What drew you to the 67-72 Chevy Trucks?
 

What was it the drew you to the 67-72 Chevy Trucks. Before I bought my 70cst I was actually looking for a mid 50's Chevy truck. It was through the reading of various threads on this site that I became aware of the 67-72 C10's. When I stumbled across my 70cst BB it was luv at first site.

So what's your story?

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My dad owned a 72 GMC short fleet. I loved riding in that truck when I was younger. When I finally saved up enough money, I was debating between a 47-54 or a 67-72. 69 short fleet won out.

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My dad had a 71 k/10 that he restored in the early 90's when I was only 5-6 years old. That truck and my dad are the reason I'm into these old trucks. That truck was the love of my life for the first several years I was alive. He sold it a few years after its restoration and I've (we've) missed it ever since. Ever since that time of my life I've been hooked on them. To me these trucks are about family tradition and creating memories that last longer than the trucks them selves.

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My dad's truck, which he gave to me.

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When i was younger I was obsessed with musclecars, and the 67-72 style was the truck that screamed muscle. Some other years were nice, but just didnt have the same feel.

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My grandpa was a dairy farmer and had a 69,probably a c-20. I bought a 72 c-10 and new to the internet. I needed some parts so I was surfing the net and found this site.

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Drove my dad's 70 C20 when I was 8 years old out on our farm- been hooked ever since.

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What drew me to these trucks is I have always loved old cars and trucks. I love all the older Chevy and GMC pickups and wanted one. I wanted an Advance Design or Task Master but most work is down the hiway, so I needed something more up to date for daily driving. I saw these trucks as being as modern as a truck ever needed to get, bought one, and have been driving them ever since. Now young bucks feel these trucks need to be modernized. Go figure.

When they came out I was twelve and I was totally into cars as a kid. I built models and was right up on the changes from year to year. I really liked the new style that brought the trucks into the late-60s era.
When I got out of high school I got a job being a carpenter's helper. I was doing other things that made me realize I needed a truck. I really like the old trucks, but wanted something to travel long distances to work, where ever I found it. I bought a traded-in '72 in '73. I didn't want a new style truck and didn't really want one so new. But, I was there with a friend and I guess I got a good deal.

I love the looks and these trucks treat me right, so I stayed with them all along. There are so many variations, they are all you ever could need. And parts interchange like nothing else. These are easy to keep on the road

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Bought me a 69 fleetside swb in 1975 (I was 23 yrs old and always been a chevy man). Had to sell it '84 due to the fact that I needed 4x4 to get up my new driveway. Anyway here recently I got the bug to revisit my past and bought my '70 which was the year I graduated, and it's a blast to work on, not to mention how many looks I get going down the road. So glad I found this site 'cause you're never too old to learn...Ed...:chevy:

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I was a teenager in the 90s and was dazed and confused. I love that black c10 at first site.

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I bought a 66 Chevy stepside, then bought a friends 71 shortbox fleetside, then I bought a 1975 GMC Gentleman Jim, then I bought 1974 454 1 ton longbed, then I bought a 98 ext cab 4X4, then a 2000 GMC ext cab 4X4 (still have) and back to a 1969 GMC short box stepside. Full circle.

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I bought my first one in memory of my brother. He loved this style of truck and I even had bought him one at one time it was a 71 short I bought him for like $500 bucks and he picked up thrown away part from the floor of my shop and got it running. He probably sold it or traded it for a cold 12 pack, he had a problem.
I saw one [70 long] at the salvage sale I go to and it got me thinking of him and I bought it.
That was 5 builders and 3 or 4 parts trucks ago.I had still had him helping me around the shop I could have some done cause he would have worked on them and kept me motivated. Jim

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Where did you find that picture? That would make an awesome t-shirt !

