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Truck of the Day: February 23, 2016; Hot Wheels '77 Chevrolet K-10 Pickup
Topic Started: Feb 23 2016, 02:56 AM (553 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car truck of the day is Hot Wheels' 1977 Chevrolet C-10 / K-10.


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The C/K was Chevrolet and GMC's full-size pickup truck line from 1947 until 1998 in the United States. An all-new clean sheet redesign of General Motors' Chevrolet and GMC brand C/K-Series pickups debuted in mid-1972 for the 1973 model year. Development of the new third-generation trucks began in 1968 with vehicle components undergoing simulated testing on computers before the first prototype pickups were even built for real world testing. The redesign was revolutionary in appearance at the time, particularly the cab, departing from typical American pickup truck designs of the era. Aside from being near twins, the Chevrolet and GMC pickups looked like nothing else on the road. The third-generation trucks are officially known as the "Rounded-Line" generation. GM's "Rounded-Line" moniker highlighted the pickup's rounded-lines or rounded styling cues that were incorporated into the design. These rounded-lines included rounded windshield corners, rounded cab roof, sloped rounded doors which cut high into the cab roof eliminating roof height, rounded front fenders, and rounded pickup box corners which allowed for rounded or curved wraparound tail lamps, a first for GM pickups. The design also featured strong distinctive curved shoulder lines which rounded out below the beltline. The curved shoulder line continued across the back tailgate on Chevrolet Fleetside and GMC Wideside models. A common, but incorrect, nickname for these trucks is "square body" which was propagated through truck magazines and word of mouth.



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Chevrolet C/K


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This great old casting from Hot Wheels, called Bywayman for this release, is actually a pretty decent representation of the '77 C/K series pickup. I don't remember where or when I acquired this lime green version, but I found an online resource stating it was in the 1980 lineup. I definitely got it second-hand, probably not too many years ago... The bright green paint jumped out at me when I was looking for a pickup truck to feature, and this venerable casting has never had the honors of being featured as Car Truck of the Day, so it was time!


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GM's design engineers fashioned the "Rounded-Line" exterior in an effort to help improve aerodynamics and fuel efficiency, using wind tunnel technology to help them sculpt the body. Other design traits include "double-wall" construction, sleek sculpted body work, a aerodynamic cab with steep windshield rake, and a unique available hidden radio antenna embedded into the windshield glass. There were two types of pickup boxes to choose from. The first type, called Fleetside by Chevrolet and Wideside by GMC, was a "double-wall" constructed full width pickup box and featured a flared shoulderline to complement the cab in addition to rounded box corners and the new aforementioned rounded wraparound taillamps. Both steel and wood floors were available. The second type, called Stepside by Chevrolet and Fenderside by GMC, was a narrow width pickup box featuring steps and exposed fenders with standalone tail lamps. Initially, only wood floors were available. The wheelbase length was extended to 117.5 in (2,985 mm) for the short wheelbase pickups, and 131.5 in (3,340 mm) for the long wheelbase pickups. The fuel tank was moved from the cab to the outside of the frame, and a dual tank option was available which brought fuel capacity to 40 US gallons.



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zzziippyyy
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Nice oldie!
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pjedsel
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:thumbup: That one has been around for a while. Pretty neat casting of the Chevy C-10/K-10 from Hot Wheels. This one had some pretty good weight to it too!
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Surprised it hasn't been done yet, nice one!
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Hobie-wan
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Good oldie. Also the same base as the Baja Breaker van. So like the Super Van sharing the base with the Rambling Wrecker and such, that's probably why it doesn't have a name cast into it.
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