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In The Ten Ring · 08-17-2016, 12:58 AM

You are welcome man. I am a 1972 owner and I wish Chevy had run that body shape as long as they ran the '73 but yours is still a good looking truck.

A friend's dad had a 2wd '87 with a 305 V6 and that thing was a tank! He took us hunting in it up steep trails you wouldn't think a 4wd could manage.

About the cam, I was thinking about just that! Those IR spotlights would have to be provided for. My stepbumper cut out could be larger I suppose. I don't want to have to modify my truck's body in any way but cutting out part of a step bumper I would be OK with.

Oh yes, extra plug ins would be in order.

I want a front mounted cam too, at least a dash cam. I had a run in with a trucker that thought he was in "Duel II" and when state police finally caught up with him I had no real evidence of what he had tried to do. The officer I spoke with after wards said "if you had had a dash cam, we'd have a completely different result here." Based on other things the officer said, his tone, and his body language, that would have meant an arrest and I would have pressed charges and pushed for the loss of his CDL and job. What he tried to do to me would have wrecked/totalled/killed a less alert driver.

08-17-2016, 12:58 AM	#9
In The Ten Ring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 6,427	Re: Backup Camera You are welcome man. I am a 1972 owner and I wish Chevy had run that body shape as long as they ran the '73 but yours is still a good looking truck. A friend's dad had a 2wd '87 with a 305 V6 and that thing was a tank! He took us hunting in it up steep trails you wouldn't think a 4wd could manage. About the cam, I was thinking about just that! Those IR spotlights would have to be provided for. My stepbumper cut out could be larger I suppose. I don't want to have to modify my truck's body in any way but cutting out part of a step bumper I would be OK with. Oh yes, extra plug ins would be in order. I want a front mounted cam too, at least a dash cam. I had a run in with a trucker that thought he was in "Duel II" and when state police finally caught up with him I had no real evidence of what he had tried to do. The officer I spoke with after wards said "if you had had a dash cam, we'd have a completely different result here." Based on other things the officer said, his tone, and his body language, that would have meant an arrest and I would have pressed charges and pushed for the loss of his CDL and job. What he tried to do to me would have wrecked/totalled/killed a less alert driver.