Do you think it's a record??????? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

71jimmy · 02-02-2006, 04:22 AM

Check out the madness here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

mkmiller1 · 02-02-2006, 06:20 AM

And to think a few years back I used to laugh when I would see Jerry Moss pay $100 for them!

**special-K** · 02-02-2006, 08:54 AM

It`s getting ironic.Whatever truck is worthy of $590 tow hooks would most likely never be used off-road,or at least not to where they`d get stuck and need to be pulled out with the hooks..."NO!!!Don`t put the chain there!! Hook it to the frame or bumper,for cryin`out loud!!

_Dick_ · 02-02-2006, 09:03 AM

thinking I need some scrap iron ,a mold and a hot fire .

i could say grandpa won these hooks in a card game but never put then on his truck or while out looking for that redheaded wood pecker i found a bucket full of old truck hooks which sounds best on ebay ???

**special-K** · 02-02-2006, 09:20 AM

Make sure they`re counterfitted with the proper GM part#.

blazerparts · 02-02-2006, 11:09 AM

need to take out a seperate insurance rider for the hooks.

krue · 02-02-2006, 11:49 AM

Supply and demand I guess.

Jason915 · 02-02-2006, 02:07 PM

In that case anyone want to buy mine from my 70 so I can get a new engine? LOL someone reallllllly wanted those hooks. Another case of bidding wars on e-bay.

LUV2XCLR8 · 02-02-2006, 06:25 PM

Man that's DOUBLE what I paid for mine, and my wife was B!tch'n about that

*Mine have been sandblasted twice, acid dipped, and then powdercoated
so that mens I should be able to get at least $1K out of mine right ?

vtblazer · 02-02-2006, 06:59 PM

Outta control...

**special-K** · 02-03-2006, 09:04 AM

*Mine have been sandblasted twice, acid dipped, and then powdercoated
so that mens I should be able to get at least $1K out of mine right ?

SOLD!!!Check shipping AND insurance to 21771.

LUV2XCLR8 · 02-04-2006, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

SOLD!!!Check shipping AND insurance to 21771.

I take PAYPAL

blazerparts · 02-02-2006, 07:15 PM

I'm thinking of going in the green sand cast business.

LUV2XCLR8 · 02-02-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by blazerparts

I'm thinking of going in the green sand cast business.

Somebody is already thinking ahead of you, look over on the message board

*Medicanman71* · 02-02-2006, 11:12 PM

Id make sure those were welded on if they were on my truck...

vtblazer · 02-03-2006, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Medicanman71

Id make sure those were welded on if they were on my truck...

At least weld the nut so it would need to be ground off.
Did that very thing to my winch bolts.

Ochre · 02-04-2006, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by vtblazer

At least weld the nut so it would need to be ground off.
Did that very thing to my winch bolts.

See, I'm not a theif (In fact, I'm quite pissed that some asshole just stole my receiver hitch and a brand new 2 5/16" ball off my buddies truck) but I understand all too well that someone who wants something bad enough will get it.

Truth betold, when factory tow hooks get $590 a pair, some theif is going to realize that the price of a small Oxy/Acetyl setup and tanks is chump change when you could get more than half a grand for what you can cut off a truck in less than a minute. Thieves will get what they want if they want it bad enough, and it doesn't take much to take off tow hooks. A small weld bead might slow someone down but for a determined person, probably not very long.

I drive old ****, and have for a quite a while. I think a better defense against thieves is to pay $20 for a pair of new, painted or chrome napa tow hooks, and to only put the $590 pair on for car shows where some vintage freak might actually notice the difference

hotrodhomi · 02-03-2006, 01:39 AM

are these really rare? Whats the deal?

bpmcgee · 02-03-2006, 01:29 PM

wow, at those prices I'm sure we'll be seeing repro's pretty soon. $4 of iron, $20 of time and materials -- yep, I like that math!

Brian

gjk5 · 02-03-2006, 03:22 PM

Holy crap, I've got two sets. Think I could pay for my bumpers with those?

chevy_fatman · 02-03-2006, 07:49 PM

I'm sure now that we'll be seeing more hooks on ebay, there's another set of
'72 hooks starting at $290

LUV2XCLR8 · 02-03-2006, 07:54 PM

Correction, there are 3 Sets !!!

chevy_fatman · 02-03-2006, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by chevy_fatman

I'm sure now that we'll be seeing more hooks on ebay

Quote:

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

Correction, there are 3 Sets !!!

It's already started!!! (running into the night screaming)

**special-K** · 02-03-2006, 11:56 PM

I bought a used winch & bumper for $600.

