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View Poll Results: What color is your Highlander's lower body side molding?
Black 10 55.56%
Woodgrain 8 44.44%
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Old 03-01-2016, 10:31 PM   #1
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Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

If you own or have owned a highlander, please list the following in your post:

1 - Plaid seat trim only truck -or- Package Truck (and please list A,B or C)
2 - Plant where built
3 - (Upper) belt molding (yes or no)
4 - Lower body side molding color (black or woodgrain)

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Old 03-01-2016, 10:33 PM   #2
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

I'll go first:

1 - C Pkg
2 - Fremont
3 - Yes
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Old 03-01-2016, 10:57 PM   #3
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1-B Pac
2-Fremont
3-Upper-yes (lower-no)
4-no lower molding
Truck was originally Olive (now-hugger orange)
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Old 03-01-2016, 10:58 PM   #4
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

I will have to figure out all the other info but it is wood grain on my SWB.
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1 - C Pkg
2 - St. Louis
3 - Yes
4 - Black
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Old 03-01-2016, 11:14 PM   #6
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1 - B pkg
2 - St. Louis
3 - Yes
4 - Wood Grain
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Old 03-02-2016, 01:16 AM   #7
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

Very interesting: In comparing the two posts above, we have two St Louis Package trucks with upper belt molding - one got black lower side moldings and one got woodgrain lower side moldings... Hmm. I noticed folks have the same RPO code for woodgrain and black (BX2). I think that is correct, i.e. lower molding woodgrain vs black didn't have separate RPOs (I think) - i.e. like you might see on a Cheyenne vs Custom Deluxe. In all the reference material I've seen, Custom Deluxe received black lower side moldings (I'm talkin in general, all Custom Deluxes, Highlanders specifically) and I've never seen any reference material that called out woodgrain lower side moldings as something that came with highlander trim (or package upgrades). The plot thickens...
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Pkg. ? (Help)
Flint
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Old 03-02-2016, 08:55 AM   #9
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

We need to establish which trucks are untouched from new to have any accurate info on this. I had a Highlander with woodgrain. Although it was original paint with original trim, I can't say that's how it came. I thought it was original, looks original, but once I spoke with someone familiar with the truck I earned it was a combo of two original trucks after bad cab damage on the Highlander. A Cheyenne Super of same color and patina was the donor, evidenced by the headliner). It also had the tailgate band covering the blue letters on white on the Custom Deluxe tailgate
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1. Non package Highlander
2. Janesville build
3. Upper Belt Moulding Yes
4. Black moulding insert Upper and Lower
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Here is my spid.
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

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Pkg. ? (Help)
Flint
Yes
Wood Grain
Package trucks would also have RPO YG6,7, or 8. Yours doesn't, so is a plaid trim highlander seat order. Packages were just different levels of bundled options that included the plaid seat. Plaid seat cover makes it a Highlander regardless of package presence. Thanks for sharing yours.

The St Louis apples to apples comparison makes me think this was a "grab the closest lower body side trim on the shelf" process or the assembly lines. Ha.
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Old 03-02-2016, 01:43 PM   #13
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Ok, I'm in:
Here is a picture of the SPID from current (blue/white) '72 highlander and a full truck pic of my 1st blue/white '72 Highlander (...sadly stolen years ago).
As is evident, this current truck came with the C-pkge..hence the air, tilt grouping, etc.
The current truck is a fremont built truck....I don't remember or necessarily have the full build info on the first truck handy.
Both of these trucks have the lower woodgrain molding....so I guess that might count as (2) trucks with the woodgrain molding.
Interestingly...I sold a '72 (Arizona) Cheyenne Super in order to get the current blue/white highlander in its place...would never undo that deal.

Here is a question for those with a/c trucks....who has an a/c truck that has the dash top painted matte black?
I read that trucks destined for Texas (or most southern states?) painted the top of the dash black to eliminate glare...or? (not sure of the full backstory on this)

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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

I'll play...

1- trim only truck
2- Atlanta
3- yes, upper
4- black lower.

It has been painted once before but I don't think the moldings were removed.
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1 - Package Truck C
2 - Plant where built Fairmont Cali
3 - (Upper) belt molding
4 - Lower body side molding color None
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Old 05-04-2016, 12:18 AM   #16
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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

No spid pic, but I could probably dig up a pic of the truck though.
Package B
Fremont
Upper trim
Black lower
It was a factory BB truck that still had the air pump on it. Completely stock except for rally's when I got it. Blue and white...because it seems like that's the only color combo I ever own for some reason.
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Old 05-04-2016, 12:23 AM   #17
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This pic is circa 2003, I didn't know much about the history of these trucks when I first bought this in '99 (although I had a 67 swb before this) Thought the plaid seat was ugly (had no tears), got rid of it. I also threw the BB air pump, brackets, and manifolds in the trash...hey I was like 23 at the time! I didn't know!
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1 - C Pkg
2 - Fremont
3 - Yes
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Old 05-06-2016, 01:14 AM   #19
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Ok, I'm in:
Here is a picture of the SPID from current (blue/white) '72 highlander and a full truck pic of my 1st blue/white '72 Highlander (...sadly stolen years ago).
As is evident, this current truck came with the C-pkge..hence the air, tilt grouping, etc.
The current truck is a fremont built truck....I don't remember or necessarily have the full build info on the first truck handy.
Both of these trucks have the lower woodgrain molding....so I guess that might count as (2) trucks with the woodgrain molding.
Interestingly...I sold a '72 (Arizona) Cheyenne Super in order to get the current blue/white highlander in its place...would never undo that deal.

Here is a question for those with a/c trucks....who has an a/c truck that has the dash top painted matte black?
I read that trucks destined for Texas (or most southern states?) painted the top of the dash black to eliminate glare...or? (not sure of the full backstory on this)

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I have a Texas sold new 72 Highlander, two previous owners from the same family, semi-documented (hand written notebook). My dash top is flat black.
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Option C
St Louis
Yes
Black
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Here's my SPID.
The option is not listed, but has all of the options as "C"
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Old 08-04-2016, 12:20 PM   #22
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Sorry SPID did not upload first time.
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This pic is circa 2003, I didn't know much about the history of these trucks when I first bought this in '99 (although I had a 67 swb before this) Thought the plaid seat was ugly (had no tears), got rid of it. I also threw the BB air pump, brackets, and manifolds in the trash...hey I was like 23 at the time! I didn't know!
nice one, love to see some HD shots

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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

1 - Package C
2 - St Louis
3 - Upper Belt included
4 - Black Lower Belt

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Re: Highlander truck lower belt molding investigation (Poll)

As an aside, some Highlander blazers had a "two tone" interior with the rear step face and wheel tubs painted white ( http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...&postcount=220 ) - small sample size but the two well documented examples (one is mine) were St Louis built (as opposed to Flint, the other K5 plant). Need to find more examples but thought I'd mention to lend support to plant specific variations for Highlander's. St Louis also seemed to frequently use the rear carpet trim strip up front as well.
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