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stllookn · 07-28-2002, 07:13 PM

It was an epic journey of about 700 miles in one day but worth the effort.

We went to the Ranch House to pick up the truck and had to do some work on it. It needed oil in the rear end, the spare removed from bumper mount, a little water in the radiator and all the fluid checks before taking off on the 350 mile return trip in the hot sun! We depart Hunters and head toward Davenport, Huntington and Riztville. 42 miles into the journey, I am getting used to the truck...it is big and heavy but rock solid! Exactly what I would expect from a 1 t. with only 63,000 miles. We stop at Edna's in Davenport for a burger. I check the rear end to see how it is doing, expecting it to be dry and the pinion shaft seal to have stopped dripping. What I see is a major puddle of oil and a continuous drip from the rear end pinion seal. I am thinking this is going to be a long trip. Brian suggests we get our burgers to go! A stop at the hardware store to buy four quarts of 90 weight gear oil is next on the agenda...$16.95. We gas up and are on the road again. We plan to stop in Ritzville to oil up the rear end and gas-up Brian's Suburban. I crawl under the truck with wrench in hand...remove the drain plug and put my finger in to check the level. Funny, it seems almost full. I add less than a quarter of a quart and it is running out! It must only leak when standing still...cool...better keep moving.

About 3.5 hours and about 200 miles later we reach the top of Snoqualmie pass. The truck surges and makes one huge backfire. "What was that?" I say to myself as we head down the pass...at least we are going down hill for the next 30 miles. About 10 miles later it starts surging badly...this is not good. About that time Brian flashes me to pull over..."He must see something" I am saying to myself. No, he just wants to tell me how great the trip was, how great my truck is running and he will call me tomorrow. "Not so fast" I say...we need to check this out and discuss the problem...raise the hood and look for obvious leaks, hoses off etc...gas it a few times and it seems fine. He follows me about 5 miles and the truck seems to be fine but I keep it at 50...he calls on the cell and says run it up to 65 and see what happens. I oblige and it starts the surging again and now slows to about 25 mph...I barely make it to the next exit. "Thanks Briain...that was an excellent suggestion!" I leave the truck running and we decide that it has to be fuel related...maybe a clogged filter. We see no other leaks or obvious problems. I suggest we try for another exit. I get the truck to 40 and it starts surging and drops back to 25 mph, barely running now. We decide to try to blow out the filter so pull off on a road into North Bend. I crawl into a church parking lot and we pop the hood for another look...now we both spot fuel leaking from fuel pump. I turn the engine off and it is now running out of the bottom of the pump...it's trashed.

I move the truck out of the parking lot...we don't need to piss of The Man by melting his asphalt...we got enough problems already.

Into town...it is 5:15PM...to look for an auto parts store. About a mile up the road is a NAPA...it is still open Saturday night and I get a new pump for $19.95! Brian buys a new set of tools for his Suburban saying "These could come in handy when we replace the pump." I remember we have only a couple of tools. How cool is that...I guess The Man is paying us back for the gesture about his asphalt. Back to the truck and 20 minutes later I find the inlet fitting is the wrong size...gas runnig down my arms and meeting in the middle of my back...I hate working on broken trucks in middle of the road on a hot Saturday evening. I went to college so I wouldn't have to do this anymore...what happened? The wife calls to tell me we have been invited over to Skip and Paulines for dinner and could I hurry things along a bit. "Where are you anyway?" "On my back on the shoulder of Interstate 90 by North Bend working on a fuel pump...I will get there when the good Lord sees fit to grant me a bit of luck!" I say with appropriate sarcasm.

The pump is wrong...fitting is too large...so we scramble to get back to NAPA for replacements. Brian says we have 6 minutes until NAPA closes so we had better hurry. Gas is still free flowing from the bad fuel pump...I hope there is still some left in the tank when we get back with the correct pump. I take the tubing and fitting this time to make sure we get a fit. We make it to NAPA with minutes to spare and they find the right pump in stock..."'67 for a 2 barrel fuel pump with the little fittings...all '68s had four barrels he states with authority". "Yeah, whatever" I say...no time to argue as my stock '68 (with 2-barrel) is draining itself in the gravel about about a mile away. "Sure glad you guys are still open" I say as we run for the Burby with more new tools and new fuel pump in hand. Did I forget to mention that we took this 350 mile test drive without tools and spares? Hey, are we confident or just plain stupid?

