[1960HDGMC]

In researching the colors for the first year of the 6066 GMC trucks, I found that five colors were carryovers from 1959. Some of these colors go back to 1954. The carryover colors are:

Chrome Yellow 54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63 *52,53 different code#

Flame Red 54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63

Delta Green 55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63

Omaha Orange 57,58,59,60,61,62,63 *54,55,56 different code#

Cape Blue 59,60,61


The top four may have carried on past 1963, but my reference was from that year. Cape Blue was the only short lived carryover color. It lasted three years total, two years in 6066 era.

The six new for 1960 GMC colors are:

Mesa Tan 60,61

Lunar Yellow 60,61

Strata Blue 60,61,62,63

Pearl Gray 60,61,62,63

Crystal Green 60,61,62,63

Olympic White 60,61,62,63 *Base color for 1960-61 factory Two-Tone Paint

Only three colors were not available in Two-Tone Combination, Olympic White (DUH), Omaha Orange and Chrome Yellow. I suspect that Chrome Yellow was exclusive to school bus use, but I can not be certain. Only Omaha Orange seems like a candidate for Two-Tone of the three. It may have been a commercial truck color also. Maybe Dream Sicles and Pop-Ups were all the rage in 1960, and GMC did not want to offer a "Dream Sicle" truck. But you could order a "Banana Puddin" truck, which looks great by the way.

Of all the new colors, only the first two were two year only colors. The other four may have carried on, but my reference was from 1963. All 1960 colors carried over to 1961. There were no new colors for 1961. In fact, I am not aware of any changes of any type for 1961. Other than a higher serial number, I do not know what makes a 1961 different from a 1960.

The only out rider I am having a time pinning down is "1960 GMC Ebony Black #9000" It is often mentioned in chips pages, but it is missing or has an "X" thru it. Maybe they planned to offer it and pulled it at the last minute. I believe Ebony Black was offered by GMC at some time, but I think it might have been a special order color in 1960. Black is such a standard today, but so is air conditioning. I bet they pulled it because of this fact. I have only seen one factory black 1960 GMC. Are there others?

If I have left some color out ,or got something wrong, please chime in. This is what I have gathered, and it is prone to human error. Thanks for any help, GM