How much did my truck cost in 1973?

[Number21]

Just curiuos, anyone know roughly what the selling price of my truck might have been back in 1973? It's a '73 3/4 ton Super Cheyenne K20 camper special with lots of options. 350 engine.

For that matter, what makes my Cheyenne "super"? I've had regular cheyenne's before too...

[kylep]

man that is a sharp looking rig. I have a 78 k30 that came out of the factory with a 400. when i called to get it insured the insurance guy said it originally costed 5500 in 78. so i would bet yours is around that.

[esbstuff]

[QUOTE=Number21;5312587]Just curiuos, anyone know roughly what the selling price of my truck might have been back in 1973? It's a '73 3/4 ton Super Cheyenne K20 camper special with lots of options. 350 engine.

For that matter, what makes my Cheyenne "super"? I've had regular cheyenne's before too...
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In 1973 my dad bought a new GMC Serria Granda (Spelling?) 350/350 K20 loaded with everything that you could get with the exception of 2 tone paint and did not have the camper special package. He gave $4300 +/- and thought he had been taken to the cleaners...

[74 stepside]

Cheyenne Super was the top option in 73 & 74. My stepdad bought his 74 cheyenne super shortbed stepside with 350/350 combo, hd springs, 2wd for $4700 in 1974. Hope that gives you an idea of cost.

[Malo83]

Paid 12G's for my 83 Silverado loaded

[Number21]

Wow, that's amazing how it's kept it's value over the years. It's worth roughly the same now, try that with a prius. According to an inflation calculator, $5000 in 1973 would be around $25,000 today. That MIGHT buy you the base model today....

[J Knight]

I have some finance papers(only one page lol) from '68 when my dad took over the payments on my moms 65 Olds Cutlass. The car sold new for $2900 and in '68 my dad only made $400 a month full time, payments were $89 month. It just goes to show that $4000 might not sound like much today but it was a handfull of money back in '73.
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