I'm not trying to hijack this thread but I guess this kind of ties in anyway. In '58 Chevy painted a few trucks from the factory two-toned with Anniversary Gold (a '58 car color) and what I believe is Bombay Ivory. Supposedly this was in celebration of GM's Golden Anniversary.
I have one of these trucks and on the ID plate it has no paint code. Instead it is stamped "SPEC" (Yes, I'm absolutely positive this is the original paint).
Now this brings up a question. From what the Impala guys say, in '58 the cars were still painted in laquer and the trucks were painted with enamel. I guess I'm wondering how, why, or where, these trucks were painted. What I mean is: on one hand it seems unlikely that they would have shot it in lacquer if the truck factory was only shooting enamel in regular production. It also seems unlikely they would have produced the Anniversary Gold metallic in enamel just to shoot a limited number of trucks.
Anyone have an explanation or theory? According to my serial number my truck was built in Los Angeles. I guess what I need is an old fellow who used to paint trucks at the Los Angeles factory in 1958 and still has a really good memory.
I'd really like to solve this mystery.
Also, how can I tell whether it is enamel or lacquer on my truck?
