After seventy years, authentic car and truck restorations are very difficult. With the limited survival of the 1936 GMC (the year of the company's first ½ ton) this truck is especially difficult to restore just right.
Some literature has survived but what we see is usually in black and white. The question is the grill housing color of this rare truck. Chevrolet trucks and cars in those years have the housing painted body and hood color. We have found more than one GMC with this housing painted fender color. Very unusual! This was not even done on other non Chevrolet cars that are made by General Motors.
At this point we strongly suspect that the 1936 GMC had their shroud painted the color of their fenders. Only if the fenders were body color, would the shroud match the body and hood.
See the beautiful example in the photo above. It belongs to Pat Kroeger in Florida. During the recent restoration he attempted to paint the truck just right.
We hope to hear from you with comments on this difference in paint schemes. Contact us at info@oldchevytrucks.com or Pat Kroeger at du200@aol.com.
