phaton 1968 longhorn pics

[stsalvage]

recentley i bought you a truck that many have only seen pics of well here are my pics sorry for the truck in this way but to many projects but the cab has no Cancer at all the air condioning is all complete but eng is out do to started restoring prosses 396 400 with air and power steering no power brake but will have it and disc

[jimmydean]

Very nice, looks like a good start to a fun project.

[68GMC454]

hey it looks good to me...wish i could find some rims like that for my 3/4..but i never can find the narower ones like you got on that one...

[OLDCHEV4X4]

I've never seen roof marker lights like those before. Are they aftermarket?

[71chevylowrider]

Could that be a longhorn? I see area's where the Longhorn script might have been near each rear side marker light.

[Longhorn Man]

it is a longhorn.... I don't understand the phantom part though.

[CG]

Hey that pic answers the question I had about tool box doors being available on 68's...If for some reason you decide not to go with the side tool box I would buy that piece of trim thats on it from you.

Mark

[stsalvage]

I know longhorn man but it gets people in the door its like some one saying they found a Phatom 1941 Uboat in greenland you would want to read about it or if some one said some one found a U241 sub in alaska in a under ground greman sub base you would get the world attion with that it would me

[stsalvage]

but i got more pics of the 2 suburbans i have will be listing them in the suburban area 1967 chevy and a 1968 gmc 3 door or carry alls

[ghetto_superman]

ahhh tricky!

[Already Gone]

Could I ever make something nice out of that longhorn !!!

[Longhorn Man]

What's the model number on that? Now that i look at it, I wonder if it really IS a longhorn?
The reminance of the badges are in the wrong location, and that tool box... shouldn't be anywhere near a 68... If GM books are right, they weren't avalible untill 69 or 70.

[stsalvage]

Ya I Know Thats Why I Called It A Phaton 68 Longhorn

[71chevylowrider]

Hey Longhorn man Uh, which is it? the guy knows it's a longhorn, & now that you say it isn't he says he knows that too?

[southern parts]

How about a closeup of the toolbox and the trim between it and the cab?
I thought the longhorn emblem on a 68 is above or below the marker light.
I know it can be changed ,but it has 69-72 type trim around the talillights

[WorkinLonghorn]

Looking at the first picture,you can clearly see the line 6" back on the bed that makes it a longhorn.In 39 years a lot of stuff could have been changed but that bed at least is from a longhorn,and I don't know how it would have fit on a regular 127" wb chassis,but I guess it could be done.

[stsalvage]

Hay Long Horn Man You Want Better Pics Of The Bed And The Molding Is Factory This Might Me A Early 69 Bed But Made In 1968 No The Emblem Is In The Right Spot But It Dose Not She Engine Size But On The 1968 Gmc Or My 1967 3 Door Suburban I Have On Here Bother In The Suburban Catatory Subburban Along With My 1964 Short Bed Fleet Side And My 1965 3/4 Ton Work Truck In The 1960--66 Chevy Truck Area

[Longhorn Man]

the thing is, you could have a 68 cab andchassis one ton... which would have a 133 inch wheel base... the longhorn was build on said one ton frame.
So I am thinking, that with all the later model clues (69 & up longhorn badge location, tail light trim, tool box) that you have a cab/ chassis truck with a later longhorn bed.
You have the model number... heck, i could tell by the VIN alone.

[sleepyboy]

Ditto the good start project.

[longhorn70gmc]

Looks mean and agressive. I like it.
Respectfully

[stsalvage]

i sent the vin on the first vin code i send to you when i first came on here look under chevy phaton 1968 you got the vin for me and started desifering it for me

[stsalvage]

Vin number as floow # CE248Z174900

AND THE VINE NUMBER ON MY 1972 CUSTOM DELUX 20 3/4 TON IS AS FLOWS

#CCE242Z158569

[stsalvage]

1968 PHATOM LONGHORN Vin number as floow # CE248Z174900

[stsalvage]

Hay Long Hornman If This Truck Is What You Said It Is Some One Went To A Lot Of Trouble To Make All The Trim Work And For The Tool Box Having All That Trim That You Can't Find Or See Thats Why I Call It A Phaton Its Got You Puzzled And I Think It Migh Be One Og Them Specail Built Trucks Some One Order Its Like The Muale The Crew Cab 4 Door That They Only Made One Of This Truck Could Of Been A Proto Typeis Early 1968 The Top Roof Lights I've Never Seen Be For But Its Not Somthing Out Of The Norm That The Fisher Body Company Would Not Do Remmber Gm In These Truck Was Opening Pan Dora Box They Where Taking A Risc On This Truck Taking A Big Belly Flop In 1968 Remmber If They Was A Test Baby The Vin Could Of Been Added At A Later Date All They Had To Do Is Put Dealer Or Factory Plates On It Andput A Restricted Vin For Factory Testing Only Which Is Not Unheard Of This Might Of Been One Of Them Auto Show Displays Trucks It Made Its Way Back To The Factory Stat In A Corner And Sold Off To A Dealer For Parts And Stamped A Vin On It To Leave The Factory Remmber They Have To Test A Market To See If That Tool Box Is Needed Or How Would Anyone Get The Idea It Its Usable Thats What I Think This Truck Is Its A Bastored Child That Was A Test Piolet I've Heard Stranger Things

[ghetto_superman]

phew im out of breath!