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Re: 292 in a 1ton?
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Originally Posted by andrewmp6
Back in the old days when a truck was a truck even a 1 ton had the base model engine of a inline 6.Is it rare to us yeah was it when it was new i have no idea,But when a company bought fleet trucks they bought the cheapest truck they could.
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Yeah, I remember when fleet and military trucks were BASE trucks: 3-speed column shift for the 1/2-tons, and 4-speeds for the 3/4 and 1-tons trucks.
Tinted windows? Carpet? Radio? No way!
A/C? It's got windows doesn't it? 
I even remember some with spare wheels, but no spare tire.
And if there was a "delete" option for anything, the trucks were ordered that way.
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Mike
1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 36 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes.
1982 C10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350, Vortec heads -- sold
1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it!
1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming.
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