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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
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And I'm wondering if the 70 models had sealed gas tanks with evaporative emissions canisters. ![]()
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
That was a mid year thing so many were, but some were not. I have been meaning to measure mine.
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
With stock wheels, the rear track on my 69 was so narrow that 235-75 tires were very close to the bed. In fact, the bed had a tire rub mark on one side! That's when I remember reading (back in the early 90s) that 1970-72 models had wider axles.
I ended up installing 8" rally wheels which moved the tires outboard at least an inch, which gave even 255-70s more bed clearance than 235-75s. At that time I also had a race car shop re-drill my axles for 5 on 5 because 71-72 axles were too long. The shop also had to turn down the pilot on the axles by a small amount so the 5-lug drums would fit. So my 69 axles have been Frankensteins for almost 30 years!
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
I get people asking, "What year is that, about a '76-'77?" when I'm getting gas in my '72. I thought everyone in the whole wide world knew the body changed in '73, then squarebodies forever
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
Lol just this morning I had someone calling my 67 a 77
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67 C10 283 T5 swapped longbed fleetside = wife's daily driver 67 C20 292 (originally a 250)4speed longbed fleetside w/original wooden bed=my project truck 67 C10 283+.060 (so a 292 as well)T5 swapped longbed fleetside=my DD 72 C1500 Sierra Grande 350 TH350 longbed fleetside=wife's fair weather truck Can you tell we are fans of longbed fleetsides & 67s Chris |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
I get people asking if my 69 is a 71 or 72, but I don't remember anything farther off-base that that.
When I had a 55 Chevy car, a older guy in a parking lot said something like, "Nice 56." When I told him it was a 55 he said he was pretty sure it was a 56 because he had one when he was younger. I just know he walked away thinking he was right! I'm an older guy now and sometimes think I remember things like places and date, until my wife corrects me! However, one thing I never get wrong is the years and models of old cars and trucks, even the Oldsmobiles and Pontiacs my parents had in the 50s to 80s.
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
Chevy guy at the local gym drives a 70, he's had it forever. The guy's as old as I am, on our last 1/4, or 1/3ish with good blessings. He had trouble believing the 400 is a 402 instead of a 400 SBC.
These trucks are an education. Even vendors and experts got it wrong on occasion, sometimes must be doesn't apply to any. OT: On occasion my girlfriend sent me pics of square bodies, "look, a truck like yours" ![]() ![]()
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
I'd have to look this up. The 396 became a 402, but was still called a 396 by GM, right? Or was it called both?
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
In '69 it was called a 396. That held true for '70 except for trucks and the big cars, which if my memory serves me correctly, got 400 badges, and I think that the SBC 400 was available a well as the BBC 402. It was a few years later that the SBC 400 was available in trucks. I worked at a couple different dealerships back in those days, but I could have it slightly wrong. This is from memory.
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
Steeveedee, I'm diggin' your old skool camper setup.
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
Thanks! That shell is about 6 years old. The wife went with these side windows, but the really old school aluminum frames were still available.
Here's a bigger pic. This is not a '72 Chevy, either! ![]()
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
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If I am correct our trucks were never available with a small block 400.. I will let others chime in ..
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
For 1970, the GM Heritage Center shows the 250 and 307 as standard, with 292, 350, and 396 as options, but no 400.
The 396 was also available with a couple different 4-speed transmissions. One was called "close ratio". Both came with a Dana 3.54 rear axle. Now those would have been some cool trucks!
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Mike 1969 C10 LWB -- owned for 35 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, 1st Gen Vintage Air, AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. 1982 C10 SWB -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) that I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 24 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! |
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Re: This is NOT a 72 Chevy
whatre you talking about, it looks like a 72 to me... lol
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