Beau James C10
The frame is a 34 ton but the suspension and axles were from the 12 ton trucks.
Beau james c10. 1975 gmc other additional info. This truck is unrestored all original. His summary is as follows.
Naturally the big three were happy to exploit these loopholes and one of gms entries was the chevrolet big 10 which like the gmc beau james combined the ton c20 pickups springs with the ton c10 models chassis axles and other hardware. 1975 gmc beau james sierra 1500 classic. The beau james was the top of the line special edition in 1975.
They built 4000 of these trucks and less than 10 were short bed trucks what i am told from a few beau james owners. Favorite this post oct 19 1969 chevy c 10 step side 10000 portland pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. Favorite this post oct 19 1978 chevy silverado c10 squarebody.
Alfred w whitney who had a passion for trucks ordered not only rare and collactable but somthing you probbaly wont ever see a 454 beau james short bed. 1975 gmc c10 beau james 15500 eugene pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. It came with the option of a 454 cu inch or 350 cu inch engine and were hard loaded for that era.
75 gmc beau james pick up ordered 350 small block family owned from new restored frame off replaced motor w 400 small block 60 over claimer pistons dart 2 heads pinned and ported alu edelbrock intake high rev hyd lifters mild cam varijet carb 350 turbo trans headers duell. These trucks came with everything gmc had to offer in 1975. Thats rather common today with all the luxury 50000 trucks but it wasnt all that widespread 40 years ago.
Gm only produced around 4000 of these trucks and most are obsolete and were only made in 1975. Both c10 and k10 trucks were subject to indy 500 conversion in 1977. Beau james was for the upscale clients who was known to buy from gm and sent out mailers to come see these extravagant gmc trucks forspeacial cliental but one unique man mr.
Google 1975 gmc beau james and research the history about this truck. It was one of the first attempts by gm to create a luxury pickup truck. 1975 these two packages for the gmc ck pickup truck were offered at the same time and they both targeted the upmarket customers.
1975 beau james limited edition short bed pickup. The beau james was designed in an effort to attract more upscale buyers to the pickup truck segment. Completed in sierra classic trim it had similar floor mats as its bluesilver counterpart the beau james edition only in dark brown with gentleman jim inscription and generally upscale brownish interior with wood grain accents vinyl bucket seats and vinyl door storage pouches.
They all featured black and white paint with red. I have read that only about half of the original 4000 produced still exist.