GMT400 You can't quit looking at!

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[Leeztruk]

Rebelboy, Your inspirational choice is also one of mine. Not gonna go that low though. What size wheels you running on your truck, 17" or 18"?

 

[sewlow]

My '98 could use a paint job. Not really 'needs', but after the '97, guess I was kinda spoiled by that one.
Black. Nothing looks better when it's done right. I've had 2 black vehicles. After the first one, I said never again. Let somebody else own 'em.
When I went looking for my first 400, I looked at 11. 1 was red. Nope. 1 was green. I had just sold an '86 I had owned for 14 years that was green. Nope.
The others were black. Seemed like every one of them for sale at that time was black.
Eee-yea. Bought a black one. The low-mile one-owner one.
I've wanted to change the color since the first time (Next day!) I cut-polished & waxed it.
With this damned OCD detail thing, my heart starts to do funky-weird hoopty-doo's just thinking about maintaining b-l-l-l-ack. (Ack!)
Too old for that. Gotta watch the ticker.
I'd really like to get it painted purple.
Not 'Barney' purple. (Barney's the anti-Christ, don't ya know! lol!)
Dark, really dark, purple.
I have a whole file just on...purple.
Some are too red. Too pink. Too orange. Too brown. Too light.

So...wouldn't ya know it?
One of the closest shades I've found to what I like is on a 400.
This is the only pic I've ever been able to find.
Of all the different shades I've saved, I keep coming back to this one.
Seems to me there was a discussion about this truck here, years ago.
A GM mule with a lot of input from Lingenfelter?
Turbo (twin?) BBC. Bunch of other one-off stuff.
Ring any bells? Anyone with info?
Is this one & the mule the same truck?
Am I confused? Again? Still?
I have never seen this color listed as a factory option for 400's.
...and I've searched the GM paint codes & color chips across all vehicle production, 10-12 years previous to the Escalade.
A factory color would be nice just to be able to say..."Hey. 'Factory color'!"
Doesn't mean it has to be factory for a 400!
Custom-mixes are O.K, but for a semi-regular daily, original colors make touch-ups/repairs (Repairs?!? Oh-nooo!) easier.

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[yevgenievich]

My non gm400 vehicle was originally plum purple, but was going to change it to Audi velvet purple like in the attached picture.

 

[sewlow]

My non gm400 vehicle was originally plum purple, but was going to change it to Audi velvet purple like in the attached picture.

Nice color! It is purple, but not dark enough for my tastes.

This is a wrap.
Not as expensive as a complete paint job, but still, not cheap!

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[Dariusz Salomon]

My '98 could use a paint job. Not really 'needs', but after the '97, guess I was kinda spoiled by that one.
Black. Nothing looks better when it's done right. I've had 2 black vehicles. After the first one, I said never again. Let somebody else own 'em.
When I went looking for my first 400, I looked at 11. 1 was red. Nope. 1 was green. I had just sold an '86 I had owned for 14 years that was green. Nope.
The others were black. Seemed like every one of them for sale at that time was black.
Eee-yea. Bought a black one. The low-mile one-owner one.
I've wanted to change the color since the first time (Next day!) I cut-polished & waxed it.
With this damned OCD detail thing, my heart starts to do funky-weird hoopty-doo's just thinking about maintaining b-l-l-l-ack. (Ack!)
Too old for that. Gotta watch the ticker.
I'd really like to get it painted purple.
Not 'Barney' purple. (Barney's the anti-Christ, don't ya know! lol!)
Dark, really dark, purple.
I have a whole file just on...purple.
Some are too red. Too pink. Too orange. Too brown. Too light.

So...wouldn't ya know it?
One of the closest shades I've found to what I like is on a 400.
This is the only pic I've ever been able to find.
Of all the different shades I've saved, I keep coming back to this one.
Seems to me there was a discussion about this truck here, years ago.
A GM mule with a lot of input from Lingenfelter?
Turbo (twin?) BBC. Bunch of other one-off stuff.
Ring any bells? Anyone with info?
Is this one & the mule the same truck?
Am I confused? Again? Still?
I have never seen this color listed as a factory option for 400's.
...and I've searched the GM paint codes & color chips across all vehicle production, 10-12 years previous to the Escalade.
A factory color would be nice just to be able to say..."Hey. 'Factory color'!"
Doesn't mean it has to be factory for a 400!
Custom-mixes are O.K, but for a semi-regular daily, original colors make touch-ups/repairs (Repairs?!? Oh-nooo!) easier.

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This purple is almost...black. Not sure if that's the kind of"low maintanance" colour you have in mind lol.
The only truly low maintanance color I can think of is silver. And maybe champagne. But mostly silver really.

 

[yevgenievich]

Nice color! It is purple, but not dark enough for my tastes.

This is a wrap.
Not as expensive as a complete paint job, but still, not cheap!

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Plum purple I felt was a bit too dark for what I wanted and decided that will change to a bit lighter audi color.
Plum purple example.

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[sewlow]

This purple is almost...black. Not sure if that's the kind of"low maintanance" color you have in mind lol.
The only truly low maintanance color I can think of is silver. And maybe champagne. But mostly silver really.

Oh yea. Dark. My thing about black is that it takes a lot of work to look good...&...it's black.
The lines & style details all kinda meld into a blob.
The same as every other vehicle that's black.
Old Hot Rod trick was that if you wanted an ugly part to disappear, paint it black.
I have no problem with polishing a vehicle. I began learning about that stuff years ago. Got paid to do it for a while. Still learning little tips & tricks. It does take me longer these days. Young man's job if you want to make $$$ at it.
But, if I'm going to go through all the steps right from the wet-sanding on through, I'd rather be doing it to something that's really going to pop when it's done.

My '97. r.i.p.

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I had a '63 Impala SS that was Butternut Yellow.
Didn't show the dirt. It looked clean all the time.
I could go a week between washings.
Most of my vehicles are used to to 3-4x a week.

 

[618 Syndicate]

The wheels on my car are powder coated "iced black cherry" but they look more purple than red in the sun.