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I also was looking for a chevy or gm truck from the 50s to early 70s for my retirement to give me something to work on. I always liked the movies of out west and seeing old trucks driving down a dirt road, simpler times. when finding and buying the 69 I googled 1969 chevy truck to learn every thing I could and to find info on it. one of the sites was this one and I've been here ever since. WAAY more info than any other site, and very active daily, not like other sites. I'm also glad it fell in the catigory of 67-72 because our sister sites of other years are'nt as active. seems to be a lot more 67-72 owners..

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My dad gave me a 72 blazer when I was 16 and I loved that thing. The fact that I could cruise all the mud holes with my friends in a convertible was awesome. My buddies ended up nick naming it the "Super Blazer" due to the fact we rarely got stuck. Being a young dumb kid, I ended up completely destroying that thing and have regretted it since. Ever since then, I have always wanted another one.

This is hilarious! Believe it or not, I have wanted a swb ever since I saw that movie. It is still one of my favorite movies to this date. The scene where they race the swb against the Chevelle is what done it for me. Originally I was hell bent on getting another blazer, but once I saw that truck race the Chevelle, I was hooked. I had to have one!

Heres a pic of my Chevelle bluechevy68. Original SS 396 4 speed bucket. Even still has all of the original metal. As soon as I get my truck done, the car will be up to bat!

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps6329c441.jpg

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Sure as He!!-Miss my Chevelle

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I grew up loving classic cars and trucks. When i was thirteen i bought my '72 nova project. When i was 15 i needed a vehicle that i could drive for work and found my truck. It was another love at first site. It was my favorite year and color. I didnt even try to haggle price. I had to have it. After some research on it I found this site and so glad i had. My addiction to these trucks is getting stronger everyday thanks to everybody here :lol:

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Was always raised around classic american muscle stuff and one time at a car show i saw a blacked out 72 longbed k20 and fell in love with these 67-72's. Then the opportunity arrived when my dad's friend Mark wanted to get rid of a bunch of stuff and offered it to me and i gladly accepted. When i went to see what i was getting myself into it was a cab and frame and a 70 short step parts truck, minus motor and trans. Come with a whole bunch of fenders and doors, an extra fleetside short bed, grills for a 71-72 and an extra cab for patch work. So i may build two shortbeds, one step and one fleetside. So theres my story :D

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No smog and already owned a square body :) Apparently I'm buying vehicles backwards, the older the better. Funny though, no one in my family had a classic, so not sure where it came from.

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My dad owned a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner that he had nearly perfect & straight, he bought it in 1997, a year after I was born. Around 2012 he got into competitive biking, like in the Tour de France, and sold it. I told him not to and that he'd regret it, but he did anyways (mom wanted that side of the garage back).

Nearly a year after, he had a problem in his right leg, he couldn't feel from his knee down. Went to the doctor, they took him into intensive care because of a huge clot in his knee. Long story short - lost his right leg from above the knee at 50 years old, and could no longer bike. He soon after regretted selling his Roadrunner, and wanted a new project. But he is the type of person who wont shell out the money unless it's literally a steal, he went to see tons of cars for sale, but never acted on them until they were gone.

So I decided to just get my own, so I saved up for a few months and had $900, looked at tons of trucks, found one I wanted to buy but someone stole the key so no one would buy it until he could. And then I found my truck, 1970 longbed fleet, 350 v8/saginaw 3 speed and took out a loan for $1100 (first loan, only 17) and drove it home. That was the first time I ever drove a manual trans, and as my dad only has one leg, I had to drive it and learn right then and there. Drove it 30 minutes home.
It's funny the things that change your life completely, I was never into cars until my dad lost his leg, and all of the sudden I absolutely loved cars.

As for the reason for the truck, I just loved the way the 69-70 looked with that big grill with 'Chevrolet' across it. The grill sold it for me, and I always wanted a longbed (not a big fan of shortbeds). I also wanted to do burnouts. :smoke:

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I bought a wrecked 95 sierra from my dad when I was 18. I restored everything on it and bagged it. When I was looking up parts and custom paint jobs to give me ideas I came across a 69 or 70 c10 and I was instantly in love. I told my self I was going to have one some day. 3 years later I did.

