Wife approved spending $6000 on daily driver!! WOOOHHOO
 

The wife has given me the OK on buying a daily driver that will help me finish up my 67-68 project. So I am on the lookout for a really nice 67-68 C10 with...Big back window, SWB, and would love factory air. prefer fleetside but not a deal breaker. The body needs to be in perfect shape, all rust repair done and a great running gear. Im not too worried about suspension bc mine is pretty much complete.

Any help would be GREAT!!! I really need to hurry while she is being so generous. :metal:

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Methinks finding a SWB with a perfect body and a great drivetain is going to tough to find for $6000, but good luck bro!:metal:

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Even if its a Fo-67 (71 with 67 front clip) I am fine with it.

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I'm just saying SWB truck with perfect sheetmetal in great mechanical shape usually goes for more than $6000, no matter what year it is from 67 - 72.

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I am def. not picky about the parts... it doesnt have to be all OE parts and it doesnt even have to be painted. A good running gear and all the rust repair done will work.

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It doesn't matter if your picky or not. To clarify what he is saying, a SWB BBW 67-72 that is rust free, with a reliable motor, A/C and good paint is going to run more than 6k.

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Im kinda finding that out. It sucks... There has to be some abandonded projects around here.

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craiglist ,i know in the bay area there plenty of there

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Yea there are tons way out there.... There are very few way over here.

Thats why I need some help finding one. There is not much to work with here in GA.

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buy one out west and drive it/ship it home.

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Heres one I found on craigslist...in Coldwater,MS

http://memphis.craigslist.org/cto/2476109729.html

Good luck in your search!

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I've had quotes between 600-1000 to ship from AZ or CA to VA....so if you can find one around 5K...it would be worth looking at and maybe having a member here check it out if there is someone close to it...

you might find one for around 6K locally (deals do happen)...but it won't be painted and it'll be gone withing about 2hrs of being posted on craigslist :D

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This one (not mine) is a ways from you, but other than the wheels it looks pretty nice. And he is negotiable...

http://lawton.craigslist.org/cto/2486066369.html

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Also found this is a good search engine to look at each state one at a time...

http://www.themccumbers.com/States.html

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I just read your build thread....with the frame being almost done...I'd look for possibly just the parts (doghouse-front clip), a nice cab, and a nice bed...then add your engine...
If you buy another project you might find bondo again....
Or....look for a project that someone is abandoning...

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That's a sweet search engine!

Love it!:metal:

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That looks like a great deal from the pics. Just have to be careful with painted trucks though. You never know what's underneith unless they documented it.

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Ask her for a grand more and go to Cali!;)

http://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/2480448292.html

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Here's my 72 GMC Shortbed Fleetside.(NOT FOR SALE).
Body Work $5000.00
Seats $1100.00
Interior Restoration (Parts/Paint) $4000.00
Exhaust, Tucked up in the Frame w/Elec Cut-Outs $1100.00
A/C recharged, New Compressor,Vents, Tubing, Switches $800.00

That's not counting all the little incidentals like all LED Lighting, Stereo, Kick Panel Speakers ect.

I'm siding with the previous poster's that as far as $6K for a Daily Driver without rust is gonna be impossible to find, unless you steal it!

and that's just my 02 cents.:uhmk:

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Don't be afraid to look for 3/4-ton longbed trucks.
That's where the deals are now.
Easily converted to 1/2-ton suspension,... and some are loaded big block trucks.

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Agree 100%. That is what my truck started out as.

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:agree: with both of them....

You can also get a NEW repro short bed for around 2K-2500 on sale with our board vendors... or find a really nice original paint SWB for 1500-2000 then find a nice cab and front clip out west off a lwb for 1000-1500max (I've seen rust free lwb's sell for 1000 in cali and az)....pay to get it shipped east....and put in 2-3K into an engine and you've spent 6K and have really nice parts to put on that sweet frame you've put together....

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BOUGHT ONE TODAY!!! $6000 and got a long block LS1 for $1200 :) :metal::metal:

Here are the pics he had posted. I will take my own and post them up tomorrow. I am VERY happy with this purchase!! Its an awesome truck. And thank you chevyman95 for helping me find it.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0/b89da6e6.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0/8db8e858.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0/SNB10520.jpg

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nice

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Looks great! So....this body on your frame and the LS1?

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Awesome! If that truck is as nice as it looks, you stole it for 6K!

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Yes sir... thats the plan. While driving this one I will build up the LS, get a good tranny and have the rolling frame all ready for the body swap :)

Im pretty stoked about this one.

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awesome!

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Sounds like a GREAT plan!!! Going to be nice you can drive it while you work on the other....and then you can probably get it swapped over in a weekend or at most a couple weeks once everything's ready.

Then, you can part out the leftovers from the red truck....or throw all the gmc's parts on it and sell that one!

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Be sure to post a SH**TLOAD of pictures and of coarse we want ALL the details behind the "Hunt" and "Aqusition" of your new D.D.:metal:

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^^^What he said!^^^

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Its definitely that nice. Wish I would have had the scratch to pick it up but glad someone off this site was able to get it.

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That is a nice truck! Wish there were truck like that here in NW Florida...

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You did good. You managed to prove us wrong about finding nice trucks for 6k. No doubt you got a smoking deal there, but it doesn't appear to have A/C.

BTW- Better get those plug wires off the headers. They won't last long like that.

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Thanks... I feel like we both were happy with the purchase. I just cant wait to get that LS in my frame.

I will have to look at those plug wire. I never noticed it. thanks!

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Nice truck! It looks like you got an excellent deal! Congrats!

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Deals are out there. You just have to look, look, look and have cash ready to make the purchase.

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i agree... nice truck

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That IS a lot of Truck for $6K.
I was just wondering the Circumstances around the sale/asking price?
The Economy is Bad and people are parting with "Toy's, they said that they would NEVER part with.

In 2005 I sold my 67 C-10.
Bought it for $4K and put about $10K into it.
Sold iot for $8K
Thats where my GM ZZ383/425HP engine went. Daymn!!!

But we need some pictures (more pictures).