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05-13-2002, 03:08 PM
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67-72 Are Classics
For those who did see the info that GMC Paul gave I thought you all would find this very enjoyable....The info came from Classic Truck Mag., the point was this...The 67-72 Chevy/GMC Trucks have almost reached the icon status of Tri-Fives. The style of these trucks do not age plus it's the generation of trucks that started to add car like optons with power to spare. These trucks are known as the Custon Sports Truck area (CST).
Go to www.customclassictrucks.com/editorial/article.jsp?id=1429 This is a great write up on our trucks. Remember...Anyone can drive or own a Ford or Dodge truck...But it takes someone with class to drive a 67-72 Chevy/GMC Truck. Regards, 70cst
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy.  67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk.  1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc   JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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05-13-2002, 04:02 PM
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good page, alot of us already knew what was gonna happen before it did- regarding these trucks and the popularity of them like this, these were sporty trucks from the very start, always will be
 Harry Bradley and GM did awesome, too bad it cant be done again.------------------ Randy- Lincoln, IL randy@ccaonline.com 2177353230 *many GM parts bought, traded, or sold -am parting out: '81 Cutlass Supreme and 84 SE Firebird T5 3.73 current fleet: -71 C-10 350/CH465/3.07- assembling currently -90 Cavalier -84 Z28 -'90 Corsica 3.1L- selling or parting out and '82 purple Trans Am- storing away *Paint is overrated* © RSS Enterprises 2000 [This message has been edited by Fast68Chevy (edited May 19, 2002).] |
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05-13-2002, 06:24 PM
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they were classics from day one! but an awesome article
------------------ My Truck pictures www.xframeimpala.com 68 4x4 short fleetside 327 CH465 edelbrock intake and carb MSD distributor its the "SHAGROLET" 56 big window short stepside 235 dual 1 brls 64ImpalaSS 327 70 C10 LWB fleetside custom/10 350/TH350 IM me on aol SN= SHAGROLET
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05-18-2002, 06:11 PM
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good read
------------------ 69 c-10. turquoise. 350 motor with 400 trans. long fleet. headers and dual flowmaster exhaust. K & N air cleaner, aluminum wheels and radials, stereo system and a bed liner.
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FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE DRUM BRAKE CLUB 69 c-10. turquoise. 350 motor with 400 trans. long fleet. headers and dual flowmaster exhaust. K & N air cleaner, aluminum wheels and radials, stereo system and a bed liner. Manual drums and manual steering. Kickin it in Seattle, WA p.s. i love my longbed. must be a phallic thing. |
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05-18-2002, 06:19 PM
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Formerly yellow72custom
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Pretty good article, but i like my longbed! Sure, SWB trucks are cool, but you gotta pay alot more to get one.
------------------ Lucas "Another proud owner of one of the coolest trucks ever built" drop_shift@hotmail.com My Daily-Driver: '72 Chevy LWB Custom/10. Rebuilt 350, roughly 300 HP thanks to a 204/214 duration cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and 1406 carb, headers, and 40 seires Flowmaster mufflers. Ochre with a white top. Lots of fun  .
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'72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg |
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05-18-2002, 10:05 PM
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Good read, but I'm almost positive I read the same one about 2 years ago in Sport Truck.
Oh and I couldn't agree more with yellow72custom I like my longbed! Plus they made no metion of the longhorns. Maybe they need to talk to a couple of the guys with hotrod longhorns on this board (man those are cool)!
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05-18-2002, 10:37 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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There was an article printed back in '98 about the Longhorns...I have it framed. Once photo-i gets there heads out of there @ss and gets there crap together, I'll scan it and post it on here.
------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough? Columbus Ohio |
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05-19-2002, 12:42 AM
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Thats a real good article
------------------ Nick Rodenberg Wellington, MO http://nickrod.port5.com You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck" I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny. white/ochre/white/ochre ochre/saddle interior Runs well... working on body. Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend. Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.
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05-19-2002, 12:16 PM
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Hey longhornmail, if you want, I can host that article for you...
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05-19-2002, 03:44 PM
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Why the emphasis on shortbed C10's ? Nothing personal guys but the shortbeds look silly to me not to mention the relative worthlessness as a truck of the stepsides. There was nothing in that article that even acknowledged the existence of 3/4 ton or one ton 67-72's . Having owned a dozen or so 1/2 tons and then this being my first 3/4 I'd have to say I'll never go back to a half ton. As we say out here in the boonies...
1/2 ton = half a truck!
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05-19-2002, 06:00 PM
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WHAT!!! Shortbeds are "silly" "useless" but nothing personal huh? Then why are they woth more?
