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Re: GM Semis
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Originally Posted by 70c10-08
How about a visually appealing General? photographed outside of the Pontiac medium duty truck plant. I think the General in this photo looks a lot better with dual air cleaners instead of the one you usually always see them with. I do not have any facts on this but, I read on another group that this possibly had the 8v92 unfortunately with an Allison.
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The General's cab was based in part on the Astro 95's, but it is still narrower. Doors share a lot of parts but the early Astro's had the latch mounted on the 'B' pillar (one of those 'why did GM do that?' deals). I agree that the General would have looked a bit better had the hood been as wide as the cab, but that would have made it hard to mount those big Donaldson air cleaners. And wider cabs make the truck nicer to drive.
That thing sure has a lot of fuel on board!
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1967 GMC CM-2500 Camper Cruiser, 351E V-6, NP 435 4 speed, Dana 60, and factory A/C. 2012 GMC K-3500 WT regular cab, 6.0L Vortec, 6L90.
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