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01-03-2013, 09:42 PM | #1 |
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Oddest factory color combo yet!!
I just drug this 1972 Custom 10 in today. I've been doing this for years and I've never seen anything like this. What was the Atlanta assembly plant thinking?!?!
JQ
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01-03-2013, 09:44 PM | #2 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Wow, now that's a high option truck!
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01-03-2013, 09:47 PM | #3 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Great color combo wonder how many trucks came with that color combo..
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01-03-2013, 09:48 PM | #4 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
takes all kinds. interesting little truck!
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01-03-2013, 09:55 PM | #5 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
According my 1972 Truck Data Book, this combination was not available as a RPO, but there is no special order number at the bottom of the SPID. Who knows??
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01-03-2013, 10:10 PM | #6 | |
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01-03-2013, 10:16 PM | #7 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Here is another odd color combo. This one has a few more options though!
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01-03-2013, 10:17 PM | #8 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
And a couple more pics.
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01-03-2013, 10:31 PM | #9 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Josh,I think GM was doing a study on making a truck stand out with no options
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01-03-2013, 10:46 PM | #10 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
when the engine isn't listed on the spid does that mean it came with a 307?
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01-03-2013, 10:52 PM | #11 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Funny, I owned a 72 super orange/white with blue interior.....it was a original colorado truck, only thing i could come up with was the "broncos"
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01-03-2013, 11:05 PM | #12 |
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01-03-2013, 11:12 PM | #13 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
oh that's right I forgot about the "E"
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01-04-2013, 12:27 AM | #14 | |
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Correct, if an option engine is not listed on the SPID then the default engine for the model is correct. So for a 72 CE10 it would be a 307cid V-8
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01-04-2013, 12:35 AM | #15 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
i'd like to see that fly today.
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01-04-2013, 12:47 AM | #16 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
I worked for a couple of Chevrolet dealers back in the early '70s and have seen some strange things, like green trucks with blue interiors. But never Hugger Orange with green. That's just too weird. I asked the new car sales manager about the green/blue combination, and he told me that this was some "computer" option that was sent out, unasked for. Hard to say where the truth is, on 40 year-old information. That truck did get sold, though.
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01-04-2013, 12:54 AM | #17 |
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Had a hard time trying to get it done in 1982. Wanted a K20 6.5 Suburban in 59 Almond (really light tan) over a 29 Dark Blue below the trim line with a Blue vinyl interior. Round and round we went about it. Combined with a snowplow prep. package (in Dallas, TX) the salesman lost it. In the end a 22% finance rate killed the deal and I bought a 72 Suburban.
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01-04-2013, 01:03 AM | #18 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
There is a 73-87 running around my area that is awful, it even has a matching topper. I realize it doesn't apply to the proper years being discussed, but it is very ugly. I may just have to spy a couple of pics!
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01-04-2013, 01:14 AM | #19 | |
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01-04-2013, 01:37 AM | #20 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Back in 1987 or so, one of my local Chevy dealers had an Astro passenger van that was light metallic blue with a garnet red interior. It was a stock order, sales manager screwed up. Needless to say, that van hung around the dealership for quite some time........
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01-04-2013, 01:43 AM | #21 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
I'd be kinda cool to see someone do a resto on a plane-jane truck like this. It seems like every time one gets restored, it turns into a short wheel base Cheyenne.
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01-13-2013, 08:22 PM | #22 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
how bout red & blue
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01-13-2013, 08:27 PM | #23 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
You know? A rare combo is one that is not that unusual at all. In fact,it is about as plain as you can get AND really not bad looking. Huh?...Oh,you want to know the combo,right? Well,how about White with Parchment interior? Yep White on White. How many have you seen?
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01-13-2013, 08:38 PM | #24 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
Here's some pics of a restored red/blue truck I saw at a show a couple years ago. I have to say the red or orange with green interior has to be the winner of all time ugly.
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01-13-2013, 09:34 PM | #25 |
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Re: Oddest factory color combo yet!!
back then I guess you could order whatever you wanted....I seen a early Suburban that was blue with red interior....
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