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1976 GMC K-1500 Sierra Classic Wideside

1976 GMC K-1500 in The Rockford Files, TV Series, 1974-1980 Ep. 3.02

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1976 GMC K-1500 Sierra Classic Wideside

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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APS221 ◊ 2010-04-09 23:42	Additional images: In the 3rd and 4th thumbnail, you can see circles on the door where it appears a camera was mounted. From Ep. 3.03 From Ep. 3.07 From Ep. 3.18 -- Last edit: 2010-07-19 05:02:43
APS221 ◊ 2010-08-13 07:50	From Ep. 4.01 From Ep. 4.03 -- Last edit: 2010-08-16 19:48:09
APS221 ◊ 2010-12-11 05:15	From Ep. 5.03
4x4peru ◊ 2010-12-16 03:58	Has the then popular Hickey Sidewinder Winch. I remember James Garner being on Johhny Carson's tonight show promoting the GMC trucks he drove (and Garner was a driver!).
Neptune ◊ 2011-07-19 04:28	For sure a 1976 model. It has dual front lap & shoulder safety-belts for outboard occupants (driver and first passenger) with emergency locking retractors (ELR). They replaced the traditional lap belts and were marketed as a new safety feature for the rounded-line pickups and utilities. Ford and Dodge would follow one model year later with lap & shoulder belts for their pickups. Seatbelts had been mandated for pickups built after July, 1971. The rounded-line generation was also the first among the full-size pickups to introduce the "energy-absorbing" steering column. In a full front or offset front collision, the steering column would telescope inward and down, to prevent head & torso injury to the driver. The pickup is also equipped with the Trailering Special Package.
Ddey65 ◊ 2015-05-25 05:11	Check out this print ad: http://vistagroupusa.com/rockfordfiles.jpg I saw it on a forum, but it's also in this website: http://vistagroupusa.com/1982autoage.htm
1968 brougham ◊ 2020-05-16 22:19	Here is my version of Rockys truck. I know now why there are many more fans doing Firebirds then trucks. Lots of fabrication and equipment on the truck. It was fun but glad its almost over.
1968 brougham ◊ 2020-05-16 22:50	A few more pics. This truck has a 73/74 grille but is actually a 77. I have a 77 Sierra Classic grille that I may swap out later but preferred the 73/74 grille. The colors are slightly distorted due to sunlight but it gets the idea across. Hopefully more people will start to do a Rocky truck. They are really sharp when all done. I know there only seems to be a post put on here about every 5 years but thought I would throw out some pics just encase someone stumbles across it.
aghopkins1999 ◊ 2020-10-25 23:06	1968 brougham wrote A few more pics. This truck has a 73/74 grille but is actually a 77. I have a 77 Sierra Classic grille that I may swap out later but preferred the 73/74 grille. The colors are slightly distorted due to sunlight but it gets the idea across. Hopefully more people will start to do a Rocky truck. They are really sharp when all done. I know there only seems to be a post put on here about every 5 years but thought I would throw out some pics just encase someone stumbles across it. Very nice work on the truck. I've always thought I'd like to get a truck and make a clone of Rocky's.
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2026-03-17 20:51	Nice salute to the Rocky Sierra, 68Brougham! Honestly, I just don't recall how common this color combination was when these were new. I sense that Rocky's truck had some non-factory customizations done for the show? After all, Rockford's Firebird was the custom Colonial Gold to show consistency across the episodes. Rocky's (your) truck is certainly attractive, and indeed has an upmarket and timeless look about it. The colors seem more Eighties with the metallics than the earth tones and bright pastels of the '70s. I associate those colors with Chevy Square bodies. The Chevy color combos come to mind more readily.

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