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06-20-2003, 07:07 PM | #1 |
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Info. @ GMC Camper Specials
Anyone have any info on the GMC's Camper Specials, 72 to be exact?
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06-20-2003, 09:57 PM | #2 |
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You mean besides the fact that they like to suck gas, like there is no tomorrow?
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06-20-2003, 10:04 PM | #3 |
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Camper specials were a option on 3/4 ton trucks designed for hauling a bed-mounted camper. Usually they had heaveir springs, 350 or 400 engines, and lower gears.
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06-20-2003, 10:19 PM | #4 |
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Custom Camper is the correct term, Camper special is a F#%D term.
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06-20-2003, 11:09 PM | #5 |
its all about the +6 inches
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The GMC Camper Special is the same as a Longhorn in most cases.
It looks like the name Camper Special was both an option, (long bed with heavy springs, HD shocks, and sway bars) and then it was also a seperate model indicating the 133 ionch wheel base that is more commonly called a Longhorn (chevy's name for the same truck) Click on the longhorn website in my signiture for all the info you are looking for. |
06-20-2003, 11:55 PM | #6 | |
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06-21-2003, 12:31 AM | #7 |
huh ???
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A buddy of mine has a 79 GMC 1 ton that has Camper Special on it but my 72 3/4 ton Chevy has Custom Camper on it...
Chuck
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06-21-2003, 11:33 AM | #8 |
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Ok I should clear up that, I was refering to 67-72's :p
Did they call them Custom Campers in 67-68? I am pretty sure they did. I can't stand when people look at the badge on my truck and say "oh its a Camper special" Last edited by Gee_Emm; 06-21-2003 at 11:35 AM. |
06-21-2003, 11:59 AM | #9 |
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I've got a 69 GMC Custom Camper. Says it on the doors. no where else. Had 3 gas tanks, wood bed foor, and it says on the glove box door that it had a 296 V-8 (Not a typo, that's what it says). Anyhow, I need to figure out what gears it has in it because at 70, the engine whines like crazy.
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06-21-2003, 01:25 PM | #10 |
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Ahhhh, So we were both right I always thought they were all "Camper Specials" regardless of the year. Oh well, Learn something new every day
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06-21-2003, 01:52 PM | #11 |
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I've seen a couple of GMC custom campers that were not longhorns. Now I'm confused, is it Custom Camper or Camper Special. I think it was Custom Camper.
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06-21-2003, 02:02 PM | #12 |
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Not all custom campers are longhorns. Come to think of it, the only longhorns I have seen have had the longhorn script on them. Mine is just a long bed. When I got it, I was offered the camper but passed on it. I figured it must have been infested with black widows and mice, since it had been sitting for so many years. As I recall, they ended up giving it away to a Ford truck owner.
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06-21-2003, 02:16 PM | #13 |
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I think we decided that the "custom camper" designation was for 67-72 models, and the "camper special" was for 73 and up???
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06-21-2003, 08:01 PM | #14 |
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my custom camper option sheet...............-kyle
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06-21-2003, 09:10 PM | #15 |
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One more thing to add, Custom Camper packages were available on both 1/2 and 3/4 ton trucks
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06-22-2003, 12:03 AM | #16 |
its all about the +6 inches
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I never even cought the cutom camper verses camper special....
No GMC 133 inch trucks came with Longhorn badges, none I have ever seen, nor none I have heard of. |
06-22-2003, 12:07 AM | #17 |
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I have seen a GMC Longhorn Custom Camper Sierra, 70 I think
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