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| | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 84 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 84 | I bought a '53 3100 a couple of years ago. The whole truck was painted light blue inside and out. I recently took the non fresh air heater out and took it apart. Where there is no blue paint it is kind of a hammered finish dark green color. I thought the heaters were a kind of bronze or tan color? It has a chevrolet emblem on it? I thought maybe it was a GMC? I don't know. I was just wondering because I'm about to rebuild it and wanted to paint it the right color. Thanks.
1953 3100 | 1958 3/4-ton NAPCO
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 442 | it maybe from a passenger car, to my knowledge.
Mike | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,215 | As far as I know, my heater ('53) was always a hammered light brown. I had it all apart and refinished it in the same colour. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | Over the life of these trucks who knows where it could have come from. I have seen about 4 different colors depending on application. I have seen 53's (which should have a decal and not the aluminum plaque) even a pink looking original color. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
If you can post a photo, it would be possible to tell you if it is an original style of heater.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 | i have one tan and one green both original | | | | | | OLTrucks Unregistered | | OLTrucks Unregistered | Some car heaters I have seen were a greenish blue hammer paint.
Mike | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,953 | Grey hammertone paint with a clip on GMC emblem. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,028 | Mine was a hammered green (original) when I restored it I painted it the bronze hammered color because i like that better. | | |
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