Under the truck in the gravel I find the clamps are a little too small for the inlet side. I struggle but there is no way to make them fit. McIver hands me a piece of baling wire and a pair of pliers and says "Make it work... Alice". followed by..."Nice job is your husband a mechanic too?" 15 minutes later the pump is on and the truck booms back to life without a hint of a leak anywhere.

Back on the road again we stop at a Chevron Mart and stink up the restrooms with the smell of gasoline and grease as we take a bath in the sink to get a little cleaner for the last 50 miles of the of trip. The manager looks at me in disgust as I walk out the door saying "I'd buy some food in here if it didn't all smell like gasoline."

Brian and I salute each other with obscene hand gestures as I pull of I-90 onto Highway 18 and he continues into Seattle. We call each other on our cell phones and agree not to do any more trips like this without a full complement of tools and a truck load of trained lackeys to operate them...hey wait a minute, we are the trained lackeys!

Pics of my new truck to follow...nice interior...all original NFS.

stllookn · 07-28-2002, 07:15 PM

Interior, all original...even the carpet is still good. The paint inside the cab just shines like new...this is so cool! The seats are the best orginal buckets I have ever seen. They are actually still soft since this truck never really saw the sun with motorhome overhanging the cab.

stllookn · 07-28-2002, 07:19 PM

Glove box options...it is 133 inch wheelbase...can you spell Longhorn Dually?

Protrucks · 07-28-2002, 07:20 PM

I love the bucket seats. Man they are in great shape!

71402BB · 07-28-2002, 07:26 PM

Wow, good story! Great looking truck too!

Denny · 07-28-2002, 07:27 PM

That was some trip LOL Glad you made it home

Got some good laughs out of your story. I have that kind of luck too.

stllookn · 07-28-2002, 07:27 PM

No rust...unmolested and pretty much spotless. Only 63,700 original miles. I have to thank CARS4567 for finding this one and convincing me to buy it "sight unseen!" What are friends for anyway?

Super Chevy · 07-28-2002, 07:34 PM

that's one nice original truck, GOOD FIND

,good story too hehe,glad to hear you got it home

**chevy71super** · 07-28-2002, 09:31 PM

Great score! We need to get together, I live in Lynnwood. The only other person I have met is redcheyenne. Next time there is a meet in Puyallup we should have a meeting of the board members.

stllookn · 07-29-2002, 02:26 AM

chevy71super...good idea. We try to do that and have been successful in the past with as many as four or five showing up. The next really big swap meet is Monroe but I am sure there are plenty of others too. Now I have a truck I can trust to drive more than five or six miles and this one can carry some heavy stuff home! Keep in touch.

70 Jimmy · 07-29-2002, 02:56 AM

stllookin, I know where there is a flatbed (just the bed) for sale just south of Salem, Oregon. I could check the price if your interested. Sure would be a good use of a 68 duallie.

**68 Stepside** · 07-29-2002, 03:05 AM

Wow! Gorgeous truck! And you know, the part in the story about saluting each other? I can picture racedvl and I doing that someday...when one of us is crazy enough to pull a stunt like yours

(it will happen, oh yes, it will).

Glad you got home safely...and that truck is SWEET.

TJ

stllookn · 07-29-2002, 03:34 AM

Yes...it was pretty funny...but one of those adventures you wouldn't trade for the world! I have been cleaning the truck today and really would like to find a Longhorn bed and add some '67-72 stepside fender extensions to the outside of the box. Just enough to cover the duallies. I would then drop it about 3/5 and see what it looks like! Since it is such a nice daily driver now I am going to take my time and do a few Photoshop scenarios before anything major. My son is already telling his buddies the seats are his...LOL!

Check on that flatbed only for curiosity...I really am thinking Longhorn here but have not had much luck finding a box locally.

