1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 08:33 AM

3 guys, 3 weeks, 14,000 miles, 1,800 bucks.

It was 1991 and I just got out of college. No job and not much money. Two friends of mine had 3 weeks off from work and were heading to Alaska. One of them owned the '67 C10 that was going to get us there (and hopefully back).

We each pitched in $600.00. 2/3 of it went for gas - the rest for food and whatnot.

The truck: 1967 C10 short fleet with the super rare '66 bed.

250 6-cylinder, 3-on-the-tree with sloppy linkage, and a recently re-geared 12-bolt that went from 3.73 to 3.07. Rear cab mounts were pretty much gone and the wheel bearings were a little past prime.

The pic below shows the truck at the end of the trip. Dig the plexi-glass headlight covers.

We needed 'em.

The trip: The goal was to drive the pipeline haul road up to Prudhoe Bay. Since this is a private road we asked for an access letter prior to leaving. Letter in hand, we hit the road.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 08:39 AM

Pic1: Cruising through the plains of Canada on the Yellowhead Highway. We exited the USA in ND. I'm from CT - it's 2 hours from corner to corner - Canada is big!

Pic 2: Getting up north now on the Alcan Highway. Stopped for a dip in a glacial-fed lake. Went a little farther up the road and found the hot springs.

Pic 3: Made it to the Yukon!

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 08:49 AM

Pic 1: Safety announcement - there's no seat belts in the bed.

Pic 2: Made it to the Dalton Highway above Fairbanks. Time to start the pipeline haul road. We got a little push back from the pipeline gatekeeper, but we whined so much he finally let us go and told us to stay out of the way.

Pic 3: The through-the-windshield shot. That rooster tail in the distance is the oil company 18-wheeler comin'.

Pic 4: Here's the pipeline. The pipe can actually slide side to side on those goal posts to allow for the temperature expansion/contraction.

Pic 5: There's lots of cool stuff in Alaska!

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 08:55 AM

Pic 1: Made it to the Arctic Circle!

Other than a fuel pump change in Canada, we're still truckin'!

Pic 2: Heading for the Brooks Range.

Pic 3: It's not a public road. The trucks are runnin' hard and fast and you get pelted with gravel followed by a dust storm.

Pic 4: Prudhoe Bay! We swore that we'd jump in the Arctic Ocean when we got there (I think this pic was taken in the middle of the night). It was cold - there were icebergs, and we wimped out.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 08:58 AM

Pic 1: Time for a little fishin' on the north slope.

Pic 2: Arctic Char. (Actually a grayling - see below).

Pic 3: Looking down at the pipeline and haul road.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:02 AM

Whoops!

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:04 AM

Pic 1: The entrance road to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. It's huge. I think the entrance road was 90 miles.

Pic 2: Abandoned copper mine.

Pic 3: Just needs a little work...

Pic 4: Yup - we got stuck on the way out. Gotta watch those shoulders.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:10 AM

Pic 1: Fishing out the back while under way. What can I say - ya get a little freaky after driving 14K miles in three weeks.

Pic 2: "Wake up and look at the glacier!"

Pic 3: Waterfalls near Valdez.

Pic 4: Valdez seemed to have cleaned up nicely after the spill.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:16 AM

Pic 1: Denali. Home of the big one. It was in the clouds when we were there (like it usually is), but it's still a great park.

Pic 2: Public Service Announcement: Grizzly Bears are big!

Pic 3: "Ya'll got funny looking deer up here."

Pic 4: Alaska in July.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:21 AM

Pic 1: Kenai Fjords NP. That's the glacier that leads to the Harding Ice Field in the background.

Pic 2: Hiking up along the glacier with the Freddie Krueger sweater on.

Pic 3: The Harding Ice Shelf. It's huge. Big. Really big.

Pic 4: Surfing the Harding Ice Shelf on our rain pants. Seemed like the thing to do.

Pic 5: It's a long walk back up...

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:27 AM

Jasper/Banff NP in Canada. We had to breeze back through Canada - customs told us to go straight to the US border. I guess we didn't look (or smell) too good at this point. Oh well, Canada was some nice cruisin'

chas350 · 04-25-2010, 09:27 AM

Cool trip! thanks for sharing, great pics!

BigRed Beast · 04-25-2010, 09:33 AM

Awesome college road trip...wish we could all do stuff like that again...we were too naive to worry about anything!

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRed Beast

Awesome college road trip...wish we could all do stuff like that again...we were too naive to worry about anything!

"No brain - no pain".

**too much stuff** · 04-25-2010, 09:45 AM

Cool, thanks for sharing all the pics. I think that was the same year i made a similar trip. Took us 12 days to get to wasilla. Also crossed over at banff/jasper and followed the cassier hwy. Second trip up we took the alcan and stayed in cordova. Had to take a ferry out of valdez for that one. Looks like you guys had fun!!!

