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1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I currently own a 1972 Chevy Cheyenne long bed truck, it came from Macon Georgia, on the tailgate the L in Chevrolet is upside down, does this give the truck more value? It looks like a factory mistake, but I am not sure. I would appreciate any help with this, thanks.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
This is pretty common. The really rare and valuable trucks have the "O" upside down.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I have two of those, been hoarding them for years. I also have one with the two Es reversed.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I've seen a few "Ponitac"s in my day, too.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
guess it could happen, that almost seems like something that shouldnt get dorked up though
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I'll give you $25K for the truck right now.
![]() I have been told that such things happened on Monday's and Friday's of each work week. I know that US auto makers rather fell apart beginning in 1975 and that lasted into the 1980's (which is when Honda and Toyota really got a foothold here). The screw in the side of Pritch's heater box is a good example of the sort of crap quality control that led to your upside down "L." Last edited by In The Ten Ring; 08-05-2016 at 08:05 PM. |
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
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![]() ![]() Seriously though, I can't see the letters being in the wrong orientation doing anything more than being a source of ridicule. It's a mistake, and a stupid one that makes the assembly line worker and subsequent owners look bad for not correcting it. I mean who wouldn't take it back to the dealer when new to get it rectified? I honestly can't think of any assembly line mistakes that would increase the value of a truck. Maybe an ordering mistake that allowed a combination of options that normally wouldn't have been allowed would increase value. But I'd think that an assembly mistake resulting in subpar quality would generally decrease value. |
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several years ago a friend bought a brand new F-150 that was two tone maroon and gray. it had maroon trim on one side and gray on the other. he never noticed it until i pointed it out and he had owned it for a few months already. he took it back to the dealer and they fixed it for him. guess anything is possible when quality control is hungover, LOL.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
Factory mistakes on other collectibles make them more valuable, like the beanie baby that was sewn without an eye so now is worth over 100,000 .....yes a beanie baby, and because this mistake was on the tailgate, I thought it may add some more value to it, but no one on this forum seems to know, I mean the truck was from Macon Georgia, even so, I highly doubt mistakes like that happen very often.. do any of you know a real expert or is this site just for smart asses and people who like difficult web-site experiences?
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
As with any collectable, the value is determined by demand. I have never seen any one actively searching for trucks with improperly installed items. I do see people who believe they have "special" trucks, mostly due to rare options.
It is worth what you can sell it to the next owner, not a penny more. As far as "experts", we don't know much about beanie babies, but this site knows trucks, if anyone in the US (or maybe the world) is looking for the rare reversed L, they will contact you with an offer. Good luck, Rg
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
Keith Seymore is about the biggest expert your ever going to find on Assembly line info. I doubt that a misplaced L is gonna do much for value personally.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
Is that a Torx head screw holding the tailgate band on? Can't quite tell from the picture.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
Looks like a torx head and being that it looks like someone colored the letters with a black permanent marker, id say someone was screwing around most likely. Doubt that came from the factory like that after looking more now
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I believe the factory bands retained the letters with a smashed "pin" on the backside. The panel would have had the holes prepunched- I assume- making it impossible to install the L upside down at the factory. Please correct me if I'm wrong
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
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Don't know if you noticed but vehicles are not beanie babies. That beanie baby is valuable because it's different from the God knows how many others that were made. Sure we like our vehicles to stand out and be different but for the most part we want them to be right. Subpar quality is not right so assembly mistakes don't increase value. Otherwise the vehicles with body panels that are the most out of alignment would be worth more and restorations wouldn't correct those gaps the way they do. Desirable options, rare combinations of options are the things that increase value. Don't believe us throw your tailgate on eBay (or better yet pay for the privaledge of selling it on this site) and see what happens. If you think our comments are bad, I'd love to see the ones you get on eBay. |
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
I bumped into a ladie with a real nice GMC Sierra. I noticed the tailgate was spelled Ceirra I had to ask??? Turns out her name is Ceirra so she found the right letter and font and changed it. I thought pretty cool. And no it's not a factory thing just cool.
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
A mistake in the way the L was put on is cosmetic, that is why I was wondering if it gave the TAILGATE more value, obviously if the brakes were installed backwards or something that would make a vehicle dangerous and wouldn't add value, I am NOT an expert on this kind of thing, that is why I came here to ask, but I got nothing but smart ass responses....not nice!
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this is a "smart ass response"??
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
If you want to find out if you really have a rare tailgate, take the torx screws out & see if the letter L stamped into the tailgate is upside down- if it is, you have hit the jackpot my friend
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Re: 1972 Chevy Cheyenne longbed L upside down
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If you compare the height of the "L" to the "E" next to it you can see they're different heights. The "L" has been spun around as the mounting post is in the vertical part of the "L". This would be even more noticable if the picture included the "O" next to it as you'd be able to see the spacing between the letters if off more clearly. If the OP can't see that then they're blind or perhaps they're just trolling the site. Either way I vote ban or at the least ignore as this person definitely doesn't deserve our time or help. Edit: Want to prove the letter wasn't just spun around? Post a picture the includes the O, the L and the E. Btw if you simply measure the distance from the letter to the trim surrounding the wood grain you'll see that the L is a different height because it was spun around. Go ahead and place a ruler up there and post pics. Last edited by Overdriven; 08-07-2016 at 06:30 PM. |
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