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ARTEMIS · 04-18-2002, 12:21 PM

Could anyone tell me about the seat cover on my truck? I have a 1969 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 custom 2500 and I haven't seen another seat cover like mine. It has cloth inserts on both sides and a scroll pattern down the middle. It's bench. Other questions I have are my build sheet says the truck came with a 350 $ barrel and the core supports never been switched yet the tune-up sticker says
I-6. I also searched for my 4x4 indicator sticker and found out the stickers from a blazer. It has the description of each gear on the bottom and the pictures of the trucks on top. I also have a metal rod for the throttle linkage from the carb to gas pedal. Any help woul be appreciated thanxx.

Longhorn Man · 04-18-2002, 04:28 PM

If your glove bos says cloth int, your seat is correct, sounds like it is to me, My '69 GMC came the same way, but the dompe smokin old man threw it away and put nasy threads in it.
Your tune up sticker could be from another truck...rust or collision repair. Post your vin and we can tell you if it was a V-6, inline, or V-8.
The metal rod is stock, they were like that till '71 when they went to the cables.
Can't help you on the 4X4 stuff.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

*Gee_Emm* · 04-18-2002, 06:03 PM

Does the seat cover look like this? This is a factory seat cover in my 69

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billogna · 04-18-2002, 07:37 PM

I had the same seat in my '69 Custom/10. Glove box says cloth trim, too, and I'd like to get a new repo cover if anyone makes it. So far, all I've seen is from Impala Bob's catalog, and it says it's for a 70-72 Custom Deluxe. The cloth pattern does look a does look a little different than the one in Gee Emm's pic (looks like a picture from a '69 brochure--sweet), but it's hard to tell from the catalog. Longhornmail, do you know if there is a difference betwween the '69 and '70 cloth seat? Right now I have a pretty nice '69 vinyl seat, but it sure would be nice to have the inserts this summer, plus go back original.

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'69 Chevy Custom/10 SB
'74 GMC Suburban 4x4
'66 Mustang Sprint
'77 Sportster

Longhorn Man · 04-18-2002, 07:57 PM

Sorry, I have never seen either one. I have seen a shredded '71 that (from what little was there) kinda looked like that, but I don't wanna say for sure. That thing was trashed.
Gee_Emm, that looks like a friken time machine...right off the show room floor. Sweet man.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

*Gee_Emm* · 04-18-2002, 08:04 PM

My truck apprecitates the comments :P

I was pretty shocked when I first saw my trucks seat and still am to this day. It has no rips in it, it does look brand new in person. I have no idea what the previous owner did to keep it like that. I have seen some seat covers in Golden states catalog

I think its http://www.gspp.com

[This message has been edited by Gee_Emm (edited April 18, 2002).]

umrebelsfan · 04-18-2002, 08:11 PM

Gee Emm,

I was hoping you would say those were repos. They are beautiful.

billogna · 04-18-2002, 08:18 PM

Longhornmail, yeah, you're right, I know a guy with a '71 Custom Deluxe w/ a cloth seat (not houndstooth),but I just don't know if it's the same as a '69.

billogna · 04-18-2002, 08:27 PM

Gee Emm, I couldn't get the link too work, but I have a Golden States catalog, and nothing but all-vinyl and the houndstooth ones from 71-2. I've got a dozen catalogs and I think the only one with that cloth cover is Impala Bob's. These trucks seem to be getting a lot more popular lately, so I guess I'll just have to be patient, it just bugs me having my Custom 10 emblems with the vinyl seat.

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'69 Chevy Custom/10 SB
'74 GMC Suburban 4x4
'66 Mustang Sprint
'77 Sportster

Longhorn Man · 04-19-2002, 12:06 AM

Some one should ask chevy71super...he has this style in his almost done restoration.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

ARTEMIS · 04-19-2002, 10:27 AM

OK now who can send me a pic of the brightest red vehicle they can find so I can figure out my paint job. Thanxx for your guys help. Yes GEE-EMM thats my seat cover.

**Desert Rat** · 04-19-2002, 10:36 AM

Damn that Blue truck interrior is sweet!!!Thought mine was nice,wife made some pillow tops and covers for my milcrates,i got some scrap carpet from carpet store,i hung a vintage 8trk player under the dash,i bult a hand operated accelerator(floor one was broke)my tilt flops down in the downwoard position,I have curtains for all the windown on a track i built on the roof.geez and much much more i need to take pics!!!

04-18-2002, 12:21 PM	#1
ARTEMIS Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mandan, ND Posts: 12	SEAT COVERS AND OTHER UNSOLVED MYSTERIES Could anyone tell me about the seat cover on my truck? I have a 1969 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 custom 2500 and I haven't seen another seat cover like mine. It has cloth inserts on both sides and a scroll pattern down the middle. It's bench. Other questions I have are my build sheet says the truck came with a 350 $ barrel and the core supports never been switched yet the tune-up sticker says I-6. I also searched for my 4x4 indicator sticker and found out the stickers from a blazer. It has the description of each gear on the bottom and the pictures of the trucks on top. I also have a metal rod for the throttle linkage from the carb to gas pedal. Any help woul be appreciated thanxx.

