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And a 4x4 My dad had for a while.
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Does my one fit ?

I own it since two months and I think it's one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life.

I feel like Colt Seavers... seriously it makes me feel like in my young ages. The cheapest time machine, and sure not the ugliest one !!

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Nice truck
Looks like it ended up far away from California, where it was originally sold
The original Yellow over green is a very rare color
I've never seen one, don't even think there is a good picture of it on the board
Yes, these definitely are feel good trucks

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That could be a Super. I'm not an expert, but from my education you can't confirm unless everything lines up. Really, it's process of elimination for increasing odds of originality. The SPID is an important component. Your truck had a build sheet (under the seat behind webbing, careful, it's brittle). If it's gone that's strike two. Also, how much of that truck are original parts, including the VIN plates to title?

Super came with upper moldings, so if authentic they sealed up the holes. That or the entire body is a replacement Ha! (extreme). Guess these had chrome tailgate handles as well. Yours doesn't, but mine doesn't either. They may not hold up well, though my tailgate is thrashed.

I don't believe A/C was a Super standard. It was an option on anything Custom Deluxe forward, if not Custom forward.

Authentic or not NICE truck. One of the better paint schemes IMO, dark olive + wood grain.

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The moulding question Is one I've always wondered about on Supers
?Did they ever come without full trim?
Every post here has upper and lower moulding
Except the black Long stepside jocko posted in #42
I remember that truck when it was being sold, and I believe the spid was shown
That being said, was moulding deleted due to the fact it was a stepside?
I also believe I have seen Super motor homes without moulding
My motorhome is only cheyenne, and it came from factory without lower
All that being said, let's see if any other stepside's show up
OR any fleetside's with spid, but without upper or lower moulding

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Stepsides and cab and chassis trucks deleted the moldings. That black 4x4 step side was a real super with a SPID to match.

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Thanks for the clarification Joe. I never knew that for sure

Here is another one.
A Longhorn. C30. Big block
Low on the collectibility scale

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I guess I will add one of mine....cant find the pic of the other half of the SPID, its in my build thread I think.

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Beautiful truck! No way to know for sure if it was born a Super without a SPID or build sheet. While playing Sherlock Holmes with the tell tale signs will provide clues, it would never be a definitive answer. Your truck is so nice and clearly redone, would be hard to even guess. The tailgate handle cover is missing (but they sometimes are), and Supers never came with black door panels (unless they had black buckets). So, for example, if you knew enough of the truck's history to at least know the door panels were original, you could make the assumption it's a Cheyenne, but not a Super. But, if you don't know that history - it's possible it could be a Cheyenne Super that someone redid with black door panels... Again, no way to know definitively without the paperwork. (then again, untouched trucks tend to still have their SPIDs, so guessing based on clues isn't usually necessary)

Forgot to mention - as for woodgrain on the door panels, both Cheyenne and Cheyenne Super had them, so not a giveaway as to trim level (headliner is a fairly good clue it's a Cheyenne at least - but, like woodgrain door panels, Cheyennes and Cheyenne Supers both had headliners - it's just a lot more work to add a headliner than a woodgrain door panel...) A/C, tilt, and even super rare factory shoulder belts are unrelated to trim level. All could be ordered on a base trim truck (a Custom).

It's easier to guess the Super originality based on clues alone on an untouched/unrestored truck - i.e. it's more difficult to fake a well worn Super than it is a fully restored one. Hard to make a group of parts look exactly the same age (unless that age is brand new). But still, all conjecture without the paper to back it up.

I'd want to know too if it were my truck, but I sure wouldn't sweat it - yours is one sweet ride, enjoy! We sure enjoy lookin at it.

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One of my favorite color combos.

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Thanks for the information and feedback about determining if my 72 is a real Super or not. I'd really love it to be. I'll search for the build sheet under the seat this week. Hopefully it's there and I can get some questions answered. Awesome trucks on this thread!!

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If you think you're sheetmetal is original to the truck you could look inside the front fenders for evidence of any holes being welded up from the upper molding.

