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72highlander · 07-13-2008, 11:00 PM

saw this on ebay. wish i wasn't broke. if it really is what they say and were still original i'd find a way. a factory short, big block, loaded highlander with good colors. something looks fishy about the spid to me though. is it just me or do you guys agree?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevr...spagenameZWDVW

powell72 · 07-13-2008, 11:09 PM

Too bad the seat and the BB are gone though.

67_C-30 · 07-13-2008, 11:11 PM

I'm pretty sure that SPID is bogus. I did a quick cross with a few of my SPIDs that I have here in my office, and some of those RPO #'s don't match up. IIRC res orange wasn't even an option in '72. Even though it was the same color, it appeared as hugger orange in '72.

powell72 · 07-13-2008, 11:12 PM

I agree the SPID looks redone to me.

semperfidoordie · 07-13-2008, 11:20 PM

not to sound like a dummy but i'm at work and can't look at the Ebay link so what exactly is a Highlander again, like what were the options on it?

*ksjh1316* · 07-13-2008, 11:25 PM

Thats a mut truck with a really bad fake SPID at best 350 with a LMC bench cover nothing wrong with that but nothing we all don't do every day

72highlander · 07-13-2008, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 67_C-30

I'm pretty sure that SPID is bogus. I did a quick cross with a few of my SPIDs that I have here in my office, and some of those RPO #'s don't match up. IIRC res orange wasn't even an option in '72. Even though it was the same color, it appeared as hugger orange in '72.

the spid just looks funny to me, but my highlander is the real deal and says red/orange and not hugger.

72highlander · 07-13-2008, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by semperfidoordie

not to sound like a dummy but i'm at work and can't look at the Ebay link so what exactly is a Highlander again, like what were the options on it?

semper, highlander was a package they offered in 1972 only. it was just an options package that had 3 different levels. the main thing you noticed differently is that they had a parchment interior with a plaid insert instead of houndstooth offered in 4 different colors. they all had monte carlo style hubcaps and the big below eyeline mirrors. you can do a search and find some highlander brochures on here.

frank

67_C-30 · 07-13-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 72highlander

the spid just looks funny to me, but my highlander is the real deal and says red/orange and not hugger.

I guess it just goes to show how all over the place threse SPIDs were. I have 2 red '69 Chevys that both have the same 514 paint code, but one reads LIGHT RED and the other reads MEDIUM RED. Both trucks are the exact same color. -lol

72highlander · 07-13-2008, 11:57 PM

yea, the spids are crazy on these things, that one just looks typed to me, but i can't understand why they would type one and make it all wrong for what the truck has. if they were gonna type it, i'd figure they would make it for what the truck is now. if it is really a factory short bed, big block highlander, it is a rare bird. i can't tell if it's got a big hump in the floor or not.

67_C-30 · 07-14-2008, 12:06 AM

I know this isn't a written in stone indicator, but I've personally never seen a BB truck without PB. I'm sure there were probably some made, but I've never seen one.

Either way that looks like a real nice truck truck. Something looks funny about the alignment of the driver's door and I'm not feeling the orange tail gate letters, but those are minor issues. Its hard to beat the look of that orange and white!

1969 GMC · 07-14-2008, 12:06 AM

the auction also states the rallyes are factory. hmm, they seemed to have forgotten that one on the redone spid.

Also, what are those black things screwed to the bottoms of the door? and were the CHEVROLET letters on the tailgate painted the other color on the white field like that?

It is a nice looking truck overall, though.

Select · 07-14-2008, 12:09 AM

Shouldn't it have power brakes on a truck like that? Being a 72 with disk up front it would be power right?

semperfidoordie · 07-14-2008, 12:15 AM

thanks highlander it's appreciated.

67_C-30 · 07-14-2008, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Select

Shouldn't it have power brakes on a truck like that? Being a 72 with disk up front it would be power right?

No, it doesn't have to be PB with disc, I have 2 disc brake trucks w/o power, but everybody big block truck I've seen did have PB.

