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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 73-87 Chevy & GMC Trucks => Topic started by: Skunksmash on January 08, 2009, 06:11:25 am
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Anyone know the reason why GM made one bodystyle of truck for the short time of 67-72 (or whatever the exact years were for that bodystyle) and then right after that one was over they made one that lasted 15 years? Just something i have always wondered i guess.
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they sold and
it was cheap for them and
If Ford did basically the same thing, there was little pressure to modify and
Toyota was not in the picture then
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Dodge was the same way from I think 73 or 74 until the early 90s. Just changed the grill, interior, and power train options. 55 - 57 the same 58 & 59 where a two year thing, they had similarities to the 60's version. 60 - 63 was different from 64 - 66. Very similar but doors and cab glass etc. would not interchange. Then the 67 - 72's
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Being the mustang fan I am, Iaccoca simply put a new body on the carriage of a Falcon. They were engineered and begun in record time.
Mustangs had the same body style, just different grille, side emblem in 65 and 66. Then the same in 67 and 68, then the same in 69 and 70, then the same 71 - 73 before they became different looking Pintos in 74. 74-78 were the same. 79-87 were the same basically. 88-95 ish were the same.
So, the Chevy trucks aren't the only things that the styling engineers didn't work overtime on through the years.
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Have restored a few Rustangs over the years, and two Falcons. They are very similar but the floor pans frame rails etc. don't interchange. Just some useless info!!! LOL.
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Popularity and Sales is what caused GM to keep the same Basic Design from 73-87 for Pickups(There were/are even some Early '88 Pickups as well), '73-91 for Fullsize Blazer's/Jimmy's/& Suburban's('90 for Crew-Cabs)..... Yet oddly GM did a longer stint, when it came to the '71-Early '96 Chevy/GMC Fullsize Vans(Their Military Popularity was the main drive behind it)...... The Designs were not only Popular with the General Joe/Jill Public, but they also had some of the Bigger Portion of the Commercial Fleet/Government(City/State/Federal/Military) Markets, that all threatened to walk their business elsewheres, if GM changed the designs too much.... GM almost lost a large portion of their Public,Commercial Fleet Buyers, when they first showed the front clip changes for '81-87's models.
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The Government/Military contract was also what influenced the continuation of the 88-91 series
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Biggest mistake ever. Going from this for such a short period of time...
(http://www.gocolours.com/images/rides/68-camaro.jpg)
to this....
(http://www.tkmcustomrods.com/gallery/tkmcars/70Camaro%20(2).jpg)
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What's worse than that is what they did to Chevelles in 1973 :'(
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I personallly love the 1970-1973 Camaro's, MORE than the 67-69's.
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I agree Vile, those cars are as sweet as the 69-70 mustangs. SWEET! But, I still like the stangs better.
(http://www.delbridge.net/6970.jpg)
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I agree Vile, those cars are as sweet as the 69-70 mustangs. SWEET! But, I still like the stangs better.
Me too. Used to have a 69 coupe, but I always wanted a 69 fastback with the mustang front end and shelby rear (love the thunderbird sequential lights).
I love that front end better than about anything else
(http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t195/wes2880/Parts%20n%20Pieces/LeftFrontmustang.jpg)
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G.M. got one thing right after the 68 camaro. The 69!!!!!!!!!
Although a 79-81 Z28 is still on my list of cars to own.
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Any vehicle(with few exceptions) can be cool as long as their not wasting away in the woods, junkyard or in the crusher. There were a lot of cars that I disliked for whatever reason growing up. Now I can look at the same cars and see what they can be. It's weird but the older I get the more open I get about certain things like wagons, 4dr sedans, gassers, rat rods and what have you. I know crazy right? ??? ???
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It's weird but the older I get the more open I get about certain things like wagons, 4dr sedans, gassers, rat rods and what have you. I know crazy right? ??? ???