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by too much stuff

Cool, thanks for sharing all the pics. I think that was the same year i made a similar trip. Took us 12 days to get to wasilla. Also crossed over at banff/jasper and followed the cassier hwy. Second trip up we took the alcan and stayed in cordova. Had to take a ferry out of valdez for that one. Looks like you guys had fun!!!

We drove 89 hours straight to get to the AK. 95 hours got us above Fairbanks - to where the REAL mosquitoes live.

Longhorn Man · 04-25-2010, 10:04 AM

thats awesome!

martindc1 · 04-25-2010, 10:11 AM

Nice trip, that's really awesome.

On a side note, that fish is a Grayling. An Arctic Char looks like a Brook Trout.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by martindc1

Nice trip, that's really awesome.

On a side note, that fish is a Grayling. An Arctic Char looks like a Brook Trout.

Oops. My bad.

martindc1 · 04-25-2010, 10:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaky

Oops. My bad.

No worries, not many are lucky enough to hook a line into either.

srea76 · 04-25-2010, 10:18 AM

Awesome I love it.

CG · 04-25-2010, 11:22 AM

I love road trips...that looks like it was a blast, thanks for the pics.

**oldgold70c10** · 04-25-2010, 11:34 AM

Okay, this is the coolest thing I've seen on this board yet! That must have been one hell of a trip.

Shaky · 04-25-2010, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldgold70c10

Okay, this is the coolest thing I've seen on this board yet! That must have been one hell of a trip.

Thanks. It was pretty wild. You could actually watch the tires wear.

That truck has been to every state in the US (my friend took the license plate to Hawaii with him).

He still has the truck. It has close to 750,000 miles on it. It's been through a number of engines and transmissions. It has a '67-72 bed on it now.

bigguy69 · 04-25-2010, 11:47 AM

awesome!!!!

04-25-2010, 08:33 AM	#1
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 3 guys, 3 weeks, 14,000 miles, 1,800 bucks. It was 1991 and I just got out of college. No job and not much money. Two friends of mine had 3 weeks off from work and were heading to Alaska. One of them owned the '67 C10 that was going to get us there (and hopefully back). We each pitched in $600.00. 2/3 of it went for gas - the rest for food and whatnot. The truck: 1967 C10 short fleet with the super rare '66 bed. 250 6-cylinder, 3-on-the-tree with sloppy linkage, and a recently re-geared 12-bolt that went from 3.73 to 3.07. Rear cab mounts were pretty much gone and the wheel bearings were a little past prime. The pic below shows the truck at the end of the trip. Dig the plexi-glass headlight covers. We needed 'em. The trip: The goal was to drive the pipeline haul road up to Prudhoe Bay. Since this is a private road we asked for an access letter prior to leaving. Letter in hand, we hit the road. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 08:39 AM	#2
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic1: Cruising through the plains of Canada on the Yellowhead Highway. We exited the USA in ND. I'm from CT - it's 2 hours from corner to corner - Canada is big! Pic 2: Getting up north now on the Alcan Highway. Stopped for a dip in a glacial-fed lake. Went a little farther up the road and found the hot springs. Pic 3: Made it to the Yukon! Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 08:49 AM	#3
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Safety announcement - there's no seat belts in the bed. Pic 2: Made it to the Dalton Highway above Fairbanks. Time to start the pipeline haul road. We got a little push back from the pipeline gatekeeper, but we whined so much he finally let us go and told us to stay out of the way. Pic 3: The through-the-windshield shot. That rooster tail in the distance is the oil company 18-wheeler comin'. Pic 4: Here's the pipeline. The pipe can actually slide side to side on those goal posts to allow for the temperature expansion/contraction. Pic 5: There's lots of cool stuff in Alaska! Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 08:55 AM	#4
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Made it to the Arctic Circle! Other than a fuel pump change in Canada, we're still truckin'! Pic 2: Heading for the Brooks Range. Pic 3: It's not a public road. The trucks are runnin' hard and fast and you get pelted with gravel followed by a dust storm. Pic 4: Prudhoe Bay! We swore that we'd jump in the Arctic Ocean when we got there (I think this pic was taken in the middle of the night). It was cold - there were icebergs, and we wimped out. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 08:58 AM	#5
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Time for a little fishin' on the north slope. Pic 2: Arctic Char. (Actually a grayling - see below). Pic 3: Looking down at the pipeline and haul road. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce Last edited by Shaky; 09-29-2015 at 05:33 PM. Reason: Incorrectly identified fish!

04-25-2010, 09:02 AM	#6
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Whoops! __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce Last edited by Shaky; 04-25-2010 at 09:05 AM.

