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    Fancy & Customized User Title .455_Hunter's Avatar
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    That truck is my favorite GM body style. I never figured out why it had such a short lifespan, quickly replaced by the "super square" models.
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    Quote Originally Posted by .455_Hunter View Post
    That truck is my favorite GM body style. I never figured out why it had such a short lifespan, quickly replaced by the "super square" models.
    Same here. It's funny that among a lot of people younger than me, the "square body" (1973 - 1989) has sort of become the "classic:" old Chevy, but I always hated the square body because it killed the gorgeous 67 - 72 body style.

    As far as its short run, 6 years wasn't unusually short for a body style back then. The previous body style had only been around since 1960 and the body style before that was only around for 5 years (55 - 59.)

    I think the only reason Chevy stuck with the Square Body for so long is that when the gas crisis hit, they shifted emphasis to smaller cars and trucks (remember the LUV?) and figured there was no point in tweaking the full size truck lineup at that time.
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