What's the most unusual option?? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

PanelDeland · 08-22-2006, 08:03 PM

I was reading the highly optioned trucks thread and thought I would ask what the most unusual or rare option anyone had seen.

I have seen only 1 floor shift tilt.I think that would probably do it for rare and maybe even unusual.

Huck · 08-22-2006, 08:47 PM

How about an original north east truly rust free truck!! Never saw one!

TP from Cntl PA · 08-22-2006, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

How about an original north east truly rust free truck!! Never saw one!

Their is a '69 GMC K2500 sitting in the basement of a firehouse about 3 miles from me..........Its like new and I seriously mean it. It was bought new in '69 by the same department. They bought a new brush truck and this is no lie, they have a 3 page list of potential wanna be buyers...........Dept. decided it was too nice to sell, so they are keeping it for a backup/parade truck.

wedgemon · 08-24-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Huck

How about an original north east truly rust free truck!! Never saw one!

Read the RPO closely. The rust comes standard.

**jlmerie** · 08-25-2006, 12:39 AM

I have a 1970 GMC that I have always considered to be "loaded" with options. It has bucket seats, 350 v8, tachometer, a/c, tool and storage box, and cruise control. It has always puzzled me why they did not order a tilt column when they ordered this truck. Then I began to wonder if you could not get a tilt column if you had ordered the cruise control. Because the 1970 and earlier cruise control was actuated by the turn signal mast in the column that might have caused problems. Does anyone have a 1970 and earlier truck with cruise that also has tilt?

**4X4GMC1972** · 08-22-2006, 10:09 PM

Mine has a floorshift with tilt along with buckets, tach, etc.. But I believe the rarest option on it may be the K43 Poly-Wrap air cleaner. I still havent figured out what that means. It sounds like it may be an air filter with foam wrapped around it.

Longhorn Man · 08-22-2006, 11:12 PM

Here's 4 pages of this discussion.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=115504

**special-K** · 08-23-2006, 06:44 AM

I always come up with rare/odd combinations over one single rare option whenever I get into this subject.

meathead95 · 08-23-2006, 08:01 AM

i would say shoulder belts or the tissue dispenser

jacobs · 08-23-2006, 09:34 AM

I once saw a factory oil bath pre air cleaner on a 1967 c/10. It was ducted into the dry element air filter on the carb. The oil bath was installed where the aux. battery was installed so you couldn't order both options.

Longhorn Man · 08-23-2006, 05:50 PM

tissue despensor isn't an option on these trucks.
Oil bath and maybe the poly wrapped filters would have been somewhat common on the bigger trucks in this series.
Sholder belts aren't all that rare, just uncommon. The 4 speed tilt has belts beat by a HUGE margin.

**4X4GMC1972** · 08-23-2006, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

tissue despensor isn't an option on these trucks.
Oil bath and maybe the poly wrapped filters would have been somewhat common on the bigger trucks in this series.
Sholder belts aren't all that rare, just uncommon. The 4 speed tilt has belts beat by a HUGE margin.

I suppose the 4spd. tilt would be rarer yet in a 4x4? I just cant find any information on the poly-wrap air cleaner. Did it have a different canister?
Todd

Bob Moore · 08-23-2006, 06:50 PM

Instead of upper side molding I have "Painted Body Stripe" on my 70 3/4T. White body with 2 black pin stripes. Also then have the lower side molding.

Can't switch it to another truck, can't sell it, but you sure can clone it - if you wanted too.

cheyenne10 · 08-23-2006, 07:17 PM

Bob;

My 1st 71 swb I had in 79 had that stripe on it. Mine was 2 thin stripes about 3/8" apart down area where upper trim would have been. I remember quite a few of these. I think those in our area were a dealer installed option. The bozo I was sanded down the truck and had it shot a non-stock color, no stripe!!

Do dealer installed options count? I have a GM CB radio.

Longhorn Man · 08-23-2006, 10:26 PM

IMO they don't count, becouse you can't document them, and some dealers offered things that others did not, but a factory option was avalible to anyone with the money for the option.
Like the 67 crew cab fine69 had, it was a nevada truck it's whole life... with a block heater.