'67-72 Chevy and GMC's are all classics in my book. ------------------ 1967 Chevy white SWB, 327, 350 trans., 95 Silverado power buckets, frenched third brake light, frenched antenna, digital gauges, power windows, tilt wheel, Vintage Air, Painless wiring, Cragar SS wheels. Located in Albertville, Alabama
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05-19-2002, 06:10 PM
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For a truck theyre silly . A truck being something that you use to carry things from point "a" to point "b" . Sometimes heavy things. Thats just my opinion and my wife tells me what my opinion is worth on a regular basis so if you want to as well then dont feel bad.
Longhorn is the way to go IMHO. 4X4's could be the exception and I could even see them with stepsides not being completely useless. Why do the shortbeds and especially the teeny weeny stepside beds cost more? who knows. Maybe they appeal to women more or something so that adds another few million potential customers and it drives the price up. The car companies do a pretty good business selling minitrucks so apparently someone else is buying the concept but what kills me was the article saying that longbeds were basically only good for using for parts or cutting the frame to make a short bed out of.AARRRGGGHHH.
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05-19-2002, 06:14 PM
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If you are just concerned with what your truck will haul you might as well have a Ford. So now it's a feminine thing to own a short bed? Hah. You are way off track dude.
------------------ 1967 Chevy white SWB, 327, 350 trans., 95 Silverado power buckets, frenched third brake light, frenched antenna, digital gauges, power windows, tilt wheel, Vintage Air, Painless wiring, Cragar SS wheels. Located in Albertville, Alabama
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05-19-2002, 06:31 PM
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This is my 23rd truck in 20 years. Ive had 17 chevrolets or GMC's , 4 fords and 2 dodges. All the full sized were full sized long bed with a couple of longhorns. Being concerned with what a truck will haul is a common consideration when chosing a truck. Thats why the factories sold a bunch of them that way and a lot less with short beds. Shortbeds and especially stepsides are less "usefull" as "trucks" by their very nature. Thats a fact thats difficult to dispute. If you are only concerned with styling than a stepside 1/2 ton is, I guess, a viable option but to pay more for that seems "silly" to me.
And girls do like them better. I just asked my wife, she agreed. My sister says yes too and so does mom. I'll ask around at work . Didnt say they were feminine. I just said girls like them too. Longbeds have a phallic thing going on that appeals to men but not so much to women it seems.
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05-19-2002, 07:40 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Project1970,
You have mail. Who you using? ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough? Columbus Ohio |
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05-19-2002, 08:21 PM
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Formerly yellow72custom
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longhornmail, try MSN Communities. If you have a MSN ID you can start up a community at the homepage. I use is, and so far it hasn't given me any troubles with my online photos.
------------------ Lucas "Another proud owner of one of the coolest trucks ever built" drop_shift@hotmail.com My Daily-Driver: '72 Chevy LWB Custom/10. Rebuilt 350, roughly 300 HP thanks to a 204/214 duration cam, Edelbrock Performer intake and 1406 carb, headers, and 40 seires Flowmaster mufflers. Ochre with a white top. Lots of fun .
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05-19-2002, 08:42 PM
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I like Longbeds alot but wouldnt mid having a short bed too. they are both equal in my mind. But longhorns are the cooooooooolest.
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FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE DRUM BRAKE CLUB 69 c-10. turquoise. 350 motor with 400 trans. long fleet. headers and dual flowmaster exhaust. K & N air cleaner, aluminum wheels and radials, stereo system and a bed liner. Manual drums and manual steering. Kickin it in Seattle, WA p.s. i love my longbed. must be a phallic thing. |
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05-19-2002, 09:10 PM
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Just my 2 cents. The shortbeds look disproportionate: cab size to bed size. I like my regular fleetside longbed. Supply and demand drive up price. And it is only worth what you are willing to pay for it. I've only seen one shortbed here in my community. There are not many out there.
Joe ------------------ The Carolina Cajun, almost famous in North Carolina since 1989! Driving a 68 & Restoring a 66. Lookin' for Rochester 1bbl & 2bbl carbs!!
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05-19-2002, 09:28 PM
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Joachim, your profile says you live in Concord, and you say you've only seen ONE SWB truck WHAT???
