GM Semis

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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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[watahyahknow]

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

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

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

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.

[KQQL IT]

Via Facebook still works yet

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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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Ray snyder pic

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Originally Posted by KQQL IT

Ray snyder pic

That truck impresses me. Quite a rig in it's day...and now

[GM72K10]

from one of the GM parts books

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[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by KQQL IT

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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[68panelman]

Great looking truck!, just a simple work all day machine

[68panelman]

Do they classifiy as a 5 window cab?, I know I know...

[C10 - C90 Bill]

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.

[68panelman]

I recall seeing the cabs with the blank cutouts

[68panelman]

Or the usual single rear window with the corners uncut

[C10 - C90 Bill]

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.

[truckfan]

not mine but a cool truck

http://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?fa...53&acctid=3503

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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!

[watahyahknow]

the thing i notice is only a mirror at the drivers side ........ they mustve had steel nerves those drivers changing lanes totally blind

[junkmandan3]

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!!

[C10 - C90 Bill]

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 ??