**FRENCHBLUE72** · 02-05-2006, 03:00 PM

Some people just have to win!!!!! E-BAY is kinda like gambeling for some people they just have to win and therefore we see these high prices for items we know are bought elsewhere or with pateience on e-bay for far cheaper $$$$$

02-02-2006, 04:22 AM	#1
71jimmy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,084	Do you think it's a record??????? Check out the madness here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 __________________ '71 Jimmy, 350, SM465, NP205, 2in Tuff Country lift, 33s on rallies, TBI, softtop and hardtop "If life was fair you'd be able to afford one of each and a garage large enough to house them all."

02-02-2006, 06:20 AM	#2
mkmiller1 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Magnolia, Arkansas Posts: 1,091	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? And to think a few years back I used to laugh when I would see Jerry Moss pay $100 for them! __________________ GOD is good...All the time! '71 swb custom10 barn find-68K original miles 72 K5 CST rust bucket, but runs and drives 84K miles

02-02-2006, 08:54 AM	#3
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,861	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? It`s getting ironic.Whatever truck is worthy of $590 tow hooks would most likely never be used off-road,or at least not to where they`d get stuck and need to be pulled out with the hooks..."NO!!!Don`t put the chain there!! Hook it to the frame or bumper,for cryin`out loud!! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-02-2006, 09:03 AM	#4
_Dick_ PROUD TO BE A MEMBER Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Jax Florida Posts: 234	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? thinking I need some scrap iron ,a mold and a hot fire . i could say grandpa won these hooks in a card game but never put then on his truck or while out looking for that redheaded wood pecker i found a bucket full of old truck hooks which sounds best on ebay ???

02-02-2006, 09:20 AM	#5
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,861	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Make sure they`re counterfitted with the proper GM part#. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-02-2006, 11:09 AM	#6
blazerparts No,I DON'T have Tourett's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 556	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? need to take out a seperate insurance rider for the hooks. __________________ '72 K5 CST 350/350 Daily Driver '69 GMC3500 Camper Special CST Flatbed 396/400 Upgraded to show truck '69 GMC 2500 L6292, 3spd beater

02-02-2006, 11:49 AM	#7
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Supply and demand I guess. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

02-02-2006, 02:07 PM	#8
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? In that case anyone want to buy mine from my 70 so I can get a new engine? LOL someone reallllllly wanted those hooks. Another case of bidding wars on e-bay. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

02-02-2006, 06:25 PM	#9
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,475	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Man that's DOUBLE what I paid for mine, and my wife was B!tch'n about that Mine have been sandblasted twice, acid dipped, and then powdercoated so that mens I should be able to get at least $1K out of mine right ? Attached Images __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Big Piggy: "Goliath" 07 Kodiak C4500 Lil Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T Last edited by LUV2XCLR8; 02-02-2006 at 06:28 PM.*

02-02-2006, 06:59 PM	#10
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Outta control...

02-03-2006, 09:04 AM	#11
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,861	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Mine have been sandblasted twice, acid dipped, and then powdercoated so that mens I should be able to get at least $1K out of mine right ? SOLD!!!Check shipping AND insurance to 21771. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE* THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-02-2006, 07:15 PM	#13
blazerparts No,I DON'T have Tourett's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 556	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? I'm thinking of going in the green sand cast business. __________________ '72 K5 CST 350/350 Daily Driver '69 GMC3500 Camper Special CST Flatbed 396/400 Upgraded to show truck '69 GMC 2500 L6292, 3spd beater

02-02-2006, 11:12 PM	#15
Medicanman71 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2005 Location: Where the Wild Things Are Posts: 696	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Id make sure those were welded on if they were on my truck...

02-03-2006, 01:39 AM	#18
hotrodhomi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sacramento Posts: 3,737	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? are these really rare? Whats the deal? __________________ '72 2wd blazer, bagged w/ watts link & EDC '72 C10 "Lowered Farm Truck" STOLEN 5-18-11 '66 impala ht

02-03-2006, 01:29 PM	#19
bpmcgee Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 2,181	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? wow, at those prices I'm sure we'll be seeing repro's pretty soon. $4 of iron, $20 of time and materials -- yep, I like that math! Brian



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02-03-2006, 03:22 PM	#20
gjk5 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 29	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Holy crap, I've got two sets. Think I could pay for my bumpers with those? __________________ 1972 K5 CST w/soft top 1972 K5 CST for parts lots of other junk I don't have time for. Last edited by gjk5; 02-03-2006 at 03:22 PM.

02-03-2006, 07:49 PM	#21
chevy_fatman Where's my beer? Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I live in the state of denial.... Posts: 5,621	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? I'm sure now that we'll be seeing more hooks on ebay, there's another set of '72 hooks starting at $290 __________________ Paul How do you make the invisible, visible?.........You take it away.

02-03-2006, 07:54 PM	#22
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,475	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? Correction, there are 3 Sets !!! __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Big Piggy: "Goliath" 07 Kodiak C4500 Lil Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

02-03-2006, 11:56 PM	#24
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,861	Re: Do you think it's a record??????? I bought a used winch & bumper for $600. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-05-2006, 03:00 PM	#25
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