Hi Dana

I can't find paint information specific to 1941 trucks, even in my 1941 Chevrolet Truck Data Book.

However, I think it's reasonable to believe that nothing changed in that regard for 1941, '42, and '46.

There is information available for 1946:

https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4647.htm

https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4648.htm

From it you can see the regular body color was Brewster Green as it had been for several years on Chevrolet trucks.

The optional colors are listed, and the belt line and pin stripe colors that were used with each color choice as well.

You will also see that wheels, fenders, and running boards were black unless the customer requested them to be body color.

The information is quite detailed about stripes and colors on trim and chrome.

Nowhere does it mention striping on the wheels, whereas the information on the cars does include that information:

https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/chevyresto/4610.htm

So, it is my belief that truck wheels were normally black and were not striped.

Hope that helps.  🙂

@ole-olson 

Thank you. Trying to keep it original but it’s difficult to find some information. My wheels have a faint outline of where striping was. I suspect the wheels are from a later truck or someone add the striping

@dana-morgan69gmail-com-2 @35Mike

Actually, from this:

which can be found here:

https://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/parts/1929_41/41cp145.html

It looks like !/2 tons and cars used the same wheel in 1941, so you may just have car wheels on your truck.

Or, they did have striping!  🙂

Maybe 35Mike will know for sure.

PS

I should have said that 1/2 tons "could" use the same 16" wheels as cars in 1941... as there was also the option of 18" and 15" available for the trucks.

I know Mike is more of a '30s truck guy, but this may still be in his "wheel house" so to speak.  🙂

Perhaps contacting https://oldchevytrucks.com/    Jim Carter truck parts  800-842-1913 

@ole-olson @dana-morgan69gmai

I agree with Ole that the wheels were probably not pinstriped when the truck was new. The 16" wheels that were used on 1/2 ton trucks, were the same wheels were used on passenger models from 1939 through 1948, in any given year. !/2 ton trucks continued to use wheel that was basically the same through early 1955, with some variation in width. It is entirely possible that the wheels were replaced at some time. If your truck has 15" wheels, they could have come from a truck from as late as 1959. I don't know if striping was used on truck wheels in these years.

Mike 

    For 1937, Fisher and Holden body passenger cars had wheel stripes.   All commercial and truck wheels were black but "to make the sale, attractive options with standard colors at no extra cost." "Other color options at extra cost."  See web page < http://home.znet.com/c1937/paint.htm > for details.  From Salesman's handbook.  Fisher used lacquer.  Martin Parry used enamel.                   

I just spoke with Bob Adler who is the 47-55 1st series tech  advisor and he said all 1/2 tons were striped thru 54. He wrote an article on the subject for the G&D several years ago . I will post the month and year if I can find it.

@steve-d 

I have no doubt that the "AD" trucks Bob is adviser for did in fact have stripes.

I believe I've seen them myself.

I do however still doubt that the "Art Deco" trucks from 1941 to 46 ever had them.

@steve-d

Actually...

It appears that even from 1947 up "regular" wheels were black with NO stripe.

BUT...

RPO (optional) Forester Green (or body color) wheels in both 16 and 17 inch sizes WERE striped, 3 cream stripes on the 16"s and 2 on the 17"s.

However, 15" optional truck wheels still had no stripe.

This comes from GM's own material.

I suspect that most "AD" trucks were indeed ordered with the optional colored wheels and stripes, but probably not all.

I still think though that trucks '46 and earlier were not that stylish.  🙂

@ole-olson 
Consensus seems to be they were not striped. As much as I like the look I’m going to go with no stripes unless I find out otherwise 

Thanks to all that answered