K20 Crew cab maybe?

[yellowk20]

I'll get back to you on the VIN, But I can tell you this the Fender badges say Silverado 20 as does the Title . I'm the second owner I bought it form the original owner who ordered it.


There is a thread on Pirate ( and on CK5) about my truck because there were many other people who thought there were no 20 series 4x4 crew cabs. Also Mine is not the only one I've seen in person and they all sport 20 Series Badges on the fenders and have Dana 44 front ends.


Your Brochures are the same ones I have, I dont put much stock in them though. Bucket Seats were available in these trucks . but its not mentioned in every year sales brochure . 

I'm on my Phone right now I'll post some pictures and try to get the VIN  in the next day or two better yet I'll start a thread its rough but but still a neat truck

[Captkaos]

Title and badges don't mean anything.  I know where a one owner truck that was purchased new is sitting and it has GMC badges on one side and Chevy on another.  I also have seen a title that was clearly a Blazer VIN and the truck being sold was a Blazer and the title said C5, not K5/K10 as there was no such thing as a C5...

Not sure what you mean by buckets, but from the factory no Crew Cabs were available with bucket seats and after 1982 no trucks were available with buckets.  The ones that I have seen that have them show nothing on the RPO sheet.

[yellowk20]

Thats my point, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean they don't exist. GM did alot of weird things over the years.

My 79 K30 has Buckets, and its not listed on the RPO sheet , and my 1979 sales Brochure mentions nothing of buckets , but they are factory my dad ordered the truck new




So how do you explain my truck and 79k30guys brothers truck???

[yellowk20]

Ok the VIN# is CKL2462114609

c = chevy
k = 4wd
l = 350 4 brrl.
2 = 3/4 ton
4 = pickup
6 = 1976 model
2 = plant (unlisted)
The other #'s are the serial #




As you can see the at the bottom left  CREWCAB 4x4 in the options list , sorry for the cruddy picture and cutting of the first letter of the option code

[Engineer]

I'm convinced.

[bake74]

     After all this confusion, I went to redding Ca. where someone listed a 75 k20 crew cab for sale  ( http://redding.craigslist.org/cto/2794822156.html ), just to look at it, it does have the 5 in the sixth spot of the vin ( he would not let me take a pic, he acted funny when I asked ).
     So know I wonder if yellow k20 is right about specials being built for the pipeline project, if so I might have to buy that one.

[pholliday1]

Capt. you have me puzzled/curious now i'm going have  to get the vin from the frame as it's stamped on there somewhere. I also may have kept the title after i scraped the cab. I don't rember what the badges on the side said. So just so i understand you correctly are you saying there was no 4x4 crewcabs proir to 1977?

[pholliday1]

Found VIN# CKY245B161908  not sure what it all means.

[yellowk20]

okay,

C=Chevy
K=4x4
Y=350 4-bbl
2=3/4 ton "20 series"
4= Pickup
5= 1975 model year
B= Balitimore Ohio assembly Plant

the rest of the numbers are the serial #

[pholliday1]

Thanks Yellow20, seems like with internet and everything it would be neat if we could find someone who still is alive that actually built these things.

[Captkaos]

Playing Catchup on on this.  I agree GM did strange things and nothing surprises me.  I would explain it and I am convinced that you have a 3/4T Crew based on the RPO that specifically lists 4x4 Crew Cab.  I would also agree based on the RPO that the model number lists a 3/4 Ton Crew Cab 2WD (CC20963) and that it was definitely a 4x2 that GM made a 4x4 in 1976 in 4x4 form.  BTW, a 4x4 Crew would have model number CK30943.

Also, you Plant ID is Z and it was made in Fremont.

As for the buckets, dealers could add anything to an order, it isn't listed in GM's brochures because it wasn't readily available.  The is the same thing as 12bolt rear after 1980 when they officially were discontinued in 1980, but you could order it with one up to 1982, there are tons of other things GM did crazy like this.

pholliday1, if you have the RPO that is how you can tell the model if it was a  without it....

[yellowk20]

I almost didn't by my truck , I was looking for a K30 but it was such an oddity I had to have it .The guy I bought it from Ordered it from Alaska Sales and Service in Anchorage .  Had to wait nearly 4 months to get it  he used it to haul AV-GAS  for his Float plane and to pick up and drop of his hunting clients for his guide service .

I've replaced the front axle, trans and t-case, Bed and 3-doors  with units form an 81 K30 .

Since I've had mine I've come across about a 1/2 dozen other 75-76 K20 crew cabs that were Pipeline trucks , But they were all in really poor condition from rust and extreme use .

[pholliday1]

Sorry Capt no rpo I acutally stopped by scap yard looking for cab hoping it was still there been awhile since i scrapped it. Still have title to 1975 crewcab anyone looking for a title to a crewcab that was never built LOL

[knightrider84]

hey guys, just had to check my VIN, and for what it's worth:
C= chevy
K= 4x4
L= 350 4bl
2= 3/4 ton
4= pick-up
6= 1976
Z= fremont plant


just saying....

[knightrider84]

and there is no denying its got four doors and two bench seats!!!