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Rollinoutchevyz · 07-13-2006, 03:34 PM

I'm new to this board and thought I'd share my recently painted 1985 Extended cab. It's a 1 ton, it's extremely rare built for the rail road by GM. It's so odd in fact that when replacing the box we thought it had a short box on it but it wasn't, really GM cut 18" out of a long box for it to fit. So we had to have that fabrication done as well. But here it is!!

krue · 07-13-2006, 03:40 PM

I like it! Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!

Prerunner1982 · 07-13-2006, 04:25 PM

Welcome to our addiction...

GM never built these, infact they were built by coach companies... these have been discussed on here a few times and multiple pictures posted.. feel free to search and you will come up with some more info.

Prerunner1982 · 07-13-2006, 04:37 PM

Had a moment, did some searching for ya

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=extended

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=extended

Rollinoutchevyz · 07-13-2006, 04:49 PM

Hmmm that's odd b/c the GM plant in Janesville, Wisconsin claims they built 707 Extended Cabs for the railroad in 1985. I'll double check though. I saw no proof on those search results that they were built by coach companies.

In his description this guy claimed his was factory built as well...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1984-...QQcmdZViewItem

_Dick_ · 07-13-2006, 05:16 PM

Well Rollin ,I dont care who built your truck it looks great and Welcome to the Board

PS maybe you can prove your info with the help of people on the board .That would be really cool plus great braggin rights .The people are great here I know they will help you .

Prerunner1982 · 07-13-2006, 05:35 PM

Rollin if you have info on that that you could scan and post that would be great. You do have a nice truck and I wasnt trying to come across as a smartass or anything..

bigblock73 · 07-13-2006, 05:45 PM

Welcome to the board from Minnesota...nice truck you have there.

I am also under the assumption GM never built 73-87 extended cab trucks, but some coach companies did. If you can find some concrete proof, like brochures, articles, whatever...I would love to see them and add them to 73-87.com if you are interested. As of right now, I have nothing on there as far as extended cabs...except for one readers ride.

http://www.73-87.com/readers_rides/hilliker.htm

Slonaker · 07-13-2006, 06:05 PM

I see them several times a year here in San Antonio. A coachbuilder (the name escapes me right now, but I have posted it here in the past) in Dallas/Fort Worth built them. I assume that I see more of them here than most because they were built just a few hours away. I was told a long time ago that they were sold through dealers, so most people thought they were factory built.

I had a chance to look at one in a local junkyard. It had a sticker in the driver's side door jamb with the name of the coach company on it. I wish I had a camera with me when I looked at it. The metalwork on the roof was poorly done, and had a lot of bondo. It appeared to be original, but could have been a very old repair. I was not impressed with the quality of the plastic interior pieces either. I would still like to have one, though.

Slonaker

**N2TRUX** · 07-14-2006, 12:02 AM

Welcome to the forum Rollinoutchevyz. As you can tell this has been a topic of discussion many times. Please don't take offense to any of our comments.

Everything we have ever been able to find indicates that all 73-87 extended cab trucks were GM "authorized" conversions. That doesn't mean we can't be proven wrong.

Regardless of who built your extended cab, we like it. Show us more pics please...

Slonaker · 07-14-2006, 09:53 AM

Yep. The extended cabs are cool no matter who built them...

Slonaker

jdmaffeo · 07-14-2006, 10:15 AM

Nice truck! Welcome to the board from Dallas and lets see some more pics!!

cckutchma · 07-18-2006, 10:38 AM

Cool Truck Dude, Welcome from Illinois

project1971 · 07-18-2006, 12:33 PM

slick truck like the color too

79BIG10 · 07-18-2006, 02:05 PM

Welcome to the board

Very nice truck. We need more pics and specs. Did I mention we love pics

Prerunner1982 · 07-18-2006, 07:08 PM

Didnt mean to scare him off......

Ric83 · 07-19-2006, 11:34 AM

Nah, let's hope he is just busy getting us more pix. We did mention we like pix right??

85X3 · 07-23-2006, 09:51 AM

If that extended cab '85 is near Flint, MI, I've seen it up close. SWEET!

akjarhead · 07-23-2006, 12:14 PM

Welcome to the board from Iraq. Nice truck..I like her

mbgmike · 07-23-2006, 01:30 PM

You might want to try James Wood Chevrolet in Decatur, Texas for info. I lived there in the 80's and they sold them. They had a shop next door building them. I revised the reply I had originally said WALKER CHEVROLET

akjarhead · 07-23-2006, 03:02 PM

Hey mbgmike
you know what would make my 350 pass emissions? It's got a cam with 530 lift not sure of the duration though. Is there anything I can do that'll fix the emissions thing without taking the cam out for a new one?

bigblock73 · 07-23-2006, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akjarhead

Hey mbgmike
you know what would make my 350 pass emissions? It's got a cam with 530 lift not sure of the duration though. Is there anything I can do that'll fix the emissions thing without taking the cam out for a new one?

