Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup?

[munder0000]

I just purchased a 1972 Suburban Highlander. Quite a few enthusiasts on here...what can you tell me about it? Seems pretty rare

[Chulisohombre]

I haven’t seen too many subs on here with the highlander package. Very cool

[dave6672]

Originally Posted by munder0000

I just purchased a 1972 Suburban Highlander. Quite a few enthusiasts on here...what can you tell me about it? Seems pretty rare

Very cool. What color is the plaid seat material? I can't tell from the picture but looks gray or avocado. Curious what color would come with the bronze paint.

[munder0000]

It's the avocado. Had a seat cover on so actually in pretty decent condition

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by dave6672

Very cool. What color is the plaid seat material? I can't tell from the picture but looks gray or avocado. Curious what color would come with the bronze paint.

On a Med Bronze Highlander Suburban, codes 522, 551 and 582, code 639 Gray Plaid was "the" recommended color trim combination. Others required a minor special order proceedure.

[munder0000]

Interior

[Already Gone]

Welcome to the boards. There are great people on here that are very knowledgeable about any aspect of 67-72 truck, burbs and Blazers/Jimys. As you can see there are 1260 posts just in this tread that SS Tim started so anything you want to find out about Highlanders is probably covered on this or the Plaid Suburban Post.

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by munder0000

I just purchased a 1972 Suburban Highlander. Quite a few enthusiasts on here...what can you tell me about it? Seems pretty rare

Seems like a pretty typical C10, YG7 non-A/C, Promo Package Highlander Suburban.
The Special Two-Tone of Med Bronze primary with White roof and rockers is a striking combination. Combined with the Avocado Plaid and white vinyl trim more so. Plus since that was not a "recommended trim combination", someone jumped through the minor hoops to special order it that way.

Probably the best place to start is the Plaid Suburban specific page linked in my signature. Also that is the best place to post questions too.

Welcome to the board! :-)

[jocko]

That's some SPID. I just know there is a junkyard, somewhere, with nothing by a/c compressors, tubing, and brackets in it. And nothing else.

[Already Gone]

Another for sale on EBay and this one I like to describe as "Some of the newness has left it "

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Chevro...53.m1438.l2649

[Chulisohombre]

That last one definitely seen better days. Price is right where I see people selling them for these days though.

[davischevy]

About thirty years a go I bought a K10, and I actually got the compressor with all the brackets still attached and hoses. It is still up on the top shelf with my AC stuff.

[External]

I finally took a picture of my spid. And yes I see the highlander code.
Here is a picture of my seat on the day I brought it home.
I will someday soon have it redone in its original color.
It is really cool owning one of these trucks, and even cooler
Having a highlander!

[tidmack]

Someone went through a fair amount of trouble adding Cheyenne badging, etc to this Highlander. Lol, some would argue it's probably more sought after as a Highlander! I always get spooked when the wheelbase is scratched out on the SPID, though...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1972-Chevro...5:pf:0&vxp=mtr


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[jocko]

Yeah, but they didn't scratch out the model #. It was a long bed. I think it would have been nicer left as original. There's a long list of how not to imitate a Cheyenne Super on this truck.

[tidmack]

I appreciate the knowledge regarding model numbers. I never knew the short boxes and long boxes were different. Well said, regarding the "how not to" as well!

Jeff

Originally Posted by jocko

Yeah, but they didn't scratch out the model #. It was a long bed. I think it would have been nicer left as original. There's a long list of how not to imitate a Cheyenne Super on this truck.

[jocko]

Originally Posted by tidmack

I appreciate the knowledge regarding model numbers. I never knew the short boxes and long boxes were different. Well said, regarding the "how not to" as well!

Jeff

Yep, model # on a swb truck would be CE10734. The seller's ebay ad is rather misleading - several statements of original, not restored, blah blah etc.

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by jocko

Yeah, but they didn't scratch out the model #. It was a long bed. I think it would have been nicer left as original. There's a long list of how not to imitate a Cheyenne Super on this truck.

I concur Mark, a white roof black body Highlander with grey plaid seats and the YG8 Package and as a bonus a 3:73 rear end which makes the truck, even in stock form, gallop pretty good as I soon realized after driving my Highlander home a few years ago. At least the A/C is intact on this one.. LOL...

[Chulisohombre]

Having a great looking spid then scratching out the wheelbase is kinda dumb. You can figure out what it is from the vin. What they did was kinda like the tempest or Le Mans/Ventura being turned into a gto clone. It’ll never be worth what the actual car was but everyone has their own taste and can do what they want with their truck. Just don’t try and pass it off as something it’s not to a perspective buyer.

[Already Gone]

One last comment on the black truck. I'm trying to figure out where he got the 16 inch 5 bolt rallys so he can run the 265/70 16 inch tires. Maybe someone is producing 16 inch rallys today as I've never seen or heard of them on an 80's truck, oh yea and has the misconception that rallys came on the 67-72's.

FACTORY RALLY WHEELS
W/ NEW TRIM RINGS AND CENTER CAPS
& NEW 265 70 16 TIRES

[Chulisohombre]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

One last comment on the black truck. I'm trying to figure out where he got the 16 inch 5 bolt rallys so he can run the 265/70 16 inch tires. Maybe someone is producing 16 inch rallys today as I've never seen or heard of them on an 80's truck, oh yea and has the misconception that rallys came on the 67-72's.

FACTORY RALLY WHEELS
W/ NEW TRIM RINGS AND CENTER CAPS
& NEW 265 70 16 TIRES

I’ve seen them aftermarket but stock are 15s. The 16s of this era came with dog dish covers as far as I’ve seen. Spid says deluxe wheel covers as well.

[jocko]

Originally Posted by Already Gone

At least the A/C is intact on this one.. LOL...

I thought you might say that Greg!

Originally Posted by Chulisohombre

Having a great looking spid then scratching out the wheelbase is kinda dumb. You can figure out what it is from the vin.

While you can discern between 1/2, 3/4, and 1 ton, you cannot determine wheelbase for a 1/2 tone from the VIN.

Originally Posted by Already Gone

One last comment on the black truck. I'm trying to figure out where he got the 16 inch 5 bolt rallys so he can run the 265/70 16 inch tires. Maybe someone is producing 16 inch rallys today as I've never seen or heard of them on an 80's truck, oh yea and has the misconception that rallys came on the 67-72's.

FACTORY RALLY WHEELS
W/ NEW TRIM RINGS AND CENTER CAPS
& NEW 265 70 16 TIRES

I'm gonna bet it's a typo, those have to be 15" (and look it too)... But who knows. I couldn't even make it through the whole description.

[uncle]

It may be black. Might have just been green Dashpad making me think that. Painted area is pretty faded. Still don’t think Dashpad and seat cover match, but after almost 50 yrs something is bound to be changed.

[Hagendog]

Guess I’m late to the party. Bought my Blazer at the end of 2017 and almost to interior. Here’s my SPID and the back seat which was all that was left of the stock interior beside the door panels

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by Hagendog

Guess I’m late to the party. Bought my Blazer at the end of 2017 and almost to interior. Here’s my SPID and the back seat which was all that was left of the stock interior beside the door panels

Thanks for posting but there is also a thread for Plaid Blazers and I've attached a link

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=635033