Dude there are more short bed trucks around here than I can count! Just in the Harrisburg, Kannapolis, Concord area, there are many, many shortbed 67-72 chevy trucks. They're everywhere around here! Can't believe you don't see them around. BTW, I'm a carolina cajun too! |
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05-19-2002, 10:02 PM
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I agree with Joachim, I think the short box trucks look funny too. Like he said the box is out of proportion with the cab but thats my opinion, and I am not knocking all you shortbox lovers. I could build one just as well as I am doing a long bed but I wanted a better looking truck that rides better. SWB are fine, my LWB will never haul anything( other than ass) anymore but whatever, I think there is way to much emphasis put on shortbeds. If its got options a BB and it goes like hell who cares how long the box is, loaded longbeds aren't that common either. I see lots of both around here and the loaded trucks are all getting up there regardless of being 1/2, 3/4 or 1 ton long or short.
------------------ 69 CST 10, 402, steel crank, heavy rods, Federal Mogul Forged Pistons, 9.9:1 compression, polished ported 781 heads 2.19/1.88 manley stainless valves, Crane Powermax Hydraulic roller 288/296 and .587,.610 lift, hardened pushrods, Crane Roller Rockers, Weiand Action Plus, 750CFM Rochester QJET, MSD HEI, MSD 8MM Wires, Dynomax Ceramic coated headers, should be about 500 H.P. 700R4 2500 stall, pretty nasty shift kit, 373 Auburn Pro Series Posi, buckets/console air/tilt/tach 4wheel discs Daily Driver: 92 Chev Reg Cab LWB Silverado 4x4, loaded, 350 Accel filter/cap/rotor/coil/AC Delco wires/AC Delco RapidFire plugs, Edelbrock intake and headers, 180 degree thermostat, Hypertech Thermomaster Chip, true duals 700R4 with B@M Shift Kit for now! [This message has been edited by Chevyman69 (edited May 19, 2002).]
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05-19-2002, 10:07 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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I like all of them. I have owned a short, and 2 longhorns. They both have advantages and disadvantages.
I hate trying to park the Longhorn. I had forgotten all about this. In a parking lot, you are better off backing into a spot. However, the ride...even with the heavy springs, is awsome. Great tow vehicle and very stable. Not to mention the looks and questions I always get. The short beds are easier to get recognised in traffic byhot rodders though. I like the way they corner better, and the weight reduction is good if all you want to do is haul @ss. I have found that a short bed with a box bolted in the back is almost worthless though. There has been many a time I said. "If only I had the Longhorn still..." when I'd be loading junk in the back. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. E-mail longhornmail@yahoo.com My name is Andy...not Randy...I'm in Ohio...Not Illinois...close enough? Columbus Ohio |
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05-19-2002, 11:46 PM
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I failed to mention I want to pull trailer, just not put stuff in the bed really cause of the floor I choose. Shortbeds are useless trailer pullers, I mean they work but they just don't handle well. Plus to many people think that SB's are just all that and i am sick of them. Longboxes forever, and a LWB can handle just as well, it just depends on the suspension.
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05-19-2002, 11:55 PM
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I have never seen a shortbed 67-72 around here. I think the only shortbed in my town is a Ford Ranger owned by a kid. The shortbeds do appeal to women more because they have a sportier look. But I think longbeds look more STYLISH... kind of like a Cadillac, stylish but not sporty. Kind of like I like my dads dodge with all the chrome more than I do with my moms RAM Sport.
By the way.. I like longbeds better. You can do more with them and they look classier!!! ------------------ Nick Rodenberg Wellington, MO http://nickrod.port5.com You can click on "My 72 Chevy Truck" I have a 72 Cheyenne 10 with a V8 350 and a TH-350 auto-tranny. white/ochre/white/ochre ochre/saddle interior Runs well... working on body. Plan to get painted weekend before memorial day weekend. Planned to be done March 7 when I turned 16. Didn't happen. Chose to do better job and be behind schedule instead of 1/2 doing it and it looking like junk.
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05-20-2002, 05:22 PM
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SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER
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I don't think its a matter of swb vs.lwb. Its what you got and want.I prefer swb's,but want a lwb some day.As far as worth goes ask get what you can,here if it's not a swb it's a hard sell.
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05-20-2002, 05:40 PM
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I agree with Joachim, Chevyman69, and mikep on this one. I've seen a few SWB trucks, and I have to say they do look disproportionate. The only way they don't seems to be if they're a 4x4. Then they sort of make up for the shortness with the height! lol
It's hard to say considering I like all of them, but I think mikep is right in terms of general use. I think everyone could probably agree that hauling 2x4s is a bit easier with an 8 1/2 ' bed! Things like that were considered when building the LWB truck. People who buy trucks with short beds obviously have different priorities then hauling lumber. We also will have to agree that the rarer (regardless of practicality and wierdness) generally become classics faster than the ordinary. That means SWB trucks, CST styles, and longhorns will be worth more than the std. 3/4 C20. ------------------ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed! '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast). Seattle, WA. *See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com!
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