Low mileage 1970 C10
 

Interesting video- looks legit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8X3-D4...Vlbi1VUw%3D%3D

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that's a beauty for sure, I'm just not convinced it's what is claimed.

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That SPID looks awful perfectly pretty and high-glossed…

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Seems legit to me. Otherwise someone went through a lot of painstaking effort and didn't patch the camper mounting hole in the bed rail. Everything from the video matched up that I could see (ie. seat belt date vs build date).

Having purchased a 79 with only 8000 original miles a few years ago from a farmer, I know they do exist.

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what year did the SPID get the laminant cover? I'm thinking 1971. I had a '69 and they didn't have it then.

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Ha! I/we just went over this a few weeks ago!
Those are aftermarket bumper guards.....from a foreign country in the far east....

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My 69 is just the paper sticker as well. That was the first thing I noticed on this truck.

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Good question. It has a July '70 build date, pretty close to end of the '70's and close to the start of the '71 run. My '70 was built in 9-'69 and has a paper SPID.

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Yup, my '70 was built 9/69 and has no plastic skin on the SPID.

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On some of the really "Pretty" trucks I have seen laminate covers; you can purchase clear stick on, then cut it to size on SPID's that I assume were installed to preserve the writing from being scratched.

Whether the SPID was original or not I don't know, but I'm pretty sure the laminate was not.

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I think that started in 72. My buddies 71 does not have film.

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the angled printing and actual font (different from the RPO font) of the VIN seems very convincing to me - fake SPIDs often just use the RPO fonts. Not sure I've ever seen a fake SPID print the VIN at a slight angle - something that is not uncommon on original trucks. Given it's very late in the 70 model year, I think it's possible the clear covering is original, but who knows. The truck is SO nice and "fresh" looking, it looks recently restored more so than an original survivor. But with only 5700 miles, who knows! I'd believe it - and it sure is a beauty.

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My 70 GMC and 71 Chevy both have film

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Beautiful truck for sure!!!

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Just a comment. Why didn't GM use the same shade of colors through out the interior? In this case, it appears we have a mishmash of maroons and reds on the dash board, steering column, steering wheel, inner door panel, visor, floor mat and seat upholstery.

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Possibly multiple contractors/sources just not all aligned perfectly on colors to begin with...
Another thought is that in 1970 all the colors _were_ perfectly hued, but different substances [vinyls, naugahydes, plastics, lacquers, enamels, rubber mats, etc.] have all aged differently due to solar/UV exposure. So 56 years later we have diverging color shifts.

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Yup, about the color differences.

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I find it hard to believe he got it in Ohio. If not for salt, then moisture alone usually puts a little rust and wear on certain items. Usually when you see something this nice, it is a Corvette or some car that isn't generic.

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I can't find anything to fault the story or the truck. The rear bumper is a dealer add-on I think the guy in the video seems to think it's a factory addition. The front bumper guards might be aftermarket but probably are period. The only minor thing that looks too good to be true is the lettering on the tailgate looks a bit better than the usual factory painting. The factory pinstriping looks slightly off but it's hard to say for sure. Those could be variations in factories or model years. I thought the pinstriping was actually upper trim at first!

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Rear step bumper is on the SPID (RPO V43).

So - factory installed.

K

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kinda thought the paint looked suspicious, but the longer I look, the more subtle wear blemishes I see, like the seam at the top of the tailgate Definitely looks like it was buffed/rubbed out, but doesn't seem like a repaint

Hard to believe anyone(let alone a farmer) drove that for 9 years in Ohio without it rusting or dinging up the tailgate, but if this guy had money and kept it off the salted roads...

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If the OP [Original Purchaser] had a camper unit on the bed, the tailgate would have been removed, and stored carefully. Hence it looks showroom new.
:chevy:

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I have never seen any truck tailgate "carefully" stored for decades - they're simply set aside, forgotten, lost, disposed of, sold etc - it's highly uncommon for someone to wrap them up or boxed up.

I actually believe the guy's words of "camper" is actually canopy/topper so perhaps the tailgate was just never removed. the very top of the tailgate appears to have rub marks common with canopy/topper when that glass swing up door makes contact with the tailgate.

