Intro: 1972 C20 Long Olive
 

Been lurking here soaking up great info for some months. I decided it was time for a very belated introduction and photos of my 1972 C20 Custom. She's got a long bed, 350 sbc (stock), 4-spd muncie, west coast mirrors, heavy duty and aux springs. Original color (repainted 26yrs ago), converted interior to black/green (was all olive), added AC. Otherwise all original, all matching.

Not a show car by any means but driven often and used for light farm chores.

I'm redoing the interior (again) right now and had worked on rust-treatment all last year.

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Re: Intro: 1972 C20 Long Olive
 

Very nice looking truck welcome aboard

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Darn nice looking truck!

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I agree- very clean looking truck:metal:

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Welcome and that's a cool truck.

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Welcome, really nice truck!

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I love those mirrors

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Welcome to the best truck board on the net....

I like it.
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Re: Intro: 1972 C20 Long Olive
 

Thanks to all for your kind words.

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What tires are you running? 16" wheel? Im debating on bias plys or radials. Those look good to me. I want the bias ply mud tires on the rear and road on the steers but the cost is what im weighing at the moment.

Re: Intro: 1972 C20 Long Olive
 

These are 16.5" steel wheels. The tires are radials: Milestar SteelPro MS597

They are fairly quiet but a bit hard (being a 10-ply tire). They have a classic look, being a narrower tread tire. That was what I was going for plus the ability to handle some weight.

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Right on thanks for the quick reply! I have 16" split rims and original to the era bias plys. thanks for the info, I want to take them off and restore down the road but want something stock looking for the moment being. Beautiful truck!

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Split rims can be a bit tricky and a lot of shops don't like working with them anymore. However, I can understand the desire to keep the original wheels.

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Nice ride, congrats!

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Nice! My dad had a '71 dark green C10 - brings back memories.

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Beautiful truck, welcome.

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Great truck! Welcome aboard.

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I love the base trim level trucks. They were ALL beautiful.

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Well done!!

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If it was a K it would be cool.....it's still nice but......:haha:

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She was born a C20 and doesn't "identify" as anything else.

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Darn right. I have a 72 Cheyenne Super 20 2WD with a 402, and love the way it drives. I also just bought a K20 build a replica of a truck from my childhood.

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A beauty and love the color.

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Thanks! Here a fun fact: it was repainted in 1996 by Maaco! The cost was (get ready for it).....

$339.95 plus an extra $200 for all the jambs, inside the cab, and bed.

sadly, THOSE days are long gone.