Those of us car fans old enough to remember 1970s and 1980s television will remember a number of shows enhanced by the cars driven on them. The Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Hardcastle and McCormick, and Miami Vice were all shows many of us watched just to see the cars. If you liked the early-1980s Chevy pickup and GMC pickup, The Fall Guy was your show.
Running from November of 1981 to May of 1986, The Fall Guy was about Colt Severs, a Hollywood stunt man who supplemented his income by working as a part-time bounty hunter. Played by Lee Majors of Six Million Dollar Man fame, Severs drove a two-tone brown and gold 1980 GMC K2500 Sierra long bed pickup with a suspension lift and 35-inch Dick Cepek off-road tires mounted on eight-spoke chrome wagon wheels. It featured a chrome light bar with two round and two rectangular lights, a grille guard with Warn winch, and a secret compartment built into the bed for stashing bail jumpers. During the course of the show, the GMC pickup was jumped thirty-three times, usually over a conveniently placed dirt ramp. The show destroyed so many trucks, they eventually had to build a specialized mid-engine version just for the job. It had beefed up frame and suspension, and an 800-pound weight mounted in the bed to make sure it would fly properly.
Our feature Chevy pickup is a faithful recreation of The Fall Guy’s GMC by the Indiana’s Vincennes University Automotive and Collision Repair students. Beginning with an original sheet metal Chevrolet K10 4×4, the customized cargo box was replicated. The Chevy pickup has a high-quality finish in the correct brown and gold two-tone paint scheme using Martin Senour Paints base coat/clear coat. It has been rebadged as a GMC K2500 Sierra Grande. Chrome bumpers front and rear are either new or refinished to a high standard. The custom-made brush guard has been fitted with six-inch round off-road lights, and there is a custom mount for the Warn 8274 winch. A chrome light bar has been mounted in the bed, with two rectangular and two six-inch round off-road lights. A spare wheel is mounted in the bed. A whip antenna is mounted on the driver’s rear fender and clipped to the light bar in the bed. The Chevy pickup stands tall with a six-inch suspension lift, chrome Stockton Wheel eight-spoke wagon wheels, and 35-inch Dick Cepek Fun Country off-road tires. The hood features a giant Fall Guy Stuntman Association decal.
Inside the Chevy pickup, the interior has been returned to factory spec. The bench seat is upholstered in tan vinyl, and the floors are covered in tan carpet. There is a Cobra CB radio mounted on the dash just beneath the factory radio opening. The original radio has been replaced by a replica with AM/FM and CD capabilities. The glove box door has been signed by Lee Majors himself.
Powering the GMC pickup-restyled Chevy is a rebuilt 350 cubic-inch Small Block V8 fed by a four-barrel carb. The engine bay is nearly spotless. Power is fed to a Turbo-Hydramatic three-speed automatic transmission and a rebuilt NP208 transfer case. The axles have both been rebuilt, with a ten-bolt front and a fourteen bolt rear.
A large selection of The Fall Guy memorabilia will accompany the Chevy pickup, including cast autographs, toys, games, records, a show script and magazines. This cool Fall Guy replica will cross the auction block at the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale event taking place January 22nd through the 30th.
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Lee Majors? Liked him better as the Six Million dollar Man. As an 80’s kid, The Fall Guy was only to be watched for two things, the truck and Heather Thomas
Awesome truck. I used to watch The Fall Guy with my great grandmother when I went to visit her as a kid. Then I would go home and jump my Hot Wheels cars mimicking what I had seen on the show.
this is not a 1980 gmc it is 1981 and newer , 1980 was the last year for the rounded front fenders , in 1981 they sloped them down hence the body line does not continue down to the lower part of the fender
When discussing 70-80s Show trucks, I was a fan of the truck from The Rockford Files. Similar to this truck but short bed. Was Jim Rockford ‘s father Rocky’s truck in the Show.
yes many episodes
Saw a recreation of the “Fall Guy” truck, on a show on cable. Probably can’t say the name. But it was 10 times better than this one. It was way over built to withstand almost anything one could put it through. It’s so true, that they built and destroyed, a great number of these square bodies. Just catch the opening shot. One can just view the front axle caving in. The carnage was outstanding.
That’s one awesome looking truck great job to those who built it… I would drive this thing!
What!, No bed mounted motor?. It’s not the Fall Guy truck. Once they bed mounted the motor the truck survived and drove multiple scenes, unlike them Duke Boys car..
I started driving in the 70’s and the 80’s truck owners were one of the first to raise these 4″ to 6″ with giant tires. They started the trend but gas prices back then still under 1.00 gal. Today, 7-10 mpg at 4.00 gal would be crazy expensive to drive with a 3 speed automatic and 4:10 gears…
Always liked these trucks!
You’d probably have an easier time actually buying this truck rather than a brand new one!
Nice always wanted a 3/4 pickup 4×4 4speed saw one 1981 with a 282 ci inline 6 4sd test drove it L was so low geared had to put it in 2nd to start out dad said no to co sign on the loan looked again in 1985 no dealer s would order a basic base model truck
4speed was L123 can’t read call where R was over up)
Heather Thomas. Did anybody else have the pink bikini poster of her?
She was smoking hot!
Oh, I liked the truck too!
We “cloned “ several of the Fall Guy trucks back in the day. But we dropped in 454 engines to make them run as good as they looked. Wish we had a way to clone Heather Thomas. lol
That is a GMC not a Chevrolet.
Ain’t nothing like a good old-fashioned TV show to bring you back memories well good job on the truck real good job on the truck
I am looking to purchase the hood decal…where can I find it?
I love it! Trucks like that are not built like a tank like that anymore! Looking for one in perfect working condition with no details left out that is automatic in excellent working order that is clean, both radio’s works comes with the 5th tire. Air condition. Everything to Detail. With detailed pics. THANK YOU GREAT 80’s look back!
this is not the original truck is it ? cause the original truck was a 78 with round headlight, not an 82 not an 84 with square, I have a 78 K10 silverado short bed