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1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Here is a picture of my '72 GMC,SierraGrande,CustomCamper after restoration with 67,000 origional miles,with the factory 402BB,Turbo400 AT,PS,PB,A/C, I got from my Grandparents which bought it new in '72 in Calif, which is where it was built. Hope you all like it. Thank you. Dave
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Dave....that '72 GMC,SierraGrande,CustomCamper is sweet. Very nicely done. As we like to say a job well done and that my friend is a keeper!!
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Beautiful truck Dave!
Next time we are in Asheville we will have to give you a ring.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Sweet stocker Dave!!! Hope you bring that to the spring cruise-in down this way next year!!!
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Nice job on the restoration! Glad your truck didn't go thru a metamorphis into a lowered 1/2 ton SWB with mags. Your 3/4 ton custom camper has a sharp, clean, heavy duty factory look that seems to be underrated and underappreciated on this site.I am sure your truck will inspire others to restore and preserve one of the best kept secrets of the 67-72 era. Most custom campers came with great options and most original owners took great pride in their RV rigs.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
That's a great truck Dave. I had a 70 Sierra Grande that was also a Custom Camper 402/TH400. Loved that truck but ran out of room...
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Beautiful truck dave. I love the 2tone on these classics!
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Nice truck! I see you live in Asheville. I was in Tryon Labor Day weekend 2008 picking up a car with a buddy of mine. There are trucks everywhere down there!
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Sweet! I love those low mileage stockers.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Good to see you kept the truck AND did it up~!
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
She`s looking Fine,Dave!
I`ve been on to the Custom Campers for a loooong time.The tend to be better preserved,if they`ve been camper haulers the whole time.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Great looking truck, I like it.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Great truck! Love those 3/4 tons and 1 tons. Could we get some more pics?
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Awesome truck... even better that it belonged to your grandparents!
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Thank you everyone and factorystock, very well said.I'll try to post some more pics.I do have a picture of it when I got it from my Grandmother with the origional Camper on it which is now on my brother inlaws 75' chevy 4x4 in Calif. How do I make the picture smaller.Everytime I try to post the picture it says its too big?Thanks again.Dave
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
I use www.photobucket.com .It`s free and the pictures are automatically sized for whatever is required.I you can cut & paste you can do p-bucket.If you need help with it let me know.
What`s nice about your truck is that color is a timeless one used from about day 1,and is still used.I ordered my`92 GMC in that color.I had a`53 p/u,`69 C/20,and a`71 Blazer all that color.It`s truck tradition at it`s best.Although the color has not always been in the production line up,it has always been offered as a fleet color.It`s the green in Mayflower Van Lines and all the Park Ranger trucks you`ve seen all our life.You don`t normally see a well optioned truck in this color.It makes the truck all the more unique.And,it`s an attractive color!I wanted the GM truck tradition carried through in my`92.I bet it`s the only truck like it.Maybe some day that will matter like I it was one of these trucks.Works or me in the meantime.
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"BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ |
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Our kind of truck... AS it was Not as I wish it was....
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Here's a front pic of my truck.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
other side of my truck.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Here's a pic of the underneith of my truck about 500 miles on my truck with frame up nut and bolt rotisserie restoration.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Looks fantastic! Great job!
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
that truck has brought a tear to my eye......
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
That truck is absolutely beautiful. Great quality resto, sir. Also a family truck. It just doesn't get any better than that.
I also luv your 72! Later---DAC
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Very nice dave. Glad yer keepin' her alive and well. I have a 72 camper special and I'm wondering what size tires yours is riding on. Unfortunately, mine had aftermarket wider rims when I got her.
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Re: 1972 GMC SierraGrande,Custom Camper
Tires are 9.50 x 16.5 with the origional rims. I grew up in So. Cal. and lived in Sacramento for a year when I was a little one. Happy new year.
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