What colloquialisms are used to refer to these trucks?

[67ChevyRedneck]

The older headlight surround sits back more flush with the body (matches the hood contour), the 80 stuck out pretty far to make a straight line with the grille, then 81 went to the square headlights and flatter front grille/hood.

[Keith Seymore]

Here's my '80 -

I ordered it with the Scottsdale trim level, so that I could get the vinyl flooring and manual locks/windows.

I also ordered RPO V22 so I could opt up to the chrome grille and square headlamps.

K

[67ChevyRedneck]

Keith, did all 1980 headlight bezels stick out that far, or just the higher optioned trucks?

[1976gmc20]

Well, I just looked up an old picture of my 1980 pickup (actually a picture of my old dog sitting in front of my 1980 pickup) and it had round headlights. It was a base level K-10 350/SM465 and an AM radio, but for some reason had the black trim strips down the side.

So no wonder I never noticed

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by special-K

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Colloquialisms? Is that a word that even belongs in any topic concerning trucks? Sounds too white collar/college boy to be used when referring to trucks.
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oh c'mon, hope you're not salty over my recent sport mirror comment

btw, I'm a farm raised redneck with nothing more than a hick town high school diploma..

neither of which preclude me from having a decent vocabulary and the ability to articulate myself


so that's my thread contribution, "sport mirrors", not to poke at special-K..

because it's extremely popular around here but not published anywhere..

cheers!

[kipps]

Originally Posted by Killer Bee

btw, I'm a farm raised redneck with nothing more than a hick town high school diploma..

neither of which preclude me from having a decent vocabulary and the ability to articulate myself

Well stated! I'm in the same camp as you.

Granted, "colloquialism" was probably a less-than-ideal choice of a word. However, that was all that came to mind at the time that didn't carry other unwanted connotations.

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by kipps

Well stated! I'm in the same camp as you.

Granted, "colloquialism" was probably a less-than-ideal choice of a word. However, that was all that came to mind at the time that didn't carry other unwanted connotations.

I think it fits quite well and good idea for a thread, always fun to learn new things

btw, here are the comments I made on sport mirrors I was referring to, seemed to fit there as well..

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3&postcount=11
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...1&postcount=18

[jeffahart]

It's more like jargon. And if you use enough of it, it becomes a bunch of mumbo jumbo!


j

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Hay man, 67-72 Chevy are the "Action Line".

A new, more modern look came for 1967, along with a new nickname: "Action Line". It was with this revision of the C/K truck that General Motors began to add comfort and convenience items to a vehicle line that had previously been for work purposes alone. The majority of 10 series and some 20 series Chevrolet trucks from 1966 to 1972 were equipped with a coil spring trailing arm rear suspension, which greatly improved the ride over traditional leaf springs. However, the leaf spring rear suspension was still available on those trucks, and standard on 30 series trucks. GMC-branded trucks came standard with leaf springs in the rear, with the coil spring/trailing arm design optional. All 2-wheel drive trucks came with independent front suspension, while 4x4's used a conventional solid axle with leaf springs.

[1976gmc20]

Anyone else think that the 67-72 and 88-98 pickup body styles are vaguely similar?

It seems like starting with 1960 they went Square --> Streamlined --> Square --> Streamlined --> [I don't know what the heck to call the 1999+++]

[Grumpy old man]

Here in Tn we have our own definitions for colloquialisms.


I had a set of colloquialisms mounted on my truck before they were cool , Now everyone has colloquialisms .

I went to the clinic and they said I had colloquialisms , 1 Shot took care of it .

I had a few colloquialisms for my wife . I mean ex wife now .

[Killer Bee]

ok, jargon it is, or mumbo jumbo, whatever

can't have y'all mixing me up as some latte sippin pajama boy

now, Action Line sounds good, I like that.. keep 'em goin!

[jeffahart]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

I went to the clinic and they said I had colloquialisms , 1 Shot took care of it .

