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Sales slogan from '67, "You're wife will want to drive your new '67 C/10"

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Hello, old thread!
Just scanned a bunch of old pics. This was my baby; medium olive '71 K10 that I painted yellow when the rust needed fixing. Dumb move but I was a punk kid. I owned the truck from '81 'til '07.

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Now, now nothing wrong with yellow. I do wonder after that many years why did you sell it?

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As a daily driver in Utah, the salt eventually won the war and since I no longer had a big enough garage to do a frame-off resto, it went to another K10 lover. I paid $3,200 for it in '81 and sold it for $3,500 with documented 228k miles on it.
I'll own another one someday. ;)

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Ahh the demon Rust. Sorry to hear. I'm sure that was a tough day for you.

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I dont know how old it has to be to be vintage but here are some my dad took in the early 80s. The 68 C10 he got from the original owner in 1980, the 73 blazer belonged to a friend of his until he got in 85 that is it with flames. I now own both trucks.:metal: The last pic is from last year.

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Some cool pics. Cool to see both trucks all these years later.

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1979 Mint 400

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What a cool thread. So many memories. How come they never start with my Mom bought this truck? :lol:

This is me when I was young. Dad bought this truck when I was 2 months old, me and my son are building it now.

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I know this vintage photo has been previously posted but I wanted to add a contemporary photo at the same location (Duluth, MN) that I took earlier this week.

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Nicely done.

K

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Nice pics

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10 years ago we had just finished this El Camino, and the wife and I drove through Duluth on a road trip. Just as we got there, a windstorm hit and blew stuff everywhere. It sounded like the El Camino was getting sandblasted, but it faired well. The wind knocked the power out, and pretty much upset everything. we didn't get to stay there that night.

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I love that El Camino!

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Thanks Dale. It may be the most fun car to drive we have ever built. I've put over 40,000 miles on it since the restoration.

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Bummer. Duluth is a nice place to visit in the summer if you get the opportunity to return. Lots of activities and (in keeping with the thread) vintage things to appreciate such as steam locomotives, light houses, Babe Ruth autographed baseball, lift bridges, old boats...

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I bought my blazer from the original owner who was in a blazer club in Southern California. One of their members took a photo of the group from up on a hill. He told me that the photo was taken while on a trip to Bishop Ca I believe. His is the medium gold one in the front row.

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Apologies for the sideways picture!

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Great pic! Would love to see a higher resolution image.

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Ya I thought it was pretty neat. The original picture wasn't terribly clear to begin with. So I borrowed the photo and had it blown up. The original is an 8x10 I think.

It also makes me wonder how many of the trucks in that picture are still around today. Or any of the original owners or new owners of those trucks on this forum.

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My son just sent me this link from "Truck Camper" magazine about 1969 campers. https://www.truckcampermagazine.com/...r2SLs360i4OsP4 . It shows Chevys, GMCs and the other brands with campers. Here are some pics with the GM trucks. I think I saw a thread about a week ago with some pictures of a service body that looked similar to the one in one of the pictures.

Are you there Jocko?

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One more... A camper for an El Camino!

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Some very cool ads. The El Camino is a bit different. Iwonder what it weighed

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Cool stuff.

I can't imagine trying to drive an El Camino with an overhead camper.

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I agree. ....I love driving mine but it's not good at carrying a big load.

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our local rescue squad first emergency truck[IMG]‪C:\Users\dw329_000\Desktop\62023473_2225487057538280_1815154716611444736_o.

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1979 Mint 400


Old blue with pops CJ-7 he Won by the way
Moms conversion van with Don Adam's CJ-7 got second

And I'm thinking the blue stepper is the pre runner

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Another photo of our old blue hiding out

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He’s you ice cream man stop him when he passes bye. My first Blazer, a 69 early 90’s. $1,500 all the smog equipment removed couldn’t smog it (had to in those days)

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Not sure what's going on there.

The hauler is definitely out of Flint Assembly (judging by the model mix).

I don't see anybody I know, so not GM execs. Maybe some kind of dealer convention (with their wives)? Or Flint Area Chamber of Commerce?

K

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That's a cool picture...I've not seen that many Monte Carlos with fender skirts in one place...and one more thing. I want that transport found and brought to my place ASAP!!! ;):lol:

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My Second Favorite Pickup!

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Must be some kind of photo op. Fender skirts are usually installed after the car is delivered to deter theft.

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As were the wheel covers I believe.

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True, but since they weren't on these vehicles, I left that out. Right out of high school I detailed cars for delivery for awhile. Put on a ton of hub caps and wheel covers!

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My 40 Ford from about 1980. Just think, that Coupe was almost 10 years newer in that picture than the Longhorn I drive everyday now.

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I think the same thoughts about cars that were old back then weren't really so old. And look at the age of what I drive today. I'm making my living out of a 25 year old Suburban today. When I started driving in '71 that would have been a '46. I started out with an old '56. And I completely rebuilt it... took it out of the woods on a family friend's farm. It was free for the taking.

Real nice Coupe. '40 Fords were a favorite of mine when I was a kid. I spied one down in a junk yard from the road cut up high on the hillside. I was all excited and told my dad I wanted to go look at it. I was building car models since I was 6. Dad had a warmed over '36 before I was born. My 8th birthday ('63) came up shortly after and to my joy Dad said he was taking me to check it out. It was a complete car sitting close to the office. I guess I was fantasizing about us buying it, and dad must have had the same thought. We were disappointed to see the junk yard owner had marked all over the windows "No Parts!", "Keep Off!", and "Not For Sale"

Also, one of my dad's friends was keeping a '40 Sedan at our place when I was 12-13 ('67/'68). It was a former drag car. It had 75 & 80 Drag-A-Way class winner decals on the rear quarter glass, and other speed equipment decals. It had a 4spd (probably Muncie), slicks, and tach on the column with a metalflake Steering wheel, no back seat or bumpers. I was out there banging gears every chance I got. Probably trashed that trans

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Like the paint scheme, like the color, like the base model with no trim, like the large mirrors, like the roof lights, like the heavy duty 16" 2 piece wheels, like the painted hubcaps and even like the box on back!

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Winter Haven FL dealership circa 1969...that's a lotta trucks. Hadn't seen it before. Apologies if previously posted. Pulled from the dealership website.