72highlander · 07-14-2008, 02:36 AM

no problem semper, i love talking highlanders, but would help anyone i could in any other way as well. here is a brochure too. as for the tailgate, mine has all original paint and the tailgate letters are painted.

72highlander · 07-14-2008, 02:53 AM

[QUOTE=67_C-30;2805003]I know this isn't a written in stone indicator, but I've personally never seen a BB truck without PB. I'm sure there were probably some made, but I've never seen one.

yea, you can tell where a booster was mounted on the firewall and it does list it on the spid. the truck has definately been tampered with, i just wondered if it was really what the spid says from the factory, it could be returned to it's former glory. they obviously had to have something to go off of because the spid has the right stuff on it, just looks reproduced.

**special-K** · 07-14-2008, 07:30 AM

They should have taken the money they blew on the tacky bedliner and bought a brake booster.The type looks too large on the SPID.If it was painted that thoroughly than why cover up a "nice" freshly painted bed interior?Mirrors changed/holes filed/how well?Red Orange is what they called that color in`72.I`m still not sure if it`s identical to Hugger and they just changed the name or if it`s a shade off.It looks like they made a trip through the local truck accessory shop just to bring down the value of what would be a nice factory truck:8" step bumper,bedliner,kick/door carpet,stereo,SRW...
The orange letters on the gate are "as factory".

mrein3 · 07-14-2008, 07:50 AM

I've seen stock highlander seats. That ain't one of them.

Also, if I'm westportautocenter, I would purchase PhotoShop or similar and resize my photos so they don't get all screwed up like they were resized on 'my first resizer software'.

If they are too cheap to make the ad look top notch, you can guess at the quality of the restore.

SUPER71SWB · 07-14-2008, 07:57 AM

That SPID looks fake to me. Also notice the trucks vin number CCSxxx , that "S" denotes truck came with a six cylinder not the 402 big block thats listed. Nice looking truck otherwise.

*gn4u2c2* · 07-14-2008, 10:25 AM

chipflyer · 07-14-2008, 10:48 AM

Wrong font, its a made up spid.

Jeff

**jerry moss** · 07-14-2008, 10:56 AM

nice looking truck but i believe it's a " built truck" not an original one. the lower moulding is missing from the tailgate and it appears the tilt is gone too. the fact that the door latches are painted over doesn't look like a "show quality" paint job to me. overall it looks like a very nice driver truck but it's being represented as something it's really not. if the body is solid and straight it could be brought back to match the option list which also looks phoney. since it's already modified, throw the body on a SWB 4x4 frame, type up a new option list, add highlander inserts and bingo, you have an original SWB 4x4 highlander.

67CHIP72 · 07-14-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by chipflyer

Wrong font, its a made up spid.

Jeff

I agree.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 07-14-2008, 04:51 PM

72 highlander beautiful ride you have there... The one thing I noticed on the e-bay truck was the passengerside marker light is missing a trim ring....whoo hoooo

07-13-2008, 11:00 PM	#1
72highlander Sophomore Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: brownwood, tx Posts: 927	found my dream highlander saw this on ebay. wish i wasn't broke. if it really is what they say and were still original i'd find a way. a factory short, big block, loaded highlander with good colors. something looks fishy about the spid to me though. is it just me or do you guys agree? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevr...spagenameZWDVW __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Highlander SWB 1972 Custom Deluxe 3/4 2WD 60k miles these trucks don't need vacuum gauges cause they don't suck! two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left all i want is a little more than i'll ever get it's better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6

07-13-2008, 11:09 PM	#2
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: found my dream highlander Too bad the seat and the BB are gone though. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html

07-13-2008, 11:11 PM	#3
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: found my dream highlander I'm pretty sure that SPID is bogus. I did a quick cross with a few of my SPIDs that I have here in my office, and some of those RPO #'s don't match up. IIRC res orange wasn't even an option in '72. Even though it was the same color, it appeared as hugger orange in '72. __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club! Last edited by 67_C-30; 07-13-2008 at 11:14 PM.

