[davem815]

The green ’70 GMC C2500 we purchased last year, I know nothing about it. We purchased it because it was a running/driving truck that my son (MrfourEyes), wife, and I could work on while we drove it and keep my son’s interest. I drove it 2 hours home. The kid I bought it from claimed 34K original miles, but I know from the smooth surfaces on the steering wheel and pedals it’s either 134k or 234k. The title says “Actual” on mileage, but it means odometer actual reading, not the total miles.

My red ’71 Chevy C20, I know almost every bit of the history. Dad bought it in 1974 from his bother-in-law’s brother. My uncle bought a sister truck. It came from a door and window installation company, NU Ray Products, in Elkhart, IN, and was sold by Gate Chevrolet in Elkhart (still in business in a different location). I have the Protecto-Plate and owner manual. I recently found and retrieved a majority of one of the original side boards with the company name, address and phone no. on it. It was built into the back wall of a shed at my mom’s. My dad daily drove it until around 1986. I swapped an engine into it for him, but it never got the final tune up (because I returned to college in the fall) and was never driven regularly again, other than moved around the barn yard. My dad passed away in 1987. About a year and a half ago, I had my mom remove my dad from the title and add me, maintaining the original 11/22/1974 title date. It is really rusty and has 240k miles. I would really like to get it drivable sometime.

Like Hounddogs!, I remember dad hauling corn to the elevator in it. He used burlap bags at the tailgate and I remember getting to “ride” the truck up the dump hoist! Dad put a cap on it and built a bed across the wheel wells, we took it on a family vacation to the Smokey Mountains. Mom and Dad would sleep on the bed, and 2 of us kids would sleep on the truck floor with our legs under the bed. The third lucky one got to sleep in the cab. All five of us would ride in the cab! I learned to drive a manual in it. Once you master a 3OTT, you could drive anything.