Desert Fox, Chevy Sport, and Sun Tiger

[80SPORT]

80 sport -same color combo-with the correct striping ....owned by the chevy dealer south of red deer ,alberta...this one is also a factory bucket seat truck.....the red one is my own truck

[streetstar]

Those trucks are both great -- I miss the eighties sometimes

[baja1000]

I have some original photos of the desert Fox and the Jimmy version and also about 10 other project build trucks, These photos came from my Vic Hickey photo collection, I have a lot of cool photos, I will scan and post them when i get back to the shop in a week, As you also know i have a collection of Vic Hickey cars and trucks, Ron

[streetstar]

Anything you can scan in seems to be like gold on this board, Baja

[78 Chevyrado]

Here's my first truck, its a 77 sport. Still has the light bar, but the stripes were gone when I got it. My dad peeled them off because somebody keyed them up so bad they were toast.

[KIILew]

Originally Posted by streetstar

Ok -- pics of the Chevy Sport i saw for sale the other day in Davis, OK (in between OKC and the Texas line on I-35). The truck looked cool (not perfect, but i would still enjoy it)

The wheels and tires are kinda generic, as well, it had rust spots showing through the paint behind the rear wheels, but what i could see of the interior through the tint looked tip-top, with the original stereo and everything.

I picked up another '69 driver later that day and thought i would have a tough decision ahead of me until i circled back and saw the asking price for this (5800)

Sorry about resurrecting an old post, but it is a good one, and I have been away for awhile. Seeing this truck spotted by Streetstar prompted me to highlight a little bit of Chevy Sport trivia here.

This Chevy Sport appears to be a Bonanza, which makes it even more unusual than the "typical" Chevy Sport, if any Chevy Sport could be considered typical. 1980, to the best of my knowledge, was the final year that the Bonanza nameplate was offered for Chevy pickups, and it was the only year that the Bonanza package was offered for a Sport-trimmed pickup. This is the first real life example of a 1980 Chevy Sport Bonanza that I have ever seen, outside of the 1980 Bonanza special edition dealer brochure.

Just my 2 cents...

Ken Lewis

[baja1000]

Originally Posted by bigblock73

OK, here is a quick preview of some of the stuff I got this weekend, and will add to 73-87.com this week. Hope you enjoy them.

Here is some of my original Hickey photos of some of his projects, I will post more on the Desert Fox Truck and Blazer

[68GMC454]

id love to find one of the vert trucks... but i hate stickers, so not sure id like one of the sport trucks...

[bigblock73]

Originally Posted by baja1000

Here is some of my original Hickey photos of some of his projects, I will post more on the Desert Fox Truck and Blazer

Freakin' sweet! PM sent.

[truckman1]

anybody got pics of 77 chevy sport stripes i need them for my black chevy sport fleetside

[truckman1]

Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado

Here's my first truck, its a 77 sport. Still has the light bar, but the stripes were gone when I got it. My dad peeled them off because somebody keyed them up so bad they were toast.

are you going to try to get the stripes for that chevy sport?

[78 Chevyrado]

Originally Posted by truckman1

are you going to try to get the stripes for that chevy sport?

No, i sold that truck in 2002. I had it back before I got into the internet and could never find them by just going to dealers and such. I do see stripes for them come through e-bay now and then. It's a four color stripe. GM called it "quadra-tone" stripes. And at the back of the bedsides it said chevy sport.

Here's a pic from 73-87.com
http://www.73-87.com/Special_Edition...port_2page.jpg

[rod86]

theyre some sweet trucks, i love the 80`s stripes...

[80SPORT]

The magazine ads had some good pictures of how the stripes look....if you find an original let me know ...i have the stripes for the 76 ,79 and 80 models patterned.

[maxreps]

...and I thought mini-truck folks were the first to think of a convertible pickup.

[Misled]

80SPORT,
I may have located a couple individual pieces of the graphics. I intend to make patterns from them.

If I get them done, I'll let ya know!!

I'm not familiar with the style on the 79....can you post a pic?

Misled

[truckman1]

Originally Posted by 78 Chevyrado

No, i sold that truck in 2002. I had it back before I got into the internet and could never find them by just going to dealers and such. I do see stripes for them come through e-bay now and then. It's a four color stripe. GM called it "quadra-tone" stripes. And at the back of the bedsides it said chevy sport.

Here's a pic from 73-87.com
http://www.73-87.com/Special_Edition...port_2page.jpg

i've seen that pic before and it doesn't show enough of the graphics and can you let me know the next time you see one on eBay. mine doesnt have the original stripes but it does have the chevy sport logo on the back

[thirdstreettito]

Nice! There is actually a Sun Tiger in town. I haven't seen it in 7-10 years, but it's probably in a garage being restored. Dodge made a convertible Dakota too.

Hmm. Also this 69.

http://gehrkesoldtimeautos.com/_wsn/page2.html

[Twisted78SS]

Supposed to be a Desert Fox Jimmy on Portland Craigslist - not mine..

http://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/1652192407.html

hello i have a 78 gmc jimmy dessert fox
has a bigger gas tank than normal jimmy's and has a 8000lb side winder winch on it.... runs good drives good over all in good condition but is one hell of a jimmy

[bitchin85]

Originally Posted by smashingchuck

those convertibles were made an hour away from where I live! who knew?!

heck thats about 20-25 minutes north of me. im in lambertville

[truckfan]

anyone remember Jon Baker's truck from the 70's TV show, "Chips"? when I saw the Desert Fox I thought it was one , but it was different.

[Rogue_Sentinel]

no real pics of the Sun Tiger ?

[77 Sport]

Here are some pictures of my 1977 Chevy Sport. I am looking to redo my Cheyenne to replicate this Scottsdale/Chevy Sport someday. I have one NOS passenger door lower stripe and am looking for the rest. I'll probably paint the stripes on if I can't find them when I'm ready to restore the truck.
BTW - forgive the add-ons, a teenager with a JC Whitney catalog and a credit card could be dangerous back in the 70's.

[C10Silverado79]

just happened to run across this on CL. Doesn't say it's a Sport but sure looks like one.

http://york.craigslist.org/cto/1835441977.html

[coater]

I wish I knew someone up that way I could trust,I would buy that!