ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**too much stuff** · 04-23-2010, 08:24 PM

I can't imagine there were many of these even back in 72. This was a 157" wheelbase, so the decals would have been the front 1/2 only. The paperwork is pretty well ruined, but i can read some of it inside. I know alot of people won't know what is special about this one, but for the ones that do know, a moment of silence.......

**71blksuper4x4** · 04-23-2010, 08:27 PM

What a pity..... Not too many Sport Birds around at all, let alone an eagle, and let alone the 1 ton. Thanks for sharing the pics Eric. Trevor

**71swb4x4** · 04-23-2010, 08:30 PM

That really sucks. That was a cool piece. I am glad you got pictures.
Did it have tow hooks? Looks like it may have had them and someone literally ripped the passengers one off.

HOGDADDY · 04-23-2010, 08:45 PM

See if you can buy it looks like it may be restorable with some effort. What is special about it anyway?

Frame looks good andit has drivetrain looks like.

**JDL** · 04-23-2010, 08:46 PM

I hope you saved all you could.

**68 Stepside** · 04-23-2010, 09:32 PM

I hope you at least saved the glovebox door. I agree, that's gotta be extremely uncommon.

67slammer · 04-23-2010, 09:45 PM

what about the truck in the right corner of the first pic?

**too much stuff** · 04-23-2010, 09:58 PM

Glad you like the pics trevor.
71swb, no hooks on this one.
Hogdaddy, this thing is junk. The frame may be saved, but that is it. It is special in that it had a "mod bod" The eagle package is quite rare.
JDL, i couldn't get much. There is heavy equipment only 20 feet away picking up cars, so i didn't dilly-dally... The glovebox door looks good in my garage...
68 stepside, see above post.
67 slammer, that is a 72 cheyenne i parted and crushed a couple of weeks ago. These are all on crush row.

teeitup · 04-23-2010, 10:03 PM

WOW that just sucks Eric

tcb-1 · 04-23-2010, 11:16 PM

I lit a candle in remembrance **sniff sniff**

Eric, please tell me the glove box door will someday have a special place on the fireplace mantle?

looks like it had the heavy duty sway bar. looks like the only thing I would raided......

pity. loved to have seen her back in the days.

BLAZERMAN · 04-23-2010, 11:43 PM

Wow!! Thats a cool find! Would have loved to seen it back in the day! I wonder what the truck was used for?? I spot a rear PTO

*Sublvr72* · 04-23-2010, 11:48 PM

excuse my ignorance, but do you have any info on the eagle package? I've never heard of it.

HOGDADDY · 04-23-2010, 11:49 PM

What engine is in it 366 or 427? or?

**Bob B.** · 04-24-2010, 03:34 AM

It had a PTO. Wonder what it was used for. Also has the rare 'I am too lazy to pull the bellhousing when I did the clutch' relieved crossmember.

beebster · 04-24-2010, 05:54 AM

how much bigger was the sway bar on this compared to my 3/4 ton 71 longhorn?

I hate to see any 67-72 trucks like that, hell i even hate to see em rusting away at the boneyard in the rain and snow. ha ha
I feel like mother theresa, i wanna save em all.

Tx Firefighter · 04-24-2010, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob B.

It had a PTO. Wonder what it was used for. Also has the rare 'I am too lazy to pull the bellhousing when I did the clutch' relieved crossmember.

That's the first thing I noticed. I'd like to have the PTO drive box and control and shaft out of that truck.

LONGHAIR · 04-24-2010, 08:09 AM

That is a strange combination of vehicles in one pic.
A pre-'78 Furd 4x4
A late 60s Roadrunner/Satelite
A late 90s Caprice
A 79-80 ish Buick Regal
A late 60s Galaxie
An early 60s Dart
An early 70s Mercury Comet
A late 60s Impala
An Ecsort? on top of the S-10

I'm not sure about the one to the leftof the Comet? some kind of Nissan? sure loos out-of-place there

**truckdude239** · 04-24-2010, 08:44 AM

man its saveable just needs a cab and motor work

**too much stuff** · 04-24-2010, 09:17 AM

Randy, yes it does suck, but at least i caught it before it was totally gone.
tcb, the glovebox door is waxed up and on display in my garage.
Rob, trying to get ahold of bruce on the pto stuff.
sublvr, it was available in 72 and was basically an exterior dress up package. There were other styles and could be had on the burbs, and blazers also. I have a brochure here somewhere.
Hogdaddy. 292 originally and a small block now.
Bob, good eye on the cut cross member. Not sure what the truck was used for.
beepster, the sway bar didn't seem bigger to me, but without seeing them side by side...
tx fire, hopefully it will get saved.
Longhair, i think you only missed one there. The roadrunner is actually an AMC.
Truck dude, there really isn't much there. Hard to say if the frame is even good since it was in the middle of a stack that tipped over.

junkyardjohn · 04-24-2010, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

That's the first thing I noticed. I'd like to have the PTO drive box and control and shaft out of that truck.

