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GM somehow captured the CK cab styling on a box without making it look too funky. Just funky enough to be cool. 60-66s were the most stylish bodies ever. Actually, 55-66, but these tilt cabs were only made in this style. They truly are a unique body. The new LCFs were stout looking trucks, too. I believe that truck shown is a '75.
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they would never get me to move under those treetrunks like that
if any drop over the stakes you dont even have time to run
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Nice looking '61, but yeah it sure is overloaded. That truck actually has no business hauling a load like that. It looks brand new and is probably just a promotional picture. I would say that it is not even connected to it.
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Yeah, all that on a 60 series?? I imagine it took as long to carefully place all those above the stanchions as it would take to haul a second load. Totally staged. I wondered what the truck behind was up to
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That truck impresses me. Quite a rig in it's day...and now
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from one of the GM parts books
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Looks like Richard himself.
I bet he even drove the truck himself back then. For those not familiar with Nascar, he owns a top notch team today in the Cup Series. Bill
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Great looking truck!, just a simple work all day machine
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Do they classifiy as a 5 window cab?, I know I know...
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Good looking trucks.
I would say you could call it a 5-Window Cab. They were options that were usually found on Road Tractors more than any other.
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I recall seeing the cabs with the blank cutouts
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Or the usual single rear window with the corners uncut
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Right, the "Blank" sheet metal is there on all of them that didn't have the option.
Cool option, if you need it, but I prefer the sheet metal, lol.
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5 distinct body types in one year. How great those days were! (Yeah I know,there's 6, but the 550 and 600-670 are the same design except fender/grille width). How about that fat cab 800? Advance design cab/Task Force nose. The DFs and D/DWs are all Advance Design and the rest are all Task Force. GMC was ridin' high in the saddle back then!
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the thing i notice is only a mirror at the drivers side ........ they mustve had steel nerves those drivers changing lanes totally blind
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I drove through that era of small round mirrors, then I bought rectangular heads that were about 4 by 6 or maybe 5 by 7" for my 2nd truck which was a new GMC model 353 with the 248" engine .
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I bet about all gt the RH option. Crazy that wouldn't be standard, though. There weren't a lot of dual hiways back then and the trucks probably rarely saw LH lane time. I can't imagine backing a van body trailer!!
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And even when they got the RH Mirror, it was this little tiny thing. I was from the generation of the Senior West Coast Mirrors. The generation before me had those "little" Mirrors. At the small outfit I worked for (approx 6 Large Trucks, 6 1-Tons) I was the first one to put a Convex on the RH Side. All the large trucks should have had them really, but on a GMC 9500 Tandem, it was pretty much a necessity. I drove it for months without one and what a difference after I put one on there.
Like Tim mentioned, I can't imagine trying to back up a Semi on the blindside yet with one of those little things. I don't know how they did it back then, lol. How about one with a Sleeper on the back to boot ??
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