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Old 01-22-2019, 11:21 PM   #4
Robert1970C20rstbukt
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Re: '68 GMC 9500 Long Nose

Figured it would be one of the two Detroits for sure. When I worked at the local salvage yard my boss picked up a late '60's GMC 9500 single axle dump truck that had a 6-71 with a 5+2. I wanted to see if it would run, but when the crusher came that month he sent it off to its doom. I took the grille, emblems, lights, stainless wiper arms/blades and some other stuff before it went. I took the ignition switch also, and I remember it had an octagon key with the knockout still in it. So I guess that made it a 1968 or earlier? Sad thing is it was actually in decent condition with little rust, the dump box was beat up and rusted out though. It looked a lot older than the truck was. PO told us it was running fine when they quit driving it. Supposedly it needed all new brakes and a clutch and was more than they wanted to spend to fix it. I've always like that body style of the heavy GM trucks. That's the main reason I saved the '69 8500, I wasn't going to let it happen again let alone to a truck that runs and drives!
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