07-13-2008, 11:12 PM	#4
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: found my dream highlander I agree the SPID looks redone to me. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html

07-13-2008, 11:20 PM	#5
semperfidoordie Fix It Till It's Broke Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 29 Palms, CA Posts: 1,616	Re: found my dream highlander not to sound like a dummy but i'm at work and can't look at the Ebay link so what exactly is a Highlander again, like what were the options on it? __________________ Tony Black Beauty: 85 C-10 SOLD! Great White: 69 LWB Custom Camper/20 SOLD! Blue Dragon: 72 K-10 SOLD! The Tank 77 K-10 KIA panhandler62: Just don't search for "trannys" no matter how hard yours shifts -- you just won't get what you are looking for. I Made The Official So Cal Board Meet

07-13-2008, 11:25 PM	#6
ksjh1316 Account Suspended Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 1,599	Re: found my dream highlander Thats a mut truck with a really bad fake SPID at best 350 with a LMC bench cover nothing wrong with that but nothing we all don't do every day

07-13-2008, 11:57 PM	#10
72highlander Sophomore Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: brownwood, tx Posts: 927	Re: found my dream highlander yea, the spids are crazy on these things, that one just looks typed to me, but i can't understand why they would type one and make it all wrong for what the truck has. if they were gonna type it, i'd figure they would make it for what the truck is now. if it is really a factory short bed, big block highlander, it is a rare bird. i can't tell if it's got a big hump in the floor or not. __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Highlander SWB 1972 Custom Deluxe 3/4 2WD 60k miles these trucks don't need vacuum gauges cause they don't suck! two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left all i want is a little more than i'll ever get it's better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6

07-14-2008, 12:06 AM	#11
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: found my dream highlander I know this isn't a written in stone indicator, but I've personally never seen a BB truck without PB. I'm sure there were probably some made, but I've never seen one. Either way that looks like a real nice truck truck. Something looks funny about the alignment of the driver's door and I'm not feeling the orange tail gate letters, but those are minor issues. Its hard to beat the look of that orange and white! __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

07-14-2008, 12:06 AM	#12
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	Re: found my dream highlander the auction also states the rallyes are factory. hmm, they seemed to have forgotten that one on the redone spid. Also, what are those black things screwed to the bottoms of the door? and were the CHEVROLET letters on the tailgate painted the other color on the white field like that? It is a nice looking truck overall, though. __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650 Last edited by 1969 GMC; 07-14-2008 at 12:09 AM.

07-14-2008, 12:09 AM	#13
Select Friday's Toy Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ovilla, TX Posts: 574	Re: found my dream highlander Shouldn't it have power brakes on a truck like that? Being a 72 with disk up front it would be power right? __________________ 68 C10, SWB Fleetside with a 454, Turbo 400 and 4.11 posi....Exxon/Mobil loves me. 2009 Jeep Rubicon 2011 Powerstroke FX4 (totaled) 71 C10, SWB Fleet with factory tilt 72 LWB C10, 350 700R4 with factory tilt

07-14-2008, 12:15 AM	#14
semperfidoordie Fix It Till It's Broke Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 29 Palms, CA Posts: 1,616	Re: found my dream highlander thanks highlander it's appreciated. __________________ Tony Black Beauty: 85 C-10 SOLD! Great White: 69 LWB Custom Camper/20 SOLD! Blue Dragon: 72 K-10 SOLD! The Tank 77 K-10 KIA panhandler62: Just don't search for "trannys" no matter how hard yours shifts -- you just won't get what you are looking for. I Made The Official So Cal Board Meet

07-14-2008, 02:36 AM	#16
72highlander Sophomore Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: brownwood, tx Posts: 927	Re: found my dream highlander no problem semper, i love talking highlanders, but would help anyone i could in any other way as well. here is a brochure too. as for the tailgate, mine has all original paint and the tailgate letters are painted. Attached Images __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Highlander SWB 1972 Custom Deluxe 3/4 2WD 60k miles these trucks don't need vacuum gauges cause they don't suck! two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left all i want is a little more than i'll ever get it's better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6 Last edited by 72highlander; 07-14-2008 at 02:44 AM.

