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grebus1 · 10-06-2004, 05:19 PM

Does anybody have any interesting photos of our trucks on the assembly line or on a dealer's lot when they were new? I have found some on the web that depict some of the older body styles, but none for '67-'72.

Pilgrim · 10-06-2004, 07:52 PM

I would also be interested in these.

toms68cst · 10-06-2004, 08:31 PM

I have some stuff that's interesting. It's been a while since I posted these pictures.

toms68cst · 10-06-2004, 08:32 PM

Here's a dealer shot I have.

toms68cst · 10-06-2004, 08:34 PM

The first pictures I posted are 67 prototype pictures. If you look carefully you can see some subtle differences between the pictures and a production 67.

1969 GMC · 10-06-2004, 08:36 PM

is that what a locking glovebox is supposed to look like?

EDIT: and I want to know how the first truck is going 50 mph?!

Brainchild · 10-06-2004, 08:37 PM

I like the steering wheel,but I wonder where the starter switch was going to be?

**68 Stepside** · 10-06-2004, 08:38 PM

Love those pics Tom. Honestly, I wish they would have kept the little bowtie in the center of the idiot light dash, and the glovebox release on the left hand side is kinda cool too. The lighter integrated into the dash cluster is cool too, when I was driving my truck I was a smoker, and I hated that lighter way over there on the other side of the heater controls (it's really hard to "flick a bic" when you're running 70 mph down the highway with "2-55" a/c

I used to have a pic of the 67 indy 500 service truck lineup (I think that's what it was), it was all '67 chevy trucks.....wish I could find it.

1969 GMC · 10-06-2004, 08:40 PM

There was a pic I saved off of here (and promptly lost) of the Yenko dealership, with '68 trucks and camaros sitting outside. pretty sweet.

**tnblazerk5** · 10-06-2004, 08:51 PM

in pic 3 look at the way the door lock is !!!! i really like that !!!!!!!!!! and look at the way the post for the rear view goes in the door thats cool too !!!!! kinda makes a person wonder where that truck went too before they changed all that stuff on them and i liked the way that dash center was in that other pic too and i also liked the lighter were it was too

also in pic 3 look at the cowl and windshield post there the same peace

Green Machine · 10-06-2004, 09:14 PM

I found both of the pictures you guys were looking for.

Green Machine · 10-06-2004, 10:22 PM

Ttt

FRENCHBLUE72 · 10-06-2004, 11:21 PM

Andy also has a graet site with a few old dealer pic's on it ... I don't have the link but I know it is on the bottom of andy's post's...

FRENCHBLUE72 · 10-06-2004, 11:24 PM

BTW did anybody notice the key hole in thew push button for the door handle I think that would have been a pretty slick set up wonder why it never made it to production?????

toms68cst · 10-06-2004, 11:33 PM

Here are a couple of more scans off of a magazine article.

dinnut · 10-06-2004, 11:51 PM

that console is sweet in the last pic... i wish they actually made that and i like the lock on the left of glovebox and lock inside the doorhandle!

chickenwing · 10-06-2004, 11:53 PM

Wish the las pic was centered above that console. I'd like to know what kind of instrument is in it.

Dave Reed · 10-06-2004, 11:56 PM

Man I love this center console. Thanks for the pics, guys.

bluec10 · 10-07-2004, 12:38 AM

Great pics guys. I'd like to see more of this kind of thing. BUT, once again, where are the GMC's????

grebus1 · 10-07-2004, 11:28 AM

Wow, thanks for all the replies! Still would like to see some assembly line photos, they must be out there somewhere. There are some older model ones on these sites if anyone is interested:

http://www.55-57chevys.com/coccc/showroom/t559ass.html
http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/page0209.html

toms68cst · 10-07-2004, 02:36 PM

Those are really cool old pirctures of the AD and 57 trucks. I've never seen any assembly pictures of 67-72 trucks though. I'd love to see some too.