Not crazy at all. I've always thought an 80's Volvo 245 GL wagon with Chevy SBC or LSX engine would make an excellent sleeper. Solid rear axle, stout chassis, not too heavy, and stone ugly...perfection. Now who's the crazy deviant. ;D
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You win!!! Sike i'm kidden. :D :D Sounds like we're on the same page.
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I'd like to throw my $.02 in here, to the mustang guys (of which I am one) I think the 66, 67 and 68 coupes are the best mustangs made. And to the camaro guys (of which I am one) the 67, 68 and 69 are better looking than the 70-73's.....
But the best car of that era would have to be a 1966 Pontiac GTO. I'd take a rusted out '66 GTO over a mint condition Mustang, Camaro, or Mopar any day of the week. Call me crazy, but I just love them, I know their really just a rebadged LeMans witha bigger more powerful engine but I don't care.
(http://www.get-in2.com/musclecars/1966_pontiac_gto.jpg)
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Oldwhity,
I hear you about being more open minded to different vehicles. To me our 8' stepsides fall into that category. Years ago it wouldn't have been my first choice, but as these trucks get older you grab what you can find and hope they grow on you.
Fitz.
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Well, since we are talking old cars, I still have all the mustangs I have ever owned. I have this 65 GT Mustang Convertible under me in my basement garage right now as I type this. My old yeller 68 in the bacground was my first car, still have it. My 65 white coupe I restored while in college and won concours correct divisions in Washington DC area car shows.
(http://www.delbridge.net/my65s.jpg)
(http://www.delbridge.net/my65t.jpg)
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Hey 85MudMonster, that's my favorite musclecar too. The most beautiful thing out of the 60's, if you ask me. In fact, I saw one just the other day near my neighborhood. A fontaine blue drop top just like this one (http://www.gtoalley.com/66gtoa.html). I nearly broke my neck turning around to stare at it and when I turned back around I was about to jump the median, LOL. Man, I hope I see that one again, when I'm not driving.
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Oldwhity,
I hear you about being more open minded to different vehicles. To me our 8' stepsides fall into that category. Years ago it wouldn't have been my first choice, but as these trucks get older you grab what you can find and hope they grow on you.
Fitz.
Right on! ;)
Sgt, that's unbelievable that you still have those. I NV you. :D
I nearly broke my neck turning around to stare at it and when I turned back around I was about to jump the median, LOL. Man, I hope I see that one again, when I'm not driving.
I wrecked my mothers car back in the day. I was staring at a 53 Pontiac Hearse on the left that still had the rollers in the back and the original straight 8 and ran over a fire hydrant on my right. I did quite a bit of damage. :-[ :D LOL.......memories, aren't they great?!
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Well, since we are talking old cars, I still have all the mustangs I have ever owned.
That IS awesome dude, I don't have the first anything I've ever owned. I wish I still had my old '77 C10 though, my first ever vehicle. It was rusty and looked like crap on the outside with house-carpet on the inside, but dang do I miss that old truck! I still cause myself about once a week about selling that for my focus, probably mainly because I have seen it driving around and the new owner totally ruined it. That made me tear up dangit.
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Ok heres what i currently own as far as the stepside as far as old cars:
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/ramsportguy/IMGP0239.jpg)
Always liked 67-70 cougars, in 1971 they went a bit bigger and a bit wider which they were still cool but this car has some history to me so i cant ever get rid of it since i have owned it now for almost 20 years.Plus i like the 70-81 camaros, im not a big fan of the 82-92 body styl but to each his own ..
thanks
pat
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Hey 85MudMonster, that's my favorite musclecar too. The most beautiful thing out of the 60's, if you ask me. In fact, I saw one just the other day near my neighborhood. A fontaine blue drop top just like this one (http://www.gtoalley.com/66gtoa.html). I nearly broke my neck turning around to stare at it and when I turned back around I was about to jump the median, LOL. Man, I hope I see that one again, when I'm not driving.
That car is so nice with a drop top on it. I wish I made enough money to be able to buy something that nice...