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just met the original owner of this 72 today. its got 500k miles on it! straight as an arrow, and a nice light patina. i was bummed to hear he's got it reserved for his kids in his will, but that's pretty cool...
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Holy crap. He must have about 500k on him too.
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wow, that's cool. Exactly what I'm looking for minus about 450K miles.
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My uncle's neighbor in columbia, sc had a green 71/72 stepside that had over 400K on it about 10 years ago, but that's also about when he passed and I think the truck ended up getting killed. It LOOKED like it had that many miles. Not a straight panel anywhere and the interior looked like it had a million miles on it. That there is a nice truck!
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That's cool. It's pretty cool that he intends to pass it on to his kids. Hopefully they are serious about it's upkeep.
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That's a sweet looking truck with a great story to match.
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when me and the wife started dating in 1983 her father's truck was showing 73000 miles on odo.I asked was that all he said no to add about 150000 to it. On third engine.The body has over 300,000 on it.
It was a DD until he bought a 1986 Celebrity. He got used to 23 mph. |
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That's a Chevy for ya:chevy:
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Very nice, that has my name written all over it! LOL
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That's neat to hear about.
Give me his phone number so I can send him a set of full wheel covers ;) |
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Bought the truck in 1986 it had a little over 79,000 on it.
I have drove it ever since for a D/D. The outside skin is all orignal never been wrecked. Rear end is orignal 4:10 frame is all orignal. I would say close to 400,000 now. This truck has been up and down I-85 in South & North Carolina more than I like. From 1986 to a couple of years ago when I got on the team I'm on now I was on the road everyday it seemed! ;):chevy: http://andy4639.com/images//2012/02/new-shoes7.jpg |
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Andy, ours used to make the trip to Flowery Branch,GA. every year.Wifes uncle used to live there.
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The only replacement panels on this one is the rockers.The rest is original.
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Andy love the bed cover.
Sorry for al the posts guys. |
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I traveled between Mcguire, Catawba and Oconee nuclear stations. When we weren't refurbishing the old hydro stations. The truck has been to Fla, Ga, Tenn. NC, SC, Va.;):chevy: |
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I've got a neighbor who bought a '72 K20 brand new. I was looking at it the other day and the odometer had 68,000 miles on it. I asked him if it was 168,xxx or 268,xxx. He says it's almost to 600,000. It's his daily driver too. The only other vehicle I have ever seen him drive on the highway is a grain truck.
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My next door neighbor has a Dodge Ram (gas version, I think its a 1995) and it has almost 600,000 miles on it. Three transmissions and two engines. He says everything has been replaced at least once. Every time he goes to get it fixed or to put a new motor or tranny in it they tell him to buy a new one...and it keeps running. It' his daily driver.
That's a cool story about a C10 making it that long looking so good. Having it look that clean after that many years is hard to do... |
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Good looking truck andy
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