Found some good GM lit. (hickey, OK)

[54blackhornet]

I have those swing away rope gizmo's on my bone stock 71 GMC....

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Originally Posted by BLT gmc

Cool stuff, especially like the 4x4 stuff. Wish I could buy the $17.95 skid plate!
Bruce

I am sure that was a good chunk of money in 72-73...

Originally Posted by undertaker72

does it have any pics of the hickey winch bumper and the frame brackets

I will check.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

Cool stuff, I almost laughed out loud at pic three where it says "new aerodynamic cab" talking about the new 73 model.

The times are a changin...

Originally Posted by Boog

Neat old lit and seems to be in real good condition. Nice find.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by special-K

Crimey,I think I've owned about every item on that list at one point along the way. Used to have that catalog,too. I was a mail away for catalog fool! And I did save them,but one thing or another came along and ruined or lost most from that far back. That OK Used Car lit is cool. I need to get me some. That's where it all began for me in '73 when I bought my first '72 at Sport Chevrolet. Like so many,the previous owner had rushed in to trade his "old style" barely used truck for one with the fresh new look. I kid you not when I say that bed didn't have a single scratch in it! $2,800 on the road

Those wheel locks worked as well,if not better,than the locks used today. If you tried to remove w/o unlocking it just spun free and you'd ruin the wheel any way you tried to remove them.

The '73 "cabs" are actually a major aerodynamic improvement over previous designs. They actually were a major change and step into the future (same design,basically,into as far s the '90s). It's all about the windshield and A-pillars. The hood came to the windshield and kicked up,wipers tucked under,windshield laid back and bowed from end to end,no drip rail,and more rounded at the A-pillars blending into the sides.

I tended to buy from Desert Dynamics over Hickey. I tried Googling them up before and I got all these results for current desert racing enterprise. Not sure if they are the same or it's a re-use of the name.

I knew you would like this stuff tim. Hard to believe these were all throw away items, and now we have to pay good money for them!

[BLAZERMAN]

That's some cool stuff! A Hickey catalog like that just sold for 54 bucks on EBAY all by itself.

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Originally Posted by BLAZERMAN

That's some cool stuff! A Hickey catalog like that just sold for 54 bucks on EBAY all by itself.

Actually, it came in the "traction" folder with all the extra paperwork. Did i pay too much?

[BLAZERMAN]

So your the one who nabbed it! I didn't even notice the GM lit that went with it till I just went back and looked at the auction. You only got it cause I already had it, that wasn't a bad deal at all, like you said most of this stuff got thrown away years ago. I have one Hickey catalog that still has the 4 send in cards for free catalogs along with the pull out 11x17 poster of a cut-away blazer showing all their products and added page of the GM recall and explanation for the front drivers side spring hanger plate and backstop.

[jjzepplin]

What is that explanation?

[Spartan]

I'd like to get my hands on the swing away tire/gi can carrier...
too cool