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Old 12-27-2011, 08:07 PM   #141
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Old 12-28-2011, 10:42 AM   #142
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Two for the price of one:
What year did Chevrolet switch from the fat whitewall tires to the thinner whitewall ?
What year did Chevrolet switch from clear lens park/turnsignal lamps to the amber lens?
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Old 12-28-2011, 10:54 AM   #143
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Two for the price of one:
What year did Chevrolet switch from the fat whitewall tires to the thinner whitewall ?
What year did Chevrolet switch from clear lens park/turnsignal lamps to the amber lens?

Without looking at the Internet, I'm going to say 61 or 62 on the tires. No clue on the lenses; I've had few Chevy pickups that seems about 84 would be right.
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Old 12-28-2011, 11:00 AM   #144
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Without looking at the Internet, I'm going to say 61 or 62 on the tires. No clue on the lenses; I've had few Chevy pickups that seems about 84 would be right.
I think it is referencing the bulbs being amber...
both were 62-63 ...
just my guess....
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Old 12-28-2011, 12:12 PM   #145
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^^ The tires switched in '63 for all of GM but the Corvette which changed to thin ww's in '62. ^^
I'm pretty sure the bulbs/lenses went amber in '63 also but I'm going from memory.
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Old 12-28-2011, 12:26 PM   #146
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What is the name of this truck?
and what made it unique?
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Old 12-28-2011, 12:29 PM   #147
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What is the name of this truck?
and what made it unique?
CAMEO The spare tire hid away in a 7 piece back bumper
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Old 12-28-2011, 12:29 PM   #148
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I suspect, Becky, that you wore "one" around your neck at some point...

CAMEO...which would be the perfect name for a "Camaro El Camino"...
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In 1971 the Chevelle had a nameplate that was a oxymoron what was it and why didn't it make sense?
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Did you know one of the "original" hotrodder nicknames for the SBC was "BENT-BOLT"?
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I suspect, Becky, that you wore "one" around your neck at some point...

CAMEO...which would be the perfect name for a "Camaro El Camino"...
and...
Fiberglass panels were added to Chevy's existing steel cargo-box, saving the expense of the tooling process required for steel panels. This also allowed the truck to be brought into production quicker. Besides, fiberglass was convenient; Chevrolet had recently given Molded Fiberglass Products Company a $4 million dollar contract to manufacture Corvette bodies.

All first-year Cameos were painted two-tone white and red. Inside, the upholstery was also two-tone, and came with arm rests, dual sun-visors, a cigarette lighter, chrome interior door knobs, and a large wrap-around rear window. Priced 30% higher than their standard half-ton truck, Chevrolet sold 5,220 Cameos in 1955.


You were both fast on that one...
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What did you expect from two bright, intelligent, wonderful, extremely handsome, MODEST guys?!
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Heavy Chevy....?

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I'll take a stab at the '71 'Bu question...HEAVY CHEVY, because the 2-dr it was built from was the shortest, lightest Malibu, that year...
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