What do you think, Cheyenne Super clone?

[Bubfn]

Someone else pointed out on BAT that the rearview mirror is mounted to the cab, in 1972 should have been on windshield. Keeps getting deeper. No response from seller yet. LOL

[notsolo]

Needs more sticky woodgrain contact paper in the cab to make it more Super, still has the clips from stainless rain deflectors on the top of the doors, and already has some nice paint chips from too many layers. Down under? I will say he has a good camera.

[Jason Banks]

Seller is in denial Bubfn...

[Bubfn]

Originally Posted by Jason Banks

Seller is in denial Bubfn...

LOL
That or scammer getting called out

[jocko]

Picking apart the originality flaws on this one is like clubbin baby seals - but what takes the cake for me is listing AM/FM on a fake SPID and then just including it in a box of spare parts with the sale - now that's a good one. That almost makes me think perhaps it WAS original... but who knows.

The 513 paint RPO? Rookie...

This Custom Deluxe (best case) is already bid to $30K, I'd submit the seller will get his money out of it. Despite all the obvious warning flags (if one is truly seeking an original Cheyenne Super), this isn't represented much differently than the grossly overpriced clones at Mecum or Barrett Jackson. It's a buyer beware world, and yes, those that misrepresent these trucks should be sentenced to driving Fords for the rest of their lives, but it's only gonna get worse.

[special-K]

I have built trucks like this. Built them as my vision of how I would have liked to have ordered one. Sometimes I've stuck with how the factory did it and other times I did what I wished they did, like custom made houndstooth saddle bucket seat covers. But I always tell up front it's my build my way. I point out what I did. I call my short bed project a '67 GMC because that's how it will appear. You'd be able to pick that one apart all day long, built from spare parts. It will be no secret it is my own creation.

I see trucks posted for sale that we pick on. We're not about bashing trucks here, but some healthy criticism is helpful to our members who are learning. It's a seller giving dishonest description that I jump on. It could be intentional or could be ignorance. If it's ignorance, there is the internet with all kinds of information. Even specific forums for these trucks to find information easily. Hey! I'm on one right now!!

[leftybass209]

It's the buyers responsibility to know what they're buying. If they don't know what makes it a chey super, then they either need to learn, or move on.

This happens all too often. Guys are writing dissertations to the seller about what his vehicle is and isn't. Just politely inform and move on. Browbeating and suggesting the listing company alter the ad is some Karen type stuff.

This company lists many vehicles. And we to believe they have experts of every vehicle make and model scrutinizing every ad listing so the buyer can sleep better at night?

No. That's why it's the buyers responsibility to do his/her own research. Moreover on a 30k+ purchase.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Spotted some funkiness with the Rosette Rivets on the VIN Plate. Not quite flat enough?
Also why are the shocks inverted?
Clearly the pristine SPID matches the build. Vintage SPIDs have coffee stains, ketchup smears, and ballpoint markings. And typos are almost a style-point. Every option is clearly defined on this one.
Every time I see a five digit Odometer, I add a 1 or 2 as a sixth digit. 99,999 miles comes and goes so often when you're seeing the USA in your Chevrolet.
Would have been a $3,000 truck forty five years ago. Add a zero for inflation.

[special-K]

The only factory dual exhaust came with the big block. All big blocks got dual exhaust and no small blocks did. Not even with Corvette engine option

[68bowtie]

Ha ha ha haaaa

[52napco]

Sadly someone paid super money..seller even
Said his title said Cheyenne on it and the cargo light was an option LOL..some don't care
They just see shiney red paint and bid.
enough said I guess

[Bubfn]

Originally Posted by 52napco

Sadly someone paid super money..seller even
Said his title said Cheyenne on it and the cargo light was an option LOL..some don't care
They just see shiney red paint and bid.
enough said I guess

Oh well. At least the buyer knew what he was getting if he read the comments.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Bubfn

Oh well. At least the buyer knew what he was getting if he read the comments.

I doubt if the buyer read the comments. I seriously doubt he even knows of the existance of this website. If he were one of us, he would have found a truck for a lot less.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 52napco

Sadly someone paid super money..seller even
Said his title said Cheyenne on it and the cargo light was an option LOL..some don't care
They just see shiney red paint and bid.
enough said I guess

This is exactly how these trucks got to be so expensive. The price is driven by a market that doesn't know these trucks. They only know they want these trucks and they have the money. It's ok for people who make good money to drive trucks these days. It's the buy-ins that drive the price of a hobby up

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by 52napco

Said his title said Cheyenne on it and the cargo light was an option LOL.

I don't know about all that would have been a much better answer.



I have a high roller BIL that could care less about SPID's and build sheets and option packages. He just buys what he likes and when he gets ready to dump it, it's gone.

[70cst]

Interesting thread ... good info. 72 C10 learning 101