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Is this a square body?
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Anything that is square i call a square body haha.
My old riding mower for example. Square body craftsman.
My old riding mower for example. Square body craftsman.
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OK then, is this a Square Body?
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We may call these trucks squarebodies, but I've heard that they were originally called "The Rounded Line"
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Yep, '47-55 was Advanced Design, '55-59 was Task Force, '60-66 was just C/K (1st gen), '67-72 was Action Line, '73-87 was Rounded Line, then they started the GMT designations after that.
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Did you get hit in the head recently? Lol
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No, I asked to be silly. And because both were GM products during the SB timeline. Albeit built by subsidiaries. What is a Square Body?
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73-87 Chevy/GMC C/K trucks in 1/2 3/4 and 1 ton flavors were called the "Rounded Line" by GM due to their rounded cab but everybody calls them Square body because the rest of the truck is a brick.
What years are the OBS (original body style) trucks or are these the GMT trucks?
What years are the OBS (original body style) trucks or are these the GMT trucks?
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OBS = GMT400
The GMT400 immediately followed the squares.
GMT800 started in 1999 model year.
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around 1990? Lol
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The OBS trucks are generally considered to be the '88-'98, with carryover models till the early Aughts, GMT 400 trucks. Like these examples in my driveway.....
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Our "squarebody" trucks really aren't that square. Now, those '04+ F150's on the other hand... them sumbitches are square.
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I think those stylists started on the clay model one day, then took an early lunch, got drunk and never came back to finish it. Then a higher up walked into the styling room and said "That's genius! We will save so much time and money on engineering the stamping dies!" Lol.
