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CAN'T FIX NOTHIN
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this one look's like it has a lot of potential !!!
1967 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() LOVE THE FENDER MOUNTED SPARE ON THE STEPSIDE'S ![]() ![]() http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...ct=3526&cat=12
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
I have a thing for the side mount spare. My 69 fender was hard to find. I bet that 67 fender with the cutout is super hard to find.
Don't worry folk's this big wheel thing is like a kidney stone IT WILL PASS ! MAN I HOPE SO...... |
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
No gas tank I see.
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
What do you have against big wheels??
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the big wheel thing is like a knife in my side , the ricer crowd and big cadillac escalade people got that mess started , I don't know how it filtered over to our classic's , the big wheel's are great if you have a mini van or maybe a hummer but on our classics they just look silly ,
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1967 C10 Shortbed Fleetside Small back glass 6 cyl 3spd on the tree 3.08 gears underdash AC |
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
I don't mind to a point 16,17,18 even. The 22 and 24 start to get disproportional to the truck in my opinion. Sorta like one of those crazy Hotwheel cars. I like the side mount spare tire and some don't. It is all personal preference which is the great thing about restoring an old vehicle. Its your personal canvas.
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
OOPs I am talking about wheels in the above reply.
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
its ok, that fender mounted spare deal... you can get rid of it easily, just needs a new fender.
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
That is a board member's truck. He has it for sale here for $1500: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...ct=3526&cat=12
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1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man |
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its all about the +6 inches
Join Date: Jan 2001
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
its all preference man... just like some like stepsides, and some hate them.
Like some think late model beds "line up" |
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
That`s a good little Stepside.
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"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 ~ |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
while I am not 100% certian, I do believe the "big wheel craze" started after the 69 camaro named 'Big Red' set some records... and the pro touring thing started to catch on. Then the compact tuner gang kinda took it and ran. However, depending on one's definaition of "big wheels", the OEMs have been doing 16 inch (non HD truck) since the late 80's...
15 inch rubber is already starting to be limited in brands and models. They are slowly headed in the same direction of 16.5 tires, 13 and 14 inch rubber is going the same direction too. It's all personal preference. |
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
It`s all a stupid fad.All the above mentioned tire/wheel sizes that are being forced out of existence to make way for silly new sizes work flawlessly (better than hoops) and have done so for 60 years or so.Reinventing the wheel for the sake of vanity makes no sense.Allowing the option?That`s fine,it`s a free world.But,shove the tried and true to the wayside?That`s idiotic. I`ve left Maryland,drove all over the country,down through Mexico,and back to Maryland w/o ever giving a thought to my 15" tires.They seemed to do the job just fine.And people complimented me on the good looks all along the way.
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"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 ~ Last edited by special-K; 08-04-2009 at 07:15 AM. |
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Re: 1967 short step project for someone !!
I was mainly talking about the overall car market. The 15" tire was the biggest you could get(except HD truck) for cars, trucks and vans. Then in 84 came the Vette and T/A with the 16" Then in the early 90's the 17" and then about 97 the 18 on the Vette. Since then its almost exponential. 20,22,24 and even bigger. They will keep getting bigger till they are not usable anymore. I have seen a mid 80's Cutlass with 24's on it that had to back up 3 times to get in a parking spot because he couldn't turn the car sharp enough. THAT IS STUPID.
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