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According to the brochures of the relevant model years and to the TruckPlanet website, the 1960-81 Chevrolet COE "Tilt Cab" trucks were sold just as "Tilt Cab" models from 1960 to 1972(1). With the Titan 90 (unveiled in 1968) known as "Aluminium Tilt Cab", the "new" 1973 standard Tilt Cab became the "Steel Tilt Cab", even if the "Steel" was sometimes forgotten (see the 1979 brochure)...
For the record, the change between 1960-72 and 1973-81 trucks seems just to be a face-lift, targeted mainly on the grille:
So, for purposes of accuracy, as the first name given to this truck was just "Tilt Cab", and as it was longer sold with that name, shouldn't we identify at least the 1960-1972 models just with this shortest version?
About the GMC version: as GMC already had an "Aluminium Tilt-Cab" since 1959 (the 1959-68 F-Series / F-Model(2), aka the Crackerbox), and as far as I have seen, the twin of Chevrolet Tilt Cab was named from the outset "Steel Tilt Cab", "Steel Tilts", "Steel Tilt models" or "L-Series" in brochures, "Steel Tilt Cab" being apparently the most common.
Maybe we should put the two 72" Steel Tilt trucks(3), the single L-4000 model and the lonely L-Model one with their 39 "Steel Tilt Cab" pals?
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(1) 1961, 1966 and 1972 brochure
(2) Once again, a slight gap between official name and "common use". For now, the only GMC reference I found about F-Something Cab-Over-Engine trucks is "F series", and apparently only enthusiasts sites talk about "F-model", of course without any reference
(3) 72" / 1.83 m was the BBC (Bumper to the Back of Cab) length of the standard cab.
For the record, the change between 1960-72 and 1973-81 trucks seems just to be a face-lift, targeted mainly on the grille:
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1960-72 cab (with dual headlights only for the 1960-61 model years?) | 1973-81 cab (without the "blinker mustache") |
So, for purposes of accuracy, as the first name given to this truck was just "Tilt Cab", and as it was longer sold with that name, shouldn't we identify at least the 1960-1972 models just with this shortest version?
About the GMC version: as GMC already had an "Aluminium Tilt-Cab" since 1959 (the 1959-68 F-Series / F-Model(2), aka the Crackerbox), and as far as I have seen, the twin of Chevrolet Tilt Cab was named from the outset "Steel Tilt Cab", "Steel Tilts", "Steel Tilt models" or "L-Series" in brochures, "Steel Tilt Cab" being apparently the most common.
Maybe we should put the two 72" Steel Tilt trucks(3), the single L-4000 model and the lonely L-Model one with their 39 "Steel Tilt Cab" pals?
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(1) 1961, 1966 and 1972 brochure
(2) Once again, a slight gap between official name and "common use". For now, the only GMC reference I found about F-Something Cab-Over-Engine trucks is "F series", and apparently only enthusiasts sites talk about "F-model", of course without any reference
(3) 72" / 1.83 m was the BBC (Bumper to the Back of Cab) length of the standard cab.