A piece of GM history for sale.

[HO455]

Syclone auction. Not mine. I found the history of the truck, as shared in the comments section, interesting.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-gmc-syclone-42/

[NGN]

WOW !! , way cool liked them when they came out and still do now.
Man time flys.

[NGN]

COOL, I liked them then and still do now. Man time flys.

[NGN]

I'm stuttering as I get older lol.

[Boog]

Well, I'm out.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Boog

Well, I'm out.

Right behind you brother.

I would love to have it but I would be so scared to drive it or park it somewhere. It's just too nice.

[joedoh]

love it. dont want it, but i love it.

[lousyflyer]

18K on the speedo.
I'll have to pass. I'm not buying anything with over 17,000mi. on the odometer... I Wont do it.

[Getter-Done]

Ya'll better hurry

Current Bid: $52,000
Ends in 7:02:21

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Ya'll better hurry

Current Bid: $52,000
Ends in 7:02:21

That's not that bad considering the price of new trucks.

I'd rather have it than a new one.

[joedoh]

wow two guys really wanted it. honestly at 60k i would have pulled out, waited for the end, and offered the winner over his top. emotions are a mothersticker!

[Getter-Done]

Wow what a deal.

$80.000.oo

A Crazy Bid off

[57taskforce]

I always wanted a Typhoon after I test drove one we fixed in the body shop. Man that thing was quick for what it was. I’ve never seen a syclone in real life but I’ve been around several Typhoons. They are both really cool trucks. I remember about 15 years ago I could have bought a clean Red Typhoon for $17K with about 20,000 on it. If I could only go back in time.

[special-K]

Isn't every truck ever built by GM a piece of GM history?

[HO455]

Well yes but, some have more history to them. This particular truck was one of the prototype or pilot trucks for production of the 92 Syclone which didn’t get built.

For those who aren't aware of it the Syclones and Typhoons didn't come directly from GM. The engines were built by PAS then shipped to GM to be installed. Then the truck was shipped to PAS for final assembly and testing. (No wonder they were expensive.)

Not only is it GM history but the owner was involved in the original GT-40 racing program.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prod...otive_Services

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_Syclone

Below are quotes from the seller of the truck.


This particular Syclone is chassis 1GDCT14Z8M8530111, is the 111th truck built in 1991 and the Pilot truck for the 1992 Syclone that was never built. Charles is the original owner of the truck, with the title only passing hands to his widow in the past year.

Truck 111 was sold to Charles from PAS Inc. (by Charles Mountain) for $4,476.00 on January 7th, 1994 when PAS Inc. no longer had the contract for the Syclone or Typhoon (Original Bill of Sale is included and shown in the photos).

When inspecting the car closely, we find multiple signs of it being the Pilot truck as indicated with the #1 on the door jamb, P1 and S1 on the fill cap, Syclone in wax marker on the firewall and the word Pilot on the underside of the headliner (a new one was recently installed in our shop). Included in the sale is a plethora of information pertaining to PAS Inc., GM, marketing, distribution, sales and statistics on the truck. Documents that show the opening of the Shreveport plant and communications with GM about operations. European distribution documents that outline the potential European market for the Syclone and Typhoon. A binder full of advertisements, articles and photos. Safety tests, emission standards, sales numbers and quotas, sales analysis and many confidential documents that have never seen the public eye. In the photo file that was passed along you will see the enormous amount of Betamax, VHS and sound reels that recorded sales, marketing and distribution videos. Production videos inside the Shreveport plant are also included. Original floppy discs with the Turbo files and Calibration files along with chips and readers. Additional jackets, hats, shirts, pins and thank you notes to customers have been retained. Three manuals, one in its original plastic binding, original decals and the original poster from Car and Driver that featured a truck on the cover for the first time ever.

We would like to start out with addressing the history of the owner of the 111th GMC Syclone built. This particular truck was owned by Charles “Chuck” Mountain, the President of PAS Inc. during the construction of the GMC Syclone and Typhoon.

From the very beginning, Charles life was steeped in the automotive world. After receiving a degree in Industrial Engineering, Charles would go on to work at Ford’s Scientific Lab and Research Group in the early 1960s, focusing on vehicle dynamics and suspension. After finding success with Ford, Charles was nominated to move to Italy and handle the Ford-Ferrari merger once Ford purchased Ferrari, but as we all know, that didn’t happen. When plans fell through, Charles took over the GT program and began working with the Ford Design Center and Lola, commuting overseas. Between Charles and Ed Hull, they would generate the basic Ford GT design from Eric Broadleys GT-6 car.

With Charles heavy involvement with the GT program, he was asked to bring together a group of engineers, designers and technicians to start the Kar-Kraft operation, developing the GT 40 into a much more advanced race car, including the Mk II and Mk IV. Kar-Kraft would go on to design a multitude of other racing and prototype cars along with the Boss Mustang, the Mickey Thompson Bonneville Challenger and the Cyclone and Torino prototypes.

After Kar-Kraft closed its doors in 1970, Charles would continue to build prototype vehicles for Ford and GM until 1989 when he became the President of PAS Inc. PAS Inc. would oversee the design and production of the GMC Syclone and Typhoon in Shreveport, LA

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

Isn't every truck ever built by GM a piece of GM history?

Yeah but this truck is historic. My truck is part of GM history but it's not historic.

I could put down that my wife and I did the naughty in my truck but that might lower the value.

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by special-K

Isn't every truck ever built by GM a piece of GM history?

maybe we need a second word for trucks that are a piece of GM history but arent directly related to the advancement of GM history, like how a brother in law can be directly related by blood to your kids but your sisters husband is not....

[72c20customcamper]

There were several at the Carlisle . Maybe 30 Syclones and Typoons pretty large club . They are nice but for 80 k I’d put a 8.1 in a C10 and keep the change

[special-K]

Originally Posted by joedoh

maybe we need a second word for trucks that are a piece of GM history but arent directly related to the advancement of GM history, like how a brother in law can be directly related by blood to your kids but your sisters husband is not....

How about a piece of history like this Syclone could be a prime cut and a truck like mine table scrap Or how about chunk of history compared to a smidgen? (maybe I shouldn't have asked the question )

[FleetsidePaul]

I have a 89 S10. Got it for $500. Maybe I could slap some Syclone badges on it and say that Britney Spears owned it and make 50K.

And if she came after me. I'd let her.

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I have a 89 S10. Got it for $500. Maybe I could slap some Syclone badges on it and say that Britney Spears owned it and make 50K.

And if she came after me. I'd let her.

I bet you would. There’s some real daddy issues there

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

I bet you would. There’s some real daddy issues there

Bring those daddy issues on. Works for me.

[Steeveedee]

<Thread spiraling out of control>

Abort, Abort!

[special-K]

It's not as interesting as Britney Spears, to some, but my friend took a later S10 and made an all wheel drive road machine with it. He swapped-in an LS motor (not sure which) and used Escalade running gear. It sits low and looks like any other S10. In fact, he also has a 4cyl/5spd bang around truck with the same GM black paint job and stripe. Other than the wheels they look like the same truck