Grill Emblems

[corsair231]

Okay guys, I know the original Sy grills had red GMC letters but wondering if they were chrome outlines or black-out outlines? It seems that in some of the grill pictures on-line of supposedly original trucks some are chrome and some seem black. Which is correct or are both of them correct? Just a minor thing but I scored a set of chrome outlined ones from a pull-a-part and if they are correct I may change them out for my current all black ones.
TIA

 

[DaveP's Ghost]

My 93 has silver outline red letters. They are very likely original to the truck.
Back in the day, the black ones were sought after and valuable. Don't "give" them away or loose them.

 

[Dedrick]

My 93 has silver outline red letters. They are very likely original to the truck.
Back in the day, the black ones were sought after and valuable. Don't "give" them away or loose them.

So the black GMC grill badge was a sought-after stock option?

 

[wildphil]

So the black GMC grill badge was a sought-after stock option?

The black letters were standard on 92 Typhoons but the use of black emblems on the trucks ended and red emblems replaced them during the production year. If I remember correctly it is thought that it happened pretty much between truck 1500 and 1600. But it was not just cut off at a certain truck. One may have had red installed but the next may have black. There have been threads on this site about them that were pretty interesting. There was a letter on one of the threads where GM gave the work to phase the black letters out.

 

[DaveP's Ghost]

I just noticed this in the OP's post. He's asking about the border color on the RED letters on Syclones. Not the black letters on the 92 Ty's

Okay guys, I know the original Sy grills had red GMC letters but wondering if they were chrome outlines or black-out outlines? It seems that in some of the grill pictures on-line of supposedly original trucks some are chrome and some seem black.

I've never noticed either way. My 93 has silver outlines.

 

[Dedrick]

The black letters were standard on 92 Typhoons but the use of black emblems on the trucks ended and red emblems replaced them during the production year. If I remember correctly it is thought that it happened pretty much between truck 1500 and 1600. But it was not just cut off at a certain truck. One may have had red installed but the next may have black. There have been threads on this site about them that were pretty interesting. There was a letter on one of the threads where GM gave the work to phase the black letters out.

Wow, interesting! I’m strictly talking Typhoons here, but in light of what you are saying, if I see a ‘92 Typhoon with a red emblem then that is likely aftermarket? All ‘92 Typhoons had black emblems? Or like you said with the Sy trucks, it’s not that cut and dried?

Really appreciate your reply. (I’ll try and search up that old thread.)

 

[Dedrick]

The black letters were standard on 92 Typhoons but the use of black emblems on the trucks ended and red emblems replaced them during the production year. If I remember correctly it is thought that it happened pretty much between truck 1500 and 1600. But it was not just cut off at a certain truck. One may have had red installed but the next may have black. There have been threads on this site about them that were pretty interesting. There was a letter on one of the threads where GM gave the work to phase the black letters out.

Found this post also from you. Now it’s clear to me that you’re saying 92 Typhoons had black emblems initially and switched to red at some point that year.

Correct Syclone Emblem in grill

Hi Guys, My GMC logo in the grill is black which I thought was original. Most on-line picture have the orange GMC....which is the correct one?

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thank you!

 

[wildphil]

I found an old thread discussing the black emblems. It looks like they were guessing the number of trucks that had the black ones originally varied from 500 to 1400. There was a better thread that I can not find that had some interesting post. But no one really knows how many trucks had the black emblems originally.

This thread does have a copy of the document that says to switch over to red emblems. It is interesting that is says to switch the emblems on Syclone, Typhoon and SGT trucks. I never have heard anything about black emblems on anything except the 92 Typhoon.

GMC pas document

Was there ever any evidence of the GMC switch over of the emblems? I'm just curious because I saw it before and could not find it. It mentions something like black logos were used, and then quickly switch to red. ? Looks like a lot of information is gone, or I'm not properly aware in how to...

sytyforums.com

 

[corsair231]

And the Russian bots are back.

 

[neildemo]

They never left. I smash them as they come lol.

 

[corsair231]

They never left. I smash them as they come lol.

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