1979 Royal Sierra Camper Special

[adam83]

Hi just joined the site last night. This is my first GM truck a few months ago, and someone told me it may be a little rare. In fact, I wasnt particularly looking for a GM, I like the mid/late 70's Power Rams, but when I saw this truck I decided to buy it because the body/drivetrain was in great condition for the asking price. Ive done some searching on this site, and all I could find was that Royal Sierra was a trim level, not a performance package.. and Id like to get more info about it. It also says camper special 8400gvw on the cab as well. It has a 350cid, TH400, NP203, 14bolt rear, 10bolt front. Did they make royal sierra camper specials? The truck is in such good shape and it doesnt look like any body pieces have ever been swapped or replaced

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[motornut]

welcome it looks in great shape

[Duncan and son]

For your first GM truck you did good

[cochino12]

I Love that truck!!!

[MusicMan70]

Very Nice, any pics of the Spid?

[adam83]

Thank you. I will post some more pics. Im trying to locate all the partial vin stamps on the engine, trans and t case to see if its all original (besides the wheels and lift of course)
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[northeimcustom]

Beautiful!

[63burban]

Top of the line GMC for 1979, cool truck

[zook]

i say it was a good score. way kool truck. welcome

[Rubble]

Man,you did good!! I wish mine looked that good....Welcome too..
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[GM-power]

Good looking truck! The Royal Sierra is the equivalent to the bonanza. End of the year promotion trucks. You could get upper level options at a discounted price.
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[Keith Seymore]

Correct - it's a trim level, not affecting performance options.

I know you can do this for Chevy; I assume it's the same for GMC: if you send your VIN and $50 to the GM Heritage Center they can send you the actual invoice (RPOs and pricing) for your specific truck.

http://www.gmmediaarchive.com/

Wouldn't hurt to ask, anyway.

K

[adam83]

just confirmed my engine is #'s matching, which might not mean much in a 79 pickup, but cool none the less

[cory d]

cordova brown and sante fe tan, my favorite. in the truck world, numbers matching doesnt mean much. the royal sieras and bonanzas are cool, no beau james and gentleman jim though. theres allot to learn. so much that you can bore you friends to death telling them about your truck. http://www.73-87.com/

[pobrokefolk]

Nice truck man

[special-K]

Very very nice truck. Numbers matching means a lot. It means you got an unmolested original truck,or at least whoever owned it all these years cared enough to replace the engine with one with correct numbers. That means a lot to me. I'm an enthusiast,not an investor

[mrhino]

Like everyone before me... Nice Truck!

[88Jimmy4x4]

nice, looks like a fall guy truck

[moregrip]

Awesome! Great score!

[cory d]

already? http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/3561569750.html

[pobrokefolk]

Is that saying he is selling his truck on Craigslist?

[cory d]

yea, its up for grabs!

[Big-Sexy907]

Beautiful Truck!

[meatwagon83]

that truck is friggin awesome!!!! if i had 5k i would buy it, 3k to buy it and 2k to get it back to ohio

[zook]

could be a smokin deal?
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