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BabyBlue · 07-20-2005, 12:24 AM

Well, I believe it's been 3 1/2 or 4 months, and my old white 86' is back on car lot. You can see it here for those of you who don't know what truck I'm talking about. I'd have to say the only thing I still like about the truck are my wheels....I'm gonna watch it and if they switch the wheels, I'll probably pick them up. The dent in the door got fixed and the seat was finally redone (I already had the material when I traded it), so there are a few points on the truck that are better. Now that I've seen it again after 4 months I'd have to say I think I made the right choice trading and my old truck is just okay, I guess they're never the same after you sell them.

squint · 07-20-2005, 04:12 AM

IMO.. that is a beautiful truck..

What did you trade it in for ?

78SilveradoSWB · 07-20-2005, 04:20 AM

I can't remember, but what didn't you like about your old truck?

BabyBlue · 07-20-2005, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by squint

IMO.. that is a beautiful truck..

What did you trade it in for ?

For my 78' Stepside in my avatar

SWB...I just didn't like it...I like 80's and earlier frontends on stepsides better, and my current truck has lower miles (68k compared to 112k), and there was just too many little things about the truck that I didn't like. The paint was average, the bed needed redone, etc, etc....the list would just go on. It's a nice daily driver but that was aobut it. And looking at the truck now, being able to buy it again if I wanted to, there just isn't anything that would make me jump fo my wallet.

kevinr1970 · 07-20-2005, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlue

The paint was average, the bed needed redone, etc, etc....the list would just go on. It's a nice daily driver but that was aobut it.

Seems like an awful lot of money for what you described? Glad you got a good deal with the trade though.
I personally am too jaded about the rust issues with 70's trucks so I'll take an 80's truck any day.
Not knocking your truck at all as from how you've desribed it and the pictures you've posted of it, it looks like a sweet truck and probably worth the money spent on it.

78SilveradoSWB · 07-21-2005, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlue

For my 78' Stepside in my avatar

SWB...I just didn't like it...I like 80's and earlier frontends on stepsides better, and my current truck has lower miles (68k compared to 112k), and there was just too many little things about the truck that I didn't like. The paint was average, the bed needed redone, etc, etc....the list would just go on. It's a nice daily driver but that was aobut it. And looking at the truck now, being able to buy it again if I wanted to, there just isn't anything that would make me jump fo my wallet.

At least the asking price went down to $8995. I think they were asking nearly near $11K a while back?

BabyBlue · 07-21-2005, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 78SilveradoSWB

At least the asking price went down to $8995. I think they were asking nearly near $11K a while back?

No, the white ones price on the lot when I had it was $7,500 and my brown one when it was on the lot was around $11,000

woody96 · 07-20-2005, 11:38 AM

I like both trucks----I liked your original white one the best though---I would not have traded......but to each his own......

BALDMIKE · 07-20-2005, 01:12 PM

70's models rule !

75stepside · 07-20-2005, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BabyBlue

You can see it here for those of you who don't know what truck I'm talking about.

what was the drop on that truck?

BabyBlue · 07-20-2005, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 75stepside

what was the drop on that truck?

The truck was dropped 4" all the way around, when I got it it was only dropped 2" and it was higher on one side than the other....so I put drop coils in it and a rear shackle/hangar kit. That is what the drop was on the white one....as for the brown one, I think its like a 5/6 or something. Not quite sure because the used a-arms and coils in front and extended shackles and hangers out back or so it looks, the brown one certainly rides a lot better though (even with everything on the front end being 3" off the ground).

Kevinr1970 - Yes the list 4 the white truck went on for a while but, when all was said and done I would of had about $13,000 in it to have it almost as nice as the brown one, and fortunately I have no where near $13 in the brown one. SO I think I made out good. I'm ording some stuff for the brown one this week (new front bumper, spindles, polished strips for the bed and was thinking about converting the air over to R134)

Boog- I've had a few ppl come up and say that to me. One of my dads friends bought a 77' Stepside in Cordova brown, chomed the bumper brackets the tail light housings, lowered it and put 50's series tires on it with some 15" polished wheels. I was actually talking to him yesterday and he said the only differences between the two were his interior was tan and he had a 454 in his

...that and my friends dad had a 78' stepside cordova brown stepper lowered with coke bottles on it (didn't much more than that outta his dad) but I got to see pics and it did look fairly similar.

cliffsta · 07-20-2005, 01:52 PM

Yeah i gotta agree, the white truck was fine, but the truck you have now is FIIIIINE!

