1973 454? Rare!!!!

[Jbreeeeeeeeew]

Hi im new to the forum and I. Another discussion somebody told me my truck was rare. And I was wondering well is it here is the info.

1973 gmc c1500 factory order 454

494 special color
heavy duty battery
am radio
Wideside long bed
front and rear shocks
front stabalizer bar
air conditioning
hyd brake boost
454 cid engine
turbo 400 trans
rear sliding window
Cloth seat trim
option 1 ratio
sierra grande

also there are two numbers on the accessories and optional equipment part of original truck receipt that I didnt list above

they are h78 dash 15b ww frt
and h78 dash 15b w/w sp

what do these mean and is my truck rare and if so how much is it worth I am the great grandson of the original owner so 2nd owner if that matters

thanks for all the help

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Hi im new to the forum and I. Another discussion somebody told me my truck was rare. And I was wondering well is it here is the info.

1973 gmc c1500 factory order 454

494 special color
heavy duty battery
am radio
Wideside long bed
front and rear shocks
front stabalizer bar
air conditioning
hyd brake boost
454 cid engine
turbo 400 trans
rear sliding window
Cloth seat trim
option 1 ratio
sierra grande

also there are two numbers on the accessories and optional equipment part of original truck receipt that I didnt list above

they are h78 dash 15b ww frt
and h78 dash 15b w/w sp

what do these mean and is my truck rare and if so how much is it worth I am the great grandson of the original owner so 2nd owner if that matters

thanks for all the help

Those are the tires. H78-15 Bias ply white walls. GMCs weren't as popular as the Chevies so yes, you definitely do have a rare truck on your hands. Probably 1% of 1/2 ton GMCs got the 454 compared to maybe 10-12% of Chevrolets.

 

[Jbreeeeeeeeew]

Thanks man you've been a real help with my post lately I really appreciate it.


is there anyway I could look up the vin and see how many where made

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Any time, I love to see factory original big block trucks, as well as small block and 6 cylinders.

GM didn't keep very good records of things like that unfortunately. So getting any figures would be very difficult.

I can tell you that 242,930 GMC trucks were made in 1973 and that likely includes the Sprint (El Camino variant). And that's compared to almost 1,000,000 Chevrolet trucks made that year!

 

[GreaseDog]

That would mean 2500 big block trucks... Not "rare" at all, just uncommon. Unless it is a fully optioned truck, with a higher trim level or something, not much more collector value than a comparably equipped small block truck.

 

[towjoe]

May not been real rare at the time, but think about how many of them have survived this long and still original?

 

[GreaseDog]

ZL1 Camaros are rare. Z28s are not. There is a huge difference between uncommon and rare. No real collector value in these trucks yet anyways. They're not yet uncommon to see in daily driver use.