Ultra Low Mile (146) 1977 C10

[Wikid61]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud0yTz4g91A Description
Lot #425.1 - This 1977 Chevrolet C10 pickup is powered by a V8 engine with an automatic transmission. With 146 miles (miles not indicated on title) and approximately 10 miles street were driven this year. All original paint and interior. Vehicle SPID/Build sticker still mounted in glove box. Included are seven car show placards from 1996-2006. Included with sale is original wheels and mounted original tires, and a reproduction set installed on truck for driving.

[Shifty One]

[geezer#99]

I see the heater’s not hooked up.
Leaky core perhaps.

[ray_mcavoy]

Nice! I like seeing well preserved examples like this ... it's interesting to note some of the subtle details that are often lost to time as they age.

Like those yellow stickers on the firewall. I assume the "BL" one is for blue interior since it was obviously applied after paint. The others look like "Z84" for the trim level, and (that lower one is a bit hard to read) but I think it might be "A28" for the rear sliding window.

And I couldn't help but notice the lug wrench. Don't think I've ever seen one painted that color before. Were some of them originally color coded according to size?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy

Like those yellow stickers on the firewall. I assume the "BL" one is for blue interior since it was obviously applied after paint. The others look like "Z84" for the trim level, and (that lower one is a bit hard to read) but I think it might be "A28" for the rear sliding window.

Sounds right. I'd be interested to know which plant it was built in because we did not use stickers; we just wrote on the front of dash with a tire marker.

Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy

And I couldn't help but notice the lug wrench. Don't think I've ever seen one painted that color before. Were some of them originally color coded according to size?

Not that I recall. I've never seen one that wasn't black.

K

[ray_mcavoy]

Hi Keith ... I was hoping you'd reply to this

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Sounds right. I'd be interested to know which plant it was built in because we did not use stickers; we just wrote on the front of dash with a tire marker.

Maybe a Canadian thing? I think my 77 GMC plow truck still has one of those stickers with "RED" in a similar location on the firewall. That truck was built in Oshawa and has a red interior.

Dad's 77 GMC was built in Flint and I don't recall his ever having any of those stickers so your reply explains that. We did find the number "802" written in tire marker on the firewall, bottom of the hood, and radiator support. I think it was also on the backs of the door panels too. Guessing that was some sort of build number / sequence number to match the correct parts with the truck.

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Not that I recall. I've never seen one that wasn't black.

K

Yeah, I was thinking they were typically black as well. Although I have found a few gray ones in some later 70's Novas.

[bigdaddy4x4]

Originally Posted by geezer#99

I see the heater’s not hooked up.
Leaky core perhaps.

the door striker is missing the plastic bushing on it you think they would replace that

[77 ChevySport]

Very Nice 77 C10. Picture of my 77 Chevy Sport Interior below. Good comparison between a "Scottsdale" and "Cheyenne". My truck(Bought New) was assembled at the Janesville WI. plant. (Now Closed) It never had those stickers as shown and has a gray lug wrench. BTW: Truck now stored and not advertised but is for sale.(Will advertise in Hemmings in the Spring) Thanks;Larry

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy

Dad's 77 GMC was built in Flint and I don't recall his ever having any of those stickers so your reply explains that. We did find the number "802" written in tire marker on the firewall, bottom of the hood, and radiator support. I think it was also on the backs of the door panels too. Guessing that was some sort of build number / sequence number to match the correct parts with the truck.

Yes - that would be the General Assembly sequence number.

Mine was "number 87". [Note - they typically only wrote the last two or three digits of the full sequence number, usually six digits, as a form of shorthand].

K

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 77 ChevySport

Very Nice 77 C10. Picture of my 77 Chevy Sport Interior below. Good comparison between a "Scottsdale" and "Cheyenne". My truck(Bought New) was assembled at the Janesville WI. plant. (Now Closed) It never had those stickers as shown and has a gray lug wrench. BTW: Truck now stored and not advertised but is for sale.(Will advertise in Hemmings in the Spring) Thanks;Larry

Thank you; I could imagine Janesville having a gray one.

What is the exterior color of your truck?

I don't think I could ever get used to that yellow trim on a '77, no matter how nice.

K

[77 ChevySport]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Thank you; I could imagine Janesville having a gray one.

What is the exterior color of your truck?

I don't think I could ever get used to that yellow trim on a '77, no matter how nice.

K

Keith>Thanks for the nice reply. Exterior of my truck is "Black". It is a COPO
option as "Black" was never offered to the C10's in 1977. Picture Below.
Kinda surprise that the engine in the 146 mile truck above looks so ruff. Must have had a bad storage procedure for such low miles. Larry
P.S. If you search this board you will see a lot of info on my truck. Thanks

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by 77 ChevySport

Keith>Thanks for the nice reply. Exterior of my truck is "Black". It is a COPO
option as "Black" was never offered to the C10's in 1977.

That IS interesting.

We had a black '75 and I looked in the Heritage Center info packet and black was not offered that year, either.

I do not recall dad saying he had to do anything extraordinary to get that.

K

[77 ChevySport]

[QUOTE=Keith Seymore;9274362]Sounds right. I'd be interested to know which plant it was built in because we did not use stickers; we just wrote on the front of dash with a tire marker.

Keith: Picture of the marks on the firewall that was done at Janesville.
Looks like they did the same as you guys did. Thanks;Larry

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Yes - that would be the General Assembly sequence number.

Mine was "number 87". [Note - they typically only wrote the last two or three digits of the full sequence number, usually six digits, as a form of shorthand].

K

My 77 Suburban had the number 72 all over it

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I don't think I could ever get used to that yellow trim on a '77, no matter how nice.

That's so funny. I'm glad there are different opinions, different tastes. I like the ochre (yellow) trim but I've never been able to have the different hood color look right to me. Seems like a cool option but the different color looks like a replacement hood to me, even with the stripes. I could "learn to live with it" if I had this truck ; )

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by LT7A

That's so funny. I'm glad there are different opinions, different tastes. I like the ochre (yellow) trim

My friend says "It'd be a helluva world if we all loved the same woman".

K

[wbort27]

i also have a black 75 since new flint truck owned since new ordered by gm employee 4x4 short box cheyenne

[jerry moss]

i like the ochre trim, way back when i had my 73 short fleet cheyenne super repainted i had the ochre trim installed on it instead of the black trim, had the emblems removed, installed a square tube chrome grill, and found a blank tailgate band for it. wish i had it back in the same condition as when i sold it

[cadillac_al]

Did those hood stripes signify anything special? My red 77 has them and I used to think a PO added them.

[wbort27]

it was part of a factory package believe sport but definitely factory

[ray_mcavoy]

The stripes on the hood were part of the RPO ZY5 "Exterior Decor Package". It was one of the several available factory paint combinations.

ZY1 = solid color
ZY2 = conventional two-tone ... secondary color on the top & upper rear of cab.
ZY3 = special two-tone ... secondary color on the sides along the middle.
ZY4 = deluxe two-tone ... a combination of the ZY2 & ZY3 with secondary color on both the top & upper rear of the cab plus the sides along the middle.
ZY5 = exterior decor package ... basically ZY4 with the addition of the secondary color on the hood, stripes on the hood, and a hood ornament.

[cadillac_al]

Good to know, thanks Ray