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Since the artifact under discussion is 2 hours north of me, I am not likely to inspect it in person. Might as well be two thousand miles away.
Any online insight is purely speculation.
One can either accept it at face value, or imagine a great hoax involving a ton of NOS parts -- to what end IDK.

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I'm always ready for a "hoax"...

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You know, those people don't realize that that shape hat actually works to focus the mind control rays. ;)

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Best shield from _alien thought rays _ was the USGI M1 steel helmet. When they went to the ''Fritz'' and Kevlars, etc. I knew the Pentagon had been turned by the Area 51 Beings and sold us out.
:uhmk:

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Haters gonna hate.

I was very skeptical too but as unbelievable as the "rust free from Ohio" story is, the evidence that shows this thing to be an amazingly well preserved original survivor is there. You just have to watch closely and know what you're looking for.

Regarding the reds/maroons, I think it's an optical illusion due to the lighting and handheld camerawork in the video. I don't see any sun fading going on. It's just that those original GM red interior parts and materials are a very bright red when the sun hits them and not as bright in the shade.

Very nice pickup indeed.

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what is that suppose to mean? the only "hate" I see about any post in this thread is yours. There's no purpose for your comment

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Your kidding right? Have you never heard the saying? Does it seem less "hateful" if I type a non familiar phrase like "disbelievers gonna disbelieve"?

I went on to say that I was skeptical at first myself. Truth be told, I spent more time than I should have carefully going over that video looking for remaining factory original details, because that's the type of thing I like.

The "purpose" of my post was to say that there is plenty meat on the bone to show that that truck is an almost unbelievably well preserved example of a 1970 Chevrolet pickup truck.

Also, a big thanks to 72_Tigger for posting this thread because this is my favorite type of classic truck. I likely would've missed it.

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Regarding the SPID laminate, it's not unreasonable to believe it was a plant specific detail or possibly a late in the model year addition as was already mentioned. I thought that the laminate wasn't used until the 1971 trucks but 72 tigger showed an example of a 1970 Fremont GMC with the clear cover. The black truck in the video is a Flint built truck. So maybe they were alreadiy using the covers at that plant. My 1970 St Louis built C10 however, does not have the laminate.

This is the SPID from the truck in the video.

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I'm not a hater, just a bitter man with a rock in my shoe ;-)

If I were trying to pass a fake SPID off as original, I'd probably make a point of scuffing it up a bit, because as Sherlock said:"People will believe the impossible long before the implausible"

My SPID shows more typical/plausible wear, but besides the one bugger in the corner it's pretty clean, and does indeed have the prophylactic cover in question. It's a 70 Fremont truck

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I believe it. Nobody who is trying to get a truck to look good would stick the laminate spid protector on that crooked and carelessly.

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Anybody want to buy a bridge?.....

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During the squarebody era the laminate cover would come and go (plant and model year specific).

I say this because when I was the line foreman for the fender set area (in Flint) one of my guys was the operator that installed the SPID label.

If it has fuzz/lint on it you know it is legit. He always stuck it to his shirt/apron first while he did all his other stuff and then slapped it in the glovebox as he was walking back to his bench.

;)

K

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As far as low mile / rust free in Ohio - it could happen.

Here is a 5000 mile '65 GTO in original unrestored condition. Stored in an unheated garage in Michigan.

https://www.hotrod.com/features/5000...w-still-family

https://over-drive-magazine.com/2023...athery-fabric/

In this case dad got sick and couldn't drive it anymore, so it sat for 25 years.

Maybe there is a similar story on the pickup.

K

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Thanks for sharing SPID photo. Being curious, what is the build month on blue decal inside of door? A pattern might be developing if they are late 70 builds with protective coverings.

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Mine is an early year build, September, '69. Fremont truck, no plastic on the SPID.

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Back in my blueprint days, we'd do this to make a permanent sticker removable. Makes me wonder how many of those fell off over the years ;-)

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Mine sure did.

Glued it back down with 3M spray adhesive.

K