Camper special

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by ironroad9c1

To bring a thread back from the dead, I also just picked up a 73 Camper special, 350, sm465,np205 , dana 60 front and 14 bolt rear with 4.11 gears. These truck also got the larger 1 1/4 front sway bar and extra wiring for the use with the big slide in bed campers.


I love driving this thing, Its a beast, It damn sure a mans truck, Not like these fully loaded sissy mobiles they make today.

Are you sure that is a D60 front? The hubs look a lot like big hub Dana 44 ones.

[Longhorn Man]

those things rusted so bad that GM actually had to replace body panels under WARRANTY!

[special-K]

Yeah,it's funny. I had a '71 Custom Camper/20. The SPID said Custom Sport Truck equipment,which would actually be Cheyenne in '71.The SPID also said Custom Camper nameplate. There were no Cheyenne markings on the truck and,of course,no CST either. You had to know your stuff to know you even had a Cheyenne and I even had "experts" argue over it back in the '80s. A guy who worked for me at that time had a '71 Longhorn Custom Camper/20 that was a Custom Deluxe. Same thing,had the badge option so no Custom Deluxe emblems. Then,I got a '72 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper. It didn't have the badge option,only the equipment package. So it was badged as a Cheyenne Super and had the Custom Camper script on the door.

Here's a question...I have a pair of GMC Custom Camper 3500 fender badges. I wonder if those were the fender badge option,like Chevrolets,or if they are off a base model 133" pickup (Longhorn equivalent). Anyone have any insight?