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I have questions about the correct color for two parts:

-Cab to running board seal retainers - black like the running boards or body color? They were gone on the original and I have not yet seen how they mount or if the are visible.

-Side mount spare tire bracket, parts of this bracket mount on the inside of the bedside, one bracket is below the floor, the other piece is a flat reinforcing bracket that will be visible in the bed. I presume these were mounted at the factory after painting and might be black, but not sure. Should the hardware be painted, bolt head and washers that are visible?

As always - thank you!
Mike

Mike,

Is this for your 1953, 1963, or 1965, or other-year truck?

Tim

Tim,
This is for my 1953, soory I should have been clearer.
Mike

Mike,

I am interested in hearing answers to both questions because I'll be painting those parts on a '54 pickup.

From what I have seen, I would think the tire holder parts are all body color except for the piece/bar that in under the bed might have been black (below the floor). I think the hardware (bolts) might have been body color but I will probably use unpainted stainless.

On my '54 suburban, the cab to running board seal-retainers are painted black, but I do not know about the color of the retainers on a pickup.

Tim

Here is an answer I got from Bob Adler on the questions posed.

"Mike,
I'm not sure about the spare tire carier color. The fenders were loosely bolted to box before entering paint shop at the factory. So a half ton, with dimpled fender was assmebled before painting. But the question is whether the bracket was also installed before entering paint booth. I don't know. I painted the last few carriers black and the customers did not complain. I tend toward black, but have no documentation. The later trucks used phillips pan head bolts.

Clutch head fender to box bolts have no washer under the head, but do have a fender washere under the nut, inside fender. Again, bolt heads are body color.
Clutch head bolts are used in the rods to fender corners and frame in back, and at the fender bottom in front. I paint them body color where they are attached to the fenders, but they were probably cad plated.

Paint running board seal retainer black.

Both wind lace retainer on floor and on door bottom are interior color.

Gold bronze is the only listing. Find a gold paint with a very fine flake.

Best regards,
Bob"

So nothing conclusive on the spare tire carrier, and it seems I will use hex head bolts to mount the spare tire carrier, probably the dimpled head style, as Bob states the philips pan heads were for later models.

Mike