to be looking at?

**Nima** · 11-20-2021, 11:10 AM

The writing on the cowl say "NARVA" which I don't know what it means. The paint seems to be original. This is what I found online in Wikipedia:
Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border

mr48chev · 11-20-2021, 02:48 PM

Probably the name or mark of the inspector Possibly on the bare cab before it was painted I always thought that was what this mark on one of the cabs I have was

It evidently didn't let the paint stick in that area all that well.

mr48chev · 11-20-2021, 02:50 PM

You can see what appear to be initials under the paint on this one too. Another cab or part of a cab I have.

**Nima** · 11-20-2021, 05:48 PM

I thought this could have been the owner of the truck who was an immigrant from that part of the world at that time and wanted to have his mark on his truck!

mr48chev · 11-20-2021, 08:05 PM

That might be if it isn't original paint.

A few years ago we went to a regional Mustang meet to look at the cars as My wife has always liked them. They had an old guy there who had been an inspector on the assembly line and had signed off several of the cars there with his "mark" He was the celebrity of the day with that bunch.

72Mountaineer · 11-20-2021, 10:53 PM

57 found on my firewall.

**G&R's57GMC** · 11-20-2021, 11:50 PM

I wonder if this marking continued with the TF trucks ?

mr48chev · 11-21-2021, 12:17 AM

It's too wet to go out and stick my head under the hood of the 51 1-1/2 ton that I think still has the original paint on the firewall to see if it has any markings showing.

If it is dry tomorrow I'll try to remember to get some photos of both the 51 and 53 firewalls.

**Rickysnickers** · 11-21-2021, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Probably the name or mark of the inspector Possibly on the bare cab before it was painted I always thought that was what this mark on one of the cabs I have was

It evidently didn't let the paint stick in that area all that well.

Laverne worked at the truck assembly plant? I thought she worked at the beer bottling plant

greg_h · 11-21-2021, 05:03 PM

Narva is probably Narva green which looks to be the original color? My truck had "transport written on the underside of the hood as it was transport blue lower body color.

mr48chev · 11-21-2021, 06:13 PM

I'd say that Greg may have nailed it.

**Nima** · 11-21-2021, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by greg_h

Narva is probably Narva green which looks to be the original color? My truck had "transport written on the underside of the hood as it was transport blue lower body color.

That definitely makes sense but I am surprised why this was not a common finding?!

MiraclePieCo · 11-22-2021, 12:06 AM

https://encycolorpedia.com/42766e

GM / General Motors Narva Green / #42766e Hex Color Code
#42766e Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #42766e is a medium dark shade of cyan. In the RGB color model #42766e is comprised of 25.88% red, 46.27% green and 43.14% blue. In the HSL color space #42766e has a hue of 171° (degrees), 28% saturation and 36% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 495.99 nm.

greg_h · 11-23-2021, 11:32 PM

Had forgotten about this topic but it looks like Narva green was a GMC color. Is your cab a GMC?

1project2many · 11-24-2021, 09:14 AM

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I wonder if this marking continued with the TF trucks ?

Maybe GMC? I looked hard for color information for my Chevy. I did save all the OE paint markings on the driveshaft, transmission, and bellhousing but they were mostly just colored circles or stripes.

**Nima** · 11-24-2021, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greg_h

Had forgotten about this topic but it looks like Narva green was a GMC color. Is your cab a GMC?

Yes, it is a GMC. It is very strange if not many people had noticed these writings! I even didn't know there was a type of green called "Narva". I know my truck's paint has gone through the test of time but it looks like blue to me. I wanted to paint the truck as close as I can to its current patina look but that would be very hard with "Narva green" given the fact that I am not a body man and second, I didn't plan to spend a lot of many on the paint.

mick53 · 11-24-2021, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

https://encycolorpedia.com/42766e

GM / General Motors Narva Green / #42766e Hex Color Code
#42766e Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #42766e is a medium dark shade of cyan. In the RGB color model #42766e is comprised of 25.88% red, 46.27% green and 43.14% blue. In the HSL color space #42766e has a hue of 171° (degrees), 28% saturation and 36% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 495.99 nm.

That's amazing. Of course we all knew that. I might need to recalibrate my mass spectrometer.

mr48chev · 11-26-2021, 02:54 PM

Ah the mess with the old Chevy guys minds by throwing in a GMC and making us go through all the Chevy color chart looking for a color. I'm betting that I am not the only one that did that too. Better than giving us a thousand piece puzzle to keep us busy.

That pretty well says it all though. the color matches and they just wrote what color it was supposed to be on the cowl and sent it to the paint shop. Now we will have other guys out looking at their GMC cabs that still have original paint on the cowls to see if they have similar marks showing through the paint.