And i too like 80 and before front ends. The narrower, more "aerodynamic" newer front-ends don't look mean enough, AKA, not like a truck

I like big honkin' sqaured off-ness

**Boog** · 07-20-2005, 08:18 PM

BB I think the wheels are what made that truck classy looking. I had a brown 78 step that looked an awful lot like yours too.

squint · 07-21-2005, 01:31 AM

can you post some bigger pics of the brown one.. so we can get a better idea of the drop and stuff?..

thnx

BabyBlue · 07-21-2005, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by squint

can you post some bigger pics of the brown one.. so we can get a better idea of the drop and stuff?..

thnx

Have posted a bunch of pics of it, so here are the links

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php3?t=150491

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php3?t=157145

*Zilverado* · 07-21-2005, 12:20 PM

That's a pretty nice truck. Just 2 things I would change...

(1) Make it fleetside
(2) Slight lift

Otherwise, that clean white look is killer - - I can only dream for now.

07-20-2005, 12:24 AM	#1
BabyBlue The Peacemaker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Kannapolis, NC Posts: 783	Old Truck is back on the lot Well, I believe it's been 3 1/2 or 4 months, and my old white 86' is back on car lot. You can see it here for those of you who don't know what truck I'm talking about. I'd have to say the only thing I still like about the truck are my wheels....I'm gonna watch it and if they switch the wheels, I'll probably pick them up. The dent in the door got fixed and the seat was finally redone (I already had the material when I traded it), so there are a few points on the truck that are better. Now that I've seen it again after 4 months I'd have to say I think I made the right choice trading and my old truck is just okay, I guess they're never the same after you sell them. __________________ 1978 Chevy 2wd Stepside aka "Audrey" Cordova brown with mandarin guts 79k original miles & being restored 1979 Chevy 2wd Short Wide aka "Emma-Jayne" Cordova brown with mandarin guts 2019 Chevy Tahoe LT Previous rides: -2002 Firehawk T/A, 2006 Trailblazer SS AWD, 2014 GMC Sierra RCSB, 1971 2wd Blazer, 1996 SNB, 1997 2dr 2wd Yukon, 2001 Silverado RCSB, 2011 Silverado Z71 4x4, 1982 2wd Blazer, 1997 2dr Tahoe, 1970 Chevelle SS, 1972 2wd Blazer, 1986 Silverado Stepside, 1995 S-10, 1985 Silverado SWB.

07-20-2005, 04:20 AM	#3
78SilveradoSWB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 1,615	I can't remember, but what didn't you like about your old truck? __________________ Mitch 1978 Chevrolet Silverado C 10 454 BB, TH400

07-20-2005, 11:38 AM	#8
woody96 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapin, SC Posts: 392	I like both trucks----I liked your original white one the best though---I would not have traded......but to each his own...... __________________ "Fighting for our freedoms....."

07-20-2005, 01:12 PM	#9
BALDMIKE Enormous Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CLOUD "9" Posts: 108	70's models rule ! __________________ "79" Chevy Stepside 350/350 Check my Blog @ www.BaldMikesWorld.blogspot.com

07-20-2005, 01:52 PM	#12
cliffsta Stepsides RULE Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pineville, LA Posts: 1,921	Yeah i gotta agree, the white truck was fine, but the truck you have now is FIIIIINE! And i too like 80 and before front ends. The narrower, more "aerodynamic" newer front-ends don't look mean enough, AKA, not like a truck I like big honkin' sqaured off-ness __________________ 1981 Chevy C10 Custom Deluxe Stepside 350 V8, headers, side exhausts, 3-speed auto SOLD 1980 Chevy C10 Custum Deluxe Stepside 305 V8, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Edelbrock 1406 600CFM 4-barrel, TH350C. Bent rod. SOLD 1984 GMC Sierra Classic Longbed 6.2L Diesel SOLD 2009 Kawasaki KLX-250S too many mods for this signature 1999 Honda Accord EX 4-cylinder, 17" Motegi Wheels 215/45/17 Sumitomo tires, Tein S-Tech lowering springs, KYB GR2 shocks, Acura TL 20mm rear swaybar, debadged, blackhoused headlights, Short-Ram Intake Cardomain of the Accord

07-20-2005, 04:12 AM	#2
squint Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 195	IMO.. that is a beautiful truck.. What did you trade it in for ?

07-20-2005, 08:18 PM	#13
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,514	BB I think the wheels are what made that truck classy looking. I had a brown 78 step that looked an awful lot like yours too. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

07-21-2005, 01:31 AM	#14
squint Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 195	can you post some bigger pics of the brown one.. so we can get a better idea of the drop and stuff?.. thnx

07-21-2005, 12:20 PM	#16
Zilverado Account Suspended Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 798	That's a pretty nice truck. Just 2 things I would change... (1) Make it fleetside (2) Slight lift Otherwise, that clean white look is killer - - I can only dream for now.



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