That'll teach you not to sneak in my back door when I'm at work! But you must be building up a tolerance, you only had to get one shot? They gave me two. Next time ask for the coupon. Tell them I sent you!

j

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

I call my C20 the (b)witch Sometimes dog. Not sure why exactly, other than rust, and don't care if I beat her up. No luxuries, such as heat, fuel gauge, consistent wipers and decent headlights. Starts, drives, stops and steers, I like it a lot. Gave her an oil change today. She burns oil too, cuz she's my

[special-K]

For years and years, around here, people seemed to refer to the 67-72s as "72s". Figure the year after GM went to a body style that lasted a generation. I graduated HS in '73. In my '30s I brought my third child home from the hospital in a new '90 Blazer of the same body style. So Squarebodies were just Chevys and GMCs and the 67-72s were the prior style for a long time. People just went by the last year of them. Also, in the 67-72 time period the production numbers grew. The '88s came out and we called them "88s" or '88 style for those 10 years. Then 88-98s once the new body came out. Now that trucks are built for car people the styles change so frequently we have this GMT business that doesn't relate to anything prior

Originally Posted by Killer Bee

oh c'mon, hope you're not salty over my recent sport mirror comment

btw, I'm a farm raised redneck with nothing more than a hick town high school diploma..

neither of which preclude me from having a decent vocabulary and the ability to articulate myself


so that's my thread contribution, "sport mirrors", not to poke at special-K..

because it's extremely popular around here but not published anywhere..

cheers!

Killer Bee, or KB for short. Mind if I just call you Sport? That mirror comment, or use of the fancy word comment, was just funnin'. It is odd hearing such a word used in a conversation about trucks, for me. We grew up much the same, and I keep my horizons broad and worldly as well. That's 'worldly', not 'wordly' .

[GOPAPA]

I can see why they discontinued the record players in cars and trucks as cassettes and dvd's took their place but why not stay with the micro-wave ? I really liked useing one of them when out on a bridge job miles from home and wanted a warmed up sandwich for my lunch on a old rainiy day...

[rgunlock]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

I can see why they discontinued the record players in cars and trucks as cassettes and dvd's took their place but why not stay with the micro-wave ? I really liked useing one of them when out on a bridge job miles from home and wanted a warmed up sandwich for my lunch on a old rainiy day...

They decided a microwave was redundant with the dash. Put your sandwich on the dash in the morning and it will be plenty warm by lunchtime. Did that for years and I'm still around

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by rgunlock

They decided a microwave was redundant with the dash. Put your sandwich on the dash in the morning and it will be plenty warm by lunchtime. Did that for years and I'm still around

I never agreed with redundancy ,,how about you ? Another thing they should of kept on the manifolds were the can holders that held your soup to warm up for you when you got to where you were going . speaking as old logger of course who traveled miles into the woods to work

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

You guys lost me some time ago. Micro, record players, can holders and that. Can holder sounds cool, I looked it up came up empty. But here's a guy in a Toy motor home cooking up super: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8N7fbevmRg

[Steeveedee]

Is the can holder the part of the sheet metal that wraps the exhaust manifold for carburetor pre-heat? Here in California we could just leave the soup can on the dash, and by lunch time it would be too hot to touch, without oven mitts. Of course, the ends might be bulged from the pressure, making the can hard to open.

[1976gmc20]

For years, my 1965 GMC C-50 log truck was the "Jimmy" even after we sold off all my logging outfit. Everything else we had was a Chevy (and a VW for a while). The 1958 C-60 Chevy was the "winch truck" though I guess the C-60 label doesn't technically apply to that vintage. The 1971 we acquired was usually "mom's truck" and the little 1965 stepside that I traded firewood for was just "my pickup" I guess.

The seasons went round and round and I bought a 1976 GMC pickup in 1996 (seemed almost new at the time!). So now there was another "jimmy" in our life and then we traded in the 1977 Chevy Suburban for a 1991 GMC Suburban. So for a while we were strictly a GMC household until we got the little HHR for long trips (there's a love/hate relationship: the only time I love it is at the gas station!). So basically we had the "Jimmy" (not to be confused with "the old jimmy") and the "suburban" and the "car."

Then I got another Chevy pickup which I sometimes call the "Blue Ox" because it is my firewood gathering truck, but it's usually just "the blue pickup" as opposed to the "white pickup" (the later "jimmy"). And then we got the old XJ which is the "Black Jeep of the Family" - ha!