Bought a pile from a cow pasture
 

Four wheeled pile, that is. This truck has been off the road since 1998 and was about 10 miles from me. I thought it had some interesting options for a plain Custom 10, 307, 3 speed truck. It has factory cab lights, auxiliary springs, upper and lower molding, P01 wheel covers. It needs a lot of love but it's all there. Well, except for what has rusted away:lol:

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I don't think I have seen a truck with both body and belt molding. Interesting options indeed.

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It's a beaut Clark, looks like it should all buff out but will it roll?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHBTDb_iko

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And it’s not all beaten up ? Congratulations ! 307’s are not as bad as people make them out to be.

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Nice find!

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That is an awesome truck :)

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Man that dashpad was some extreme patina!!!

That would be a "most preferred" pile to me.
Any 71 or 72 will have factory disc brakes. Manual non assisted disc brakes would be OK too.

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They don't make trucks like these anymore, I'd be happy to drive it to town knowing that there ain't about a dozen computers that can fail and I wouldn't know how to fix anyway. $$$

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:c2:

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Interesting allusion to natural bovine fertilizer. Reminds me of a recurring nightmare of mine:
I buy a truck, [Sight unseen -- Hey it's a dream]
Usually a longbed C/20.! [! =Scary notes],
Then it's Ochre!!
Finally I discover the bed is filled with steaming horse sh!t!!!
And I wake up in a sweat,
but thankful it was only a nightmare and I'm not stuck with a truckload of road apples.

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Oshawa produced truck. I like it!

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Yeah, my econobox is approaching its 10 year warranty expiration, and I'm low-key looking for a replacement. The paint on my wife's econobox was peeling, so we had it repainted. $5k for a $5k vehicle, but it's working OK, except for the paint. My truck may not get the best mileage, but I can fix what needs fixing.

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lol

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Cow Pasture finds are the best finds sometimes!

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Nice find Dave :chevy:

I wonder if that farmer went out there
Every spring
Since 98?and sprayed a perfect square of round up
Around it so every interested buyer
Could have a clear view of it for the last 1/4 of a century

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^^^ Good eye lol

That upper belt mounding on the bed is surprisingly… existent.

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Being an Oshawa build and therefore built in Canada you could contact the GM Heritage Centre and get a printout of when the truck was built with for options and where it originally sold from etc.

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And that to me is everything.
Gasoline nationwide is probably around $2.50 a gallon, maybe a bit less, and the rest is taxes depending on where you reside.
New trucks would cost a fortune to someone like me on my fixed retirement income and although they may be a bit more fuel efficient and even pollute a bit less, that advantage comes at a ridiculous price to my wallet.
Besides I don't drive as much as I used to, maybe a 25 mile round trip once a week if that.
Sooner or later the new stuff is going to require maintenance and repairs and there are a lot of more sophisticated systems that can break down in the new stuff that I would have no clue how to diagnose, much less fix. $$$
Used to be that you put fuel in the tank and turn a key and you drove your truck to town, maybe change the oil regularly and give it a tune-up now and then and you were on your way.
I state all this because it's 4AM here, I can't sleep and I wanted to quote Star Trek Scotty in regards to new vehicles:

"The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain." :haha:

...night! night! :D

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X2

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Yeah it's funny. I've driven by this farm many, many times in my lifetime, but it was parked just enough over a rise in the land that me, nor anyone else, could see it from the road. The owner passed last year and it went on the market.

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I have submitted an electronic request so we'll see how it goes. Thanks.

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Isn't everything you can know shown right there on the glovebox door? I mean, other than the dealer info.

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Now that is really interesting to me. At first I assumed that it was an import, but the fact that it was an Oshawa truck without the "Mandatory Canadian Equipment" option means it was produced for sale in the US. I don't recall seeing one on the site.

I look forward to getting a look at the build sheet from the Canadian Heritage centre.

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Great find dave

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I bought one from a cow pasture once. I didn't realize when I bought it that it had been backed up to the fence with pig farm on the other side. It took me about a year to get the smell out of it. By comparison, cowpies smell sweet.