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They did have a yard just west of the old Pick Your Part yard for a number of years. I got cut off and wrecked my '68 Skylark in '04, and managed to find all the parts I needed to fix it there. Later, there was only the Wilmington yard, and IIRC, the CAL EPA closed them down (could be wrong- my memory is nowhere near perfect) like they do to any wrecking yard where some dummy spills some antifreeze or oil on the ground. Maybe they just sold it, as that was probably some pretty valuable real estate.

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Wasn't there a place called Chevy Only or something like that on Tuxford / Roscoe? I bought a pair of Vette rally wheels for the rear of my Camaro there. Probably about 1976 or so.

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can't find the pictures I took, but there was a huge fire over there on lomita by the bone yards about 6-8 years ago.. I was southbound on wilmington ave heading to one of our stations where it tees into lomita.. don't know if memory lane was already gone or possibly that did it in..

I reaally miss alco truck on alameda just past the henry ford rd split.. they've been gone for a long time, recycling center for transients now, gotta dodge all the bicycles and shopping carts in that area :rolleyes:

one by one, all going away for stacks and stacks of econo boxes and minivans :(

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Steeveedee, I got cut off too, but I didn't wreck any of my cars. I just went out to the shop and pouted. :lol:

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Yup, Marv's Chevy Only. They're long gone, too.

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:lol: That's misdemeanor material. The more I miss, the meaner I get. :D

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Towed to AZ twice, this is Puddingstone in So.Cal.

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AHA ! I never knew about the fire .

The really old P-A-P on the West end of Lomita, near Memory Lane's last location survived the fire but was closed down after LKQ did their thing buying up every self service junkyard they could and closing down the competition illegally .

That white Blazer picture looks good enough for a sales brochure .

-Nate

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Hauled it home after having the A/C charged. Need to finish it now

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My 1969 C20 hauling a full pallet of shingles...

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1972 C20 Highlander with 2 tons of gravel and my daughter riding shotgun!

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My friends stepside helping me out

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My 72 c20 longhorn with a 72 Sportsman camper. The springs handle the load but that unboxed old style frame has a whole lot of sway in it.

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Pic of the week!

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That's a lot of weight mounted high, which has increases the moment of inertia. If it doesn't have a rear stabilizer bar, it should. Even after just putting Firestone Transforce tires on my truck, I noticed over steer with the new camper shell, even though I run 10 PSI higher pressure in the rear tires. Didn't have that problem with the old Michelins, but they don't make that size any more. It's a problem, even with the equalizer hitch. Since I tow a 26 foot travel trailer, I'll be balancing out the suspension with a rear stabilizer bar.

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Not towing much... 3.08 gears

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This truck did a lot of parts hauling

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Just a golf cart.

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5035lbs of retaining wall blocks about 40lbs shy of the trucks total weight

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Cleaned up some brush around home last Friday.

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Ton hauling a horn.

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Looked like you were losing your load so I'll right side You up

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Thanks.

Ton Hauling Another Ton !!
 

Wherever you live, I like it .

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No need for boxed frames. These frames were quite strong. My camper was a bit smaller than yours but my '71 Custom Camper rode flat and stable with the camper mounted and loaded up. Maybe the springs are tired (leaf, right?) or shocks are bad. Also, it appears to be slid back from the cab close to a foot. That will cause sway due to poor weight distribution. Is the bumper in the way of sliding it up? I didn't have a rear stabilizer, but I did slap 33/12.50s on 9.75 rims on when I bought it. Wider tires would do wonders for your truck.

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Pulling my “trash trailer “. I remodel kitchens and bathrooms and throw anything that won’t burn in it. Finally took some time to show it a little attention. New tires, painted the wheels and sideboards and cleaned it up. Hopefully good to go for a while.

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That's a long horn too. One ton frame. Mine had that gap too. Did they even make a camper to fit that 8 1/2' bed? -BA

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On the way to the track

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That's one heck of a first post. Nice and welcome!

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Yup. I have one on mine.

I think that I have solved the mystery of not having "Longhorn" emblems on the fenders. The bed is tweaked a little, so it was probably hit sometime before '73 when my FiL bought it. He's never mentioned it getting hit, that's why I say before. Can't ask him, since he died 9 years ago. Whoever did the body work probably just left the trim off. The SPID says 133" wheel base, so it's a true Longhorn. I'll check someday if it has bondo or braze there.

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:agree:Welcome aboard.:c2:

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I kept looking and still wasn't sure if it was a Longhorn. Didn't think it was. But, yeah, some companies for that time period made a model specific for Longhorns.

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Not much of a load but its long! A couple sheets of 4x10 MDO underneath the 12 footers. Mama wants book cases!

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Nice rig. That's the first one I've seen that fits.

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Your truck, your guess, Steve, but I'm inclined to think they just failed to install the emblems. Their used to be an ochre Longhorn here in town that didn't show any sign of ever having the emblems.

BTW, that truck and camper looks great.

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Thanks! It could well be that those emblems were never installed. Some of the things I saw done on the assembly line when I worked at the GMAD in Van Nuys, CA will go unsaid, because some of them were crimes. They are now beyond the statute of limitations, but I don't want to take any chances. >.>

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camping trip

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I took a picture of an old picture of my dad's 67 GMC 3 / 4 ton camper cruiser with 101 square bales which were loaded out of a barn loft. This truck also hauled a lot of cattle. I'm working on restoring it now.

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Wholly smokes, that's a lot of hay!

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Nice. I remember stacking hay on the farm's old ferd the same way. It ain't full till the axle touches.