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I haven't seen this before but I have seen some old pics scattered on different threads. What gave me the idea was, the second owner of my 72, 1993-2009, caught up with us at a cruise in a couple of months ago and promised me some photos of when it was pristine. I would like to put it back to that condition, but for now, I think I'll hold off. Please post old pics and maybe one or two of how it looks now. I will share my new "old" photos and one from today's look.

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I'll play along, the first photo was taken just a couple days after I brought my truck home in 2004. The second pic is from last week. Now I know there doesn't seem to be huge progress in this time frame but I had health issues, got divorced and remarried, bought a business and worked on several other projects in between. What has happened is the floors and rockers have been replaced, driver side front fender fixed, temporary 267ci small block installed with a 200 4r trans, converted to power disc brakes and power steering and five lug all the way around. It is also lowered 2" in the front. I decided to reassemble the truck because I started to loose the drive with the never ending project. So I decided to get it so I could drive it and enjoy my truck and I'll fix it up as I go.

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here is mine old
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and now

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Sleeping Bowtie. Papas old lorry.

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Delivery day in 1970.

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The day I brought ol' Creeping Death home.

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...8&d=1265314841

Wish I still had the '79 K25 behind it as well... :)

Gary

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Great thread idea. Great to see your long time ownership, as well as others. I had my '71 Cheyenne Custom Camper/20 88-04 and '72 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper K/20 91-07. Only got rid of them for financial reasons. Thanks, Donna :rolleyes:. Don't plan on ever getting rid of this '72. Don't plan on remarrying either :cool:

My K2500 in '01 on our way home when I bought it:
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After a river trip on the Shenandoah 12 years ago:
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10 years ago at my neighbor's headed to Carlisle Trucks:
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Here are a couple of pictures of mine. I think the first is from 1980 and the one in the snow is from 81 or 82.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=610252

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Here's one from 2007 when I got it roadworthy and buffed the paint out after it had sat for 8 years. My grandfather turned it into his 'toy' in 1991 and painted it red, put a 454 in it and changed the wheels. I wish I had pictures of it before he did anything to it. I was originally medium green and beat all to hell from sitting in a field in Lubbock, TX where my cousins used it for target practice. The red paint job had so much bondo, fiberglass and cardboard (yes, cardboard) that I couldn't believe it. I stripped it down to bare metal, replaced/fixed all the rust and shoddy work and this is how it sits now.

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I took the first picture (which I'm sure people are tired of seeing) the first or second week of December, 1968, a couple weeks after new delivery. The second "old" pic was taken in 2010 before restoration. The last was taken post restoration a couple years ago.

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I haven't had mine from new but have its history. I tracked down the owners son who bought the truck from his Dad in 1987 and had it until 2011. He sent me the attached pic from July 1972 just after the truck was purchased.

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The day I found her and brought her home
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2035713c.jpg

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From the early '80s

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2005 & 2016

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2012 When we got the truck to 2016 when it is almost finished.

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The day she came home in June of 09

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Wow!

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http://www.seidata.com/~rmosley/blazer1.JPG

http://www.seidata.com/~rmosley/redblazer030.jpg

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I don't have many pictures from then. The now picture is from a local car show last weekend. It's been a slight transformation.

-Nick

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Man you guys do some amazing work!

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Here is my Truck... Dad Bought this new in 1966... and the last two pictures were taken last Sunday at the All Wheels Car Show at Lake Afton in Wichita, Ks

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I don't know if anyone has ever told you this, but I think it looks much better now. I hope you feel better now.

Here is how my '67 GMC SWB looked when I started in '06:
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Here it is now. My ex-wife has helped me with this project immensely :lol::
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Thanks to everyone for the response to this thread. I am fascinated with history and especially, vehicle history. These trucks had their day in the sun and seem to still be serving us well. I am amazed at the work and transformations we've seen so far. I just have always let them get away from me in the past, but some of you have kept yours for nearly 50 years. Congrats all around. Keep em coming.

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While the actual photo of my truck isn't old this is the way it looked when the original owner parked it in his garage in 2000 when he abruptly decided to retire from his roofing business. She sat there untouched with 85,000 original miles on her for 15 yrs. until I came along... Original everything.
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psmzfwhibd.jpg
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...psmhpd48sv.jpg

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Very nice find there Ken :chevy:

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Really fine Longhorn. You did it up just right. The wheel treatment is classic truck!

Elliot949, PERFECT!

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First picture is a month or so after I brought it home from Arizona in 2005. Second one is at a local car show last year and the last one is my favorite with the boat in tow.

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First is picture of day I brought it home, not so long ago in November 2014. Next is how it looks now.

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I'm really liking the wheels. Info please?

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Back when she was my daily. That is a picture of a picture. The real pic was probably 1995 or so.

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http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...wner-2-600.jpg
Here's my truck with the original owners. I have some other photos from later years also. It's amazing that these are still with the truck 48 years later. I looked up the owners name that is written on this photo and also on the protecta-plate and it looks like they still live at the same address.

The gap between the hood and the passenger side fender still looks the same.

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Thanks. They're US Mag Ramblers. I'd like to take credit for it all, but stole the idea and dimensions, including tires, from Walker. Discussion here includes sizing, etc.: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=703676

Numbers below.

18x8 in front with 4.5 backspace
18x9.5 in rear with 5.25 backspace
255/45/18 in front
295/45/18 in rear
tires are Nitto NT-555

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The day after I drove it home from Idaho

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/...psa4719412.jpg

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/...psf90a09ee.jpg

Most recent

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/...pscytbbgyx.jpg

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/...psl2jrski3.jpg

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There is no way I could ever get bored looking at this pic! Very nice!
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...1&d=1465968645

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Through the years

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There are an unbelievable number of beautiful trucks on this forum!

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I really like the pictures of your tucks I have seen and that is one of the reasons I have kept mine the way it is. I"m a huge fan of stock trucks. I am struggling with keeping the split rims though.. I've had two flats over the past two weeks on opposite sides of town. When you get a nail or screw in a tire that is on a split rim the flat is instant. Most recent flat, on my way to work this morning and its a darn good thing I had last weeks flat fixed asap or I would have been S.O.L. Someone posted a pic of a Longhorn with vintage deep dish aluminum slots on it a while back. Now that I would do.

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right before i loaded it up to come home in 2010
you can even see the 67 clip in the bed!


And at a show about a month ago

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I'm flattered. Maybe you just have good taste, too :cool:. Yeah, sometimes practical upgrades are called for if you want to drive around freely w/o concern for complicated situations. We run radials and those were never offered on these trucks, so why not bead-seal 16s? I have a set of '67 GMC hubcaps, which require the clip-style wheels, which will be split rim for 16". I hope to find a set to cut hoops loose from centers, and rebuild using 16 x 8 hoops. I'll gain the 8.25 x 16.5 look, get away from split rims, and still look pretty much stock with no drawbacks...and have something no one else has done. Not so sure on that, though. Story of my life is someone with more money than me comes up with the idea and executes while I dream on :rolleyes:

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Shortly after I got it and now.