08-25-2012, 07:25 PM | #1 |
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I am looking at buying this truck to get the seat. I found this one and it looks like a Highlander seat to me. If it is a Highlander seat what on the Spid tells you the truck has the Highlander package?
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Its the custom trim combination. Sometimes they will say the color and plaid trim. Seen them several different ways.
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I guess Canadian trucks list it differently. That's definitely a Highlander seat,since it's a Chevy. GMCs offered the plaid as an individual option. US-built trucks usually list the Highlander as Promotional Pkg #A,B,or C and sometimes Highlander Plaid,etc.
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concur -not sure how it's listed in Canada either, but Custom Trim in US is not the same as Highlander. "Special Promo Package" or something like that, as Special K highlighted, indicated a Highlander truck - and that included the plaid seat. But the seat trim also normally appears on the SPID of a Highlander (or could be ordered separately as mentioned) - but either it would show up on the SPID as "Orange (or Green, or Blue or Gray) Plaid seat trim... etc.
But yes - that IS a plaid seat and it is the type associated with a highlander. Why buy a whole truck for the seat? Why not just buy a new highlander seat cover from one of the vendors - Truckseats, perhaps? it's a nice truck, I'd keep er all together, and then STILL buy a separate seat cover for whatever truck you currently need it for |
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I have a new black and white houndtooth seat cover I did buy from Tim at Truckseats. The seat in my pink and white 72 is from an 80's truck and I need a 71/72 seat to put the new seat cover on. I'm not having much luck finding a seat around here so I'm thinking of buying a whole truck to get a seat and then parting it out or selliing it with the 80's seat from my truck in it. It wouldn't be the first time I've bought a whole vehicle to get parts the resold it. In 1985 I bought a tired 1970 Dodge Charger R/T ( Panther Pink of course) and over the 6 years I spent retoring it bought and sold 4 other Chargers to get parts.
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I bought one of these trucks because it was the first one I saw with tilt. I paid $600,swapped columns,and sold it for $800. In the '80s I thought I made a killing!
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J70 - Hydraulic Brake Boost option?
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08-26-2012, 11:18 AM | #9 |
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Well 613 is the trim code for a green plaid insert on a US built truck. So it is probably the correct seat for that truck. Highlander Plaid was a trim option only based on Z62 or Z84 (Blazer only) optioned vehicle. In addition promo packages A,B and C were offered that bundled several options in addition to the Plaid trim. Thus a promo package truck was a Highlander but a Highlander was NOT ALWAYS a promo package equipped truck.
Highlander trim codes All include black dash pad, steering column (with or without tilt) and carpet. In addition the door panels, visors, console (Blazer only) and seat belts were parchment (white). Seat vinyl was also parchment and the insert color is determined by the specific code. So the only variable color keyed component was the insert color of the seatcovers. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pickups Custom Deluxe Z62 mandatory option green 613 blue 611 gray 604 orange 618 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Suburbans Custom Deluxe Z62 mandatory option green 647 blue 642 gray 639 orange 651 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blazer Cheyenne (CST) Z84 mandatory option green 680 blue 677 gray 671 orange 686 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Promo package codes A= YG6 (code 6 needs spid verification) Plaid Trim, Special wheelcovers/chrome hubcaps, Chrome front bumper, Upper (belt) molding, Door edge guards and Below Eye-Line mirrors. B= YG7 Adds Turbo. automatic trans., Power steering and Tilt. C= YG8 Adds A/C and tint. Buying a truck for the seat alone is one way of gettting a correct cover. But it alone, won't make a truck a Highlander trim truck or a Highlander promo package truck. Like Jocko said a replacement cover is a useable alternative but so far the inserts have been out 90* as compared to known original covers and period post delivery pictures. We had a long thread on the trim and covers and I have done a lot of research to combine the codes and specifics. In that I verified the trim was a stand alone option and that package trucks included but were not the exclusive plaid trim option path. Now some of the information was corrected as the thread runs but there are lots of great pictures. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=527079
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Don't get excited. In '72 power brakes were still an option on C10s. It is the same, normal, vacuum setup as seen on many, many other trucks. Think hydraulic brakes, vacuum boosted.
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Then what does 'custom trim combination' mean then? THe Highlanders I've seen usually will say Special Promotional, then also list a seat color ie, blue plaid or some other color. The ones that don't list it usually say custom trim combination. This is a pic of a US truck listed this way.
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Ok, sstim posted ALOT of info while I was looking for my pic! Answered my question, 604 is gray plaid, which is what this truck had.
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LS1nova71 - thanks for posting that - did the truck on the SPID above have a plaid seat? If not - that would make sense - if it did, than I'm starting to get confused! That SPID is definitely a highlander - and I would assume a Custom Trim Combination would mean it had something different than the Highlander plaid seat. So, if it origianlly had a plaid seat - I'd be very interested to know - and I'd learn something in the process - i.e. that, on a highlander, the plaid seat could be referred to as a Custom Ctim Combo. Very interesting! I have seen that same nomenclature on trucks that did not have plaid seats, so I always thought it was a way of calling out the trim level on a "not with the package" seat. If that makes any sense..
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Yes, it did have the plaid seat, the number 160410-custom trim combination, which if you take off the first 1, and the 10 at the end leaves the middle number of 604, which ss tim posted is a gray plaid seat. Don't know why some SPIDs have the six digit codes and some only have the three, but that's how it reads. I have never seen a truck with custom trim combination that didn't have a plaid seat.
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As far as the callout on the SPID it seems to be a plant variation from what I have seen. Remember its the code not the words that define the RPO option. So In this case 604 grey plaid is written 604 custom trim combination. In the end they are both grey highlander plaid trim interiors. Below is another example of a package truck, a YG8 with a 647 custom trim combination (green suburban). It shows the code over description as RPO definition. BTW LS1nova71 thanks for posting a confirming SPID picure for a YG6 package A truck.
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YG6 Has now been verified with a SPID callout. So keep a copy of this list in you SPID decode files.
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Yes, as shown above, LS1nova71's SPID is for a Package A (YG6) promo truck with the 604 interior code notated as "custom trim combination", Also the Suburban SPID I posted for a Package C (YG8) with the trim code 647 is notated as "custom trim combination" as well. The Flint plant SPIDS tend to be a little different in their RPO descriptions as compared to the other plants.
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Tim, If I get the truck no problem on the seat cover, and I'm sure shipping won't be an issue. I've posted a link to the page on PantherPink.com where my car is featured. Make sure you click on the link on the page so you can see what the car looked when I bought it in 1985.
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Ok, I grew up driving Darts... (my folk's cars) until my 1st one of my own - a 57 bel air. But, as you might guess, I have an admitted soft spot for the occasional cool mopar. And that one qualifies. Holy cow, that's gorgeous.
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Thank You for the link! Great site and a well done restoration on your part. Been a while for me, about twenty years in fact, but the desire for a pink mopar never really went away. Hope you haven't rekindled an addiction.
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