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08-07-2003, 11:18 PM
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huh ???
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Rarest option
A few months ago there was a thread about the rarest option on our trucks. I just found one that I did not know about. On both I6's and 350's you could order through the factory an LPG conversion. I just received an original 72 sales book through Ebay and it was listed in there. Anybody else heard of this option?
Chuck
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08-08-2003, 01:24 AM
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sounds odd never heard of it, post a pic, i know that lpg option would be nice to have in times like this, we had Lpg in when i lived in Korea ran my tiburon off of it.
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08-08-2003, 01:28 AM
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huh ???
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I wish I had a pic of it, but it's just a listing in a 72 Chevy sales flier...
Chuck
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08-08-2003, 01:29 AM
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The 69 I just bought from the original owner is set up for lpg. The owner said he bought the conversion kit a few years after he bought the truck new. It is pretty handy to have as an option to the three regular gas tanks.
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08-08-2003, 01:40 AM
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My dad says his family had an LPG-powered truck from this generation on their farm...
...and it caught fire, and burned to the ground. 
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08-08-2003, 02:30 AM
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LPG option was also offered in the 1971 sales brochure...I believe it was for the 350 CI. I flipped when I saw it too.
Last months issue of Classic Trucks magazine had an article (with pictures) of all the oddball options for our trucks. They made a big whoop out of how rare the factory Cruise Control option is...especially if found in working order. |
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08-08-2003, 08:10 AM
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whatd they say about shoulder belts then? or vinyl top?
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08-08-2003, 09:01 AM
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Another rare option was the stainless moulding for the drip rail-it is shown in the factory assembly manual with a big "cancelled "stamp on the page; maybe it was only offered for a very limited time. I've never seen one of these on one of our trucks. I know Scotts super trucks in Alberta sells them though.
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