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Old 04-18-2019, 01:16 PM   #11
1976gmc20
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Re: What would it take to fit Q78 tires on a stock 66 K10 4x4?

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Originally Posted by argonaut View Post
I agree in that I believe the Q78 tires will fit. Stock 60-66 4x4 pickups were significantly higher than later model 4x4s.
The funny [strange] thing is that back then those tall 4x4 pickups were considered something of a disadvantage, and even an embarrassment.

The Jeep Gladiator used to be advertised as having the same cab and bed height as a regular pickup, until ~1967 when GM started making their 4x4's a bit lower, and Ford not until sometime up in the late 1970s (?). Dodge was somewhere in the middle I think.

NOW, you can't hardly tell a new 4wd from a new 2wd pickup, except for stickers. And nearly everyone wants to spend a fortune to jack them up to about where they used to be at factory height.
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