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Old 01-01-2020, 09:52 PM   #2098
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Re: GM Semis

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That said, I also mentioned the question of the '62 C-80 Chevy. It's still not proven either way, as far as I have heard anyway, if all or just some had them. They could have been an "option" to have them either way, where with the GMC the only way to get a 6500 was with one. If anyone out there has more info on the Chevy, please post.
OK, reading over some '62 Chevy 80 Brochures and the '62 Chevy truck link below, Chevy did offer the '62 C-80 and M-80 (tandem) along with a few others, a 9,000 Lb and an 11,000 Lb I-Beam Front Axle as an Option.

Reading further, I see that they offered 3 Front Axles for their Heavys. A Standard Torsion Bar, a Heavy Torsion Bar and the I-Beam.

Info on it can be found here on pages 56, 61, 62 and 64. The whole 149 pages are all quite interesting:

https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/doc...olet-Truck.pdf
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