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Originally Posted by Prerunner1982
i) What year was the front end sheetmetal change for the '73 - 87 pickups?
81, but 80 did have a square headlight option with the old sheetmetal.
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i) You are correct, 1980 did have a square headlight option but the first year for the new sheetmetal was 1981. My story here is that I saw a picture of how the '81 front end was going to look, and I didn't like it as well as what we were building. I hurried and ordered an '80 (with the square head lights) before it was too late. Similarly, I saw the GMT400 versions for 1988 and didn't like them either; I hurried and bought an '87 (apparently beauty is in the eye of the person that's going to be walking if they didn't buy a new truck!).
My dad teased me, saying "....with your track record, you would have seen the new '55 Chevy passenger cars, not liked them and bought a '54!"
