A few days ago, a I asked the question “what are the appropriate names for Automotive groupings”, with the example of a “Maraud” of Mercurys and a “Scoop” of Coupes. Here I propose a couple of other names. It seems to me rather obvious that any particular group of Chevrolets should be “A Bevy of Chevys”. Similarly, it seems almost too-obvious that a group of GMCs should be a “Cricket of Jimmys”. Here we get a bevy of C-series Chevys sandwiching a similar Jimmy.
The white Jimmy is from 1971, identified because the mirror is NOT glued to the windshield,
and the grille has the black accents.
The tan Chevy parked behind it, and the red Chevy parked a bit in front of them both are both from 1969, identified by the lack of paint accents on the grille inserts.
The GMC interior is pretty spartan. Definitely an automatic transmission, and it looks like an upgraded steering wheel?
The GMC is a 2500, so a little more heavy-duty than the other pickups in this group. Wouldn’t you rather have a V-EIGHT?
The GMC has these nifty chrome visors.
The brown Chevy has a more utilitarian and classic interior. But my, those bucket seats look comfy. I cannot imagine that was an option, but these don’t look contemporary.
No real identifying marks on the red Chevy, but with the short bed I would imagine it’s a C10.
Not “V-EIGHT”, just an “8”, a trusty Chevy 350, comes standard with the “V”.
Amazingly enough, the tan Chevy even with the long bed is a Custom/10, with the 350.
The white Jimmy has been put to work recently as well.
As has the red Chevy. That’s a pretty serious bumper there.
The tan Chevy hasn’t had an easy time of it either.
I had to come back later and get a shot of the tailgate of the Jimmy.
It was really hard to get a view of the grille of the tan Chevy.
But I was able to get a close-up of the side badging. Again, the well-loved Chevy 350.
I went back later and got a good picture of the grille.
Interestingly enough, not a few days later, in our favorite post-apocalyptical supply store, I found, near a certain post-Corona Expeditionary Vehicle, this Chevy C10 of the same vintage. I talked to the owner and told him about this website. He said he bought this truck after a newer Silverado disappointed him with a blown transmission, brake work, etc. He’s never been disappointed with this one. He’s taken pictures of similar trucks every time he’s seen one, and I talked him into writing an article with all the pictures he’s taken. Hope he follows through.
The owner of these trucks knows what works, and what works is a second-generation Chevy/GMC C/K-series. It seems as if it works even better if it’s a trifecta. What car or truck do you love so much you are tempted to own a fleet of them?
More of second-generation C/K-Series trucks:
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Today’s pickups look ludicrous in comparison.
This, This, This!
It’s all but impossible to have any kind of thread on vintage/antique pickups without somebody disparaging modern ones in some way.
Because the era of what I call civilized pickups, the kind you can drive on a trip and not get beaten to death by noise and ride harshness, say from 1967-2000, before the injection of steroids began, is right in prime CC territory. Roughly equivalent in weight and length to a full sized car from the year they were made, they were not imposing in cab height or bumper height like they are now.
The rolling monstrosities today are as gauche and garish as any bechromed and befinned late 50s full sized car from the Big Three. I know those of us who drive smaller cars constantly do the physics=death calculation when contemplating being hit by one of these three and a half ton road castles where the bumper would just about ride over the trunk or impact the window glass as the point of first impact. My GF says she would never consider one of them, as a 2020 Colorado or Ranger would be big enough.
The steering wheel is from an 80’s era GM, the splines on the Saginaw column didn’t change for decades. That style of wheel is very popular to modernize Scouts since they used a Saginaw column.
Regarding your question, the best ownership is a fleet of the same vehicles.
Panthers are what I’ve had the most of and the dominate vehicle in our family’s fleet. My son has one, my daughter has one and I have more than one.
I’ve got 2 Scouts and at one time I had a couple of the Nantucket era Econolines.
I’ve also got a F-150 and F-250 but the former is a Jelly Bean and the later is Super Duty so not really the same thing.
The steering wheel in the 5th photo is from a (much) later GMC. Smarter readers will know more than me, but I think it was an ’88+ model. May have also been in Safari and F/S vans.
88-94 steering wheel, pre SRS, aka exploding gas (NOT air) bag.
The brown Chevy even has factory A/C, rare for a pickup in 1969.
There’s another one parked up the street as well.
This is my choice for a fleet as well.
You keep referring to the white one as a Jimmy. A Jimmy is the GMC version of a Chevy blazer.
In my circles, which granted aren’t large, a “Jimmy” was also a generic reference to a GMC truck. So if that is not others’ experience, my apologies.
Apology accepted. Also the truck you described as a red short bed C-10 appears to bed a long bed C-20.
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Have a I’d tan one just like the pick, I say 70 and also a 71 with a 408min it, gear vendors next!! Stupid good and simple trucks!! Owned em for yrs.
“No real identifying marks on the red Chevy, but with the short bed I would imagine it’s a C10.”
Just based on the length of the bed behind the rear axle, I’m fairly confident that’s a long bed. It could be either a C10 or C20, then.
I could think of worse vehicles to have multiply at the curb.