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I was about 9 and my dad had a green 69 or 70 SWB stepside. He totalled it one night and it sat in our back pasture upside down. Being a kid in the country I used the cab as my "fort" or anything my imagination could conjure up from a tank to a space ship.

There was just something about it that I loved. My very first truck was a 67 Ford 3/4 ton that had been my grandfathers, it was pea green (turquois?) and had a flat bed. It was ugly as sin but it was my hay hauling truck until I made enough money to by my 71 when I was about 15 (summer of 1984). It was my pride and joy and I worked my butt off to be able to get it.

It's really the only body style of GM trucks that I'm passionate about and I've owned multiples of most every bodystyle since but still love these.

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I just always loved the rugged good looks of these trucks .

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well I was raised by my granparents. The earliest truck I remember my grampa driving was a 71 cst longhorn. mint green with the fire extinguiser mounted on the passenger kickpanal and the latch ching-a-linging when we`d hit a bump.
so this got my chevy blood flowing
later i went back to my moms and right down the street from our house was (and still is)
a BEAUTIFUL 1967 GMC 3/4 ton all original and still the turquiseish color with a white top. I mean beautiful. someday im going to go offer rediiculous money for this beast.
so I always had a good looking oldie truck to admire.
this is what got me started on my love for CHEVY and GMC TRUCKS!!

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Not sure what life w/o these trucks would be like.

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My Dad was a carpenter and was always a GM/Chevy guy and he had a '65 back in the early 70's when I was young. He worked with a guy who had a '71-72 and I always like the look of that truck with the eggcrate grill.
When I got a little older (16-17) I was driving a neat old '54 1/2 ton (olds rocket w/ Hydramatic) and I had a chance to buy a nice 70 GMC (ochre/1-2 ton) off a friend of mines Dad but couldn't afford it at the time....nice truck tho'.
I would have liked that newer truck because it would have been far more road friendly than my old '54 at the time.
Then life happened....lol....and later on in life (early 30's) I found a mint Texas '72 blue/white custom 10 and I bought it and although it was stolen 5 years later and never to be seen again, I hung in there.
Then I found my now blue/white '72 Custom Deluxe 10 (highlander) in California which is the near exact truck to what I had stolen in condition, history, options, etc and went for it and again....never looked back.
all good
Coley

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My dad was into cars long before I was born, so I grew up with lots of classic cars around the house. But then, adulthood set in. And as is required when you get married and start having kids, I sold my 66 'Cuda back to my dad and bought a Taurus.

So we move forward, and I'm in my early 40's. The first wife is a distant memory, and the itch for a project vehicle comes back. The current wife is agreeable, so I start figuring out what I want. I know I wanted a big truck, pre-'75 (so no smog in California). I had grown up around Ford Trucks, but when I started doing some research, I fell in love with the 67-72 GMCs.

I also knew I wanted a 4x4, and a longbed fleetside. After a few months of looking and Craigslist searching, I found my '72. Rough body that would need a lot of work, but solid running gear. Perfect project to learn body work, welding and painting.

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my grandpa bought an 82 new and chopped it 6 in put a 350 from my dads nova in it lowered and calls it his hot rod truck. I've always wanted a truck like his since i was little. once i could afford something i looked on craigslist for a few weeks, found one for 2 grand went and looked at it. it needed a lot of work didn't run and needed new transmission plus more body work than anything else. turned it down heavy hearted. next day found one for the same price and i drove it home the next week. first truck at 17 a 70 cst longbed. hope i never sell it.

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I have always loved the style of these trucks. And, with the indy suspension you get both worlds: comfort and style.

I looked hard for a 1970, same year I was born. It's silly, but we're both the same age, and it's rewarding to work on her, and see improvements.

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Nothing else really compares does it?

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I love all old trucks. I was going to do a 56 ford when we got this truck from my wife's grandfather.