:tj:

longhorn71 · 07-27-2006, 01:27 AM

i have seen a few of those here.They are very cooland rare

Rollinoutchevyz · 07-27-2006, 02:49 PM

Hey guys!!! Sorry I didn't write again, for some reason I thought no one else wrote when I didn't get anymore email notifications...oh well. Yeah this truck is in Davison MI 9 miles from Flint 85X3 your correct, You've seen it... We had it at the Flint Sloan car show a few weeks ago!! I'll post a few more pictures guys. This was definitely a headache of a truck after we started b/c we realized the bed was a "long box" only after we had a short box painted that GM Yellow, so we had to find a long box, cut out 18" and it took a long time...a lot of fabrication had to be done..but the guy doing it for us was great, didn't end up costing that much either. Thanks for the interest I'll be posting some more pictures.. Here's one before it was painted. In definite need of a paint job...had rust everwhere, the bed was done, all the ridges were entirely flattened. We truely saved this truck from the junk yard.

Rollinoutchevyz · 07-27-2006, 03:05 PM

Here's some more pictures. The first is of the back as it looks now, and the second is the bed with the Line X spray-on bed liner....turned out very good...no flaws Line X is the best I've seen.

07-13-2006, 03:34 PM	#1
Rollinoutchevyz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18	My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. I'm new to this board and thought I'd share my recently painted 1985 Extended cab. It's a 1 ton, it's extremely rare built for the rail road by GM. It's so odd in fact that when replacing the box we thought it had a short box on it but it wasn't, really GM cut 18" out of a long box for it to fit. So we had to have that fabrication done as well. But here it is!! Attached Images

07-13-2006, 03:40 PM	#2
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. I like it! Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-13-2006, 04:25 PM	#3
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Welcome to our addiction... GM never built these, infact they were built by coach companies... these have been discussed on here a few times and multiple pictures posted.. feel free to search and you will come up with some more info. __________________ Jon 1982 Chevy Silverado 350/th350.... RETIRED 1993 Jeep XJ 2 door(Cherokee) 4wd 4.0ltr/AX-15 (5spd)/NP231 .... Oklahoma Roll Call Last edited by Prerunner1982; 07-13-2006 at 04:26 PM.

07-13-2006, 04:37 PM	#4
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Had a moment, did some searching for ya http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=extended http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=extended

07-13-2006, 04:49 PM	#5
Rollinoutchevyz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Hmmm that's odd b/c the GM plant in Janesville, Wisconsin claims they built 707 Extended Cabs for the railroad in 1985. I'll double check though. I saw no proof on those search results that they were built by coach companies. In his description this guy claimed his was factory built as well... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1984-...QQcmdZViewItem Last edited by Rollinoutchevyz; 07-13-2006 at 05:03 PM.

07-13-2006, 05:16 PM	#6
_Dick_ PROUD TO BE A MEMBER Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Jax Florida Posts: 234	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Well Rollin ,I dont care who built your truck it looks great and Welcome to the Board PS maybe you can prove your info with the help of people on the board .That would be really cool plus great braggin rights .The people are great here I know they will help you .

07-13-2006, 05:35 PM	#7
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Rollin if you have info on that that you could scan and post that would be great. You do have a nice truck and I wasnt trying to come across as a smartass or anything..

07-13-2006, 05:45 PM	#8
bigblock73 yeller Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 13,824	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Welcome to the board from Minnesota...nice truck you have there. I am also under the assumption GM never built 73-87 extended cab trucks, but some coach companies did. If you can find some concrete proof, like brochures, articles, whatever...I would love to see them and add them to 73-87.com if you are interested. As of right now, I have nothing on there as far as extended cabs...except for one readers ride. http://www.73-87.com/readers_rides/hilliker.htm __________________ Jeff 73-87.com 73-87.com Facebook page 73-87 cab corner 6x9 speaker brackets for sale 67-72 cab corner speaker brackets for sale 47-54 cab corner speaker brackets for sale Last edited by bigblock73; 07-13-2006 at 05:47 PM.

07-13-2006, 06:05 PM	#9
Slonaker Insert Witty Text Here Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,415	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. I see them several times a year here in San Antonio. A coachbuilder (the name escapes me right now, but I have posted it here in the past) in Dallas/Fort Worth built them. I assume that I see more of them here than most because they were built just a few hours away. I was told a long time ago that they were sold through dealers, so most people thought they were factory built. I had a chance to look at one in a local junkyard. It had a sticker in the driver's side door jamb with the name of the coach company on it. I wish I had a camera with me when I looked at it. The metalwork on the roof was poorly done, and had a lot of bondo. It appeared to be original, but could have been a very old repair. I was not impressed with the quality of the plastic interior pieces either. I would still like to have one, though. Slonaker __________________ '86 Chevy C10 (Sold 04/19/13 ) Stock '01 Silverado

