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Bowtie001 · 04-03-2007, 08:48 PM

OK everyone. I finally got one. Bad respray (light blue orig) very low optioned truck w/ 350 and 3 on the tree. I lvoet he gmc grill, now it's time to undo the idocy and get it looking right.

Issues:
Ignition switch is on the floor and not connected
Headlight switch dangling below dash (but works!)
slight rust in one outer rocker and in both inner rockers... also in both inner fenders and behind one rear tire - all out of sight pretty much.
Needs to have the painted chrome returned to real chrome
Needs grill surround fixed and prettied

Then comes the other plans - undisclosed until the rest of this works out.

Here are the pics!! (I think - 1st time posting them)

Bowtie001 · 04-03-2007, 08:55 PM

try again with the pics

Bowtie001 · 04-03-2007, 08:59 PM

Gotta love the 'hay in the bed' farm truck look, eh?

Bowtie001 · 04-03-2007, 09:00 PM

So anyone ever made their own dashpad on the cheap with some scrap sheet metal and fabric store vinyl?

Sport/Truck · 04-03-2007, 09:05 PM

That’s cool! FWIW you can get the dash pads pretty reasonable.
s/t

Bowtie001 · 04-03-2007, 09:31 PM

I should have specified... $1500. Not too bad I hope.

drman929 · 04-03-2007, 09:56 PM

Looks like a sweet project! At least yours runs and has a decent bed...

Here's my new '72

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=232760&page=2

Biff · 04-03-2007, 10:24 PM

Nice buy! If getting rid of that rear bumper is on your list of things to do, let me know. I would like to take it off of your hands.

72armyswbtruck · 04-03-2007, 11:33 PM

Nice lookin truck
Congrats

Kager67 · 04-04-2007, 11:01 AM

Looks like a real good platform. Not too many options, but now you can build it how you want. The sky is the limit (or your checkbook).

gmc1969custom · 04-04-2007, 11:53 AM

Welcome fellow GMC'r

72GMC2500 · 04-04-2007, 11:38 PM

Good to see some more GMC's your interior is the exact same color as my 72 GM

**Yukon Jack** · 04-05-2007, 10:34 AM

Looks like a good truck for the price. Congrats.

panhandler62 · 04-05-2007, 10:45 AM

That's a nice place to start....

Why do all these trucks come with that exact same horseblanket seat cover? ROTFLOL!

Looks like rust in the usual places, but I've seen worse and the bedsides look great. Mine look like relief maps of Wyoming.

biglou55 · 04-05-2007, 11:25 AM

The chevy tailgate will make it go faster J/K.

KAILUAZ · 04-05-2007, 12:22 PM

Welcome to club GMC!!

Chevyholic · 04-05-2007, 02:30 PM

Nice find, congrats! Got to love a truck with an identity crisis!

2nd_wnd · 04-05-2007, 05:25 PM

I bought a 72 GMC a month ago and had to put new motor and tranny in it.
I believe it was originally the same color as yours.

I had to polish the aluminum wheels they looked as if they had been on for 5 yrs and never cleaned. they still need work.

GREASEMONKEY72 · 04-05-2007, 05:41 PM

not a bad truck there, same blue as my trucks interior and original ext color

04-03-2007, 08:48 PM	#1
Bowtie001 Project underway - finally. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 493	I finally got one! 1972 GMC OK everyone. I finally got one. Bad respray (light blue orig) very low optioned truck w/ 350 and 3 on the tree. I lvoet he gmc grill, now it's time to undo the idocy and get it looking right. Issues: Ignition switch is on the floor and not connected Headlight switch dangling below dash (but works!) slight rust in one outer rocker and in both inner rockers... also in both inner fenders and behind one rear tire - all out of sight pretty much. Needs to have the painted chrome returned to real chrome Needs grill surround fixed and prettied Then comes the other plans - undisclosed until the rest of this works out. Here are the pics!! (I think - 1st time posting them) __________________ 1972 GMC Pre-resto... awaiting allocated funding.

04-03-2007, 08:55 PM	#2
Bowtie001 Project underway - finally. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 493	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC try again with the pics Attached Images __________________ 1972 GMC Pre-resto... awaiting allocated funding.

04-03-2007, 08:59 PM	#3
Bowtie001 Project underway - finally. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 493	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Gotta love the 'hay in the bed' farm truck look, eh? Attached Images __________________ 1972 GMC Pre-resto... awaiting allocated funding.

04-03-2007, 09:00 PM	#4
Bowtie001 Project underway - finally. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 493	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC So anyone ever made their own dashpad on the cheap with some scrap sheet metal and fabric store vinyl? __________________ 1972 GMC Pre-resto... awaiting allocated funding.

