Two tone or solid

[talon57]

Im planning on getting my 1978 C20 resprayed soon right now its holly and seamist green, i have it almost stripped down and primed completely to cut down on costs, i was wondering how much extra it would be cost to get a two tone over a solid color, Im trying to get it sprayed medium blue and frost white, I know materials are already going to be around 12-1500.

[BiggG74]

I like the two tone myself.

[BiggG74]

But I would imagine the two tone would cost more.

[1967KaiserM715]

two tone is indeed more expensive, because it adds like a whole day to paint one color, then mask and do the next color

it sounds like your outsourcing the painting itself, so ask the paint shop. are you planning just medium blue if two tone is too much cost?

I guess the two tone scheme style will make even more difference in cost too

[philo_beddoe]

Two tone like this:

[philo_beddoe]

Oh, for the record my truck is also original seamist green. But i love the red and white factory look.

[Joec123able]

Oh, for the record my truck is also original seamist green. But i love the red and white factory look.

Me too. That 76 bonanza is pretty close to my dream truck right there. I'm all about original everything on a truck, I don't care about extra horse power or none of the modern crap, I like original trucks the way they came built original. I dream of having a truck like that one one day.

[philo_beddoe]

Yup, EXACTLY!!! I dont believe in chrome under the hood, lifting or lowering the suspension. Its okay to change a few things as long as the factory offered as an option.  Restoring to factory can be an expensive challenge.

[1967KaiserM715]

Yup, EXACTLY!!! I dont believe in chrome under the hood, lifting or lowering the suspension. Its okay to change a few things as long as the factory offered as an option.  Restoring to factory can be an expensive challenge.

funny, my philosophy on cars is close to this, but I have a year cutoff anything before 1980-all stock or factory options(safety upgrades allowed-seat belts, dual circuit brakes, maybe engine to diesel but that's it) after 1980 it kind of depends I feel a lot of the "class" of the car world started to diminish


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[philo_beddoe]

The 1980's were a horrible decade for cars. The trucks were fine, chevy dodge and ford.  The camaro, mustang, corvette, charger, ect, ect...all lame!  (No offense to anyone that owns the above mentioned cars)

[philo_beddoe]

Oh, the only car that was acceptabe was the buick grand national, 1986. I remember seing them at the dealers, i think they are worth six figures today.

[ccdually]

Im partial to the 2 tones.

[philo_beddoe]

Wow, thats sharp!!!!

[Joec123able]

Yup, EXACTLY!!! I dont believe in chrome under the hood, lifting or lowering the suspension. Its okay to change a few things as long as the factory offered as an option.  Restoring to factory can be an expensive challenge.

Well said, totally agree. Glad I'm not alone on that view

[Jason S]

Me too. That 76 bonanza is pretty close to my dream truck right there. I'm all about original everything on a truck, I don't care about extra horse power or none of the modern crap, I like original trucks the way they came built original. I dream of having a truck like that one one day.

  I'm fond of the factory look, especially green trucks and really like the two tone green on your C-20. Both of mine have two tone, but just the top of the cab is the second color.  The cost for painting that portion was negligible.

Just my opinion - I'm not partial to color changes unless it is a complete job inside and out (outer paint matches inner paint). Restoring to factory (or factory look) and color can get expensive, but it can also keep the truck very unique.