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Originally Posted by special-K
That special paint could be any color under the sun. I mean, not necessarily a GM color at all, but a color a business uses no matter what brand vehicle they buy. Sears used to put a similar color on their trucks. Your best bet is go to a paint supply house and have them scan it.
So this was bought from the original owner? The truck body place would have painted and installed the bed. I just wonder, if this is original paint job, when the door mirrors were added and the holes for the original mirrors filled.
You won't know if that's an HO52 or HO72 till you go to get brake parts. I don't know why anyone would do that swap (unless original rear blew) because they are the same rear
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I went and talked to the original owner yesterday. He said if he remembers right the truck was a canceled order that he got for cheap in '73.
As far as the rear end swap goes, yes it was a necessary swap. Apparently one of his workers accidentally dropped the thing into neutral when it was parked on a hill, and then a combination of full throttle, a service bed full of heavy equipment tools, and slamming it into gear blew the driveshaft out and broke a few teeth off in the rear.
Either way I am thinking it will be getting a normal bed and painted a different color eventually. If the mirrors aren't stock, that is fine because I honestly love that style mirror on my brothers '77 C20.
I know on teamchevelle.com we have a "What's it worth" thread. I can't seem to figure out how much this utility bed would be be worth.