07-14-2008, 02:53 AM	#17
72highlander Sophomore Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: brownwood, tx Posts: 927	Re: found my dream highlander [QUOTE=67_C-30;2805003]I know this isn't a written in stone indicator, but I've personally never seen a BB truck without PB. I'm sure there were probably some made, but I've never seen one. yea, you can tell where a booster was mounted on the firewall and it does list it on the spid. the truck has definately been tampered with, i just wondered if it was really what the spid says from the factory, it could be returned to it's former glory. they obviously had to have something to go off of because the spid has the right stuff on it, just looks reproduced. __________________ 1972 Chevrolet Highlander SWB 1972 Custom Deluxe 3/4 2WD 60k miles these trucks don't need vacuum gauges cause they don't suck! two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left all i want is a little more than i'll ever get it's better to be judged by 12 than to be carried by 6

07-14-2008, 07:30 AM	#18
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: found my dream highlander They should have taken the money they blew on the tacky bedliner and bought a brake booster.The type looks too large on the SPID.If it was painted that thoroughly than why cover up a "nice" freshly painted bed interior?Mirrors changed/holes filed/how well?Red Orange is what they called that color in`72.I`m still not sure if it`s identical to Hugger and they just changed the name or if it`s a shade off.It looks like they made a trip through the local truck accessory shop just to bring down the value of what would be a nice factory truck:8" step bumper,bedliner,kick/door carpet,stereo,SRW... The orange letters on the gate are "as factory". __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

07-14-2008, 07:50 AM	#19
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,254	Re: found my dream highlander I've seen stock highlander seats. That ain't one of them. Also, if I'm westportautocenter, I would purchase PhotoShop or similar and resize my photos so they don't get all screwed up like they were resized on 'my first resizer software'. If they are too cheap to make the ad look top notch, you can guess at the quality of the restore. __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN



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07-14-2008, 07:57 AM	#20
SUPER71SWB Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Richardson,Texas,USA Posts: 26	Re: found my dream highlander That SPID looks fake to me. Also notice the trucks vin number CCSxxx , that "S" denotes truck came with a six cylinder not the 402 big block thats listed. Nice looking truck otherwise. __________________ 71 Cheyenne Super SWB-Fleet 350/350 70 Custom10 SWB-Fleet 350/350 Just starting frame off rebuild. 71 Cheyenne SWB-Fleet 350/400

07-14-2008, 10:25 AM	#21
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07-14-2008, 10:48 AM	#22
chipflyer Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Topeka, Ks Posts: 2,293	Re: found my dream highlander Wrong font, its a made up spid. Jeff __________________ I'm not a pessimist, I'm just optimistic that bad things are going to happen. 1971 Cheyenne Super K10 - tilt, cruise, air, am/fm, tow hooks, factory buckets! 1986 Jeep J10 pickup, - 5.3L Vortec with 4L60e and NP241.

07-14-2008, 10:56 AM	#23
jerry moss Born Psycho Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: brentwood,cal,usa Posts: 4,884	Re: found my dream highlander nice looking truck but i believe it's a " built truck" not an original one. the lower moulding is missing from the tailgate and it appears the tilt is gone too. the fact that the door latches are painted over doesn't look like a "show quality" paint job to me. overall it looks like a very nice driver truck but it's being represented as something it's really not. if the body is solid and straight it could be brought back to match the option list which also looks phoney. since it's already modified, throw the body on a SWB 4x4 frame, type up a new option list, add highlander inserts and bingo, you have an original SWB 4x4 highlander. __________________ jerry moss 72 cheyenne super K20- tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,tow hooks,bumper guards,toolbox,aux. fuel tank,posi front and rear,plus other goodies!!! SOLD 69 suburban K20-tilt,tach,vacuum,speedwarning,buckets,shoulder belts,am/fm,4 inch all spring lift,4 speed, 14 bolt full floater, dana 44 HD,warn winch,posi front and rear,tow hooks,plus other goodies. 73/80 chevy/gmc K20 SB400,turbo 400,205,tilt,a-c,gas hog. 77 K/5 cheyenne blazer-daily driver/beater. SON HAS IT NOW BRENTWOOD,CALIFORNIA

07-14-2008, 04:51 PM	#25
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