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Interesting that they were only available on 4x4
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Interesting that they were only available on 4x4
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hmmmmmmm interesting
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thank god you posted that keith, i was reading another post and hotrod was reaming a guy for calling them tow hooks
@HotRodPC im not sure if you rememeber that thread but keith got you beat buddy
also thanks i just checked the SPID and it has V76, towing device. i didnt know what that was, thanks!
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technically its on my 78 which has a cab, 2 doors(only one with a latch and window), a 90s stepside bed laying on it, a th350 and a np203, some wagon wheels with 25 year old AT tires and thats it. No fenders no engine no hood no front no bed.That's the only solid piece on your truck...
Does have bucket seats tho
So its one of few solid pieces, but beings the truck hasnt been on the road since the late 90s and came from the south, its only surface rust. so yay?
one day.
my 1980 is the driving and running one with the optional floorboard and optional bed stuff
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I wonder what year that changed?
My '88 C10 Suburban has them, with the option listed on the SPID too.
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Probably different year-to-year just like a bunch of this stuff. Like all trucks getting NP205 in 1980....
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Not sure what I'd ream someone about. Unless it was calling them Tow Hooks. I don't much give 2 ***** what GM calls them because they are NOT tow hooks. In the tow world noone would ever tow using those. In our world we'd call them what they are, they'd be used for recovery hence, Recovery Hooks.
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He said "remeaning" not reamimg. Not sure what it means but, it sounds like a tactic my wife uses.
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She*
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I wonder if those were added after the truck left the factory to mine then.
We have those big meaty buggers under the front of my C20...
We have those big meaty buggers under the front of my C20...
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Do you have your SPID?
Towing Device is the name on the SPID
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I think she meant demeaning...
"Towing" is defined as "Towing is coupling two or more objects together so that they may be pulled by a designated power source or sources. The towing source may be a motorized land vehicle, vessel, animal, or human, and the load being anything that can be pulled."
So technically your "Recovery" operation is towing. They call them "Tow Hooks" because they are specifically meant for hooking that vehicle to another so that it can be pulled... which is the very definition of towing. "Recovery" requires that the vehicle be stuck or in an "other than normal situation" first, which is not the only designed use for those hooks.
So if you pull up to a vehicle that is just sitting on the road broken with hooks on the front, drop your ramp on the tow truck, hook up the winch and pull it up onto the ramp... you are towing the vehicle onto the ramp, not "recovering" it. If the vehicle is stuck down a ditch off the road and you did the same thing, you are towing AND recovering it. So either way, they are tow hooks and only in specific instances would they be recovery hooks.
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The 79' vehicle information package lists it as K-10-20-30 only also. I would bet that even if the factory didn't ship them that way, the dealers would put them on if requested. There isn't any difference in the front frame that would keep them from just bolting them on.
https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/do...its/Chevrolet-Trucks/1979-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf Page 35
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As an aside - I installed tow hooks on the assembly line... for one day.
Flint Assembly, Line 2 (Blazer and Suburban), some time around 1979-ish; It was part of my engineering student training.
Immediately after body drop bumpers were picked by the operator on the RH side of the line and thrown across the pit into my waiting left hand. The bumper was installed and tow hooks added as required in that same assembly operation.
I also managed to drop one on my UAW trainer's foot. He wasn't very happy.
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Flint Assembly, Line 2 (Blazer and Suburban), some time around 1979-ish; It was part of my engineering student training.
Immediately after body drop bumpers were picked by the operator on the RH side of the line and thrown across the pit into my waiting left hand. The bumper was installed and tow hooks added as required in that same assembly operation.
I also managed to drop one on my UAW trainer's foot. He wasn't very happy.
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