50th Golden Anniversary Trucks
 

I'm looking for pics of 50th Anniversary Trucks, and any factory lit about these trucks.
At one time I had a sales aid brochure for 1968 Chevy Truck dealers on the back cover was a poster of and about the 50th Ann Truck.
I no longer have this poster but once someone here posted the same pic.
So if any one has this or anything like this please show it.

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Longhorn might have some inof on his site, I know another member from the west coast had some brochures about the 50th anni trucks but I forget who :confused:

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check my link.
There was someone that was gonna scan the 50th factory lit for me, but never did, and i can't remember who it was.

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my 68 chevy was originally gold and white could it be a 50th anniversary truck? or is it in the vin number??? someone painted it red sometime ago but if its a 50th truck i'll paint it back original

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what color is the seat... how about the dash pad and sun visors?
Is your option sheet still there?

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all of the interior is brown or a light tan color i'd guess you'd say the glovebox is there but the button is gone so i haven't been able to open it and was afraid to pry it open nothin there to push to get it open

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Yeah lilpup69chevy, The sunvisors,dash pad and seat should be gold. Well the seat should be ivory and gold. Thanks to help of longhorn man, I was able to determine if mine was a 50th anniversary. And it is. but the original build sheet and such are gone.

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well i will have to replace the visors and the original seat cover is wore as well the avatar has a pic of it someone painted it red, but when you open the door you can tell it was originally gold and white two tone

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burb71
Here is one:

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I have two 50th trucks and a third that I have not picked up yet...LOL! It is a sickness...I know! I have a picture and literature on the 68 Longhorn but it does not address the 50th option specifically. I have some details on the 50th option from this literature and from the 1968 Chevrolet Restoration Guide but I don't have it all. I also have a special Chevrolet '68 50th Anniversary Promotion package with lots of film clips and audio on records that I have not listened to yet. I would be very interested in a specific piece of literature that describes more about the option and the sales promo behind it. It may be in my audio collection that I have not yet listened to.

Hutch, What does it say inside about the option?

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Not mine,but here are a few pics I've saved from the past...


Chuck

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72 Custom Camper, Thanks for those pics of the Custom Comfort Bench seat since CG was looking for that one and I did not want to pull my seat cover off...LOL! Nice pic of the CST buckets too. Do you have another one? The second picture (truck) has the wrong hubcaps. The '68's had the polished stainless with the red bowtie.

Beautiful examples just the same!

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lilpup,

If the glove box lock is there but the button is gone you should be able to take a piece of wood dowel that will fit onto the hole, push in on it and open the glove box door. You may have to push on the glove box door a little to take the pressure off of the lock bolt.

LockDoc

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For CG, here is the Custom Sport Truck option bench seat with the vinyl.

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Dang , anyone can have a real 50th , but i have the really rare fake 50th , lol. No i'm not bitter . Everytime i see those nice bright white door panels i cringe , mine are basically gold ( off-white) . Oh well , at least it's a bb.
Later ................................... 409

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More interior shots...

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1/2 ton 50th's...

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3/4 ton 50th's...

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Like this :

Hey this is the first time i've attempted attachments . If this works i could be dangerous , lol . More pix.
Later ............................. 409

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PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I can get my buckets done! Whooo hooooo! I wonder if there was a Custom Comfort bucket seat option with the fabric? In the 50th package the Custom Comfort bench was fabric and the Custom Sport Truck option (CST) was vinyl, even though the 50th package included the CST option and badges. Weird but this is somewhat explained in the '68 Restoration Guide. I suspect there was never a fabric option for the buckets since I have only seen vinyl buckets.

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All the pics I've seen have had vinyl seats. I wonder if the gold material is as hard to come by as the 72 Highlander fabric?


Chuck

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Nice response!!!
Now can somone help me with my next request,
I need at least a small swatch of the gold vinyl to find the right color match.
So if you have an old raged out seat that needs to be recovered anyway lets talk.


Thanks for all the pics, keep'em coming

GOLD ANNI SHORT BED TRUCK FOR SALE ON EBAY CHEEP, ORIGINAL SEAT COVER MISSING, IF IT STILL HAD THE SEAT I MIGHT BUY IT JUST FOR THAT. LOL

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Both the fabric and vinly can be ordered from:

SMS Auto Fabrics
350 South Redwood St.
Canby, OR 97013
Voice (503) 263-3535
Fax (503) 263-3525

I got both my 50th fabric and vinyl from them. They have it all or they will actually make it if they don't have it...seriously!

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I've gotten the samples from SMS. I need to figure out how much I need for a Highlander seat. That's cool that they have the anniversary vinyl too. The Highlander material is $85 a yard, how much is the anniversary material?


Chuck

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Been one sitting here in a local yard for over a year, it's complete but it's
ruff, they will not sell parts off of it, I almost bought it last year, they are
trying to get $350 for it w/ no title, it's a 3/4 ton lwb, I wish I had space.