Thanks for the compliments guys...this truck really is special. I was cleaning the inside of the cab and the visors and every part in there is just like new! I don't think anyone ever smoked in it either.

As soon as I cut the extra 12 inches off the existing flatbed and remount the tailights it is going into the garage...no sun on those stock seats!

**Yukon Jack** · 07-29-2002, 09:44 AM

Looks awesome. What a great find. The stories on these trucks are always a blast to read. Seems nothing is ever easy! But if it were easy, wouldn't make much of a story.

CARS4567 · 07-29-2002, 10:01 AM

LIFE IS MADE UP OF MEMORIES.RIGHT??

DennyB · 07-29-2002, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CARS4567
LIFE IS MADE UP OF MEMORIES.RIGHT??

How True!

Nice find stllookn!

ebfabman · 07-29-2002, 03:20 PM

Great find! Sounds like you have some excellent plans for it.....

I know you'll keep us posted....right?

*Randy70C-10* · 07-29-2002, 03:22 PM

Now you have to change your board name to "found one".

Sweet truck!!

SWINGSAX68 · 07-29-2002, 03:32 PM

Great story...you should be a writer

What is that little gauge were the AC vent should be???? Nice truck....looks real clean!!!!

stllookn · 07-29-2002, 03:45 PM

That little gauge is another ammeter. It had two batteries but one is now missing. I don't think there was a generator in the motorhome but I will trace the wires. Anybody know anything about the Frigette AC? The compressor looks very familiar. I guess the dash has been compromised with that additional hole!

It is going to take a week to scrape the dirt from inside those duallies! I will certainly keep you all posted with the progress. I can see another adventure putting my new rear window in...it is a two man job and should be good for another story..LOL!

Longhorn Man · 07-29-2002, 06:13 PM

You can have my Longhorn bed. (Doubt you want it thoguh.
Actually though, I will be getting another bed from a board member sometime soon, and you could get the 'longhorn extenton pieces' from me (for shipping) and graft tehm to a longbed. They are just butt welded.

stllookn · 07-29-2002, 06:58 PM

Longhorn...I just happen to have an extra long bed sitting here! I can weld it up if you can send me the extensions...I would be happy to pay you for them and the effort. I figure this bed is going to need lots of work anyway, especially if I decide to keep the dualies under it. If I do I will have to add those fender extensions. I may consider replacing the rear end with something more streetable than the 5.14 peg leg that is in there now. Thanks for the offer...you're on!

**breeh** · 07-29-2002, 10:11 PM

All of this trouble going on less than five minutes from me!! I could have made your lives a little easier. Glad to hear that you were successful though.

**oldiron** · 07-29-2002, 10:22 PM

Stllookn, Glad to see you made it on one piece or is that in a couple of pieces.

If you have the originial window opening it shouldn't be too hard for you and your son to put in the rear window.
After I get back from vacation maybe I could come over to see your newest prize.

toms68cst · 07-29-2002, 10:24 PM

Mike, (If I remember you first name right!)

That is great once-in-a-lifetime find. I see all the correct 68 CST stuff there, Full chrome, Carpet, glovebox emblem, chrome trim on the pedals and chrome front bumper to name a few. Your cab is nearly a dead ringer for mine except trim color and you have buckets (You lucky dog!)

Looks like you had an open road camper on it originally. Are you missing your rear glass? Is the rear of the cab notched out between the buckets like I've seen on some of the Open Roads?

That truck is begging to be concerted to a Longhorn dually!

Contrats again and great story!

Tom

07-28-2002, 07:13 PM	#1
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Finally got new truck...pics! It was an epic journey of about 700 miles in one day but worth the effort. We went to the Ranch House to pick up the truck and had to do some work on it. It needed oil in the rear end, the spare removed from bumper mount, a little water in the radiator and all the fluid checks before taking off on the 350 mile return trip in the hot sun! We depart Hunters and head toward Davenport, Huntington and Riztville. 42 miles into the journey, I am getting used to the truck...it is big and heavy but rock solid! Exactly what I would expect from a 1 t. with only 63,000 miles. We stop at Edna's in Davenport for a burger. I check the rear end to see how it is doing, expecting it to be dry and the pinion shaft seal to have stopped dripping. What I see is a major puddle of oil and a continuous drip from the rear end pinion seal. I am thinking this is going to be a long trip. Brian suggests we get our burgers to go! A stop at the hardware store to buy four quarts of 90 weight gear oil is next on the agenda...$16.95. We gas up and are on the road again. We plan to stop in Ritzville to oil up the rear end and gas-up Brian's Suburban. I crawl under the truck with wrench in hand...remove the drain plug and put my finger in to check the level. Funny, it seems almost full. I add less than a quarter of a quart and it is running out! It must only leak when standing still...cool...better keep moving. About 3.5 hours and about 200 miles later we reach the top of Snoqualmie pass. The truck surges and makes one huge backfire. "What was that?" I say to myself as we head down the pass...at least we are going down hill for the next 30 miles. About 10 miles later it starts surging badly...this is not good. About that time Brian flashes me to pull over..."He must see something" I am saying to myself. No, he just wants to tell me how great the trip was, how great my truck is running and he will call me tomorrow. "Not so fast" I say...we need to check this out and discuss the problem...raise the hood and look for obvious leaks, hoses off etc...gas it a few times and it seems fine. He follows me about 5 miles and the truck seems to be fine but I keep it at 50...he calls on the cell and says run it up to 65 and see what happens. I oblige and it starts the surging again and now slows to about 25 mph...I barely make it to the next exit. "Thanks Briain...that was an excellent suggestion!" I leave the truck running and we decide that it has to be fuel related...maybe a clogged filter. We see no other leaks or obvious problems. I suggest we try for another exit. I get the truck to 40 and it starts surging and drops back to 25 mph, barely running now. We decide to try to blow out the filter so pull off on a road into North Bend. I crawl into a church parking lot and we pop the hood for another look...now we both spot fuel leaking from fuel pump. I turn the engine off and it is now running out of the bottom of the pump...it's trashed. I move the truck out of the parking lot...we don't need to piss of The Man by melting his asphalt...we got enough problems already. Into town...it is 5:15PM...to look for an auto parts store. About a mile up the road is a NAPA...it is still open Saturday night and I get a new pump for $19.95! Brian buys a new set of tools for his Suburban saying "These could come in handy when we replace the pump." I remember we have only a couple of tools. How cool is that...I guess The Man is paying us back for the gesture about his asphalt. Back to the truck and 20 minutes later I find the inlet fitting is the wrong size...gas runnig down my arms and meeting in the middle of my back...I hate working on broken trucks in middle of the road on a hot Saturday evening. I went to college so I wouldn't have to do this anymore...what happened? The wife calls to tell me we have been invited over to Skip and Paulines for dinner and could I hurry things along a bit. "Where are you anyway?" "On my back on the shoulder of Interstate 90 by North Bend working on a fuel pump...I will get there when the good Lord sees fit to grant me a bit of luck!" I say with appropriate sarcasm. The pump is wrong...fitting is too large...so we scramble to get back to NAPA for replacements. Brian says we have 6 minutes until NAPA closes so we had better hurry. Gas is still free flowing from the bad fuel pump...I hope there is still some left in the tank when we get back with the correct pump. I take the tubing and fitting this time to make sure we get a fit. We make it to NAPA with minutes to spare and they find the right pump in stock..."'67 for a 2 barrel fuel pump with the little fittings...all '68s had four barrels he states with authority". "Yeah, whatever" I say...no time to argue as my stock '68 (with 2-barrel) is draining itself in the gravel about about a mile away. "Sure glad you guys are still open" I say as we run for the Burby with more new tools and new fuel pump in hand. Did I forget to mention that we took this 350 mile test drive without tools and spares? Hey, are we confident or just plain stupid? Under the truck in the gravel I find the clamps are a little too small for the inlet side. I struggle but there is no way to make them fit. McIver hands me a piece of baling wire and a pair of pliers and says "Make it work... Alice". followed by..."Nice job is your husband a mechanic too?" 15 minutes later the pump is on and the truck booms back to life without a hint of a leak anywhere. Back on the road again we stop at a Chevron Mart and stink up the restrooms with the smell of gasoline and grease as we take a bath in the sink to get a little cleaner for the last 50 miles of the of trip. The manager looks at me in disgust as I walk out the door saying "I'd buy some food in here if it didn't all smell like gasoline." Brian and I salute each other with obscene hand gestures as I pull of I-90 onto Highway 18 and he continues into Seattle. We call each other on our cell phones and agree not to do any more trips like this without a full complement of tools and a truck load of trained lackeys to operate them...hey wait a minute, we are the trained lackeys! Pics of my new truck to follow...nice interior...all original NFS. Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) Last edited by stllookn; 07-28-2002 at 08:13 PM.

07-28-2002, 07:15 PM	#2
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Interior, all original...even the carpet is still good. The paint inside the cab just shines like new...this is so cool! The seats are the best orginal buckets I have ever seen. They are actually still soft since this truck never really saw the sun with motorhome overhanging the cab. Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary) Last edited by stllookn; 07-28-2002 at 07:18 PM.

07-28-2002, 07:19 PM	#3
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Glove box options...it is 133 inch wheelbase...can you spell Longhorn Dually? Attached Images __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

07-28-2002, 07:20 PM	#4
Protrucks Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Kalamazoo MI USA Posts: 161	I love the bucket seats. Man they are in great shape! __________________ 1967 Chevy 1/2 SWB (under construction) 1968 GMC (propane-under construction) 1969 GMC Flatbed (propane) 1970 3/4 LWB (propane) 1970 Stepside 402 (gasoline) 1971 GMC Burb

07-28-2002, 07:26 PM	#5
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	Wow, good story! Great looking truck too! __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

07-28-2002, 07:27 PM	#6
Denny Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Cedar Hill, MO Posts: 426	That was some trip LOL Glad you made it home Got some good laughs out of your story. I have that kind of luck too. __________________ 1969 Chevy C10. Dakota Digital Gauges, 383 Votex Engine, MSD 8361 Distributor, MSD 6A Unit, Demon Carb, Phoenix Transmission 4L80E trans, 3:73 Posi Rear End Early Classics 6 Lug Disc Brakes and Spindles All Stainless Lines

07-28-2002, 07:34 PM	#8
Super Chevy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,025	that's one nice original truck, GOOD FIND ,good story too hehe,glad to hear you got it home

07-28-2002, 09:31 PM	#9
chevy71super Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: So Cal Posts: 658	Great score! We need to get together, I live in Lynnwood. The only other person I have met is redcheyenne. Next time there is a meet in Puyallup we should have a meeting of the board members.

07-29-2002, 02:26 AM	#10
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	chevy71super...good idea. We try to do that and have been successful in the past with as many as four or five showing up. The next really big swap meet is Monroe but I am sure there are plenty of others too. Now I have a truck I can trust to drive more than five or six miles and this one can carry some heavy stuff home! Keep in touch. __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

07-29-2002, 02:56 AM	#11
70 Jimmy aka Crusher, Crushergmc Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,834	stllookin, I know where there is a flatbed (just the bed) for sale just south of Salem, Oregon. I could check the price if your interested. Sure would be a good use of a 68 duallie. __________________ "KEEP IT DOWN!" 70 Jimmy 454 2wd 56 GMC Big Window "It's funny till someone gets hurt, then it's freakin' hilarious"

07-29-2002, 03:05 AM	#12
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,692	Wow! Gorgeous truck! And you know, the part in the story about saluting each other? I can picture racedvl and I doing that someday...when one of us is crazy enough to pull a stunt like yours (it will happen, oh yes, it will). Glad you got home safely...and that truck is SWEET. TJ __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

07-29-2002, 03:34 AM	#13
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Yes...it was pretty funny...but one of those adventures you wouldn't trade for the world! I have been cleaning the truck today and really would like to find a Longhorn bed and add some '67-72 stepside fender extensions to the outside of the box. Just enough to cover the duallies. I would then drop it about 3/5 and see what it looks like! Since it is such a nice daily driver now I am going to take my time and do a few Photoshop scenarios before anything major. My son is already telling his buddies the seats are his...LOL! Check on that flatbed only for curiosity...I really am thinking Longhorn here but have not had much luck finding a box locally. Thanks for the compliments guys...this truck really is special. I was cleaning the inside of the cab and the visors and every part in there is just like new! I don't think anyone ever smoked in it either. As soon as I cut the extra 12 inches off the existing flatbed and remount the tailights it is going into the garage...no sun on those stock seats! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

07-29-2002, 09:44 AM	#14
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Looks awesome. What a great find. The stories on these trucks are always a blast to read. Seems nothing is ever easy! But if it were easy, wouldn't make much of a story. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

07-29-2002, 10:01 AM	#15
CARS4567 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SEATTLE, WA Posts: 338	LIFE IS MADE UP OF MEMORIES.RIGHT??

07-29-2002, 03:20 PM	#17
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	Great find! Sounds like you have some excellent plans for it..... I know you'll keep us posted....right?



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07-29-2002, 03:22 PM	#18
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07-29-2002, 03:32 PM	#19
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07-29-2002, 03:45 PM	#20
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	That little gauge is another ammeter. It had two batteries but one is now missing. I don't think there was a generator in the motorhome but I will trace the wires. Anybody know anything about the Frigette AC? The compressor looks very familiar. I guess the dash has been compromised with that additional hole! It is going to take a week to scrape the dirt from inside those duallies! I will certainly keep you all posted with the progress. I can see another adventure putting my new rear window in...it is a two man job and should be good for another story..LOL! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

07-29-2002, 06:13 PM	#21
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	You can have my Longhorn bed. (Doubt you want it thoguh. Actually though, I will be getting another bed from a board member sometime soon, and you could get the 'longhorn extenton pieces' from me (for shipping) and graft tehm to a longbed. They are just butt welded.

07-29-2002, 06:58 PM	#22
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Longhorn...I just happen to have an extra long bed sitting here! I can weld it up if you can send me the extensions...I would be happy to pay you for them and the effort. I figure this bed is going to need lots of work anyway, especially if I decide to keep the dualies under it. If I do I will have to add those fender extensions. I may consider replacing the rear end with something more streetable than the 5.14 peg leg that is in there now. Thanks for the offer...you're on! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

07-29-2002, 10:11 PM	#23
breeh Recovering 67-72 Addict Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Bend, WA Posts: 1,788	All of this trouble going on less than five minutes from me!! I could have made your lives a little easier. Glad to hear that you were successful though. __________________ 68 Short Fleet 4x4; 427; BTO Level 3 700R4; NP205; Dana 60 front and rear; 4" lift with 35's; Disc brakes; AGR variable ratio steering; factory bucket seats; factory tach and tilt. "Friends call me cruzer cuz I like fast cars and fast women"

07-29-2002, 10:22 PM	#24
oldiron Designated Grumpy Old Man Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: arlington, washington usa Posts: 3,095	Stllookn, Glad to see you made it on one piece or is that in a couple of pieces. If you have the originial window opening it shouldn't be too hard for you and your son to put in the rear window. After I get back from vacation maybe I could come over to see your newest prize. __________________ Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 71 Chev 1/2 ton 4X4 LWB Fleetside SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361222 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgREwtDfaA 68 Chev 1 ton flat bed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO8szzlD4A 56 Chev Handyman Wagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-6ddpBTkM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLzZ7zY8wA 56 Chev Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410667 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW0Ei7ZNIg

07-29-2002, 10:24 PM	#25
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,293	Mike, (If I remember you first name right!) That is great once-in-a-lifetime find. I see all the correct 68 CST stuff there, Full chrome, Carpet, glovebox emblem, chrome trim on the pedals and chrome front bumper to name a few. Your cab is nearly a dead ringer for mine except trim color and you have buckets (You lucky dog!) Looks like you had an open road camper on it originally. Are you missing your rear glass? Is the rear of the cab notched out between the buckets like I've seen on some of the Open Roads? That truck is begging to be concerted to a Longhorn dually! Contrats again and great story! Tom __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

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