My memory is failing me
 

Hello all, I've been looking thru the site for the last couple weeks and I have to say there are some BEAUTIFUL!!! trucks here.

Well I have a question and was hoping that with the wealth of knowledge here someone can help me.

When I was little my dad had a 76' GMC shorty stepside. It was that wonderful seventy's brown color and had three big stripes down the sides that started darker at the top and got lighter near the bottom. It had buckets and a console and a set of cragar S\S's on it. It was loud and mom hated it but dad and I loved it. He affectionately named her "honey bell". It was getting pretty rusty and had holes in the floorboards. He ended up selling it to one of my sister's ex-husbands a couple of years before I got my license and it broke my heart. The last time I saw it he had the ugliest set of white wagon wheels and a big ugly camper top on it. That was back around 93' or so and I haven't seen one like it in years.

So, all these years later I'm trying to remember back as to what model it was. All those hours riding in the passenger seat and I can't remember what it said on the dash.

Does Sierra Grande sound right? My mind keeps telling me it was High sierra classic on the side but I'm pretty sure there was a Grande in there somewhere. Oh yeah it had dual tanks as well. I would love to find one like it but I doubt there are many left. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.

Re: My memory is failing me
 

my 81 is a Sierra Grande
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=3086498

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=291276

Re: My memory is failing me
 

Did it have power windows/door locks? Did it have carpet? AC? Did it have carpet on the doors? Did it have wood grain trim?

Re: My memory is failing me
 

No power windows or locks, did have carpet and on the doors, it had wood grain trim. If it had A/C it didn't work.

nbpro; The badge on the dash didn't look like that. Could they have changed them between 76 and 81?

Re: My memory is failing me
 

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...hp?photo=13042

Found this picture, the stripes looked just like this.

Re: My memory is failing me
 

most likely was a sierra grande

the sierra classics had the upper and lower mouldings

it also should not have had the headliner in a sierra grande

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I think you might be right after doing a google search. I really couldn't find much info about the package though.

Where did the grande model fall in the line up?

Does anyone know of a breakdown of how many where sold or a breakdown of 1/2ton or 3/4ton?

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Found some info;

"There were some other less common trim packages which overlapped those noted above.* They included the Z77 Chevy Sport/GMC Street Coupe exterior graphics packages that exclusively used the Z62 trim interior appointments with the addition of the floor carpeting and the V22 Deluxe front appearance option, and the BC2 Deluxe instrument cluster.* The Z77 option, which also included N67 Rally wheels as standard, was available only on the 1976 to 1981 Chevy/GMC short bed 1/2 ton pickups.* GMC offered some other interesting limited edition models during the 1975 to 1987 time frame, but I won't get into those here."

from here http://http://www.73-87.com/7387info/7387trimlev.htm