'68 Longhorn Brochure Arrived - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

stllookn · 09-09-2005, 08:07 PM

Here it is...I've been waiting for this one. This was a mid-year introduction in '68 so it is a fold-out without too much detailed info but great to have just the same.

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-09-2005, 08:29 PM

Cheesewagon · 09-09-2005, 08:30 PM

VERY COOL!! Nice score man.

Longhorn Man · 09-09-2005, 08:45 PM

doooode...... please please please.....pretty please with a camper on top...
can you send me a hi-res scanning of those?

stllookn · 09-09-2005, 09:18 PM

Andy...as soon as it arrived in the mail I scanned it and it is ready for you! PM me your email and I will forward the hi-res scans. I have another story for you too...LOL...check my new siggy!

Longhorn Man · 09-09-2005, 09:32 PM

which is new...the pile of parts one? I can't keep up with your fleet man.

PM on the way...you da man!

Longhorn Man · 09-09-2005, 09:34 PM

or is it the other 50th longhorn......I knew you were getting it...but I thought you already had it

2 50ths...that's sick man!

Castiron9 · 09-10-2005, 12:12 AM

Hey Mike quit Bragging..................

.Nice score...Now find me one for a 72 Longhorn Super Cheyenne..........

stllookn · 09-10-2005, 09:09 AM

Rene, I ain't bragging...I'm embarassed...really! It will take me years to restore the "Twin 50th Anniversary Longhorns". From now on I will just refer to them affectionately as the "TWINS"...LOL!

BTW...I will trade you the, yet to be acquired, '72 Super Cheyenne Longhorn Brochure for those hubcaps! Does that sound like a deal?

toms68cst · 09-10-2005, 09:14 AM

Mike,

I'd love to have a high res picture too. Please copy me at toms68cst1@hotmailREMOVEME.com

That picture without the camper is interesting because the steel wheels are body colored (gold) not silver like most 2wd 68 wheels are. The truck in the pictures with the camper have silver colored wheels.

Cool find. Until you found that 68 Longhorn brochure I didn't even know they existed.

stllookn · 09-10-2005, 09:38 AM

Tom, It was a real find...you are right. I have only seen the '69 Longhorn brochure but now feel like I have to collect them all...LOL! I was very pleased to see the gold wheels too since I had planned on doing that to a set of widened and reversed wheels with the stock hubcap clips. My new Big Block Longhorn is coming with 33 x 12.5 x 16.5's with clips and new 16.5 inch beauty rings! I did not think they had 16.5 in beauty rings.

I will be making the Big Block 50th Anniversary into a truck version of a "Pro Cruiser" meaning (in my perception anyway) stock on the outside but new 454, od, disc brakes, buckets, ac, cruise, big wheels and tires and all the modern ammenities for cross country touring. The wife has agreed to a camper for it. I will be looking for something like in that brochure...LOL!

The brochure is on the way.

PICKMUP · 09-10-2005, 11:43 AM

You are becoming the "Longhorn Guru". All Longhorn owners will have to face West and bow each morning!

I've got a couple pieces of 68 trim on a truck that just came in.

longhorn71 · 09-10-2005, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stllookn

Tom, It was a real find...you are right. I have only seen the '69 Longhorn brochure but now feel like I have to collect them all...LOL! I was very pleased to see the gold wheels too since I had planned on doing that to a set of widened and reversed wheels with the stock hubcap clips. My new Big Block Longhorn is coming with 33 x 12.5 x 16.5's with clips and new 16.5 inch beauty rings! I did not think they had 16.5 in beauty rings.

I will be making the Big Block 50th Anniversary into a truck version of a "Pro Cruiser" meaning (in my perception anyway) stock on the outside but new 454, od, disc brakes, buckets, ac, cruise, big wheels and tires and all the modern ammenities for cross country touring. The wife has agreed to a camper for it. I will be looking for something like in that brochure...LOL!

The brochure is on the way.

we have the oringinal camper that came with our 71 but it is HEAVY.The weight posted on the side says 4000 pounds.

stllookn · 09-10-2005, 04:33 PM

Frank...I will be calling...don't be selling them to Rene...LOL! BTW...I found one '68 CST NOS hubcap at a truck parts dealer...$25...almost wet myself!

longhorn71, OUCH! That's a load! I wonder what the new campers weigh?

longhorn71 · 09-10-2005, 04:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stllookn

Frank...I will be calling...don't be selling them to Rene...LOL! BTW...I found one '68 CST NOS hubcap at a truck parts dealer...$25...almost wet myself!

longhorn71, OUCH! That's a load! I wonder what the new campers weigh?

the newer ones are around 1500-2000 pounds or so i was told.The one that we had made the 71 longhorn squat pretty good.Could you e-mail the hidh res copy too please........morrilldean@yahoo.ca thanks

Longhorn Man · 09-10-2005, 06:25 PM

I got mail....SWEEEEET!!!!
I knew they had a hand full with body colored wheels...longhornjeff's 69 has green wheels, all original totally loaded longhorn.

