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My dad bought a dark green with white top72 custom deluxe 1/2 ton lbw fleet New. It had a 307/ th350. Ps lb no a.c. My uncle also bought a 72 new, black cheyenne 10 lwb 400/400. In 74/5 dad bought an 18' bass boat and the 307 struggled towing. He and my uncle used the cheyenne a few times to tow the boat it he started looking for a a used big block 71/72 (disc brakes) as he preferred the 67-72 styling over 73+. He couldn't find one so he bought a black with red interior 74 cheyenne 10 with a 454. (With a.c. this time!) It would tow the boat all right but the mileage was horrible. It didn't tow as well as the uncle's 72 with the 400 but it might have also had better gearing. Dad hated the 454 fuel mileage so much he let my older brother talk him into swapping it for the 350 from his 73 Camaro. It got a cam headers intake before the swap and did the towing well enough and got a lot better mileage. The 454 got a rowdy "bottom of the page" cam, headers and big high rise IntKe before the swap into the camaro and a L88 hood scoop fiberglass onto the flat hood. The fat tires and slot mags were already present. Bad thing was it still had an open 10 bolt with 3.08 gears. It had a top end like a runaway log truck! It was like the "Pappas Johns" Camaro only black and silver likethe 78 Corvette pace car.