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**clemdaddy** · Yesterday, 08:29 AM

The paint on the Cameo was mixed from some surviving parts of the original truck. I had the truck for many years and was contacted by the new owner to repaint it the original colors. His uncle owned a 58 Cameo with the two-tone blue paint so the new owner wanted to replace his uncle's truck as accurately as we could. The upgraded 327 engine and trans were already in the truck but we couldn't get anyone to overhaul the factory 4-speed trans so we opted for a 700R. We did use the original shift control but made a acrylic indicator to match the 700R's pattern.

Thanks for your interest. This truck is one of our favorites also and we became good friends with the owner and his wife.

Yesterday, 08:29 AM	#777
clemdaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Posts: 1,932	Re: tuba trucks The paint on the Cameo was mixed from some surviving parts of the original truck. I had the truck for many years and was contacted by the new owner to repaint it the original colors. His uncle owned a 58 Cameo with the two-tone blue paint so the new owner wanted to replace his uncle's truck as accurately as we could. The upgraded 327 engine and trans were already in the truck but we couldn't get anyone to overhaul the factory 4-speed trans so we opted for a 700R. We did use the original shift control but made a acrylic indicator to match the 700R's pattern. Thanks for your interest. This truck is one of our favorites also and we became good friends with the owner and his wife.