I'm sure it gets chilly at night... but block heaters aren't even needed here in ohio in a gas motor.

The painted stripe was somewhat common also. Most were just painted over.
I had honestly never even heard of the ply wrap, and I'm just going by the above posted... just like the oil canister for the oil bath air filter mounted by the core support. The only oil bath type I have ever seen or even heard of is all contained in the air filter.

**4X4GMC1972** · 08-23-2006, 10:49 PM

That is why I considered the poly-wrap a rare option. I just can't seem to find any specific information on it. It is on the glove box sticker though, so I know it is factory installed. See the attached picture of the sticker.

*Shane* · 08-23-2006, 11:35 PM

saw a floor shift tilt column this past weekend ... heard about them, but never seen one in person until then

**Shock_Me** · 08-24-2006, 06:32 AM

I didn't know they were rare, but I picked up a 72 Jimmy a little while ago, and it had a four speed floor shift with a tilt column! Tach dash too!
Can't wait to start the restoration!!!

Longhorn Man · 08-25-2006, 04:36 AM

tilt and cruise could come on the same truck no problem.

ThatOneBlue67 · 08-25-2006, 03:02 PM

How about the Hand Throttle that would be located beneath the manual choke pull switch on the dash cluster? SOmebody posted pictures of these a while back.... here's one.

meathead95 · 08-25-2006, 03:17 PM

i saw a truck once with a dealer installed tissue dispenser. how can you say it wasnt an option? longhornman

powell72 · 08-25-2006, 05:21 PM

He means it wasn't a factory option. The tissue dispensor was something the dealer had to install.

Also, the hand throttle is listed as an option on the glovebox.

Longhorn Man · 08-25-2006, 05:36 PM

exactly. The dispenser was a dealer installed item, not a factory option on these trucks.

*Shane* · 08-25-2006, 10:01 PM

Drip rail chrome trim was also a dealer added option. It wasn't available from the factory.

ThatOneBlue67 · 08-26-2006, 02:36 AM

But the hand throttle was factory, wasn't it?

08-22-2006, 08:03 PM	#1
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08-22-2006, 08:47 PM	#2
Huck Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Shelbyville, KY Posts: 3,261	Re: What's the most unusual option?? How about an original north east truly rust free truck!! Never saw one!

08-25-2006, 12:39 AM	#5
jlmerie Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,077	Re: What's the most unusual option?? I have a 1970 GMC that I have always considered to be "loaded" with options. It has bucket seats, 350 v8, tachometer, a/c, tool and storage box, and cruise control. It has always puzzled me why they did not order a tilt column when they ordered this truck. Then I began to wonder if you could not get a tilt column if you had ordered the cruise control. Because the 1970 and earlier cruise control was actuated by the turn signal mast in the column that might have caused problems. Does anyone have a 1970 and earlier truck with cruise that also has tilt? Attached Images __________________ James

08-22-2006, 10:09 PM	#6
4X4GMC1972 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 506	Re: What's the most unusual option?? Mine has a floorshift with tilt along with buckets, tach, etc.. But I believe the rarest option on it may be the K43 Poly-Wrap air cleaner. I still havent figured out what that means. It sounds like it may be an air filter with foam wrapped around it. __________________ 1978 Dodge Omni

08-22-2006, 11:12 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What's the most unusual option?? Here's 4 pages of this discussion. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=115504

08-23-2006, 06:44 AM	#8
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08-23-2006, 08:01 AM	#9
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,440	Re: What's the most unusual option?? i would say shoulder belts or the tissue dispenser __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

08-23-2006, 09:34 AM	#10
jacobs Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 9000' Mountain Man Posts: 326	Re: What's the most unusual option?? I once saw a factory oil bath pre air cleaner on a 1967 c/10. It was ducted into the dry element air filter on the carb. The oil bath was installed where the aux. battery was installed so you couldn't order both options.

08-23-2006, 05:50 PM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What's the most unusual option?? tissue despensor isn't an option on these trucks. Oil bath and maybe the poly wrapped filters would have been somewhat common on the bigger trucks in this series. Sholder belts aren't all that rare, just uncommon. The 4 speed tilt has belts beat by a HUGE margin.

