Any way to tell years by color schemes?

[Kapdin]

Anyway to tell years by color schemes?

So here i am, at work, BORED. And i thought to myself, "wonder if i could tell the year or roughly the year based on paint schemes?" So i ask you guru's is there a way? cus I stair at a sexy solid light blue no two tone k20 every morning on my way to work, And i can put a few things together like it has round gas caps so older than 79 but not the 73 grill so with that can paint play a roll in the year? If not just tell me im dumb its ok.

 

[87sierra]

now a day people are always repainting these older trucks it might though since color options changed a little throughout years and body styles

 

[1973 Chevy]

now a day people are always repainting these older trucks it might though since color options changed a little throughout years and body styles

I agree, your probably not going to see to many square bodies with original paint anymore, and its a lot easier to guess the year by the grille, fenders, stuff like that.

 

[HotRodPC]

There is plenty with original colors, just that they look like hell. Like mine do. All of mine are original colors.

 

[Swims350]

yea but it's easier to swap a grille then it is to paint one.

I just narrow down the year range, like 73-80 and then 91-87 etc. then break down the grille by how it looks or the bumpers, that gives you a rough guess as to it's actual year.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Another project for the library...Collect pics of ORIGINAL trucks...

 

[HotRodPC]

81 and 82 are easy to tell with the lights in the bumper if they are OEM. I think we have a grill thread don't we for both GMC and Chevy? That should probably be put in the Library too.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

81 and 82 are easy to tell with the lights in the bumper if they are OEM. I think we have a grill thread don't we for both GMC and Chevy? That should probably be put in the Library too.

It already is.

 

[Kapdin]

humm yea, a year by year subtle body change forum stuff that helps pick the year. Not super important but sounds like a good tech forum.

And also around here i hardly ever see a re-painted square lol all old school and repainted but just back to origanal around here.

 

[J Knight]

77 year only, side molding has yellew insert were as 73-76 and 78-80 has black, thats about the only color easily identifying year that I can think of.

 

[HotRodPC]

humm yea, a year by year subtle body change forum stuff that helps pick the year. Not super important but sounds like a good tech forum.

And also around here i hardly ever see a re-painted square lol all old school and repainted but just back to origanal around here.

If you see a 73-80 body with Single Square headlights, it's an 80 for sure. And that was optional. Fairly rare. Not extremely rare, but not seen often. 80 had a few 1 year only stuff. Like all had NP205 Tcase in the 4x4's all of them, no matter 1/2 3/4 or 1 ton, or manual or auto trans. Also 80 was only year for OEM Spicer Locking Hubs IIRC. Seems I'm forgetting something else too.