I've been searching here on FTE and the general Internet and haven't found any good pics of two-toned paint jobs on flare sides. Does anyone know if this was on option on this config and how they differentiated on the bed, if at all?

My '63 shortbed flareside appears to originally have been Chrome Yellow with a hefty diamond plate bumper but thinking about a two-tone white/yellow or white/red with smaller bumper setup.

Any links or thoughts would be appreciated - Kris

 

I restored my '66 F-250 with the goal being to be true to original, and so repainted all body panels in Rangoon Red single-stage enamel. The wheels, bumpers, grille and grille guard were Colonial White.

To the best of my knowledge, Ford didn't offer a two-tone paint scheme as you describe for the flareside (stepside) trucks. I think they were perceived as more of a work truck, and body paint was all one color, with wheels/bumpers/grille in an offset color.

You did often see the styleside trucks with dressier two-tone paint jobs. Unlike the flareside/stepside, there was a visual horizontal line created on the stylesides between hood and front fender through the cab doors and then continuing alongh the bed, allowing the opportunity for a natural looking two-tone scheme.

 

Beautiful F 250 1948F3 , very refreshing to see a stock restoration with correct one piece wheels and caps on a 3/4 ton flareside. I believe your refering to the " deluxe two tone" which appears to be only availabe with stylesides. The " two tone" was available with all F series as shown below.

 

Now that is a nice true to the original F250

 

Mine is a '59 f350 styleside and I would love to go two-tone. I dug up these photos from James Wagners 'Ford Trucks Since 1905' My bible.....

 

Nice looking Flareside. I haven't seen a lot of pictures posted on this forum of the 8' beds. Nice to see one !!

 

Thanks GB, those are great reference pics. Mine is the short flareside and came in Chrome Yellow originally... Thinking the white roof might break things up a little while showing a little respect to its heritage. Kris

 

Yeah, if your definition of two-tone simply means adding a white top, that could be nice but when you start going crazy with the bed sides one color and the fenders another, etc, that just gets way too busy and rarely looks good, IMHO......

 

Thank you gentlemen for your kind remarks. Here are a couple other photos










Not trying to derail this thread though...here are some photos of other trucks with different paint jobs that I found online. The 4 x 4 shows how it's generally easier to create a two-tone on a styleside truck than a flareside:

 

Flareside wood beds, dividers were originally painted body color.

 

ford48 is that flairside a 8' bed?
mine is 54" wide has wheel tub in side
looks like 54" wide
fender welts?

 

Yes that is an 8' bed on an F-250. My father bought the truck new in May of 1966. It was his work truck until he died in 1982. Sat for a long time in the garage until I restored it.

The rear fender welts I believe I got from Obsolete & Classic Auto Parts in Oklahoma. I decided to paint them body color.

 

I love the look of a properly done flareside on a Slick.

The bumps and dents just dont have the same appeal to me.

 

so were welts used in 1964 on the flareside or anti squeak strip?

 

Hey 49f3,
Your 66 F250 flareside is awsome, super awsome! Beautiful job!