11-20-2021, 12:38 AM	#1
Nima Blue 67 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,169	interesting find! So, I am in the process of cleaning and prepping the fire cowl and firewall, as I scuff the area, I see this!!! Attached Images __________________ 1953 GMC 3/4 ton: current project 1967 C20: 5.3 voretc with T5 conversion, 4 wheel 8 lug disc brake 1972 Nova: my 4 door sport sedan! 5.3 voretc + T5 conversion. drivable project, FUN!! 1979 Camaro Z28: 5.3 vortec conversion with build TH350: drivable project, Fun to drive 1992 Camaro RS convertible (Z28 clone): 5.3 conversion with build T5: on going project 2005 Silverado 2500, 4x4 Duramax, original owner

11-20-2021, 03:51 AM	#2
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: interesting find! Narva? __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck Last edited by MiraclePieCo; 11-20-2021 at 11:40 AM.

11-20-2021, 04:07 AM	#3
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! What exactly are we supposed to be looking at? __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-20-2021, 02:48 PM	#5
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! Probably the name or mark of the inspector Possibly on the bare cab before it was painted I always thought that was what this mark on one of the cabs I have was It evidently didn't let the paint stick in that area all that well. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-20-2021, 02:50 PM	#6
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! You can see what appear to be initials under the paint on this one too. Another cab or part of a cab I have. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-20-2021, 11:10 AM	#4
Nima Blue 67 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,169	Re: interesting find! The writing on the cowl say "NARVA" which I don't know what it means. The paint seems to be original. This is what I found online in Wikipedia: Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, at the Russian border Attached Images __________________ 1953 GMC 3/4 ton: current project 1967 C20: 5.3 voretc with T5 conversion, 4 wheel 8 lug disc brake 1972 Nova: my 4 door sport sedan! 5.3 voretc + T5 conversion. drivable project, FUN!! 1979 Camaro Z28: 5.3 vortec conversion with build TH350: drivable project, Fun to drive 1992 Camaro RS convertible (Z28 clone): 5.3 conversion with build T5: on going project 2005 Silverado 2500, 4x4 Duramax, original owner

11-20-2021, 05:48 PM	#7
Nima Blue 67 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,169	Re: interesting find! I thought this could have been the owner of the truck who was an immigrant from that part of the world at that time and wanted to have his mark on his truck! __________________ 1953 GMC 3/4 ton: current project 1967 C20: 5.3 voretc with T5 conversion, 4 wheel 8 lug disc brake 1972 Nova: my 4 door sport sedan! 5.3 voretc + T5 conversion. drivable project, FUN!! 1979 Camaro Z28: 5.3 vortec conversion with build TH350: drivable project, Fun to drive 1992 Camaro RS convertible (Z28 clone): 5.3 conversion with build T5: on going project 2005 Silverado 2500, 4x4 Duramax, original owner

11-20-2021, 08:05 PM	#8
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! That might be if it isn't original paint. A few years ago we went to a regional Mustang meet to look at the cars as My wife has always liked them. They had an old guy there who had been an inspector on the assembly line and had signed off several of the cars there with his "mark" He was the celebrity of the day with that bunch. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-20-2021, 10:53 PM	#9
72Mountaineer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where Mountaineers are free Posts: 395	Re: interesting find! 57 found on my firewall. Attached Images

11-20-2021, 11:50 PM	#10
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11-21-2021, 12:17 AM	#11
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! It's too wet to go out and stick my head under the hood of the 51 1-1/2 ton that I think still has the original paint on the firewall to see if it has any markings showing. If it is dry tomorrow I'll try to remember to get some photos of both the 51 and 53 firewalls. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-21-2021, 05:03 PM	#13
greg_h Registered User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Enid OK Posts: 85	Re: interesting find! Narva is probably Narva green which looks to be the original color? My truck had "transport written on the underside of the hood as it was transport blue lower body color.

11-21-2021, 06:13 PM	#14
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! I'd say that Greg may have nailed it. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

11-22-2021, 12:06 AM	#16
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: interesting find! https://encycolorpedia.com/42766e GM / General Motors Narva Green / #42766e Hex Color Code #42766e Paint ChipThe hexadecimal color code #42766e is a medium dark shade of cyan. In the RGB color model #42766e is comprised of 25.88% red, 46.27% green and 43.14% blue. In the HSL color space #42766e has a hue of 171° (degrees), 28% saturation and 36% lightness. This color has an approximate wavelength of 495.99 nm. __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck

11-23-2021, 11:32 PM	#17
greg_h Registered User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Enid OK Posts: 85	Re: interesting find! Had forgotten about this topic but it looks like Narva green was a GMC color. Is your cab a GMC? Attached Images



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11-26-2021, 02:54 PM	#21
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,280	Re: interesting find! Ah the mess with the old Chevy guys minds by throwing in a GMC and making us go through all the Chevy color chart looking for a color. I'm betting that I am not the only one that did that too. Better than giving us a thousand piece puzzle to keep us busy. That pretty well says it all though. the color matches and they just wrote what color it was supposed to be on the cowl and sent it to the paint shop. Now we will have other guys out looking at their GMC cabs that still have original paint on the cowls to see if they have similar marks showing through the paint. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

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