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Longhorn321 · 08-29-2007, 02:57 PM

Hello All,

I fell in love with a white on pale yellow '71 or '72 (I think) LWB at the Charlotte Auto Fair about 4 or 5 years ago and decided that it made sense for me to sell my '95 Siverado extended cab and buy an older model to play with. While looking around on the internet, I stumbled across Longhorn Man's "The Longhorn Web Site" and I thought one of those things would be pretty cool. Long story short....I found one in VA on ebay and bought it sight unseen except for the few (poor) pictures in the ad. The guy told me it had very little rust (it has more than a little but still not as bad as a lot I have seen) but the engine had a miss. He said he thought it was the carb.

It turned out to have three misses due to Champion plugs and very very wrongly adjusted valves. Anyway, it seems to run great now and I am steadily tinkering with it and making it run better and look better. I have had it for about 1.5 yrs. and looking forward to some good times talking about it and about other truck lovers trucks on this board network. Nice to meet ya!

shaneschevys · 08-29-2007, 03:18 PM

Welcome from FT Worth TX. Nice looking truck.

krue · 08-29-2007, 05:50 PM

Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Great looking truck.

jsbgump · 08-29-2007, 06:06 PM

Welcome to the board from Texas

Bill72BB · 08-29-2007, 07:09 PM

Welcome from SoCal .

85gmcguy · 08-29-2007, 07:21 PM

Welcome from just up the road in Asheville,NC. Lots of great folks and good advice on this board

Nice lookin' truck you got there...

L0WRIDE · 08-29-2007, 09:45 PM

Welcome to the boards

Stepside65 · 08-29-2007, 10:34 PM

Welcome from blazin New Mexico.

72armyswbtruck · 08-30-2007, 03:50 AM

and welcome from Idaho and a fellow longhorn fan

Bishops Trucks · 08-30-2007, 04:37 AM

Welcome from Vienna, Austria. Nice looking truck you have! Be careful, these things are addicting.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 09-05-2007, 01:03 AM

WELCOME to the board

**Ron 586** · 09-05-2007, 02:20 PM

Welcome to the board from West Tennessee.

**1971K54X4** · 09-05-2007, 02:22 PM

from Iowa

LonghornJeff · 09-07-2007, 01:45 AM

Welcome to the board!

......welcome to the Longhorn club!

BigDaddyDave · 09-07-2007, 09:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longhorn321

Hello All,

I fell in love with a white on pale yellow '71 or '72 (I think) LWB at the Charlotte Auto Fair about 4 or 5 years ago and decided that it made sense for me to sell my '95 Siverado extended cab and buy an older model to play with. While looking around on the internet, I stumbled across Longhorn Man's "The Longhorn Web Site" and I thought one of those things would be pretty cool. Long story short....I found one in VA on ebay and bought it sight unseen except for the few (poor) pictures in the ad. The guy told me it had very little rust (it has more than a little but still not as bad as a lot I have seen) but the engine had a miss. He said he thought it was the carb.

It turned out to have three misses due to Champion plugs and very very wrongly adjusted valves. Anyway, it seems to run great now and I am steadily tinkering with it and making it run better and look better. I have had it for about 1.5 yrs. and looking forward to some good times talking about it and about other truck lovers trucks on this board network. Nice to meet ya!

Welcome to the boards from CONCORD NC!!! I live about 7 miles from lowes motor speedway, if that gives you any idea where I'm from.

Longhorn321 · 09-07-2007, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigDaddyDave

Welcome to the boards from CONCORD NC!!! I live about 7 miles from lowes motor speedway, if that gives you any idea where I'm from.

I know exactly where that is! You don't have a white on pale yellow LWB truck do you?

**Classic Bowties** · 09-07-2007, 11:11 AM

and

to the board from Portland, Or.

72BlckButy · 09-07-2007, 01:52 PM

to the board from Mid-MO!!!

CAL 58 GMC · 09-08-2007, 03:24 AM

Welcome from Central Califronia

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-23-2007, 07:49 AM

From West TN

dh81k30 · 09-23-2007, 10:23 AM

from NC

08-29-2007, 02:57 PM	#1
Longhorn321 Size Matters Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lyman, SC Posts: 9,189	Howdy from South Carolina Hello All, I fell in love with a white on pale yellow '71 or '72 (I think) LWB at the Charlotte Auto Fair about 4 or 5 years ago and decided that it made sense for me to sell my '95 Siverado extended cab and buy an older model to play with. While looking around on the internet, I stumbled across Longhorn Man's "The Longhorn Web Site" and I thought one of those things would be pretty cool. Long story short....I found one in VA on ebay and bought it sight unseen except for the few (poor) pictures in the ad. The guy told me it had very little rust (it has more than a little but still not as bad as a lot I have seen) but the engine had a miss. He said he thought it was the carb. It turned out to have three misses due to Champion plugs and very very wrongly adjusted valves. Anyway, it seems to run great now and I am steadily tinkering with it and making it run better and look better. I have had it for about 1.5 yrs. and looking forward to some good times talking about it and about other truck lovers trucks on this board network. Nice to meet ya! Attached Images

08-29-2007, 03:18 PM	#2
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08-29-2007, 05:50 PM	#3
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08-29-2007, 06:06 PM	#4
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08-29-2007, 07:21 PM	#6
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08-29-2007, 09:45 PM	#7
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08-29-2007, 10:34 PM	#8
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08-30-2007, 03:50 AM	#9
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08-30-2007, 04:37 AM	#10
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09-05-2007, 01:03 AM	#11
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09-05-2007, 02:20 PM	#12
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09-07-2007, 01:45 AM	#14
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09-07-2007, 11:11 AM	#17
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