1969 GMC · 10-07-2004, 08:02 PM

I love that center console, smooth center dash, and the offset gb button (that would be ALOT easier to open from the driver seat than stock). Sweet

griesel72 · 10-07-2004, 08:37 PM

just wanted to say thanks for the pictures in this post, i've always wanted to see a picture of a cira 68-72 chevy dealership. Now i can stop pestering my wife to keep her eye out for such a thing.

*Gee_Emm* · 10-07-2004, 08:47 PM

Ha, they even had radio hackers back then.

I am glad they made the changes they did, some of the things in those pictures are ugly.

67ChevyC10Stepside · 10-07-2004, 09:08 PM

this is cool i wanna see more......

10-06-2004, 05:19 PM	#1
grebus1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 322	Assembly line/dealer photos Does anybody have any interesting photos of our trucks on the assembly line or on a dealer's lot when they were new? I have found some on the web that depict some of the older body styles, but none for '67-'72. __________________ '72 Chevy Suburban Custom Deluxe 10, 402/TH400

10-06-2004, 07:52 PM	#2
Pilgrim Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Crescent City, FL Posts: 492	I would also be interested in these. __________________ Bob 68 C20 Camper Special

10-06-2004, 08:31 PM	#3
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	I have some stuff that's interesting. It's been a while since I posted these pictures. Attached Images __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-06-2004, 08:32 PM	#4
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	Here's a dealer shot I have. Attached Images __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-06-2004, 08:34 PM	#5
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	The first pictures I posted are 67 prototype pictures. If you look carefully you can see some subtle differences between the pictures and a production 67. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-06-2004, 08:36 PM	#6
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	is that what a locking glovebox is supposed to look like? EDIT: and I want to know how the first truck is going 50 mph?! __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650 Last edited by 1969 GMC; 10-06-2004 at 08:38 PM.

10-06-2004, 08:37 PM	#7
Brainchild Still drivin' a Rat Rod Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Monett Missouri Posts: 4,925	I like the steering wheel,but I wonder where the starter switch was going to be? __________________ Rusty Member #13872 Instead of saying.....you are a discomfort in the back of my front.....one should be able to say...... you are a pain in the a$# 71 GMC LWB 49 Chevy 85 Chevy G20 Check out my website

10-06-2004, 08:38 PM	#8
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Love those pics Tom. Honestly, I wish they would have kept the little bowtie in the center of the idiot light dash, and the glovebox release on the left hand side is kinda cool too. The lighter integrated into the dash cluster is cool too, when I was driving my truck I was a smoker, and I hated that lighter way over there on the other side of the heater controls (it's really hard to "flick a bic" when you're running 70 mph down the highway with "2-55" a/c I used to have a pic of the 67 indy 500 service truck lineup (I think that's what it was), it was all '67 chevy trucks.....wish I could find it. __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

10-06-2004, 08:40 PM	#9
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	There was a pic I saved off of here (and promptly lost) of the Yenko dealership, with '68 trucks and camaros sitting outside. pretty sweet. __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

10-06-2004, 08:51 PM	#10
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	in pic 3 look at the way the door lock is !!!! i really like that !!!!!!!!!! and look at the way the post for the rear view goes in the door thats cool too !!!!! kinda makes a person wonder where that truck went too before they changed all that stuff on them and i liked the way that dash center was in that other pic too and i also liked the lighter were it was too also in pic 3 look at the cowl and windshield post there the same peace Last edited by tnblazerk5; 10-06-2004 at 08:59 PM.

10-06-2004, 09:14 PM	#11
Green Machine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Estherville, Iowa Posts: 3,371	Pics I found both of the pictures you guys were looking for. Attached Images Last edited by Green Machine; 10-06-2004 at 10:22 PM.

10-06-2004, 10:22 PM	#12
Green Machine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Estherville, Iowa Posts: 3,371	Ttt

10-06-2004, 11:21 PM	#13
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	Andy also has a graet site with a few old dealer pic's on it ... I don't have the link but I know it is on the bottom of andy's post's... __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

10-06-2004, 11:24 PM	#14
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,606	BTW did anybody notice the key hole in thew push button for the door handle I think that would have been a pretty slick set up wonder why it never made it to production????? __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

10-06-2004, 11:33 PM	#15
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	Here are a couple of more scans off of a magazine article. Attached Images __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.