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What drew me to the 67-72 chevy trucks was I bought a 1969c-10 lwb pickup brand new in 1969. Liked the style and look and still have same truck to this day. Has been updated to front disc brakes,moved gas tank under bed,with a filler door on side of bed with a door, and have put in a 1996 Chevrolet truck 60/40 seat.



jim ellis

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Classic style, low tech and no California smog requirements/

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I recall when my dad and I went to the dealership to buy a brand new 1973 3/4 ton Chevy. At the time, I was 12 and tried to convince him to buy a '72 instead because it looked so much better. It was his first "new" vehicle and he had to have the newest, so he bought the '73.

In 2006, when I finished restoring my '70 K-10, he told me he remembered the conversation at the dealer and that I'd been right...he should have bought the '72 instead.

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So my buddy comes by and says "Mikes Blazer has a red tag and he's not going to go get it" Now it has a rebuilt 350 unfired and a rebuilt th350 and it's in pieces but Moms doesn't want it in the garage anymore. So I go see Mike and he has already sold it to Scott. So Scott says "I will trade your 66 El Camino for it and $500". Done deal As I had a 66 Chevelle and a 67 Firebird 400. Nice rust free Elco though... Oh well. So that was 1988. Girl is still with me and faithful as ever. I could go on with this story as in where Mike got it from but another day---

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Great stories ... :metal:

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I started out a square body fan, but when I sold my 87, I had a BUNCH of parts and was hunting another 73-78 square when I wondered into this site & came to the realization that all my square body suspension stuff would bolt right up to the 67-72's. My best friend in high school had a 69 big block truck and we raised tons of he77 street racing in that truck, so I found myself one...now I have 4 :D

I love em.

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I was watching dazed and confused and saw that black Chevy. I started to notice the GMC after that and I'm a 4 headlight like kind of guy so had to get me one!

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Dad had bought our 72' C-10 brand new from Detroit and some where along the line he had a 69' 4x4 with a 292 under the hood, 4 speed gear box and an old Army truck bed for hauling wood. Both trucks saw a lot of years on the side hills of PA getting beat up. We have had Chevys in the driveway since I was a kid. I guess I couldn't imagine having anything else.

Paul

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I have been a car nut since I pushed my first car (A 1957 ford) home at the age of 14 in 1968. My original car "sickness" was with and still is: Studebakers and Mopars,
The beginning of my 67-72 GM trucks addiction was about 33 years ago around 1982, While looking at a 69 Camaro at an abandoned vehicle auction to buy to make some $$ (I was buying,building and parting 67-69 Camaros and Chevelles at the time) I spotted a lonely "county orange" 67 stepside, I thought to myself, hmmmm that would be a cool truck to put my extra L88 427 in. so after a buying the Camaro for $450 I tossed out a $40 bid on the truck, I was now the owner of another Camaro and a 67 stepside (powered by a 327, power Glide and 3:73 posi), The next day out came the running gear and in went the 427 and T400. Woo Hoo what a blast to drive!
Then needing a few items for the stepside I attended another abandoned auction, low and behold there was a 68 CST with a 396, AC, buddy buckets, light hit in the nose, Thinking it would be good for the parts I needed for the 67 I bid $60 and was now the owner of it too! After carting it home and giving it a good look at, I thought wow, this truck was too nice to part! So back to another auction with a 67 and a 68 listed, ended up with both of those too..
Off came the parts needed for my original two, I then placed an ad in the local Buy-n-Sell (This was the venue of the day all before computers and craigslist) after the first week of parting out the two parts trucks looked like a turkey carcass after Thanksgiving, (they were picked clean!).

So after 47 years of the "car sickness" and 33 years of 67-72 truck addictions, I am still going fairly strong (although I am showing signs of slowing down).
I still have a Stable of 2 Mopars, (Dodge Rams) 5 Studebakers (One 440 powered) and 5 67-72 GM trucks.