08-23-2006, 06:50 PM	#13
Bob Moore Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 1,365	Re: What's the most unusual option?? Instead of upper side molding I have "Painted Body Stripe" on my 70 3/4T. White body with 2 black pin stripes. Also then have the lower side molding. Can't switch it to another truck, can't sell it, but you sure can clone it - if you wanted too. __________________ 67 C-20 LWB, tilt, speed alert, vac, 454, T400 67 C-10 SWB, factory air with more to follow

08-23-2006, 07:17 PM	#14
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	Re: What's the most unusual option?? Bob; My 1st 71 swb I had in 79 had that stripe on it. Mine was 2 thin stripes about 3/8" apart down area where upper trim would have been. I remember quite a few of these. I think those in our area were a dealer installed option. The bozo I was sanded down the truck and had it shot a non-stock color, no stripe!! Do dealer installed options count? I have a GM CB radio. __________________ Bob

08-23-2006, 10:26 PM	#15
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What's the most unusual option?? IMO they don't count, becouse you can't document them, and some dealers offered things that others did not, but a factory option was avalible to anyone with the money for the option. Like the 67 crew cab fine69 had, it was a nevada truck it's whole life... with a block heater. I'm sure it gets chilly at night... but block heaters aren't even needed here in ohio in a gas motor. The painted stripe was somewhat common also. Most were just painted over. I had honestly never even heard of the ply wrap, and I'm just going by the above posted... just like the oil canister for the oil bath air filter mounted by the core support. The only oil bath type I have ever seen or even heard of is all contained in the air filter.

08-23-2006, 10:49 PM	#16
4X4GMC1972 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 506	Re: What's the most unusual option?? That is why I considered the poly-wrap a rare option. I just can't seem to find any specific information on it. It is on the glove box sticker though, so I know it is factory installed. See the attached picture of the sticker. Attached Images __________________ 1978 Dodge Omni

08-23-2006, 11:35 PM	#17
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: What's the most unusual option?? saw a floor shift tilt column this past weekend ... heard about them, but never seen one in person until then

08-24-2006, 06:32 AM	#18
Shock_Me Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 591	Re: What's the most unusual option?? I didn't know they were rare, but I picked up a 72 Jimmy a little while ago, and it had a four speed floor shift with a tilt column! Tach dash too! Can't wait to start the restoration!!!



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08-25-2006, 04:36 AM	#19
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What's the most unusual option?? tilt and cruise could come on the same truck no problem.

08-25-2006, 03:02 PM	#20
ThatOneBlue67 I survived Dead Man's Curve. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Nine-Five-687 Posts: 389	Re: What's the most unusual option?? How about the Hand Throttle that would be located beneath the manual choke pull switch on the dash cluster? SOmebody posted pictures of these a while back.... here's one. __________________ "The people should not be afraid of their government. The government should be afraid of it's people." "The Hurricane" 1967 Chevrolet C10 350 Eight Cylinder, 700R4 BowtieOverdrive *Cherry Bomb...* Disturbing the Peace Since 1968.

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meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,440	Re: What's the most unusual option?? i saw a truck once with a dealer installed tissue dispenser. how can you say it wasnt an option? longhornman __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

08-25-2006, 05:21 PM	#22
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: What's the most unusual option?? He means it wasn't a factory option. The tissue dispensor was something the dealer had to install. Also, the hand throttle is listed as an option on the glovebox. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html Last edited by powell72; 08-25-2006 at 05:34 PM.

08-25-2006, 05:36 PM	#23
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What's the most unusual option?? exactly. The dispenser was a dealer installed item, not a factory option on these trucks.

08-25-2006, 10:01 PM	#24
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: What's the most unusual option?? Drip rail chrome trim was also a dealer added option. It wasn't available from the factory.

08-26-2006, 02:36 AM	#25
ThatOneBlue67 I survived Dead Man's Curve. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Nine-Five-687 Posts: 389	Re: What's the most unusual option?? But the hand throttle was factory, wasn't it? __________________ "The people should not be afraid of their government. The government should be afraid of it's people." "The Hurricane" 1967 Chevrolet C10 350 Eight Cylinder, 700R4 BowtieOverdrive *Cherry Bomb...* Disturbing the Peace Since 1968.

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