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Default Re: Need all our GMC Historians help: 1963 Factory Black truck correct wheel paint?

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Originally Posted by AZKen View Post
This is a load of new 60-61 trucks. I am glad I don't worry about this kind of stuff. It would drive me crazy. None of the color brochures from 1963 show black trucks. If no one here is absolutely sure and does not have documentation proof, that means no one on earth will know if it's right or wrong. Even a concours judge. So it may not make any difference. Very few, if any, color photos in 1963. All the 1963 brochures are artist rendered. Many times the artist got small things wrong. The brochures I see have white wheels. Some have matching color of the truck.
I have a 1963 photo at a dealership with a pretty dark 63 with lite wheels.
Gently and carefully sand the paint on the wheel. Make a wide featherd the area to expose all layers. There is no EDP in 63. Let us know what you find. I guess it could be lead base so use caution.
So Ken, I didn't see a reply yet from Ed Snyder or Pete giving me any direction regarding Green on these, so I went and date coded my wheels and every single one is dated Mar-April 1963. All 4 are painted Black originally on back and inside where the tires mounts and the white spray paint is only on the outside face and its chipping off revealing the Black underneath. So from what I can see, these wheels came Black originally.
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