Every time i see this thread I wish I had a picture of my dad's '72 C-20, learned to drive in it and do a few other firsts too.
I remember when he bought it. Hugger orange with a white cab and black accent trim. Sharp truck. On the drive home the hood shook so bad we thought it was going to fall off... flat spotted 8 ply tires.... after a few miles everything smoothed out.
We had a sawmill and this was our logging truck. Had a potent 350, 4-speed with granny gear and a really high ratio rear. Pulled like a mule and got about 9 miles to the gallon.
About the time I got my license I talked dad into putting a JC Whitney set of glass pack duals on it. Man it was loud and with the 4-speed sounded
fan-freakin-tastic.
I recall a few days later I was coming home from high school, in the truck, and was about a mile from our house. I ran it through the gears, running it out pretty good between shifts. When I pulled in the driveway there was the old man with a big grin on his face. His only comment: "Havin fun? I heard you coming".
We didn't agree on much back then, or now, but that was a special memory, burned into my brain.
I searched the web and this is about as close as I could find to the old logging truck (except this one is lowered with mags).