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10-06-2004, 11:51 PM	#16
dinnut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: missouri city, tx Posts: 4,486	that console is sweet in the last pic... i wish they actually made that and i like the lock on the left of glovebox and lock inside the doorhandle! __________________ 70 longbed 496/th400/Ford 9"

10-06-2004, 11:53 PM	#17
chickenwing Lovin' Life in Miss.! Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Puckett, Mississippi Posts: 1,937	Wish the las pic was centered above that console. I'd like to know what kind of instrument is in it. __________________ The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!!

10-06-2004, 11:56 PM	#18
Dave Reed Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: CT Posts: 290	Man I love this center console. Thanks for the pics, guys.

10-07-2004, 12:38 AM	#19
bluec10 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Manitoba, Canada Posts: 663	Great pics guys. I'd like to see more of this kind of thing. BUT, once again, where are the GMC's???? __________________ Present: 2015 Tacoma. Yeah, not a GM, but I love it. 1969 GMC 32,000 - fix, drive, relax, fix... 2019 BMW R1250 GSA - Yahoooooooo 1979 Honda GL 1000 - retro touring at its best. Past: '05 Sierra 4x4 - Had 270,000 KM and running well when it was written-off by a stop sign runner. '94 F-150 from the "F word" company. I'll admit it...good truck. Sold what was left of it for $800 to a guy who came to pick it up at 11:00 PM with cash in hand. Hmm. '79 Sierra Grande (Black) organ donor - perfect rebuildable 4-bolt 350 and a good TH350. '76 Sierra Grande (Orange) - hate isn't too strong a word. Kid who bought it turned it into a hot rod. '68 C-10 R.I.P. - Dad's old truck...too far gone to resurrect. '59 C-50 - with hoist. Truck is gone, wife isn't. Nuff said.

10-07-2004, 11:28 AM	#20
grebus1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Edmonds, WA Posts: 322	Wow, thanks for all the replies! Still would like to see some assembly line photos, they must be out there somewhere. There are some older model ones on these sites if anyone is interested: http://www.55-57chevys.com/coccc/showroom/t559ass.html http://www.oldgmctrucks.com/page0209.html __________________ '72 Chevy Suburban Custom Deluxe 10, 402/TH400

10-07-2004, 02:36 PM	#21
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	Those are really cool old pirctures of the AD and 57 trucks. I've never seen any assembly pictures of 67-72 trucks though. I'd love to see some too. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-07-2004, 08:02 PM	#22
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	I love that center console, smooth center dash, and the offset gb button (that would be ALOT easier to open from the driver seat than stock). Sweet __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

10-07-2004, 08:37 PM	#23
griesel72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Howard, Kansas USA Posts: 1,997	just wanted to say thanks for the pictures in this post, i've always wanted to see a picture of a cira 68-72 chevy dealership. Now i can stop pestering my wife to keep her eye out for such a thing. __________________ 1969 K10 Custom 10 1997 Z71 2006 Volkswagen Jetta TDI 2006 King Ranch 1980 Wife

10-07-2004, 08:47 PM	#24
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 3,991	Ha, they even had radio hackers back then. I am glad they made the changes they did, some of the things in those pictures are ugly. Last edited by Gee_Emm; 10-07-2004 at 08:50 PM.

10-07-2004, 09:08 PM	#25
67ChevyC10Stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Butler PA Posts: 3,032	this is cool i wanna see more...... __________________ 67 c-10, 400 SB, TH350, 4.10 gears, Blazer tank,camaro tach, sidemarker fuel fill (soon) WTB: stepside parts, 67 front end parts, 67 small window cab. posi for 3.73 or 4.10 for 12 bolt and 10 bolt.

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