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I have a few questions about paint colors and detailing methods for my 1955.1 3600. I understand the painted grille should be Bombay Ivory, with black inner bars, and the Chevrolet lettering should be black. What is the best way to get a factory look to the application of the letting on the top grille bar? The originals look like they might have been sprayed through a mask, but I'm not sure. Same question about best method for the white Chevrolet lettering across the dash and the black vertical stripes on the dash.
Next question is about painting on the stainless front hood ornament. I assume whether sprayed or brushed, it'd need to be painted with a self-etching paint. Correct? Are self etching single stage paints something easily custom mixed?
Next up "Baking Dulux"... I'm assuming this is a heat cured enamel. What would be the modern equivalent?
Next can anyone tell me if Bombay Ivory is the correct base color for the hub caps on 55.1? Or is there another color for them? I ask because 54 had different greys for bumpers and hub caps.
Finally, I have heard that there might be a service bulletin that tells how much flattener should be added to various paints depending on where they are applied. For instance the dash paint, perhaps the inner grille bars, etc.? I don't think the interior paint, especially the dash, should be as glossy as the exterior of the truck. No survivor I've ever seen is anyway.

Thanks!

Last edited by AD_NAPCO; 12/07/20 04:22 PM.

1955.1 Chevrolet 3600 NAPCO 4x4 #1
1955.1 Chevrolet 3600 NAPCO 4x4 #2
1954 Chevrolet 3600 pickup
1956 GMC 100 NAPCO 4x4
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The parts book says 1955.1 3/4 and 1 ton hub caps were both ivory and white. Different part numbers for both.

From my experiance all the trim with little painted areas a stencil or mask was used becuse some times they were a little off.


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@Chev Nut, thankyou. I'm guessing that the white caps were for trucks with the Pure White body color, as the instructions I've seen always seem to have an exception for that body color. So my truck being Juniper Green would get the Bombay Ivory caps. I've noticed that they are frequently a little bit off as well, so the stencil or mask makes sense. Thanks very much for the reply.

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1955.1 Chevrolet 3600 NAPCO 4x4 #1
1955.1 Chevrolet 3600 NAPCO 4x4 #2
1954 Chevrolet 3600 pickup
1956 GMC 100 NAPCO 4x4

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