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previous owner brought the truck to me yesterday. At first I was just going to part it out because of the rust but I have a line on another one that has good metal. This one has some really cool options that I am not used to seeing around here which is the main reason I bought it.

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some pics

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Previous owner ruined the soft ray door glass by engraving their initials in both of them

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Factory big block, A/C power steering and power brakes


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Factory tach, manual throttle. fog lights and aux. gas tank


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Factory buckets, console and headliner


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Some of the emblems

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I have never seen this emblem on the glove box before I assume it is factory emblem denoting camper special?


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It has this part number on it


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Glad to hear your plans for saving this truck. Once you dig in they may change again but for now lets hope for the best.
The camper special emblem and the tepee emblem are both later GM square-body parts that were back fitted. Would really like to see the SPID if you don't mind, I'm a numbers guy.

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spid ( THOUGHT i ATTACHED IT FIRST ROUND)

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Kinda pisses me off that they drilled holes in the glove box door to desacrate the truck with squarebody parts :lol: looks like they will go up for sale regardless.

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Is that an offer? Put me at the head of the pre-listing list. There are things I would like to have.

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Sitting here going "Where did the picture go???" Some days I really feel like a certain coyote.

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Too bad the AM/FM isnt' still there but it still has killer options. Is the No spin still in the rear? Curious if the fogs were a dealer installed option or just aftermarket?

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I have not seen many Cheyenne Super Longhorns, or Longhorns with the side tool box. Curious if it is a Dana or Eaton rear.

I have a 70 Longhorn, it is a Custon Deluxe, but pretty well optioned with AC PS PB BB 400 looks like original teal (?) paint but no Longhorn emblems (?)

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Nice score! The upper and front lower bed moldings can be fun to find too!

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If you look at the dash bezel, the switch below the headlight switch is marked fog lights and is molded into the bezel like it was from factory.

I have not had a chance to see if the no spin is still in

I assume the pb on the radio spid option stands for push button?

Richard

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It appears to be an Eaton rear with leafs

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The only one missing is the real short lower one just in front of the tool box on the bed. Everything else is there. Woodgrain is faded on pass side but it is all straight.

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SS Tim,
The teepee button looks still like brand new. The ones on the door are a bit weathered but not pitted up or anything. I have searched but can't find any info on either. Any idea what they are worth? If they did not come on it originally I will not be keeping them.

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Are you up early or am I late??? Like I said earlier they were part of the '73 up camper special package. The Square Body forum would be the place to ask around. Have seen them on eBay but have had not reason to price them. Don't remember if it was all the trim levels that got the tepee/cab band or not. The door emblems did differ in the listed GVW depending on model and options. There was a similar trailering special emblem as well.

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Are you up early or am I late???

Looks like both....:haha:

Got up early this morning to come in and paint some signs but should have stayed in bed instead. Nothing going right.........

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Know the feeling!
Don't have any pictures of Wyle with a paint brush though. Getting ready to check the dogs and crash myself. But to touch on a few things before I go.
Those emblems were added after it left the factory.
All Longhorns had leaf springs. On a C30 the Chevrolet (Eaton) 7200 was standard.
In '72 both the AM and AM/FM radios were pushbutton.

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Even less Longhorn Cheyenne Super 30s! No-Spin is the HO52/72 and Power-Lok is the Dana. But,all C/30s have HO72s and leaf springs.

I don't believe those fog lights are GM accessories. I've seen them on every whatever and they aren't in the accy catalog. That sure is a fine batch of options,though.

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Tim,
I did not think they were factory either until I saw the switch on the dash. I will take a close up of it when I get home tonight.

If you look in post 3 pic 3 just below the headlight switch is the fog light switch. Embossed in the dash panel above the switch it says fog lights exactly like the headlight choke & throttle id tags

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I can document 5 with tool boxes
1 '72 C30 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper
1 '72 C30 Cheyenne Super (which had it replaced with a saddle tank).
2 '72 Custom Deluxe 20s
1 '70 CST Custom Camper 20

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I can document 5 others with tool boxes
1 '72 C30 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper
1 '72 C30 Cheyenne Super (which had it replaced with a saddle tank).
2 '72 Custom Deluxe 20s
1 '70 CST Custom Camper 20

Plus of course this ochre '72 C30 Cheyenne Super

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SO basically what I am hearing is that this truck with these options would be very "RARE" lol as I here it

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Congrats! Loaded truck.