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wibilly · 03-02-2006, 01:17 AM

a girlfriend of mine sent me some pics of a friends gmc today. it needs a cam. he was going to replace whole engine with one from another truck he had bought for that purpose.he is now thinking he may never get to it. of course i want it. i 'm looking for help in determining the year. i'v narowed it down to 69-71 by foot operated parking break and door panels not being of a 72. so i guess the grill would be next i'm not familiar with them on the gmc.and at this time don't know if it has disc breaks and have no pics of tailgate.grill has black trim and parking lights and turn signals directly beneith the headlights can any one help id this. it has ps pb ac duel sadel tanksand looks pretty nice in pics thanks

HeavyD · 03-02-2006, 01:51 AM

Are the wheels 5 bolt or 6 bolt? Unless they have been swapped, 71 will be 5 bolt and 69-70 will have 6. The grilles IIRC on the 71-72 have a black bar painted on it in the middle. while the 69-70 are all chrome, so your description seems to point to a 1971 GMC.

03-02-2006, 01:17 AM	#1
wibilly Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: northwestern wi Posts: 2,111	gmc year id help a girlfriend of mine sent me some pics of a friends gmc today. it needs a cam. he was going to replace whole engine with one from another truck he had bought for that purpose.he is now thinking he may never get to it. of course i want it. i 'm looking for help in determining the year. i'v narowed it down to 69-71 by foot operated parking break and door panels not being of a 72. so i guess the grill would be next i'm not familiar with them on the gmc.and at this time don't know if it has disc breaks and have no pics of tailgate.grill has black trim and parking lights and turn signals directly beneith the headlights can any one help id this. it has ps pb ac duel sadel tanksand looks pretty nice in pics thanks __________________ common sense isn't so common anymore

03-02-2006, 01:51 AM	#2
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,180	Re: gmc year id help Are the wheels 5 bolt or 6 bolt? Unless they have been swapped, 71 will be 5 bolt and 69-70 will have 6. The grilles IIRC on the 71-72 have a black bar painted on it in the middle. while the 69-70 are all chrome, so your description seems to point to a 1971 GMC. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"



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