original (not modified) truck pics

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by j ripper

You win!!! Perfect.
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Yup!!!! One heck of a beautiful truck.
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[bigbadcad]

thanks guys, I've had a bunch of these especially Cheyennes but i really love my stripper GMC!! shes a keeper!!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Joesjunk: My God man. Usually when you see someone with a crazy long list of classics, there might be a couple nice ones and all the rest are parts vehicles or need restoration... badly You have an insanely nice collection! I had no idea, I just knew you had the super nice flatbed.

[SS Tim]

Board member mtdave2 has a very nice original Longhorn.

[SS Tim]

While not completely stock this 71 Cheyenne 30 is a very period workhorse.

[SS Tim]

Then there is this 72 Custom Deluxe 30, another timepiece.

[SS Tim]

This 72 Cheyenne Super 30 and the trucks in posts #80 & 81 were all owned by the same owner. The Cheyenne Super 30 here has been restored but overall looks very correct.

[White70C20]

Dang, there are a lot of nice original trucks on here. Too bad mine was repainted, had a different engine put in, and I'm not sure if its the original bed or not.

Still, a lot of nice trucks you guys!
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[White70C20]

In post #80, what is that second shifter on the console for? I've never seen a C30 that wasn't a dually flatbed or a tow truck.
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[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by White70C20

In post #80, what is that second shifter on the console for? I've never seen a C30 that wasn't a dually flatbed or a tow truck.
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The second floor shifter is for an added auxiliary trans. Can't remember if it was for a two or a three speed. Probably a two speed O/D to split the gears making eight forward speeds.

Now C30 pickups came in two flavors. You could get a rather plain 9' Stepside C30 pickup. But Chevrolet also offered a 8 1/2' Fleetside. Based on the heavier and longer wheelbase C30 chassis, it was sprung and badged as a C20 or a C30. These were known as Longhorns and were aimed at the then growing truck camper market.

[special-K]

Here are more C30 pickups,none are mine. The C/30s had 133" wheelbase compared to 127" of longbeds. I know the 2-tone Blue & White Longhorn was Josh Quinn's and the Red Stepside was a customer of Wes Hepp.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by blkcorvair

my 69

Wow! A shortbed stepside that hasn't been lowered yet, very refreshing. Good taste blkcorvair.

[sameyrasmea72]

Originally Posted by Joesjunk

Most you see do have trim. I actually wish mine had lower trim. I have all nos lower black trim for it if I could bring myself to do it lol
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DO IT !!!!!! Just think of it as correcting a birth defect.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Was this side trim option actually offered for stepsides? I'm sure it was, I've seen it on a bunch of trucks... it just seems odd. It would have GREAT if GM created a 67/68 trim piece for around the stepside fenders, it wouldn't need to be continued onto the bedsides, but for the fender would have been cool!

[Sideways]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Was this side trim option actually offered for stepsides? I'm sure it was, I've seen it on a bunch of trucks... it just seems odd. It would have GREAT if GM created a 67/68 trim piece for around the stepside fenders, it wouldn't need to be continued onto the bedsides, but for the fender would have been cool!

I recently looked at a red '68 short stepper that had the trim and wondered the same thing?

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by Sideways

I recently looked at a red '68 short stepper that had the trim and wondered the same thing?

I'm pretty sure you could get a truck like that new. Kind of reminds me of when Ford cancelled the unibody truck in 63, hadn't developed a fleet bed for their trucks, so they used the styleside 58-60 boxes on their trucks until around 64, I think certain longbeds and 4x4s got the old bed for a year or two longer until bed production caught up to demand. The bed looks COMPLETELY wrong for the truck, but they still sold like that brand new...

[Sideways]

Originally Posted by srvivor71

Here's my (pretty much) original 71 GMC 4x4.

Sharp truck!

[SS Tim]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Was this side trim option actually offered for stepsides? I'm sure it was, I've seen it on a bunch of trucks... it just seems odd. It would have GREAT if GM created a 67/68 trim piece for around the stepside fenders, it wouldn't need to be continued onto the bedsides, but for the fender would have been cool!...

The body moldings were installed on stepsides and chassis cabs in 67-68. Offically I cannot find any listings but many motorhome cab and chassis trucks were also equiped with the body moldings on later model years.
As to trim on the bed, it was considered to be a work body. Doubt there would have been many takers for trim.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

I'm pretty sure you could get a truck like that new. Kind of reminds me of when Ford cancelled the unibody truck in 63, hadn't developed a fleet bed for their trucks, so they used the styleside 58-60 boxes on their trucks until around 64, I think certain longbeds and 4x4s got the old bed for a year or two longer until bed production caught up to demand. The bed looks COMPLETELY wrong for the truck, but they still sold like that brand new...

The Unibody wasn't available on 4wds,so those got the old Styleside bed if not a flareside. I believe the Unibody was an option and you could also get that old style bed on 2wds,but not 100% sure. By '64,when Ford abandoned the Unibody design,they had the new Styleside bed on all non-Flaresides. Studebaker used a wide bed on the Champs (P2) that never went with any Studebaker. They were made by Budd and were the same tooling used on Dodges first wide beds. Dodge had just changed their body style and didn't use the tooling so Studebaker started up. Their not so narrow bed (P1) was a carry over from the prior M-series. I guess this isn't too strange because GM used the same Stepside bed from 55-66.

[gearys 5600]

SWEET trucks !!! Keep the pics coming..

[sprint_9]

A few of mine, 72 2wd LWB 75600 mi. Need to take some more pictures before I start the rebuild. It wont look like this after I'm completed.

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[BigCountryx]

Funy you ask, found this piece today. 67 custom stepside with full trim.

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Was this side trim option actually offered for stepsides? I'm sure it was, I've seen it on a bunch of trucks... it just seems odd. It would have GREAT if GM created a 67/68 trim piece for around the stepside fenders, it wouldn't need to be continued onto the bedsides, but for the fender would have been cool!

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[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by BigCountryx

Funy you ask, found this piece today. 67 custom stepside with full trim.





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Did you buy it? Looks like it has been sitting for quite awhile.
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[ls1nova71]

Originally Posted by BigCountryx

Funy you ask, found this piece today. 67 custom stepside with full trim.





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That trim does look kinda cool, but my bet is it's about as factory as those wheels are.
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[SS Tim]

Looks like Fleetside trim cut down to fit the flat sides of the fender. But IIRC someone here posted a picture of a dually conversion with stepside fenders with custom bent trim to fit the fenders.