04-18-2002, 07:37 PM	#4
billogna Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Choctaw, OK Posts: 235	I had the same seat in my '69 Custom/10. Glove box says cloth trim, too, and I'd like to get a new repo cover if anyone makes it. So far, all I've seen is from Impala Bob's catalog, and it says it's for a 70-72 Custom Deluxe. The cloth pattern does look a does look a little different than the one in Gee Emm's pic (looks like a picture from a '69 brochure--sweet), but it's hard to tell from the catalog. Longhornmail, do you know if there is a difference betwween the '69 and '70 cloth seat? Right now I have a pretty nice '69 vinyl seat, but it sure would be nice to have the inserts this summer, plus go back original. ------------------ '69 Chevy Custom/10 SB '74 GMC Suburban 4x4 '66 Mustang Sprint '77 Sportster __________________ '69 Chev Cust/10 swb, 350/700R4, 5"/6" '70 Chev C10 swb, 67 front, 454/700r4, 4"/5" '73 Chev stepper, 350/3 spd '84 Chev K20 350/4 spd '91 GMC 1500 Suburban 4x4, 350/700R4

04-18-2002, 08:11 PM	#7
umrebelsfan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Oxford, MS USA Posts: 123	Gee Emm, I was hoping you would say those were repos. They are beautiful. __________________ 67 Short Step 250

04-18-2002, 08:18 PM	#8
billogna Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Choctaw, OK Posts: 235	Longhornmail, yeah, you're right, I know a guy with a '71 Custom Deluxe w/ a cloth seat (not houndstooth),but I just don't know if it's the same as a '69. __________________ '69 Chev Cust/10 swb, 350/700R4, 5"/6" '70 Chev C10 swb, 67 front, 454/700r4, 4"/5" '73 Chev stepper, 350/3 spd '84 Chev K20 350/4 spd '91 GMC 1500 Suburban 4x4, 350/700R4

04-18-2002, 08:27 PM	#9
billogna Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Choctaw, OK Posts: 235	Gee Emm, I couldn't get the link too work, but I have a Golden States catalog, and nothing but all-vinyl and the houndstooth ones from 71-2. I've got a dozen catalogs and I think the only one with that cloth cover is Impala Bob's. These trucks seem to be getting a lot more popular lately, so I guess I'll just have to be patient, it just bugs me having my Custom 10 emblems with the vinyl seat. ------------------ '69 Chevy Custom/10 SB '74 GMC Suburban 4x4 '66 Mustang Sprint '77 Sportster __________________ '69 Chev Cust/10 swb, 350/700R4, 5"/6" '70 Chev C10 swb, 67 front, 454/700r4, 4"/5" '73 Chev stepper, 350/3 spd '84 Chev K20 350/4 spd '91 GMC 1500 Suburban 4x4, 350/700R4

04-18-2002, 04:28 PM	#2
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	If your glove bos says cloth int, your seat is correct, sounds like it is to me, My '69 GMC came the same way, but the dompe smokin old man threw it away and put nasy threads in it. Your tune up sticker could be from another truck...rust or collision repair. Post your vin and we can tell you if it was a V-6, inline, or V-8. The metal rod is stock, they were like that till '71 when they went to the cables. Can't help you on the 4X4 stuff. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-18-2002, 06:03 PM	#3
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Does the seat cover look like this? This is a factory seat cover in my 69 ------------------ 1969 Chevrolet Custom Camper 20 350/400 70k original miles, 99% rust free They have the Internet on Computers now? --Homer Simpson Gee_Emm's Page Vote for my truck to be on the label of a bottle of Jones Soda!!!

04-18-2002, 07:57 PM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Sorry, I have never seen either one. I have seen a shredded '71 that (from what little was there) kinda looked like that, but I don't wanna say for sure. That thing was trashed. Gee_Emm, that looks like a friken time machine...right off the show room floor. Sweet man. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-18-2002, 08:04 PM	#6
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	My truck apprecitates the comments :P I was pretty shocked when I first saw my trucks seat and still am to this day. It has no rips in it, it does look brand new in person. I have no idea what the previous owner did to keep it like that. I have seen some seat covers in Golden states catalog I think its http://www.gspp.com [This message has been edited by Gee_Emm (edited April 18, 2002).]

04-19-2002, 12:06 AM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Some one should ask chevy71super...he has this style in his almost done restoration. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-19-2002, 10:27 AM	#11
ARTEMIS Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Mandan, ND Posts: 12	OK now who can send me a pic of the brightest red vehicle they can find so I can figure out my paint job. Thanxx for your guys help. Yes GEE-EMM thats my seat cover.

04-19-2002, 10:36 AM	#12
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	Damn that Blue truck interrior is sweet!!!Thought mine was nice,wife made some pillow tops and covers for my milcrates,i got some scrap carpet from carpet store,i hung a vintage 8trk player under the dash,i bult a hand operated accelerator(floor one was broke)my tilt flops down in the downwoard position,I have curtains for all the windown on a track i built on the roof.geez and much much more i need to take pics!!!



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