1967 shorty or long bed ?

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It says M20 on the SPID, but that's where it gets funny. Muncie built truck and car transmissions and for some reason they named two transmissions M20. Your truck had a different M20. It was a granny tranny. The car 4spd are just that, never avilable in a truck. But it's cool your SPID "appears" to show the M20 car trans is original.

Originally Posted by leddzepp

True originality doesn't command the highest prices though...although some people think it should. There have been many trucks posted up here that sold at auction for big money for "looking" original. One swb super that sold at mecum even had a suburban vin tag

I'm one that it matters to. I wouldn't pay a lot more than if it was still the original LWB. Because I'll do the conversion myself if that's what I want. I can't make a factory short bed, so I'd pay more because they were lower priduction. That's how it always worked with classics in my experience. I am a truck guy who does his own stuff. I don't pay big bucks for someone else's work when it's what I like to do. That's half of what it's about. So, if I ponied up for a true (meaning factory) and found out it wasn't, I'd be very upset. If it wasn't misrepresented, than shame on me.

Owning isn't a hobby, building them is. People sitting at classic car auctions with a ton of cash for turn-key are just owners.