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I can't imagine there were many of these even back in 72. This was a 157" wheelbase, so the decals would have been the front 1/2 only. The paperwork is pretty well ruined, but i can read some of it inside. I know alot of people won't know what is special about this one, but for the ones that do know, a moment of silence.......

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What a pity..... Not too many Sport Birds around at all, let alone an eagle, and let alone the 1 ton. Thanks for sharing the pics Eric. Trevor

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That really sucks. That was a cool piece. I am glad you got pictures.
Did it have tow hooks? Looks like it may have had them and someone literally ripped the passengers one off.

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See if you can buy it looks like it may be restorable with some effort. What is special about it anyway?

Frame looks good andit has drivetrain looks like.

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I hope you saved all you could.

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I hope you at least saved the glovebox door. I agree, that's gotta be extremely uncommon.

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what about the truck in the right corner of the first pic?

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Glad you like the pics trevor.
71swb, no hooks on this one.
Hogdaddy, this thing is junk. The frame may be saved, but that is it. It is special in that it had a "mod bod" The eagle package is quite rare.
JDL, i couldn't get much. There is heavy equipment only 20 feet away picking up cars, so i didn't dilly-dally... The glovebox door looks good in my garage...
68 stepside, see above post.
67 slammer, that is a 72 cheyenne i parted and crushed a couple of weeks ago. These are all on crush row.

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WOW that just sucks Eric

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I lit a candle in remembrance **sniff sniff**

Eric, please tell me the glove box door will someday have a special place on the fireplace mantle?

looks like it had the heavy duty sway bar. looks like the only thing I would raided......

pity. loved to have seen her back in the days.

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Wow!! Thats a cool find! Would have loved to seen it back in the day! I wonder what the truck was used for?? I spot a rear PTO

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excuse my ignorance, but do you have any info on the eagle package? I've never heard of it.

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What engine is in it 366 or 427? or?

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It had a PTO. Wonder what it was used for. Also has the rare 'I am too lazy to pull the bellhousing when I did the clutch' relieved crossmember.

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how much bigger was the sway bar on this compared to my 3/4 ton 71 longhorn?


I hate to see any 67-72 trucks like that, hell i even hate to see em rusting away at the boneyard in the rain and snow. ha ha
I feel like mother theresa, i wanna save em all.

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That's the first thing I noticed. I'd like to have the PTO drive box and control and shaft out of that truck.

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That is a strange combination of vehicles in one pic.
A pre-'78 Furd 4x4
A late 60s Roadrunner/Satelite
A late 90s Caprice
A 79-80 ish Buick Regal
A late 60s Galaxie
An early 60s Dart
An early 70s Mercury Comet
A late 60s Impala
An Ecsort? on top of the S-10

I'm not sure about the one to the leftof the Comet? some kind of Nissan? sure loos out-of-place there

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man its saveable just needs a cab and motor work

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Randy, yes it does suck, but at least i caught it before it was totally gone.
tcb, the glovebox door is waxed up and on display in my garage.
Rob, trying to get ahold of bruce on the pto stuff.
sublvr, it was available in 72 and was basically an exterior dress up package. There were other styles and could be had on the burbs, and blazers also. I have a brochure here somewhere.
Hogdaddy. 292 originally and a small block now.
Bob, good eye on the cut cross member. Not sure what the truck was used for.
beepster, the sway bar didn't seem bigger to me, but without seeing them side by side...
tx fire, hopefully it will get saved.
Longhair, i think you only missed one there. The roadrunner is actually an AMC.
Truck dude, there really isn't much there. Hard to say if the frame is even good since it was in the middle of a stack that tipped over.

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TX.. I HAVE A COUPLE OF P.T.O TRANNYS. ONE IS COMPLETE & STILL IM MY 69 ONE TON WREAKER. I'M GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH T-400 & A BB & GO WITH A 10 OR 12,OOO # ELECTRICK WINCH. THE OTHER ONE IS NEW & JUST THE PTO TRANNY PART. IF YOUR INTERESTED P.M. ME & I'LL SAVE IT FOR YOU. IT'S STOUT AS H@LL. MAYBE WE CAN SWAP ON SOMTHING. I'
VE BEEN PULLING VEHICALS UP OUT OF CANYONS IN NV. & HAD THE FRONT TIRES TWO FEET IN THE AIR. :chevy: JOHN

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It was part of the Mod Bod package. Thanks to Too Much Stuff for the scan of the flyer and northerngmc for the pic of the white truck. The blue one was borrowed from flicker. What a shame. Would have been a cool one to save.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1235078730

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4031/...b5338002e5.jpg

http://www.scottssupertrucks.com/sst...2cheveagle.jpg

http://www.scottssupertrucks.com/sst...cheveagle2.jpg

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Here are 5 more "wild put-ons" in a PopSci magazine from 1972.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mzW...page&q&f=false

Just watch out for the "Heady Paraphernalia"

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THANKS FOR THAT LINK !!! that was some cool memories ... plus i printed out the page about the S2 350 TRIPLE. i had one back in the mid 90's but had to sell it :(

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looks like it might of had a dump bed on it we use to cut the frames off behide
the rear spring hanger to install the hinge for the bed ????

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awesome! Thanks for clarifying that!