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02-25-2023, 02:55 PM
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GMC k10 short bed
How many of you guys have one?
I have a KE-15734 for my model number Pics to come |
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02-25-2023, 03:34 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
Not me. I wish I did. I love the GMCs. Just so you know, Chevys are K10s and GMCs are K1500s during 67-72.
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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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02-26-2023, 01:07 AM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
I’ve got a short bed Chevy K10, 67-72 GMC’s are extra rare birds around here, but there are still a ton of 67-72 chevys here compared to most places I’ve been.
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02-26-2023, 10:50 AM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
I found mine in 2013. I wasn't really looking specifically for a GMC, I didn't care if I found a Chevy or GMC. I just wanted to find a solid truck that was all there.
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02-26-2023, 12:55 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
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02-26-2023, 06:11 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
Actually, 5chevy7 GMC didn't build any K/10 trucks. That's the Chevy designation. GMC used K/1500 to designate a half ton 4 wheel drive.
We all know what you meant though. I have a '71 K/1500 GMC Jimmy. While Chevrolet Division called the Blazer a K/5, GMC Truck Division didn't give their 1st Gen SUV a ''half'' number. Originally GM was working on a bantam sized 4x4 to compete with Jeep and IHC Scout. That design fell thru when someone decided they could just shorten the K/10 short bed of 115'' to 104'' using existing components and get the project on the road a year or two earlier. K/5 was originally intended to be a quarter ton truck, but they kept the designator. The Blazers came out in Model Year 1969. They sold like hotcakes and General Motors decided to ramp up production by adding a GMC model, the Jimmy, for MY 1970. [''Jimmy'' had been trucker slang for any GMC truck before that.] 
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02-26-2023, 10:11 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
I still call GMCs Jimmys. When referring to a Jimmy like you have I say GMC Jimmy. Basically, GM took the name that the general public created and trademarked it. Harley did the same thing with Hog.
Looking forward to pictures of more SWB K1500s.
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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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02-26-2023, 10:34 PM
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02-27-2023, 08:09 AM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
I know GM didn't designate the Jimmy as a K/5, but it is the same vehicle. I still use K/5 when speaking of both rather than saying Blazer, like most do, to not leave out the Jimmy.
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02-27-2023, 08:02 PM
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I found out there were a lot of other Blue Thunders -- due to a popular 1983 Roy Scheider film -- so I let it lapse. I do sometimes jokingly refer to my Jimmy as the K/750.
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02-27-2023, 11:14 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
I've had one for a few years
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02-27-2023, 11:21 PM
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Re: GMC k10 short bed
That's a nice '67 K/1500. Is the Panoramic rear window an original option, or did you swap cabs with a '68 or later?
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