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| | | | Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 | When trucks came of the line new and the color of the truck was blue what did they paint the rims ?Same color or others. Sanding my rims to paint, found multi colors in layers,Black,White,light blue,and a [censored] yellow.Thanks | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | b10,
The 3100 wheels in many Advance-Design years (47-55) were black, except for Suburban Carryall (which had body-colored wheels). Maybe someone has documentation specifically for 1951?
In 54/55, the standard-cab 3100 wheels were black, except for some of the deluxe and/or two-tone exterior options (which might have had body-colored wheels).
GMC wheel colors were often (always?) different from the body color for New Design years (47-55).
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | | | | | | Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 112 | You guys are great with fast answers and black its going to be. As always THANKS! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 | How do you fellows do the pin striping on the wheels? Mask off lines, a pinstripping tool or pinstriping tape?
John | | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 |
- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 | I see a common denominator in these posts. You need at least 3 alcoholic drinks in you before your hand becomes steady enough to paint the stripes. I had forgotten about there also being a pinstripe on the cab beltline also.....
I did 2 of my 15" rims by taping with masking tape after using a large compass to draw in lines for the pinstripes. They wasn't too bad, but I did have to go back and touch up a few places where the paint creaped back under the tape.....
Biggest problem with taping is if the rim has some pits in the metal....
Thanks John
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,248 | My imagination or does the inner most and outer most pinstripe on the wheels look to be thicker than the one in between??
John | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 | Here are three 3/4" (supposedly) pinstripes. In Cosmo's photo the widths might look different due to downward curve in the center of the wheel (and a straight-on photo of the wheel)? | | |
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