Beau James Chevy
My grandpa bought the gentleman new in 75 and i found beau at a place a few hours away that sells western trucks.
Beau james chevy. 1975 gmc other additional info. Oh and now your task is to find us a beau james. It came with the option of a 454 cu inch or 350 cu inch engine and were hard loaded for that era.
The beau james was a special edition sierra that offered a smoother ride by fitting a 34 ton frame on a softer 12 ton suspension. But we do know this is one fine truck and a rarity at that. I have read that only about half of the original 4000 produced still exist.
Big v8s came standard as did two tone blue and white paint. Thats rather common today with all the luxury 50000 trucks but it wasnt all that widespread 40 years ago. I am selling this beautiful vintage pickup truck for a friend.
Beau james on the other hand came in silver and blue and had velour seats unique floor mats hood ornament and decals and wire look hubcaps among other things. His summary is as follows. The frame is a 34 ton but the suspension and axles were from the 12 ton trucks.
The beau james was designed in an effort to attract more upscale buyers to the pickup truck segment. The gentleman jim gmc truck option package there was a similar one for chevrolets called the beau james was an early effort to move trucks upmarket presumably to increase both market share and margins. Square body trucks so much that i own 7 of them.
Later models would have a console taken from some car or another but the inaugural models had a flip down center seat something that wouldnt become the norm for another 25 years or so. It was exclusively offered with 350ci 4bbl v8 and 454ci 4bbl v8 which clearly demonstrated beau james was more than simply good looking truck. Google 1975 gmc beau james and research the history about this truck.
Were not sure why this particular luxury package for the sierra was called beau james perhaps to evoke a genteel southern gentleman vibe. I love the rounded line aka. According to a beau james fan page 4000 were only built for the 1975 model year.
This one is located in located in ontario california and is listed for sale here on hemmings for 5999. Chevy was actually ahead of their time when they introduced the cst trim to the ck line in 1967. 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.
Starts right uptransmission was rebuilt at 100k mileshas cruise controlair conditioningcibie fog lightscargo light amfm stereoclock glide out spare tire carrierdeluxe chrome grill.