**Canadian694x4** · 09-10-2005, 10:25 PM

Could I have a copy too? If so could you send it to jesusofwiarton@hotmail.com

Thanks
Brian

**Canadian694x4** · 09-11-2005, 01:08 PM

Thanks Mike! That's a great Brochure!

red71cheyenne · 09-11-2005, 01:25 PM

Nice Mike! What are you doing? Cornering the PACNW market on Longhorns? Ha! J/K

When I get the Blazer done, we'll have to get together so you can see how it looks since you found it for me. Jeff.

toms68cst · 09-11-2005, 03:13 PM

Thanks Mike. I now have a cool new background for my laptop!

I really like how the colors in the camper match the 50th colors of the truck.

Longhorn Man · 09-11-2005, 09:44 PM

Mike, I was just lookin at the last pic..the one on the back of the booklet...

I zoomed in on it and was suprised to find... holes in the doors for the base model mirrors! Those stainless ones were installed after production!
If you were in GM's advertising department, wouldn't you order a truck with the right mirrors for the photo shoot?

Interesting huh?

stllookn · 09-11-2005, 10:06 PM

Andy, Both of my Longhorns have the small stock mirrors. Personally I am glad nobody drilled holes in the doors for those big monsters or for the tripods...of any kind! My big block Longhorn will get mirrors mounted on the camper!

Did you notice the anchor pads on the side of the box for the camper? How interesing is that? I have never seen those on a truck and I have seen plenty of Camper Specials? What the heck are those? I am used to the aluminum flatbar anchors that bolt to the stake pockets inside the box.

Sales and Marketing will take just about anything for a picture...acurate or not in my experience to get the message out.

stllookn · 09-11-2005, 10:10 PM

Jeff, I have gone Longhorn Crazy! I saw a kid with a Texas Longhorns baseball cap on that said "Longhorns" on the back and just about stole it off his head. Good thing he as about 6-3 and 275...brought me to my senses!

Tom...you're right about those nice colors. That's my plan since the wife said I could buy a camper when the truck is done.

Longhorn Man · 09-11-2005, 10:27 PM

My one ton has those on there. It also had them on the cowl up front. They were installed by the camper dealer.
Longhornjeff's 69 big block longhorn had flat stock welded to the bottom...on the frame if I remember right, that's where the hold downs were on his. I like that idea much better than on the side of the box.

stllookn · 09-11-2005, 10:40 PM

I wonder if that box side mounting was an East Coast deal? I have just never seen them out here except for the cheesy aftermarket pad eyes that some owners installed.

09-09-2005, 08:07 PM	#1
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	'68 Longhorn Brochure Arrived Here it is...I've been waiting for this one. This was a mid-year introduction in '68 so it is a fold-out without too much detailed info but great to have just the same. Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-09-2005, 08:29 PM	#2
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09-09-2005, 08:30 PM	#3
Cheesewagon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Perrysburg, Ohio, USA Posts: 409	VERY COOL!! Nice score man. __________________ '91 suburban 350 TBI - R 700 4 new daily driver '72 Cheyenne Super 49,000miles 350/350 frame up resto w/ matching numbers.

09-09-2005, 09:18 PM	#5
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Andy...as soon as it arrived in the mail I scanned it and it is ready for you! PM me your email and I will forward the hi-res scans. I have another story for you too...LOL...check my new siggy! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-10-2005, 12:12 AM	#8
Castiron9 72 LONGHORN OWNER Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Wash. Posts: 963	Hey Mike quit Bragging.................. .Nice score...Now find me one for a 72 Longhorn Super Cheyenne.......... __________________ 72-SUPER CHEYENNE/20 LONGHORN 70-C/30 DUALLY

09-09-2005, 08:45 PM	#4
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	doooode...... please please please.....pretty please with a camper on top... can you send me a hi-res scanning of those?

09-09-2005, 09:32 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	which is new...the pile of parts one? I can't keep up with your fleet man. PM on the way...you da man!

09-09-2005, 09:34 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	or is it the other 50th longhorn......I knew you were getting it...but I thought you already had it 2 50ths...that's sick man!

