hmmm, kinda what I said, except the Duco paint chips for 57 show the light gray as Marble gray [as Tim cites for 56] w/ the number being 73604, and lists no # for the charcoal!

"commonly painted black"? I've seen a lot of unmolested TF trucks, and never seen any that was 'black' on top the dash, but the charcoal color the factory used does start looking like faded black after 40 years or so, and I can't imagine that flat or eggshell finish they used would give any glare, whereas gloss black definitely would

on this truck the column, shifter, pedal arms, wheel and hand brake are the original charcoal - the pedal arms and hand brake 'look' black, but are the same dark gray - the rest is my choice grin

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics