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**too much stuff** · 03-19-2014, 10:08 PM

Well, many of you know i have been on the search for a truck since i accidently sold my 69 BB truck last summer. I had quite a few people looking, WTB ads, craigslist, e-bay and so forth for the last couple of months. Turns out they don't just fall into your lap when you are looking. Ended up going 2700 miles with stops at vintage windmills place (jud), maddoxdbs place (dustin) and cash3481s place (mike). Didn't hang out too long at any one place. Did some trading with jud, bought the truck from dustin and a cab from mike.

Here is what i hauled home...

Vintage Windmills · 03-19-2014, 10:13 PM

Nice Eric! I was thinking that looked like a good solid truck in the ad. How'd the new GMC and trailer do on the trip?

463 · 03-19-2014, 10:15 PM

very nice. Look's like a good solid start.

**too much stuff** · 03-19-2014, 10:16 PM

The trip went good for the most part. Had a good lightning storm and plenty of rain at mikes place which kept us inside except for about 3.7 minutes between rain dumps to load the cab. The old 94 ran perfect and used just under a quart of oil on the whole trip. Just turned over 45,ooo miles on the trip. One pic is at the route 66 museum in OK and a couple shots at the salt mines in kansas.

**too much stuff** · 03-19-2014, 10:24 PM

Of course what trip back into minnesota is complete without running into a blizzard? And yes it sucked driving in that! The last pic is a few NOS and used goodies i scrounged up along the way.
Enjoy and watch for the junkyard pics in another thread.

ole dollor · 03-19-2014, 10:29 PM

nice find you have there, that truck looks real clean to start with , I love traveling down old rt 66 ,we do it ever chance we get...good luck on you build.

Milo's 72 · 03-19-2014, 10:39 PM

Did you come through missouri that truck and trailer looks like one that pulled in to our shop the other day as the boss and I went to lunch.you got a nice looking c-10 there mine is not that nice but if I get off my butt on the weekends it will be nice.good luck with your build.

In The Ten Ring · 03-19-2014, 10:48 PM

I like that truck!

Long wheel base?

PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE KEEPING THE 3 OTT!

**Cash3481** · 03-19-2014, 10:50 PM

Eric,
Pleasure to meet you and your wife! Wish I would have offered for you guys to stay the night, if you weren't pushing on to the salt mines. Next time it's beer and BBQ I promise.
Truck looks great! It will serve you well.
If I get the building up before summers over I'll do a proper barn warming party!

Mike

71swb4x4 · 03-19-2014, 10:25 PM

That's a good looking truck Eric. What are your plans? That one looks good enough to clean up and drive!

airdale94 · 03-19-2014, 11:13 PM

Salt Mine - We never close! I once "accidently" sold a 77 black and gold SE Trans Am.

**Todd68Chevy** · 03-19-2014, 11:21 PM

Looks like a good trip!

Milo's 72 · 03-19-2014, 11:25 PM

Phillips towing 3miles north of Nevada on I-49

**LockDoc** · 03-20-2014, 12:14 AM

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Glad you finally found a ride. Looks really good!

The weather just tests your driving skills...

LockDoc

Russ.W. · 03-20-2014, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by too much stuff

Well, many of you know i have been on the search for a truck since i accidently sold my 69 BB truck last summer.

Nice truck.

Gotta ask ... how do you accidentally sell a truck? hahaha

ETsC10 · 03-20-2014, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Russ.W.

Nice truck.

Gotta ask ... how do you accidentally sell a truck? hahaha

Curious too...

Maddoxdb · 03-20-2014, 01:07 AM

Glad ya made it home safe. Nice meeting you two. I will look forward to progress pics. Thanks again, Dustin

P.S. That was a nice surprise for it to start and drive onto your trailer!!

**Ol Blue K20** · 03-20-2014, 01:34 AM

Nice find.... I love the blue glove box door. The truck looks to be pretty solid why did ya need a cab?

**Joesjunk** · 03-20-2014, 07:35 AM

Nice truck Eric , both of them

brawley · 03-20-2014, 10:36 AM

once you get the itch, it drives you mad til you find one- looks like you found a nice truck in great shape, should be fun.

**too much stuff** · 03-20-2014, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by airdale94

Salt Mine - We never close! I once "accidently" sold a 77 black and gold SE Trans Am.

You must work there? It was interesting.

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Originally Posted by Todd68Chevy

Looks like a good trip!

Down and back in one piece is a good trip in my book.

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Originally Posted by Milo's 72

Phillips towing 3miles north of Nevada on I-49

I remember seeing the town and we stayed in that area one night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Glad you finally found a ride. Looks really good!

The weather just tests your driving skills...

LockDoc

Thanks. Yeah, it was "white knuckles" a few times.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ.W.

Nice truck.

Gotta ask ... how do you accidentally sell a truck? hahaha

Quote:

Originally Posted by ETsC10

Curious too...

Had it at the local swap meet last summer vending from it and figured i would throw a for sale sign in the window and see what happens. Had 2 people wanting it and it was sold in 20 minutes. I had to tell him i still needed it to haul my parts home the next day. Happened so fast i didn't know what happened.

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Originally Posted by Maddoxdb

Glad ya made it home safe. Nice meeting you two. I will look forward to progress pics. Thanks again, Dustin

P.S. That was a nice surprise for it to start and drive onto your trailer!!

And i haven't been able to get it running since...Oh well, its in the garage now.

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Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Nice find.... I love the blue glove box door. The truck looks to be pretty solid why did ya need a cab?

The woodgrain door is nice, too bad the spid is gone.
Doesn't everyone need a spare cab just in case? It is a high hump, A/C 71 cab with factory cab lights. I will find a use for it...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joesjunk

Nice truck Eric , both of them

Thanks joe. I figured you would like both. I picked up the 94 last fall with just over 40,000 actual on it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by brawley

once you get the itch, it drives you mad til you find one- looks like you found a nice truck in great shape, should be fun.

Thanks.

ETsC10 · 03-20-2014, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by too much stuff

Had it at the local swap meet last summer vending from it and figured i would throw a for sale sign in the window and see what happens.
Had 2 people wanting it and it was sold in 20 minutes. I had to tell him i still needed it to haul my parts home the next day. Happened so fast i didn't know what happened.

Haha. Did a similar thing. Got so excited selling things I ended up driving my truck home without a front right fender.

teeitup · 03-20-2014, 09:52 PM

Glad you found one Eric, looks good!!!!!!!!!

**too much stuff** · 03-20-2014, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by teeitup

Glad you found one Eric, looks good!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, still wanted to stop by, but didn't get very close on the way home. Ended up going through salina.

otsenre · 03-22-2014, 02:14 PM

glad to see you found what you were after, looks great!

03-19-2014, 10:08 PM	#1
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,792	The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Well, many of you know i have been on the search for a truck since i accidently sold my 69 BB truck last summer. I had quite a few people looking, WTB ads, craigslist, e-bay and so forth for the last couple of months. Turns out they don't just fall into your lap when you are looking. Ended up going 2700 miles with stops at vintage windmills place (jud), maddoxdbs place (dustin) and cash3481s place (mike). Didn't hang out too long at any one place. Did some trading with jud, bought the truck from dustin and a cab from mike. Here is what i hauled home... Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

03-19-2014, 10:13 PM	#2
Vintage Windmills Vintage 4x4s Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Prior Lake, MN Posts: 4,305	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Nice Eric! I was thinking that looked like a good solid truck in the ad. How'd the new GMC and trailer do on the trip? __________________ 67 GMC K1500 Custom- 305V6 SM420, PTO, Ram Assist, yellow (the outcast) (project period correct upgrades) 67 GMC C2500 351V6 TH400, AC, PS, PB (can't decide what to do with. Update, decided to keep and will restore ) 86 CHV K30 502 th400, apple red NEW 71 CHV K20 350 SM465, ochre (saved work truck) 71 CHV K20 292 SM465, white, tach, PTO, (future project) 72 CHV K20 350 350th, medium blue (project stocker) 01 CHV K2500hd crew, indigo blue ^3 dont run and the others don't see winter either '86 K30 Cummins "Fireside" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=649649 '71 K20 "get driveable" thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590642 '72 K20 Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=493477&page=6

03-19-2014, 10:15 PM	#3
463 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sask Canada Posts: 1,666	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck very nice. Look's like a good solid start. __________________ Trueman

03-19-2014, 10:16 PM	#4
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,792	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck The trip went good for the most part. Had a good lightning storm and plenty of rain at mikes place which kept us inside except for about 3.7 minutes between rain dumps to load the cab. The old 94 ran perfect and used just under a quart of oil on the whole trip. Just turned over 45,ooo miles on the trip. One pic is at the route 66 museum in OK and a couple shots at the salt mines in kansas. Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

03-19-2014, 10:24 PM	#5
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,792	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Of course what trip back into minnesota is complete without running into a blizzard? And yes it sucked driving in that! The last pic is a few NOS and used goodies i scrounged up along the way. Enjoy and watch for the junkyard pics in another thread. Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

03-19-2014, 10:29 PM	#6
ole dollor Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Anton, Texas Posts: 2,364	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck nice find you have there, that truck looks real clean to start with , I love traveling down old rt 66 ,we do it ever chance we get...good luck on you build.

03-19-2014, 10:39 PM	#7
Milo's 72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Nevada mo. Posts: 22	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Did you come through missouri that truck and trailer looks like one that pulled in to our shop the other day as the boss and I went to lunch.you got a nice looking c-10 there mine is not that nice but if I get off my butt on the weekends it will be nice.good luck with your build.

03-19-2014, 10:48 PM	#8
In The Ten Ring Registered User Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 6,427	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck I like that truck! Long wheel base? PLEASE TELL ME YOU ARE KEEPING THE 3 OTT!

03-19-2014, 10:50 PM	#9
Cash3481 Loves all GMC trucks Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Columbia Mo Posts: 4,435	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Eric, Pleasure to meet you and your wife! Wish I would have offered for you guys to stay the night, if you weren't pushing on to the salt mines. Next time it's beer and BBQ I promise. Truck looks great! It will serve you well. If I get the building up before summers over I'll do a proper barn warming party! Mike

03-19-2014, 10:25 PM	#10
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck That's a good looking truck Eric. What are your plans? That one looks good enough to clean up and drive! __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

03-19-2014, 11:13 PM	#11
airdale94 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Topeka,KS Posts: 778	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Salt Mine - We never close! I once "accidently" sold a 77 black and gold SE Trans Am. __________________ 68' C20. 283CI w/55CC 305HO heads, NP435 Close Ratio, Corp. 14 bolt FF 3.21, 75' front end swap (everything but the X-member).

03-19-2014, 11:21 PM	#12
Todd68Chevy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Shelburn Indiana Posts: 3,975	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Looks like a good trip! __________________ Note: All parts I have for sale are also for sale locally. I currently own: 1940 Chevy Fire truck (project), 1946 Chevy truck (project), 1946 Chevy 1 Ton pick up, 1953 Chevy school bus (storage area), 1968 Chevy C10 (I have drove for 26 years), 1994 Chevy C2500 (daily driver), 2005 GMC crew cab K2500 (parts hauler) and more trucks for parts.

03-19-2014, 11:25 PM	#13
Milo's 72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Nevada mo. Posts: 22	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Phillips towing 3miles north of Nevada on I-49

03-20-2014, 12:14 AM	#14
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,818	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck - Glad you finally found a ride. Looks really good! The weather just tests your driving skills... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 03-20-2014 at 10:45 AM.

03-20-2014, 01:07 AM	#17
Maddoxdb Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Elk city ok Posts: 891	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Glad ya made it home safe. Nice meeting you two. I will look forward to progress pics. Thanks again, Dustin P.S. That was a nice surprise for it to start and drive onto your trailer!!



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03-20-2014, 01:34 AM	#18
Ol Blue K20 Proprietor of Dale's Corner Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Vacaville , CA Posts: 16,245	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Nice find.... I love the blue glove box door. The truck looks to be pretty solid why did ya need a cab? __________________ "Some Days Chickens And Some Days Feathers" Dale XNGH ECV Sam Brannan 1004 R.I.P. 67ChevyRedneck R.I.P. Grumpy Old Man R.I.P. FleetsidePaul

03-20-2014, 07:35 AM	#19
Joesjunk Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Independence MO. Posts: 7,709	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Nice truck Eric , both of them __________________ 72 3/4t Custom Deluxe 402/auto 66k Original paint 71 3/4t 4x4 Custom Deluxe 10k original miles Original paint 71 3/4t Cheyenne 402 70k original paint 72 3/4t 4x4 Custom deluxe 72 3/4t 4x4 Custom deluxe 91k original paint 72 Cheyenne/30 Dually 69 Camaro SS396 4-speed 13 GMC 2500HD Duramax I bought new 05 Jeep Wrangler "Willys Edition" 12k miles (I bought new) 85 3/4 ton 4x4 Scottsdale 33k miles original paint 86 1 ton 4x4 SRW Silverado 454 restored 80 1 ton 4x4 SRW Silverado 9,434 original miles!! original paint 95 GMC 1 ton dually 4x4 my dad bought new 95 GMC 3/4 ton 4x4, regular cab 454, 31k original miles 2002 2500HD 4x4 regular cab 6.0L 67k miles 2002 2500HD 4x4 regular cab 8.1L 28k miles 2003 GMC 2500HD 4x4 regular cab Diesel 93k miles 67-72 Parts for sale

03-20-2014, 10:36 AM	#20
brawley Easy Does It Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Dirdy Mo , North Carolina Posts: 450	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck once you get the itch, it drives you mad til you find one- looks like you found a nice truck in great shape, should be fun.

03-20-2014, 09:52 PM	#23
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck Glad you found one Eric, looks good!!!!!!!!! __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

03-22-2014, 02:14 PM	#25
otsenre Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, Co Posts: 1,939	Re: The search is over!!! (for now) Bought a truck glad to see you found what you were after, looks great!

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