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12-20-2016, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: New Madison, Ohio
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Some Things Don't Change
Way back in 1970 when I graduated from High School all I wanted to buy was a Blue 1970 396 Chevelle Super Sport. But sadly in those days I couldn't afford the insurance.
Fast forward ... Now I can afford the insurance on a BB Chevelle SS but I cant afford the price of the car itself. So in a way I have a poor man's BB SS in a 1970 BB CST Pick Up. Now you know -- that some things don't change.
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy.  67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk.  1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc   JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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12-20-2016, 10:25 AM
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On the path to financial ruin!
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Love this story...
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'72 Chevelle SS--4.0 Whipple LS7, T56 Magnum, 20X9/20X13 HRE 791R, 6-piston Baer brakes, IRS '68 SWB C10--LS3, TKO-600, 22x10/22x12 HRE 948R, C5 suspension, shockwaves, custom frame Ooh Wee's Makeover...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=376280 |
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12-20-2016, 10:42 AM
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Sackets harbor ny
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
I can relate to that. I had a 71 roadrunner. Four speed 391 rear. Big block 383. There's no way I could buy that car now. That's why am building the truck I have. But I'm sure I'm going to like it. It will still have the Hurst shifter. And a four speed. But not the pistol grip. LOL. Although I think I could put one on it.
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12-20-2016, 10:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: canton ga
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Im a Chevelle guy too ,have my wife's 72 Malibu vert and a 72 El Camino SS but I love my trucks more .Your truck is as nice as any Chevelle .
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12-20-2016, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: New Madison, Ohio
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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12-20-2016, 03:18 PM
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Location: Center City, MN, USA
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
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A couple years go by. Right when I was turning 16, a buddy a two years older than me was selling his 1972 to fund his college education. I had to buy it and I did. Later, while still in possession of my 72, I took a job at a local service station. I got to work on the one I saw at church every Sunday. It was still factory original with 11,xxx miles on the clock. It still had factory air in the tires! This was the 1987 - 1989 time frame. Today we'd call that car a survivor. I offered everything I had - which wasn't much as I was at this time in college. I never did get my hands on that car - other than to drive it to her house after an oil change (a service small service stations did back then). Time went on. In the late 80s I left that job but I never let my car go. I loved the hard top but I always wanted a rag top. When I found one in the thrifties (before craigslist there was the "thrifty" section in the newspaper where you placed your used car ad) I picked it up and luckily was able to manage to keep the hard top. THEN the truck came along. Its been REALLY tough the last 8 years but I'm still hanging in there with all three.
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'70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN |
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12-20-2016, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Very nice. What drop and wheel/tire combo are you running?
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12-20-2016, 07:59 PM
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Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
In 1989 I found a 1969 Road Runner Convertible that was an unmolested all original car. It had 2 fender tags of options and was yellow with a black buckets and console interior and had the 383 and 4 speed. I ws smart a** and got the got the seller down from 16,500 to 14,500 and wanted to pay 14,000 so I walked. I came to my senses a couple weeks later I decided I'd pay the 14,500 and called the seller and he gleefully couldn't wait to tell me he had sold and got 16,000 for it. I would still have that car if I had bought it then and like DeWayne and today not only could not afford it but try to find one.
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12-20-2016, 11:43 AM
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Location: Vancouver BC
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Great, and very positive way to look at it. And BTW, I love the colour combination on that CST, a really nice ride.
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12-20-2016, 11:47 AM
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Location: New Madison, Ohio
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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12-20-2016, 01:07 PM
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Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
I love first gen Camaros... can't afford one that's even "drivable."
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12-20-2016, 01:27 PM
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Location: Redmond, WA
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Or to put it another way:
In 1970 I wanted a blue Chevelle SS, but couldn't afford the insurance, so drove an old truck instead. In 2016 I wanted a blue Chevelle SS, but couldn't afford the car, so drove an old truck instead! - Dave
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12-20-2016, 01:39 PM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
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A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! |
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12-20-2016, 01:46 PM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
The thread leaves me wondering whether the "old trucks" we love will someday be worth what the 1st gen Camaros and Chevelle SSs go for?
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Rick -69 GMC 910 Long Box, 350 -98 Chev Silverado 1500, 350 Vortec 4L60e -08 Mustang GT Convertible |
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12-20-2016, 01:49 PM
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"I ain't nobody, dork."
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
As overpriced as a lot of these rigs are nowadays... Those days are rapidly approaching.
Gary
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12-20-2016, 02:00 PM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
Heck yeah, you have your muscle truck now. A big block CST is the Super Sport of trucks.
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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; 12-21-2016 at 08:47 AM. |
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12-20-2016, 08:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Henderson NC
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
If I still had all the cars that I have owned in my life I could retire.
My first car was a blue 69 RoadRunner, I bought it from a cousin and it was like new. I had several mopars, a 69 Olds 442, 71 Chevelle and too many more to list. I could buy them cheap because gas had gone from $0.35 to $1.00 a gallon and no one wanted them. I sold my RoadRunner because I wanted a truck, lol. I have an old truck now but I'll never have another RoadRunner. One think I can say is I drove the crap out of a 69 RoadRunner. Most people would never drive one today like I did back then. |
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12-21-2016, 01:33 AM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
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 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...37#post7801337
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12-21-2016, 08:17 PM
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12-21-2016, 12:09 AM
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Re: Some Things Don't Change
I haven't owned a car since '96, I think. That was a '63 Riviera. I sold it to get money to finish a truck I was building. It wasn't getting driven much and I figured I could always get another one. Plus, for a fair weather-only vehicle I'd rather have a convertible. At this point in my life I can't see tying up what it would take to get into any of my dream cars
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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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