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orangechev73 · 07-10-2002, 09:15 PM

i just got ahold of a 1973 four-door 454 and 400 tranny. it's a 3/4 ton but all the info i've ever read from GM says that they only made a 1-ton four door in 73.
anyone know for sure?

littlebubba · 07-13-2002, 01:54 AM

Do you have a 3+3 Crew Cab Model? I had a 75 3/4 ton 3+3, they weren't that common but they also weren't rare. I don't believe GM would go to all the expense of producing only one for the model year. It might be a late production run vehicle, as they had to make the dies for the p.u. cab, other wise everything was already being used in the production of the trucks, Suburbans, and Blazers.

plum72 · 07-23-2002, 12:53 AM

I also have a 73 crew cab long bed with same drive configuration. I believe it's the 3+3 with 8300gvw or something like that. It's listed on the registration as 3/4 ton though.

Grim Reaper · 07-29-2002, 02:23 PM

Biggest axle availble for a 4x4 front was a D44. GM didn't start using the D60 front till 76ish. So by today's standards it was a 3/4 ton. Back thens standards it may well have been a 1 ton. Heck to this day the Army list a K30 as a 1.25 ton

07-10-2002, 09:15 PM	#1
orangechev73 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: st. joe MO Posts: 23	73 four-door i just got ahold of a 1973 four-door 454 and 400 tranny. it's a 3/4 ton but all the info i've ever read from GM says that they only made a 1-ton four door in 73. anyone know for sure? Last edited by orangechev73; 07-13-2002 at 10:05 AM.

07-29-2002, 02:23 PM	#4
Grim Reaper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta GA Posts: 1,704	Biggest axle availble for a 4x4 front was a D44. GM didn't start using the D60 front till 76ish. So by today's standards it was a 3/4 ton. Back thens standards it may well have been a 1 ton. Heck to this day the Army list a K30 as a 1.25 ton __________________ Grim-Reaper 70 Pontiac LeMans Sport Convertible, worlds longest resto in progress Looking for 71-72 2wd Blazer or Jimmy Project

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07-13-2002, 01:54 AM	#2
littlebubba Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Clinton Twp., Michigan Posts: 323	Do you have a 3+3 Crew Cab Model? I had a 75 3/4 ton 3+3, they weren't that common but they also weren't rare. I don't believe GM would go to all the expense of producing only one for the model year. It might be a late production run vehicle, as they had to make the dies for the p.u. cab, other wise everything was already being used in the production of the trucks, Suburbans, and Blazers.

07-23-2002, 12:53 AM	#3
plum72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: longmont, Co. USA Posts: 59	I also have a 73 crew cab long bed with same drive configuration. I believe it's the 3+3 with 8300gvw or something like that. It's listed on the registration as 3/4 ton though.



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