09-10-2005, 09:09 AM	#9
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Rene, I ain't bragging...I'm embarassed...really! It will take me years to restore the "Twin 50th Anniversary Longhorns". From now on I will just refer to them affectionately as the "TWINS"...LOL! BTW...I will trade you the, yet to be acquired, '72 Super Cheyenne Longhorn Brochure for those hubcaps! Does that sound like a deal? __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-10-2005, 09:14 AM	#10
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,300	Mike, I'd love to have a high res picture too. Please copy me at toms68cst1@hotmailREMOVEME.com That picture without the camper is interesting because the steel wheels are body colored (gold) not silver like most 2wd 68 wheels are. The truck in the pictures with the camper have silver colored wheels. Cool find. Until you found that 68 Longhorn brochure I didn't even know they existed. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

09-10-2005, 09:38 AM	#11
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Tom, It was a real find...you are right. I have only seen the '69 Longhorn brochure but now feel like I have to collect them all...LOL! I was very pleased to see the gold wheels too since I had planned on doing that to a set of widened and reversed wheels with the stock hubcap clips. My new Big Block Longhorn is coming with 33 x 12.5 x 16.5's with clips and new 16.5 inch beauty rings! I did not think they had 16.5 in beauty rings. I will be making the Big Block 50th Anniversary into a truck version of a "Pro Cruiser" meaning (in my perception anyway) stock on the outside but new 454, od, disc brakes, buckets, ac, cruise, big wheels and tires and all the modern ammenities for cross country touring. The wife has agreed to a camper for it. I will be looking for something like in that brochure...LOL! The brochure is on the way. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) Last edited by stllookn; 09-10-2005 at 09:38 AM.

09-10-2005, 11:43 AM	#12
PICKMUP "Trucks with Class" Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: OLYMPIA, WA, USA Posts: 8,168	guru You are becoming the "Longhorn Guru". All Longhorn owners will have to face West and bow each morning! I've got a couple pieces of 68 trim on a truck that just came in. __________________ Email: frankeham@comcast.net Phone: 360-956-7170

09-10-2005, 04:33 PM	#14
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Frank...I will be calling...don't be selling them to Rene...LOL! BTW...I found one '68 CST NOS hubcap at a truck parts dealer...$25...almost wet myself! longhorn71, OUCH! That's a load! I wonder what the new campers weigh? __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-10-2005, 06:25 PM	#16
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	I got mail....SWEEEEET!!!! I knew they had a hand full with body colored wheels...longhornjeff's 69 has green wheels, all original totally loaded longhorn.

09-10-2005, 10:25 PM	#17
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,307	Could I have a copy too? If so could you send it to jesusofwiarton@hotmail.com Thanks Brian __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.



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09-11-2005, 01:08 PM	#18
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,307	Thanks Mike! That's a great Brochure! __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

09-11-2005, 01:25 PM	#19
red71cheyenne Back in the sticks Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Fordland, MO Posts: 3,188	Nice Mike! What are you doing? Cornering the PACNW market on Longhorns? Ha! J/K When I get the Blazer done, we'll have to get together so you can see how it looks since you found it for me. Jeff. __________________ 1971 Cheyenne C-10 w/700R4 and Tuned Port Injection 1969 K5 Blazer w/Tuned Port 2010 2SS/RS Flaming Orange Camaro 2011 K1500 Suburban 2014 K1500 Pickup 2008 Nissan Altima? The wifes' hoopty

09-11-2005, 03:13 PM	#20
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,300	Thanks Mike. I now have a cool new background for my laptop! I really like how the colors in the camper match the 50th colors of the truck. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

09-11-2005, 09:44 PM	#21
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Mike, I was just lookin at the last pic..the one on the back of the booklet... I zoomed in on it and was suprised to find... holes in the doors for the base model mirrors! Those stainless ones were installed after production! If you were in GM's advertising department, wouldn't you order a truck with the right mirrors for the photo shoot? Interesting huh?

09-11-2005, 10:06 PM	#22
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Andy, Both of my Longhorns have the small stock mirrors. Personally I am glad nobody drilled holes in the doors for those big monsters or for the tripods...of any kind! My big block Longhorn will get mirrors mounted on the camper! Did you notice the anchor pads on the side of the box for the camper? How interesing is that? I have never seen those on a truck and I have seen plenty of Camper Specials? What the heck are those? I am used to the aluminum flatbar anchors that bolt to the stake pockets inside the box. Sales and Marketing will take just about anything for a picture...acurate or not in my experience to get the message out. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-11-2005, 10:10 PM	#23
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Jeff, I have gone Longhorn Crazy! I saw a kid with a Texas Longhorns baseball cap on that said "Longhorns" on the back and just about stole it off his head. Good thing he as about 6-3 and 275...brought me to my senses! Tom...you're right about those nice colors. That's my plan since the wife said I could buy a camper when the truck is done. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

09-11-2005, 10:27 PM	#24
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	My one ton has those on there. It also had them on the cowl up front. They were installed by the camper dealer. Longhornjeff's 69 big block longhorn had flat stock welded to the bottom...on the frame if I remember right, that's where the hold downs were on his. I like that idea much better than on the side of the box.

09-11-2005, 10:40 PM	#25
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	I wonder if that box side mounting was an East Coast deal? I have just never seen them out here except for the cheesy aftermarket pad eyes that some owners installed. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

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