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JackA · 11-09-2013, 02:28 PM

I have this cool 28 ccpu and am wondering about the colors. Should the bed and radiator be red to match the cab. Looks good to me like it is,

Skrain · 11-09-2013, 02:41 PM

Most commercial 28s had black radiator shells and fenders.
Of course, it's yours, so whatever you like...

bart78 · 11-09-2013, 02:55 PM

How about brown fenders.

Bob C · 11-09-2013, 06:09 PM

I'd go red on the bed and leave the rest as is.

Bob

Charlie Stephens · 11-09-2013, 07:14 PM

Henry went body color on the bed (including the wood that shows inside the bed) and black on the radiator shell like it is. I like the red (and would not repaint it) but it wasn't one of the standard colors for 1928. Also the wheels came black from the factory. I like the truck an mention these things only because I think you are asking how it would have been painted from the factory.

Charlie Stephens

glenn in camino · 11-09-2013, 08:17 PM

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Nice to see one with a proper black radiator shell and headlights. Leave it alone.

Logan · 11-09-2013, 09:20 PM

Leave it alone unless you repaint the cab too. You'll never get the bed to match the cab.

spdway1 · 11-09-2013, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Leave it alone unless you repaint the cab too. You'll never get the bed to match the cab.

Not true in the Northeast.

azmodela · 11-10-2013, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Leave it alone unless you repaint the cab too. You'll never get the bed to match the cab.

Any good painter can match the paint just fine.

Logan · 11-10-2013, 11:26 AM

Just fine and perfect are two different things. Since I'm around paint everyday I can look at cars and tell where paint has been blended, or where something has been repainted and not blended. You could get it close, but you stand 10 to 15 feet back you're gonna be able to tell it's been re-painted. Not to mention if the cab is done in laquer and is cracking or showing the typical signs of old laquer. Then you put a new coat of red on the bed, it's going to stand out. Pick up cabs don't have much sheetmetal to them. If you're going to paint the bed, you might as well do a paint job on the cab too. It wouldn't take that much more time, and the end result would be better in my opinion. But I've been known to be a perfectionist.

azmodela · 11-10-2013, 10:14 PM

Huh, I stand by my original comment, but from the likes of your posted resume you appear to know it all...

11-09-2013, 02:41 PM	#2
Skrain Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Monticello, Kentucky Posts: 284	Re: 28 ccpu color Most commercial 28s had black radiator shells and fenders. Of course, it's yours, so whatever you like... __________________ "They can make me grow older, but they CAN'T make me grow up!"

11-09-2013, 02:55 PM	#3
bart78 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Stephenville tx Posts: 1,019	Re: 28 ccpu color How about brown fenders.

11-09-2013, 06:09 PM	#4
Bob C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: So Cal Posts: 8,794	Re: 28 ccpu color I'd go red on the bed and leave the rest as is. Bob

11-09-2013, 07:14 PM	#5
Charlie Stephens Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Southern California Posts: 7,052	Re: 28 ccpu color Henry went body color on the bed (including the wood that shows inside the bed) and black on the radiator shell like it is. I like the red (and would not repaint it) but it wasn't one of the standard colors for 1928. Also the wheels came black from the factory. I like the truck an mention these things only because I think you are asking how it would have been painted from the factory. Charlie Stephens Last edited by Charlie Stephens; 11-09-2013 at 07:22 PM.

11-09-2013, 08:17 PM	#6
glenn in camino Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Camino, CA. Posts: 3,086	Re: 28 ccpu color Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Nice to see one with a proper black radiator shell and headlights. Leave it alone.

11-09-2013, 09:20 PM	#7
Logan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,055	Re: 28 ccpu color Leave it alone unless you repaint the cab too. You'll never get the bed to match the cab. __________________ Cowtown A's

11-10-2013, 11:26 AM	#10
Logan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 1,055	Re: 28 ccpu color Just fine and perfect are two different things. Since I'm around paint everyday I can look at cars and tell where paint has been blended, or where something has been repainted and not blended. You could get it close, but you stand 10 to 15 feet back you're gonna be able to tell it's been re-painted. Not to mention if the cab is done in laquer and is cracking or showing the typical signs of old laquer. Then you put a new coat of red on the bed, it's going to stand out. Pick up cabs don't have much sheetmetal to them. If you're going to paint the bed, you might as well do a paint job on the cab too. It wouldn't take that much more time, and the end result would be better in my opinion. But I've been known to be a perfectionist. __________________ Cowtown A's

11-10-2013, 10:14 PM	#11
azmodela BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 352	Re: 28 ccpu color Huh, I stand by my original comment, but from the likes of your posted resume you appear to know it all...