04-25-2010, 09:04 AM	#7
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: The entrance road to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. It's huge. I think the entrance road was 90 miles. Pic 2: Abandoned copper mine. Pic 3: Just needs a little work... Pic 4: Yup - we got stuck on the way out. Gotta watch those shoulders. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 09:10 AM	#8
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Fishing out the back while under way. What can I say - ya get a little freaky after driving 14K miles in three weeks. Pic 2: "Wake up and look at the glacier!" Pic 3: Waterfalls near Valdez. Pic 4: Valdez seemed to have cleaned up nicely after the spill. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 09:16 AM	#9
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Denali. Home of the big one. It was in the clouds when we were there (like it usually is), but it's still a great park. Pic 2: Public Service Announcement: Grizzly Bears are big! Pic 3: "Ya'll got funny looking deer up here." Pic 4: Alaska in July. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 09:21 AM	#10
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Pic 1: Kenai Fjords NP. That's the glacier that leads to the Harding Ice Field in the background. Pic 2: Hiking up along the glacier with the Freddie Krueger sweater on. Pic 3: The Harding Ice Shelf. It's huge. Big. Really big. Pic 4: Surfing the Harding Ice Shelf on our rain pants. Seemed like the thing to do. Pic 5: It's a long walk back up... Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce Last edited by Shaky; 04-25-2010 at 09:23 AM. Reason: Add pics

04-25-2010, 09:27 AM	#11
Shaky Six in a row makes it go... Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vacationland: Maine Posts: 1,346	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Jasper/Banff NP in Canada. We had to breeze back through Canada - customs told us to go straight to the US border. I guess we didn't look (or smell) too good at this point. Oh well, Canada was some nice cruisin' Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 long step resto: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342086 66 C10 long step build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3814790 CT to Alaska in a 67 C10: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399224 “The height of sophistication is simplicity." - Clare Boothe Luce

04-25-2010, 09:27 AM	#12
chas350 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 581	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Cool trip! thanks for sharing, great pics! __________________ "I'll Procrastinate Tomorrow" quote by LEEVON 71 K10 long fleet (sons truck) new 370hp 355, sm465 np205, 3.73's 33's 70 K20 long fleet 98 G3500 work van

04-25-2010, 09:33 AM	#13
BigRed Beast Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 140	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Awesome college road trip...wish we could all do stuff like that again...we were too naive to worry about anything! __________________ Big Red Beast 1972 Blazer CST AC/Auto/4x4 "Project" 1997 F 350 CC Powerstroke "The Great White"

04-25-2010, 09:45 AM	#15
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,871	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Cool, thanks for sharing all the pics. I think that was the same year i made a similar trip. Took us 12 days to get to wasilla. Also crossed over at banff/jasper and followed the cassier hwy. Second trip up we took the alcan and stayed in cordova. Had to take a ferry out of valdez for that one. Looks like you guys had fun!!! __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back... And sold again... 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

04-25-2010, 10:04 AM	#17
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 thats awesome!



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04-25-2010, 10:11 AM	#18
martindc1 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 218	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Nice trip, that's really awesome. On a side note, that fish is a Grayling. An Arctic Char looks like a Brook Trout. __________________ Currently truckless, previous trucks: 67 K20, 87 K10 aka V10 & 72 C10

04-25-2010, 10:18 AM	#21
srea76 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hazlehurst, Ga. Posts: 822	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Awesome I love it. __________________ 1972 Custom Deluxe LT1 Gen V Swap "Green Lantern" 1984 Silverado Red Baron-72 c10 Project

04-25-2010, 11:22 AM	#22
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,153	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 I love road trips...that looks like it was a blast, thanks for the pics.

04-25-2010, 11:34 AM	#23
oldgold70c10 Who's got steelies? Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Morrison, Oklahoma Posts: 1,025	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 Okay, this is the coolest thing I've seen on this board yet! That must have been one hell of a trip. __________________ 1969 C10 LWB W/ 250 I6 & 3spd 1970 C10 with '67 small window cab, 68 front end, blue; 305/TH350, 3.08 limited slip rear end, manual brakes, power steering; & 4-wheel drums-My daily driver. 1975 Chevelle Malibu Classic Coupe 350/th350 mint green 1970 C20 Suburban 350/700R4 4.10 gearing green & white 1978 Big 10 Silverado 350/th350, working ac, 2 tone blue-My summer daily driver 1983 GMC 1500 Sierra 305/SM465 2.73 rear end How to add a trip odometer to your 67-72 stock speedometer How to rebuild your Q-Jet My Truck Page My Youtube Channel

04-25-2010, 11:47 AM	#25
bigguy69 dazed and confused Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: marion nc Posts: 1,649	Re: 1991: CT to Alaska in a '67 C10 awesome!!!! __________________ members met: redbaron69, billsbowtie,nc67

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