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Old 06-29-2023, 08:42 PM   #9
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Re: '71s With Drum Brakes??

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Originally Posted by michael bustamante View Post
feeding on this......I ran into a guy at the swap meet swearing his 67 short fleet was actually a 66, i should have took a pic of the vin. lol
anyone ever heard of a late production 66 like this in our genre?
well, the '67s came out in fall of '66, so some DMV might have titled per calendar rather than actual model year.
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Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS View Post
Im on the side that all 71s had disc, but Chevy in the past has done enough odd stuff that I would not be surprised if early trucks had the option to have drums. I know in 65 Corvettes had the option to have drums for credit instead of the standard 4 wheel disc, also early 69 Camaro's (Aug-Dec 68 cars) had the ability to delete the headrests before it became a federal requirement in Jan 69.

Only thing that would be odd with a early 71 with drums would be they would have to have a special drum with the change over to 5 lug, unless they stayed 6 lug for some reason as they used leftover 70 stuff.
This one truck I mentioned has 6-lugs. What's different here from the exceptions you mentioned is, point blank, this was not offered by GM... period. These people seem to think they have a freak that slipped through or all the first '71s got drums. Ok, where are all of those? Find one, could be changed over. Find a dozen? I'd be wanting to know more.
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Originally Posted by MJN View Post
I'm going to say not possible- basing that on the GM Info kit and parts catalog for 1971. The only front drums referenced in the parts catalog are for G series vans, all C/K trucks show front discs. Also, the only brake related option for C/K 10 trucks in 1971 was J70 power brakes. Front discs were standard equipment and no reference to a drum brake option is mentioned or published.
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