04-03-2007, 09:05 PM	#5
Sport/Truck Sierra Grande Club Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 2,433	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC That’s cool! FWIW you can get the dash pads pretty reasonable. s/t __________________ 1971 GMC Sierra Grande, 1/2 ton short wide, original 4 bolt 010 020 block & heads. (matching #'s). 383 stroker, SMI q jet 750 cfm, Lunati Voodoo 60102 cam, Scorpion roller rockers, Spin Tech pro street mufflers with X pipe. Last edited by Sport/Truck; 04-03-2007 at 09:06 PM.

04-03-2007, 09:31 PM	#6
Bowtie001 Project underway - finally. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 493	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC I should have specified... $1500. Not too bad I hope. __________________ 1972 GMC Pre-resto... awaiting allocated funding.

04-03-2007, 09:56 PM	#7
drman929 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 232	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Looks like a sweet project! At least yours runs and has a decent bed... Here's my new '72 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=232760&page=2

04-03-2007, 10:24 PM	#8
Biff GM Gypsy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Flint, Michigan Posts: 127	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Nice buy! If getting rid of that rear bumper is on your list of things to do, let me know. I would like to take it off of your hands. __________________ 1972 Custom 10 Deluxe LWB 4x4 2003 Power Wheels Barbie Jeep (2 daughters ya know) 2004 Silverado Crew Cab Z71- Sold Here's to your coffin... May it be built of 100 year old oaks which I will plant tomorrow...

04-03-2007, 11:33 PM	#9
72armyswbtruck Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 4,033	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Nice lookin truck Congrats __________________ "Remember, They can Kill You, but they can't eat You, That's against the law!!!!!!!!!"

04-04-2007, 11:01 AM	#10
Kager67 what knocking sound? Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: good ol North Dakota Posts: 148	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Looks like a real good platform. Not too many options, but now you can build it how you want. The sky is the limit (or your checkbook). __________________ 1968 C-10 1953 belair two-door post 1955 chevy 3600 big window 1950 studebaker starlite coupe 1968 Impala SS

04-04-2007, 11:53 AM	#11
gmc1969custom Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canton, TX Posts: 211	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Welcome fellow GMC'r __________________ 1969 Custom w/Turquoise Interior. 75k miles, 350 V8, THM400 (Almost) All Original

04-04-2007, 11:38 PM	#12
72GMC2500 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 53	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Good to see some more GMC's your interior is the exact same color as my 72 GM __________________ Stephen

04-05-2007, 10:34 AM	#13
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,686	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Looks like a good truck for the price. Congrats. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

04-05-2007, 10:45 AM	#14
panhandler62 Java Mechanic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 6,763	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC That's a nice place to start.... Why do all these trucks come with that exact same horseblanket seat cover? ROTFLOL! Looks like rust in the usual places, but I've seen worse and the bedsides look great. Mine look like relief maps of Wyoming. __________________ Keith 11 Lincoln MKT -- Momma's wagon 13 G37xS -- middle age crazy car 68 C20 Fleetside -- RIP Decorating the whole town up at a cost of $27 ....

04-05-2007, 11:25 AM	#15
biglou55 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Greenfield Mass. Posts: 551	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC The chevy tailgate will make it go faster J/K. __________________ Certifiably crazy person



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04-05-2007, 12:22 PM	#16
KAILUAZ King of Rust Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St Petersburg, FL Posts: 359	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Welcome to club GMC!! __________________ 1970 GMC 2500, 350, TH400, front disks, thats it! My Pics

04-05-2007, 02:30 PM	#17
Chevyholic Will it run today? Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 272	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC Nice find, congrats! Got to love a truck with an identity crisis! __________________ Jaws, the 1971 Chevy Cheyenne Longbed. She's big, grey, and has an insatiable appetite!

04-05-2007, 05:25 PM	#18
2nd_wnd Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Winston Salem, NC Posts: 310	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC I bought a 72 GMC a month ago and had to put new motor and tranny in it. I believe it was originally the same color as yours. I had to polish the aluminum wheels they looked as if they had been on for 5 yrs and never cleaned. they still need work. __________________ 72 LWB

04-05-2007, 05:41 PM	#19
GREASEMONKEY72 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,893	Re: I finally got one! 1972 GMC not a bad truck there, same blue as my trucks interior and original ext color __________________ -steven Alte Seele S.S. "Allison" '72 C/10 LWB 350SB/TH350 - DD PITBULL IS NOT A CRIME

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