dash color?

[Texas63GMC]

I have a 63 being painted. It was a "bare bones" truck with no options. Were all the dashes painted a flat grey or did the base truck dash come the same silver grey as the rest of the cab? if they were all painted, does anyone have a paint code?

[jbgroby]

As far as I know all the dashes were painted the flat grey - serves as anti-glare.

[Foley]

From information I got off this forum last year, the interior color is "Medium Fawn Metallic, PPG paint code #22151.

[bdshumaker]

Fawn was new in 1963 for Chevy, GMC used the two tone silver/charcoal 1960-1966.

Brian

[BarryGMC]

Here is what I have seen. And I have seen hundreds of 60 66 gmc trucks. All 60-61 are General Motors argent with charcoal on the top of the dash. Most 62-63 are the same. Though I have seen quite a few that are ivory, and 2 63's that were fawn. Nearly every 64-66 has been fawn or fawn and ivory. The ivory is in the door panel. I have seen 2 64 trucks that were argent / charcoal but they were both 2500 series one tons. This was a good question that made me dig deep into my notes on 60-66 gmc stuff. Btw most of these were/are California assembled trucks.

[bdshumaker]

Barry, are you saying you've encountered fawn in later GMC trucks? From my understanding, argent(silver)/charcoal was it for 60-66 GMCs and a "deluxe cab" didn't get you anything in the interior but a nicer seat, a passenger visor and a drivers armrest.
Fawn was introduced for the 1963 model year Chevy's and became their standard interior color. Ivory was the accent color on Chevy "custom cabs" used on the door insert panels during 1960-1966, and on the instrument panel and glove box door through 1963. All trim levels of Chevy had steering columns of ivory through 1964 but changed to fawn for 1965 and 1966.
Brian

[Texas63GMC]

Thanks for the responses. Ive only seen the base stock models, usually worn out work trucks with faded paint. Ive looked at the painting regulations and they have flat grey on the dash for custom or deluxe cabs, but I dont have that.

[BarryGMC]

Every 64-66 gmc I have ever owned or currently own for a total of 8, currently have 2 a 65 and 66 has had the fawn solid interior or the fawn with ivory accent in the door panel. And both my 65 and 66 light tonnage models sales brochures show the fawn color in the interior illustration. All of my 64-66 custom cab trucks have had the ivory door panels. I also have owned every year 60-66 gmc custom cab truck, and own every single piece of trim for every year x3. I also have taken notes on over a 100 60-66 gmc trucks. Finally fawn and ivory was used in 1962 on the corvair ramp side trucks. 61 was argent/ charcoal . I have both of those also.

[bdshumaker]

Texas,
GMC's base model was called, oddly enough, the 'deluxe cab interior'. The high end version was the 'custom cab interior'. The only difference is the seat. Deluxe gets you thicker foam and nylon fabric.
The 1960-61 brochure says the top of dash is a non-glare, charcoal gray with lower panel and steering column in harmonizing metallic silver. For '60-'61 the deluxe seat was the same color combo. The custom seat lists silver-black nylon trimmed with silver-gray vinyl. For '62 the interior color name has changed to Silver-Fawn, with the deluxe seat in Silver-Fawn vinyl with dark gray trim. The Custom seat now comes in four, two-tone combos: Delta Green, Terrace Blue, Varsity Blue and Silver Fawn vinyl paired with Silver Fawn nylon with the accent color determined by the exterior color.
Now, whether earlier Silver Gray is the same as Silver Fawn, I don't know. It may be very close to Chevy's Fawn Metallic. Confusing, huh?

Brian

[BarryGMC]

I forgot to add that some of the 61 and 62 trucks have a silver with a bit of a blue tint to it.

[bdshumaker]

Barry,

Great! That clears that up, I guess my earlier assumption was wrong. So GMC went to Silver Fawn in '62 until 1966. From what you have seen, is GMC interior Silver Fawn the same as Chevy's interior Fawn?

Brian

[BarryGMC]

It's the same. Early 62 corvair brochure calls it champagne, and it's the same.

[Texas63GMC]

thanks guys...

[Andice]

My '64 GMC Deluxe was all original on the inside. Here is a before and after. It, too, is (was) fawn.

[kieth]

Here is my 66 :

before:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-qBsq92W




during:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-w3P4ST2/A



after:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-rjGkFPB



My build home:
http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-GMC/i-FkxSPq5


Go to:
http://www.autocolorlibrary.com/
they show interior, trim, and exterior colors: