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Old 11-22-2003, 06:10 PM   #1
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71 or 72 gmc 4x4 question

My wife bless her heart is visiting a cousin she called and asked if I would be interested in a GMC. Well of course I said. She is going to get more info but her cousin said it is a 3/4 ton step side. Fairly rough but anyway my question is he said it had automatic hubs he said it is a 71 or 72 did they put these on these years? I thought it was later?
help please I may get to own a GMC to go with the Chevy.
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Old 11-22-2003, 06:21 PM   #2
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Nope, no auto locking hubs in this era. They never used auto locking hubs until the advent of the NP208 transfer case in 1981. All 4X4s of the '67 - '72 years had Spicer manual locking hubs.
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Old 11-22-2003, 11:17 PM   #3
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That was what I thought her cousin sure thought it did. Well the update. She bought it for me and it does have the locking hubs like we all thought. It is a 71 GMC 3/4 Stepside. I have not seen it or have any idea much about it. I am going to try to get her cousin to trailer it here pretty soon.
I guess we will see.
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Old 11-23-2003, 02:44 AM   #4
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UUUMMM Blazer, don't you mean the NP203 which is the full-time unit instead of the NP208 which is part-time?
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Old 11-23-2003, 02:57 AM   #5
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Post pictures when you get it!!!
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Old 11-23-2003, 03:01 AM   #6
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Yup...we need pics

BTW, you have a heck of a wife to buy you a truck!
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Old 11-23-2003, 09:42 AM   #7
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UUUMMM Blazer, don't you mean the NP203 which is the full-time unit instead of the NP208 which is part-time?
Nope, the NP203 used drive flanges that connect the axle shafts to the hubs at all times. No lockouts of any kind. The NP208 used auto locking hubs.
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Old 11-23-2003, 01:59 PM   #8
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You are very luckey to have a wife like that.
Congrats on the score, and let us know what you got there as soon as you can.
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