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Do have the pictured gaskets between the front fender and cowl. Open your door and look past the hinges and real Supers have them, but they could be added in a rebuild. If they are there and look 40 + years old you probably have an original Super. If your truck was a Fremont Plant build the broadcast sheets are usually in the seat springs.

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Great point Already Gone...the forgotten clue that darn gasket that never comes off in one piece...Ekliptix has one bad shorty there..i don't care what it was born as.

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I agree that green super is a beautiful truck and seems to have all the Cheyenne super equipment.

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The gasket came on Cheyenne too.

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I was wondering what that was. Thought perhaps my 71 Deluxe was missing them.

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So was the tachometer ever included in a package, or was it simply an individual option?

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Here's my 72 unsure if it's real it's also missing the spid. I think it has most everything that it should have to be real.

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The inside

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The rear

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Is that gasket black or body color?

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individual option only

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Pretty sure they are black Tommy. As mentioned above, they were on Cheyennes and Supers, kinda like woodgrain door panels and headliners.

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Nice lookin truck Becker, really like it. Looks like a Super, but it's hard to know definitively. Black door panels not available on a Super unless it came with black buckets. Can't tell if you have the bright tailgate handle in the picture. It's possible that someone wanted to change the interior to black as mentioned above and swapped out, or even painted, the original olive, blue, or parchment panels.

I also can't tell in the picture the paint color of your glovebox door - is it black or red? If it is black, is your VIN's plant (7th character) code "S"? A red Cheyenne would absolutely have a red gb door whereas a red Super could have a red OR black gb door). I think it was a St Louis plant thing, but don't quote me on that... Black door is not definitive proof, but it's one clue of several. Anyway, hope that helps.

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It does have the stainless tailgate handle cover. The glovebox door is all red. The code on mine is a z.

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got it. well, like I said, red gb door doesn't sway things either direction. the 71 should have a solid chrome tailgate handle, not the slip on stainless cover, but who knows... maybe a few late in the year 71's got the slip on??? Z is Fremont - S would have only been a clue if you also had the black gb door. Nice truck.

EDIT: Oops! I was looking at your signature thinking you were talkin about your 71, sorry - I see now on the previous page the red/white is a 72 - so, yes, slip on cover would be correct.

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Mine are there, they're blue though. I know my truck isn't 100% completely original paint, could've been oversprayed i guess.

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Thanks Tommy, interesting. Would be good to know (if overspray) - I thought they were like a flimsy/floppy wind break material, surprised they are truck color. Now I want to go look at mine again!

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Haha. I already looked again. Mine can't be oversprayed. They're full blown blue, the whole thing

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They are black rubber material from the factory. If they are body color then they have been sprayed. They can only be removed with the fender off so they often get painted.

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Here is my old one second photo is at its new home
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Here is one I found searching for something else. It was posted 2012 by Don Loverink which shows account suspended now. No Spid but I'm certain its an original Cheyenne Super K10 in original condition. Notice the black headliner with the parchment interior.

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I wonder why the black headliner?
I've seen other trucks that had parchment interior, with black dash pad, seat belts and sometimes steering wheel.
My orange truck in post #75 was parchment spid. It had parchment headliner along with door panels and visors.
The dash pad, steering wheel, belts and carpet were black.

Oh well just another piece of the puzzle to figure out.

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This is my 72 super very low option BB.

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yeah, that black headliner is an oddity, interesting. and, other than PO1 vs PO3, it's almost identical to the K10 I posted a few pages ago. Really like it. Greg - weren't you gonna post a sierra grande too?

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jocko, is it ok to post sierra grande on hear , I have three of those , one like above ochre and white , , , and I guess I need to get out camera and shot my other 2 suoers , I collect to many , need to quit preserving history , and send some down the road thanks for the thread kevin

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absolutely - they are YE9s too! Greg asked the same question - by all means, feel free to post a Sierra Grande.

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Nice truck!

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Here's my Sierra Grande.

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