A couple comments based on my stumblings over the years....
- Cheyenne and Super badges should always be LEFT-ALIGNED. For some reason, even some of the high dollar restos out there sometimes line up the right edges of the badges - and most often on just one side of the truck. Odd. Sometimes you'll even see the Super centered under the Cheyenne. Both centered and right justified are not the original placement.
- Note that the interior woodgrain trim (door only) and exterior woodgrain trim was also standard on a Cheyenne (non-Super)
- some folks will use a chrome glovebox door to emulate the basis of a Super glovebox door. The Super glovebox door should be color matched with an aluminum trim insert between the woodgrain and the painted metal.
- Be on the lookout (if you're hardover on an original Super) for the vinyl laminate sim woodgrain on the dash/glovebox. These tend to peel easily - but some folks do a great job with this material and it lasts. I only mention it because some may go this route to fake a Super (which is what you're asking about) - but it can be done as a means to restore a super and it's perfectly acceptable if you're ok with it it vice the original woodgrain. Some members here sell very, very nice restored woodgrain panels (I just bought some from VA72C10) and some folks make some very, very nice vinyl laminate woodgrain panel conversions - both look real nice. You have to be the judge on that - bottom line, dash is an easy swap, you need to confirm Super status elsewhere.
- I believe the external cab light was also available on models below a Super (EDIT: Oops - I didn't catch it, Tim already pointed this out, sorry)
- one thing to be aware of is that the houndstooth bench seats only came in 3 colors: Blue, olive, and parchment. There's no such thing as an original Black and hugger orange (or even black and white) houndstooth seat.
- As Tim pointed out - the most important ID items are:
a) YE9 on the SPID
b) YE9 on the build sheet
Build sheet may not have survived and that's ok. If it has, it's a bonus.
I look for "originality" in a SPID also - i.e. look at paint under the clear border of the SPID overlay (on a 72) for example. Does the SPID itself "look" old and original - if it is, it won't be prisitine.
Which brings up reproduction SPIDs. Some folks reproduce them to look exactly original - and that's ok (in my humble opinion) if, and only if, the supporting documentaiton is available to back up the authenticity of a repro SPID. (i.e. a build sheet, or the original VIN-matching SPID, or whole glovebox door with the original SPID, etc). If it's just a reproduction SPID on a rotisserie resto Cheyenne Super with no additional documentaiton to back it up then I assume it's just a Custom 10. Don't get me wrong, if someone wants to build a "Super" from a Custom 10, that's fine - as long as they don't subsequently sell it as an "original Cheyenne Super".... My 2 cents only.
As they say on the X-files.... "Trust No 1"....
Especially when it comes trucks!!
