Binford was right about mine too. It was bought from Jacks Gov't surplus and was white. It was serving the Smithsonian institute by running fuel for the generators up at the Mt Hopkins observatory outside of Tucson. The snowball nickname was from a story I was told about the truck going down the backside of the mountain to rescue a stranded 4x4 in the snow. It did not skip a beat in the rescue. That was a 68 and the serial number was 30945. Jack and his son Josh painted it the correct 24087 when I bought it. Sorry I am a little late responding to this thread from 2007. I fell asleep... lol
My new truck is also a 68 and serial number 33479. It is sand tan and a military color.