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53 Chevy bumper & hubcap gray
#1333121 11/09/2019 5:47 PM
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Has anyone found a source for the gray paint used on bumpers, hubcaps, and grill baffles on 53 chevy trucks? Trying to keep mine all original. For what I need, an aerosol spray can type would even do. Also, am I correct in painting the grill baffles gray rather than the white used in previous years?
Re: 53 Chevy bumper & hubcap gray
Geo55 #1333139 11/09/2019 9:55 PM
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Supposedly (according to Jim Carter): The “backsplash” on painted grills was light gray (Thistle Gray) to match hub caps and bumpers.

PPG has a code for that color (info is in a Stovebolt.com Tech Tip).

However, maybe someone here (who has done this, satisfactorily, with spray-can paint) will post product info?


Tim
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The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.

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