Anyone know this factory color?

[AustinBelair]

The Green color is factory. I found the build sheet and only says "Special Color" and the plate on the drivers side kick panel just says "SPCL" so I have no idea what color name or code this is. It was special ordered by a Colorado Public office.

[spacedebris]

To me it looks like "glenwood green" or possibly "neptune green"

Take a look at http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=488680. Post 24 by aerotruk63 has a list of paint colors used. Also it would help to know what year truck it is on.

You can also check here http://www.xframechevy.com/1960-chevrolet-paint-chips/ they have paint chips for individual years 1960-1964

[vince1]

Looks like 503 green to me, which was probably the most common colour used. That's what's on my truck.

[oem4me]

That "special color" on the build sheet and kick panel means just that. Dealers had a book of non-standard colors that were available for fleet purchases. Lots of commercial service vehicles or municipal maintenance trucks were painted this way.
I'm not sure if anyone around here has one of those special color books or not, but it would be neat to see.

[vince1]

Yes it would be nice to see the special colours.

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...nuf=GM&rows=50

The 503 seems to have been used for more than one colour over the years. Mine was for the year 1966.

[63 & 64 Bowties]

Just like oem4me said, special means special
I have a 65 K-10 which was ordered new by the Va Dept of Forestry.
I luckily found out from a Forestry employee the original color is actually the color of Avery farm tractors made back in the days of steel wheels. Crazy why that color was picked, but true.
Here's the tractor with the color.
That's one of those things I never would have figured out on my own.
Dupont color # 77161DH

[AustinBelair]

Yeah it does look like Glenwood Green to me but it seems a little off. It is a 1966 BBW non custom cab with Deluxe interior and a slew of other factory options.

It has a factory looking stamped hole in the roof (Where a light or siren was mounted?) and a little grommet for wire pass-through on the back of the cab and an odd looking spotlight with a mirror on the backside.

[AustinBelair]

Neevermind. After google I found that my truck is 505A Woodland Green

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by AustinBelair

the drivers side kick panel just says "SPCL" so I have no idea what color name or code this is. It was special ordered by a Colorado Public office.

If kick panel tag says SPCL, it must have been a special order fleet color. Here is a similar Ford pickup, same situation, Ford left their color codes blank if it was a special order color.http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/11...at-covers.html

[vince1]

What year is the truck?

It sure does look like what I have been putting on mine. I'll try and post a pic later.

[The Rocknrod]

Well then here is a list of 505 and the paint codes:
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...nuf=GM&rows=50

[vince1]

Definitely NOT woodland green. It's much too dark. IMO, don't waste your money on it because it won't be the same.

My Canadian truck had if I remember it right code 500 or maybe 500C. The last part is kind of missing. When I had the box off it looked just like yours. The rest of the truck has got a bit more of a blue haze in it. I have been painting pieces of it with mixed 503 green paint in a can from a body shop and comparing it to the un-faded portion at the back of the cab my son and I agreed it was the same. I've used two different sources for the paint. The two part stuff has to be mixed really well because there always seems to be a separate tint of blue floating around in it.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by AustinBelair

I found the build sheet

Care to show us the build sheet? I bet it had a 4 speed, locking differential and larger wheels also.

[aerotruk63]

I had a GMC special colors fan deck. Gave it away to a buddy of mine. I'll have to go by and see if he still has it.

[vince1]

503 on the left. 50 year old door paint faded somewhat blue on the right.

[AustinBelair]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Care to show us the build sheet? I bet it had a 4 speed, locking differential and larger wheels also.

Had a bunch of options. Of the top of my head:

Panoramic cab
Deluxe Interior
4-Way flasher
4 Speed
3.73 Posi
Larger wheels
HD rear springs
Spare tire mount
HD Radiator
Spare Wheel lock
HD Shocks
Ammeter
Premium Heater

and a few others

[AustinBelair]

Originally Posted by vince1

503 on the left. 50 year old door paint faded somewhat blue on the right.

Damn! Not Woodland Green then

[yelmer]

Public Service company Of Colorado , They had dark green trucks they are a utility company for gas and electric . They ran that Dark green many years

[AustinBelair]

Originally Posted by yelmer

Public Service company Of Colorado , They had dark green trucks they are a utility company for gas and electric . They ran that Dark green many years

I tried searching for any old pics of their fleet vehicles but found nothing