Re: Dazed and Confused C10
All I know is they didn't show that truck enough. I was into these trucks long before that movie. Around 89/90 or so, I had a black with red interior SWB CST/10 396 all cherried out to original state. There was plenty of action with these trucks as special interest back then. Not as widespread as now with the internet and all the car TV shows. Hemmings always had a half dozen or so listed. Back then we were only interested in the well preserved high option trucks, except for daily drivers. The same as with the muscle cars only less truck guys than car guys. Cheyenne Supers didn't come with red interiors. I don't think Cheyennes did either. There was probably more emblem swapping and non-original trim swapping done back then than now. You would see Cheyenne Super stuff put on 69/70s. I'd look at a really nice 69/70 and turn away for that reason, thinking, "Isn't it being a CST good enough? Let it be what it is". Back then, it was all about the '72s. People would see me in any 67-72 and say, "Nice '72", I guess because it was the body before the 73-87 that was seen everywhere you went. Dazed and confused was done as looking back at the '70s even back then, and the producers chose the 71/72 Chevy because they were known to be of interest at the time the movie was made.
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