07-14-2006, 12:02 AM	#10
N2TRUX Happy to be here Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 39,021	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Welcome to the forum Rollinoutchevyz. As you can tell this has been a topic of discussion many times. Please don't take offense to any of our comments. Everything we have ever been able to find indicates that all 73-87 extended cab trucks were GM "authorized" conversions. That doesn't mean we can't be proven wrong. Regardless of who built your extended cab, we like it. Show us more pics please... __________________ Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @N2trux.com Articles- "Jake" the 84 to 74 crewcab "Elwood" the77_Remix 85 GMC Sierra "Scarlett" "Refining Sierra"

07-14-2006, 09:53 AM	#11
Slonaker Insert Witty Text Here Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 3,415	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Yep. The extended cabs are cool no matter who built them... Slonaker __________________ '86 Chevy C10 (Sold 04/19/13 ) Stock '01 Silverado

07-14-2006, 10:15 AM	#12
jdmaffeo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 241	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Nice truck! Welcome to the board from Dallas and lets see some more pics!! __________________ 1984 Chevy Stepside, 4spd granny, 4 1/2 front/6 inch rear drop.

07-18-2006, 10:38 AM	#13
cckutchma Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 36	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Cool Truck Dude, Welcome from Illinois

07-18-2006, 12:33 PM	#14
project1971 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 605	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. slick truck like the color too __________________ 2008 Ford FX2 Screw 1971 C10 project in shop now! 2004 Pontiac Grandam (wifes) 2000 Cavalier z24 (gas saver)

07-18-2006, 02:05 PM	#15
79BIG10 I'm back with 2nd truck! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 3,774	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Welcome to the board Very nice truck. We need more pics and specs. Did I mention we love pics __________________ 1979 Chevrolet Bonanza Big10 "Tootsie Roll" 1985 Chevrolet Silverado (wife's) Member of the Southern Bowties Club "Don't underestimate how sexy a fat man who drinks to excess can be." Homer Simpson



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07-18-2006, 07:08 PM	#16
Prerunner1982 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmond, OK Posts: 5,904	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Didnt mean to scare him off......

07-19-2006, 11:34 AM	#17
Ric83 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 824	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Nah, let's hope he is just busy getting us more pix. We did mention we like pix right?? __________________ Ric '83 Silverado SWB Fleetside Here she is

07-23-2006, 09:51 AM	#18
85X3 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mid MI Posts: 67	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. If that extended cab '85 is near Flint, MI, I've seen it up close. SWEET!

07-23-2006, 12:14 PM	#19
akjarhead Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 38	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Welcome to the board from Iraq. Nice truck..I like her __________________ "Some People Spend An Entire Lifetime Wondering If They Made A Difference Marines Don't Have That Problem" President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

07-23-2006, 01:30 PM	#20
mbgmike Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pasadena,Tx /Pto Pta DR Posts: 5,415	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. You might want to try James Wood Chevrolet in Decatur, Texas for info. I lived there in the 80's and they sold them. They had a shop next door building them. I revised the reply I had originally said WALKER CHEVROLET Last edited by mbgmike; 07-23-2006 at 01:39 PM.

07-23-2006, 03:02 PM	#21
akjarhead Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 38	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Hey mbgmike you know what would make my 350 pass emissions? It's got a cam with 530 lift not sure of the duration though. Is there anything I can do that'll fix the emissions thing without taking the cam out for a new one? __________________ "Some People Spend An Entire Lifetime Wondering If They Made A Difference Marines Don't Have That Problem" President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

07-27-2006, 01:27 AM	#23
longhorn71 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: CANADA Posts: 1,681	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. i have seen a few of those here.They are very cooland rare

07-27-2006, 02:49 PM	#24
Rollinoutchevyz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Hey guys!!! Sorry I didn't write again, for some reason I thought no one else wrote when I didn't get anymore email notifications...oh well. Yeah this truck is in Davison MI 9 miles from Flint 85X3 your correct, You've seen it... We had it at the Flint Sloan car show a few weeks ago!! I'll post a few more pictures guys. This was definitely a headache of a truck after we started b/c we realized the bed was a "long box" only after we had a short box painted that GM Yellow, so we had to find a long box, cut out 18" and it took a long time...a lot of fabrication had to be done..but the guy doing it for us was great, didn't end up costing that much either. Thanks for the interest I'll be posting some more pictures.. Here's one before it was painted. In definite need of a paint job...had rust everwhere, the bed was done, all the ridges were entirely flattened. We truely saved this truck from the junk yard. Attached Images

07-27-2006, 03:05 PM	#25
Rollinoutchevyz Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 18	Re: My 85 Extended Cab, you heard correctly. Here's some more pictures. The first is of the back as it looks now, and the second is the bed with the Line X spray-on bed liner....turned out very good...no flaws Line X is the best I've seen. Attached Images

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