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I was talking to a friend the other night about my new truck (1962 stepside) and he asked me about the color and if it still had the BLACK Inside bed & floor. It does, but I thought someone had painted it this color, and was going to repaint. I want to keep it has original as possible - my question is... does anybody know if this is a original color or not??? Seems a little strange to a have the inside & floor(boards) painted black, especially on a white truck.

It is my understanding, if you have a wood plank bed, Chevrolet painted it black at the factory. (Do a search on Stovebolt to see the numerous threads concerning paint type.) This was an inexpensive yet extremely effective weatherproofing applied to the boards.

I don't have anything authoritative on the bed walls being black. This painting sounds odd since they probably would have a done a single-color "paint bomb" to get the truck white in the first place. It would have taken effort (read "money") to make the walls a different color. Since this is in such an unobvious location, I could see it being white as well.

I'll sit back and watch to see what the experts post.

Bill

My 63 stepside was green on the inside(same green as body color) with no paint on the boards when I got it. Granted it sat for quite a few years, but when I look closely at the wood it shows no trace of paint on it...

Jim Carter's take on 1956 and newer bed wood.

The boards make sense I guess, but the inside bed walls seems a little strange - don't think I'm going to leave them Black, clashes with the white (REALLY STICKS OUT).
Thanks tclederman for the link - helped!

I believe that only the boards were painted black and the sides were body color.