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Expert: - 8/23/2008


Question

71 Longhorn - white/li
I am beginning to restore a 71 Chevy Longhorn PU truck. The color scheme is white/lime green/white/lime green. I can find the code for the white paint but can't seem to find the color code for the lime green. Can you help?

Answer
There should be a trim tag located on the firewall. On the right hand side of the second line is where you will find the paint code numbers. If there is only one two digit number that means the second color was added as an after market. To get color chips for your truck and see them on line go to http://www.classictruckshop.com/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/118
Brad

Brad Sears

Expertise

All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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