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**IT Cowboy** · 02-07-2025, 09:51 PM

I did some more research on the info and portfolio the seller gave me on my truck. I guess it was a GM / Chevy factory reps truck and that might explain why it is loaded with almost all the options available. I have a key fob that supposedly was from the factory and if lost would be automatically mailed back to corporate HQ.

This truck came from Michigan and was also owed by some eccentric collector that stored it inside and only drove it a couple times a year. It has 55k miles and was also in the movie Semi-Pro with Will Ferrell. I am not a celebrity fan boy but that is cool I guess. I wonder if GM / Chevy could tell me anything based off the VIN.

**1970cstblazer** · 02-08-2025, 08:09 AM

Only if the truck was produced in the Oshawa Canada plant (VIN assembly plant code 1). The US records have been lost for years.

SCOTI · Yesterday, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by IT Cowboy

I did some more research on the info and portfolio the seller gave me on my truck. I guess it was a GM / Chevy factory reps truck and that might explain why it is loaded with almost all the options available. I have a key fob that supposedly was from the factory and if lost would be automatically mailed back to corporate HQ.

This truck came from Michigan and was also owed by some eccentric collector that stored it inside and only drove it a couple times a year. It has 55k miles and was also in the movie Semi-Pro with Will Ferrell. I am not a celebrity fan boy but that is cool I guess. I wonder if GM / Chevy could tell me anything based off the VIN.

A key fob? In 1972?
What could a key fob do in '72?

**IT Cowboy** · Yesterday, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SCOTI

A key fob? In 1972?
What could a key fob do in '72?

Ok I called it a FOB, like an old watch FOB but it would be called a key chain today

Keith Seymore · Yesterday, 11:48 AM

More like a leather packet/fob.

All of the GM company owned vehicles had a little packet that contained the registration. A small plastic window on the fob could be written on with a grease pencil to note where the vehicle was parked on GM property (whether at the Tech Center or the Proving Ground).

I've probably got one here somewhere that I could take a picture of.

K

Keith Seymore · Yesterday, 11:53 AM

Can you post the relevant docs that make him think it was a factory rep truck?

I was a GM employee for 40 years in Full Size truck engineering and vehicle assembly, and a company owned vehicle driver for 20 of those years.

K

**IT Cowboy** · Yesterday, 11:58 AM

Mine is like this. Maybe it is something they offered to everyone

Keith Seymore · Yesterday, 12:06 PM

I don't recognize that. Perhaps some local dealer offering.

Ours were more like the attached (only no zipper), in black or brown leather.

K

SCOTI · Yesterday, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by IT Cowboy

Ok I called it a FOB, like an old watch FOB but it would be called a key chain today

Got'cha. A 1972 dealership key chain.

**IT Cowboy** · Yesterday, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SCOTI

Got'cha. A 1972 dealership key chain.

As I understand you could inscribe your address on them and it would be returned if someone dropped it in a mailbox. I think they gave it as a service to all the GM reps and dealers.

**Rust_never_sleeps** · Yesterday, 04:58 PM

They were called "fobs when they hung off pocket watch chains before there were cars.
Only recently did they give them batteries and start teaching them tricks

02-07-2025, 09:51 PM	#1
IT Cowboy Active Member Join Date: Jan 2025 Location: Clarkdale, Arizona in a van down by the river Posts: 140	Some more info on my truck I did some more research on the info and portfolio the seller gave me on my truck. I guess it was a GM / Chevy factory reps truck and that might explain why it is loaded with almost all the options available. I have a key fob that supposedly was from the factory and if lost would be automatically mailed back to corporate HQ. This truck came from Michigan and was also owed by some eccentric collector that stored it inside and only drove it a couple times a year. It has 55k miles and was also in the movie Semi-Pro with Will Ferrell. I am not a celebrity fan boy but that is cool I guess. I wonder if GM / Chevy could tell me anything based off the VIN. __________________ '72 C10 / 402 ___________________________________________ Freedom isn't safe, it requires you to take responsibility for your own life, your own safety, and your own success. It carries with it the possibility of failure and the understanding that you're working without out a safety net. If you give the state the responsibility for any of these you also give up the freedom that accompanies the responsibility.

02-08-2025, 08:09 AM	#2
1970cstblazer All stock and staying that way Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Elkland, PA Posts: 1,985	Re: Some more info on my truck Only if the truck was produced in the Oshawa Canada plant (VIN assembly plant code 1). The US records have been lost for years. __________________ 1970 K/5 Blazer CST 4WD, TOTM winner December 2024! Medium Bronze, 93k ACT. miles, 350, 4 speed, rear positraction, 16.5" x 8.25" HD Kelsey Hayes wheel option, tilt, tach, vacuum, AM/FM, manual throttle...Dad ordered and purchased new 4/70. Currently frame off restoration finally getting close to completion.. 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 2WD, DK Blue/White, 90K ACT. miles, 402, TH400, 4.10 open, tilt, tach, vacuum, A/C, AM/FM, manual throttle.. A mostly original paint never rusted Texas survivor... 2017 Sierra 1500 SLT 4WD, Black, 45k miles, 5.3, 6L80E, 3.42 LS, 20" polished wheels, everything but moonroof and 6.2... 2019 Canyon SLT 4WD, White, 62k miles, 3.6, 8L45, 3.23 LS, 18" wheels

Yesterday, 11:48 AM	#5
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,261	Re: Some more info on my truck More like a leather packet/fob. All of the GM company owned vehicles had a little packet that contained the registration. A small plastic window on the fob could be written on with a grease pencil to note where the vehicle was parked on GM property (whether at the Tech Center or the Proving Ground). I've probably got one here somewhere that I could take a picture of. K __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

Yesterday, 11:53 AM	#6
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,261	Re: Some more info on my truck Can you post the relevant docs that make him think it was a factory rep truck? I was a GM employee for 40 years in Full Size truck engineering and vehicle assembly, and a company owned vehicle driver for 20 of those years. K __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

Yesterday, 11:58 AM	#7
IT Cowboy Active Member Join Date: Jan 2025 Location: Clarkdale, Arizona in a van down by the river Posts: 140	Re: Some more info on my truck Mine is like this. Maybe it is something they offered to everyone __________________ '72 C10 / 402 ___________________________________________ Freedom isn't safe, it requires you to take responsibility for your own life, your own safety, and your own success. It carries with it the possibility of failure and the understanding that you're working without out a safety net. If you give the state the responsibility for any of these you also give up the freedom that accompanies the responsibility.

Yesterday, 12:06 PM	#8
Keith Seymore Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Motor City Posts: 9,261	Re: Some more info on my truck I don't recognize that. Perhaps some local dealer offering. Ours were more like the attached (only no zipper), in black or brown leather. K Attached Images __________________ Chevrolet Flint Assembly 1979-1986 GM Full Size Truck Engineering 1986 - 2019 Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ Last edited by Keith Seymore; Yesterday at 01:22 PM.

Yesterday, 04:58 PM	#11
Rust_never_sleeps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: San Ramon,CA Posts: 666	Re: Some more info on my truck They were called "fobs when they hung off pocket watch chains before there were cars. Only recently did they give them batteries and start teaching them tricks __________________ 1970 C10 Custom longbed 350/350 Code: __ ______\|__]\____ ....\|___(o)_____(o)_]

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