Original color for a 1973 chevy k10

[Jalopy]

It has been rattle canned blue, under the blue is burnt orange and under the burnt orange is silver but on the doors under the silver is black. Is there a way to find the original color with out the spid because it's gone?

 

[bucket]

Yep, look in the more hidden areas for the original color. Like under the seat or carpet. Or under the dash pad... that's if anyone ever even bothered to paint the dash. No matter the interior color, the dash and rest of the interior sheetmetal were painted the primary exterior color.

 

[Jalopy]

The interior has black door panels and a black seat cover and everything else is silver

 

[Jalopy]

Dash cover not seat cover

 

[Jalopy]

I also noticed some blue under the silver is that primer or possible original color

 

[bucket]

The interior has black door panels and a black seat cover and everything else is silver

That's a starting point. The original color may have been silver or the silver was at least the last thorough respray that the truck received. To know more, you need to remove interior trim panels to see what you find under them. Very few people go to the trouble to repaint areas that are not exposed when the truck is assembled.

 

[Jalopy]

This is what I found behind the dash

 

[bucket]

I guess I should have specified. Under the dash pad, but not the backside of the dash that didn't receive a coat of paint to begin with. But there does look to be hints of original yellow or ochre paint.

 

[Jalopy]

I guess I should have specified. Under the dash pad, but not the backside of the dash that didn't receive a coat of paint to begin with. But there does look to be hints of original yellow or ochre paint.

Under the dash pad was also silver but I notice some orange in the windshield weather stripping

 

[bucket]

That truck has seen a lot of paint over the years, huh? If we could see it in person, it may be possible to figure out the true original color from those few tidbits. But for more solid evidence, you'd probably have to start removing interior parts.

The original sealer color was normally a red/orange color in the 70's.

 

[Jalopy]

That truck has seen a lot of paint over the years, huh? If we could see it in person, it may be possible to figure out the true original color from those few tidbits. But for more solid evidence, you'd probably have to start removing interior parts.

The original sealer color was normally a red/orange color in the 70's.

Bummer, but we are going to strip the interior for paint one day anyways so we shall see

 

[Jalopy]

Thanks for the help

 

[bucket]

I just saw the pictures in your other thread. You may have to remove all of the interior to maybe possibly easily identify the original color. Someone really went to town with the silver paint.

 

[Jalopy]

I just saw the pictures in your other thread. You may have to remove all of the interior to maybe possibly easily identify the original color. Someone really went to town with the silver paint.

Yah he should have left it silver ensted of rattle canning it

 

[Jalopy]

That truck has seen a lot of paint over the years, huh? If we could see it in person, it may be possible to figure out the true original color from those few tidbits. But for more solid evidence, you'd probably have to start removing interior parts.

The original sealer color was normally a red/orange color in the 70's.

Sorry if I'm bomb barding you but it's not sealer I can peel back the silver on the windshield seal and under it is a metallic orange