TX.. I HAVE A COUPLE OF P.T.O TRANNYS. ONE IS COMPLETE & STILL IM MY 69 ONE TON WREAKER. I'M GOING TO REPLACE IT WITH T-400 & A BB & GO WITH A 10 OR 12,OOO # ELECTRICK WINCH. THE OTHER ONE IS NEW & JUST THE PTO TRANNY PART. IF YOUR INTERESTED P.M. ME & I'LL SAVE IT FOR YOU. IT'S STOUT AS H@LL. MAYBE WE CAN SWAP ON SOMTHING. I'
VE BEEN PULLING VEHICALS UP OUT OF CANYONS IN NV. & HAD THE FRONT TIRES TWO FEET IN THE AIR.

JOHN

OhOneWS6 · 04-24-2010, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sublvr72

excuse my ignorance, but do you have any info on the eagle package? I've never heard of it.

It was part of the Mod Bod package. Thanks to Too Much Stuff for the scan of the flyer and northerngmc for the pic of the white truck. The blue one was borrowed from flicker. What a shame. Would have been a cool one to save.

Beelzeburb · 04-24-2010, 11:41 AM

Here are 5 more "wild put-ons" in a PopSci magazine from 1972.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mzW...page&q&f=false

Just watch out for the "Heady Paraphernalia"

QKENUF4U · 04-24-2010, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beelzeburb

Here are 5 more "wild put-ons" in a PopSci magazine from 1972.
http://books.google.com/books?id=mzW...page&q&f=false

Just watch out for the "Heady Paraphernalia"

THANKS FOR THAT LINK !!! that was some cool memories ... plus i printed out the page about the S2 350 TRIPLE. i had one back in the mid 90's but had to sell it

Dezdad1 · 04-24-2010, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QKENUF4U

THANKS FOR THAT LINK !!! that was some cool memories ... plus i printed out the page about the S2 350 TRIPLE. i had one back in the mid 90's but had to sell it

looks like it might of had a dump bed on it we use to cut the frames off behide
the rear spring hanger to install the hinge for the bed ????

*Sublvr72* · 04-24-2010, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhOneWS6

It was part of the Mod Bod package. Thanks to Too Much Stuff for the scan of the flyer and northerngmc for the pic of the white truck. The blue one was borrowed from flicker. What a shame. Would have been a cool one to save.

awesome! Thanks for clarifying that!

04-23-2010, 08:24 PM	#1
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,852	ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) I can't imagine there were many of these even back in 72. This was a 157" wheelbase, so the decals would have been the front 1/2 only. The paperwork is pretty well ruined, but i can read some of it inside. I know alot of people won't know what is special about this one, but for the ones that do know, a moment of silence....... Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

04-23-2010, 08:27 PM	#2
71blksuper4x4 SWB 4x4 Collector Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Osage City, KS Posts: 5,155	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) What a pity..... Not too many Sport Birds around at all, let alone an eagle, and let alone the 1 ton. Thanks for sharing the pics Eric. Trevor __________________ TREVOR 1970 CST swb 4x4 (speedwarning,cruise,tilt,tach,8track, original red shoulder belts,tow hooks) 1972 Jimmy (soon to be Hickey cloned) 1971 Cheyenne Super 4x4 swb (tilt,tach,buckets, original blue shoulder belts,am/fm,cruise,tow hooks, dealer 8 track) 1972 Cheyenne Super K20 4x4 Custom Camper (tilt, tach, am/fm, tow hooks, bed toolbox, aux gas tank 1972 Cheyenne Super Crew Cab K30 4x4 Duramax, Allison, np205, buckets, tow hooks (CURRENT PROJECT) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=624819 1989 V3500 Crew Cab (454tbi, NV4500, np205) 1970 Chevelle SS (LS5 454,th400,8track,buckets,tach) :2004 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (daily driver) WTB: 1968-70 Cruise Control Lever

04-23-2010, 08:30 PM	#3
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,499	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) That really sucks. That was a cool piece. I am glad you got pictures. Did it have tow hooks? Looks like it may have had them and someone literally ripped the passengers one off. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

04-23-2010, 08:45 PM	#4
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 662	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) See if you can buy it looks like it may be restorable with some effort. What is special about it anyway? Frame looks good andit has drivetrain looks like. Last edited by HOGDADDY; 04-23-2010 at 08:46 PM.

04-23-2010, 08:46 PM	#5
JDL Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Agency IA. Posts: 1,884	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) I hope you saved all you could. __________________ 72 Chevy short step side with 454 air and tilt. 72 nova project car 63 chevy II drag car Agency Iowa

04-23-2010, 09:32 PM	#6
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) I hope you at least saved the glovebox door. I agree, that's gotta be extremely uncommon. __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

04-23-2010, 09:45 PM	#7
67slammer Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: muncy pa Posts: 425	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) what about the truck in the right corner of the first pic? __________________ 67 short bed stepside tach tilt buddy buckets bagged sittin on 20s and 4w disc brakes (not quite finnished)

04-23-2010, 09:58 PM	#8
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,852	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) Glad you like the pics trevor. 71swb, no hooks on this one. Hogdaddy, this thing is junk. The frame may be saved, but that is it. It is special in that it had a "mod bod" The eagle package is quite rare. JDL, i couldn't get much. There is heavy equipment only 20 feet away picking up cars, so i didn't dilly-dally... The glovebox door looks good in my garage... 68 stepside, see above post. 67 slammer, that is a 72 cheyenne i parted and crushed a couple of weeks ago. These are all on crush row. __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

04-23-2010, 10:03 PM	#9
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) WOW that just sucks Eric __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

04-23-2010, 11:16 PM	#10
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) I lit a candle in remembrance sniff sniff Eric, please tell me the glove box door will someday have a special place on the fireplace mantle? looks like it had the heavy duty sway bar. looks like the only thing I would raided...... pity. loved to have seen her back in the days. __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Last edited by tcb-1; 04-23-2010 at 11:20 PM.

04-23-2010, 11:43 PM	#11
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) Wow!! Thats a cool find! Would have loved to seen it back in the day! I wonder what the truck was used for?? I spot a rear PTO __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

04-23-2010, 11:48 PM	#12
Sublvr72 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2004 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 1,387	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) excuse my ignorance, but do you have any info on the eagle package? I've never heard of it.

04-23-2010, 11:49 PM	#13
HOGDADDY Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 662	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) What engine is in it 366 or 427? or?

04-24-2010, 03:34 AM	#14
Bob B. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,393	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) It had a PTO. Wonder what it was used for. Also has the rare 'I am too lazy to pull the bellhousing when I did the clutch' relieved crossmember. __________________ 1967 GMC CM-2500 Camper Cruiser, 351E V-6, NP 435 4 speed, Dana 60, and factory A/C. 2012 GMC K-3500 WT regular cab, 6.0L Vortec, 6L90.

04-24-2010, 05:54 AM	#15
beebster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Aurora,Il ..born,raised and still live in the same house Posts: 286	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) how much bigger was the sway bar on this compared to my 3/4 ton 71 longhorn? I hate to see any 67-72 trucks like that, hell i even hate to see em rusting away at the boneyard in the rain and snow. ha ha I feel like mother theresa, i wanna save em all.



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04-24-2010, 08:44 AM	#18
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04-24-2010, 09:17 AM	#19
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,852	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) Randy, yes it does suck, but at least i caught it before it was totally gone. tcb, the glovebox door is waxed up and on display in my garage. Rob, trying to get ahold of bruce on the pto stuff. sublvr, it was available in 72 and was basically an exterior dress up package. There were other styles and could be had on the burbs, and blazers also. I have a brochure here somewhere. Hogdaddy. 292 originally and a small block now. Bob, good eye on the cut cross member. Not sure what the truck was used for. beepster, the sway bar didn't seem bigger to me, but without seeing them side by side... tx fire, hopefully it will get saved. Longhair, i think you only missed one there. The roadrunner is actually an AMC. Truck dude, there really isn't much there. Hard to say if the frame is even good since it was in the middle of a stack that tipped over. __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

04-24-2010, 11:41 AM	#22
Beelzeburb Devil's in the Details Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern Utah Posts: 353	Re: ONE RARE BIRD!!! (warning, graphic pics) Here are 5 more "wild put-ons" in a PopSci magazine from 1972. http://books.google.com/books?id=mzW...page&q&f=false Just watch out for the "Heady Paraphernalia" __________________ '70 K10 Suburban - TBI 454, 4L80E, NP241C, Dana 60 & 44 - The 10+ Year Project Thread Datsun 240Z, 510 2 door and an old Honda motorcycle Last edited by Beelzeburb; 04-24-2010 at 11:44 AM.

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