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04-09-2014, 08:52 PM | #1 |
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67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
This afternoon I drove my 71 over to the Camera Castle in Morristown, TN. On this 40 min round trip I saw at lest six 67-72 trucks. My co workers and customers are always saying that these trucks are hard to find. This trip proved them wrong! I grabbed this pic of one I saw sitting in a parking lot. I would've like to know more about but unforatuley I didn't have time to wait on the owner. Notice I took this pic sitting in my 71 and there is a K20 in the background waiting on the light.
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04-09-2014, 08:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
You should visit Oregon and Washington state. There is one every mile.
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04-09-2014, 09:08 PM | #3 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
I was at the swap meet sunday, I took my 70. We were walking the isles and within 200 feet of each other sat 4 67-72 trucks... in the 15 minutes we talked with a couple of the owners 2 more drove by... and that was in the middle of the swap meet.
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04-09-2014, 09:24 PM | #4 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
That's what I imagine heaven to be like. In my smallish town of about 20k people, I think I can count the 67-72s on one hand. And one of them is a c30 dump truck I still see out working. Might be a very slight exaggeration but honestly around here I see less than 10 of the same trucks from this era.
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04-09-2014, 09:46 PM | #5 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
I saw three daily driven 67-72's today...not mine
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04-09-2014, 09:56 PM | #6 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
That's what I love about these trucks. People still love them and many are still working daily. Most people can't believe I daily drive mine. That's a 60+ mile round trip.
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04-09-2014, 09:58 PM | #7 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
There are three around here that I have seen. I have yet to see one being driven on the road tho. More late 70's and 80's chevy's here. Any older than that and they've rusted away.
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04-10-2014, 07:13 AM | #8 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
Yeah, there's plenty around here, but none of the owners seem to have internet to join here.
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04-10-2014, 09:57 AM | #10 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
Same here in NJ....Very few 67-72 left on the road....the few you do see have all been restored. Way too much salt put on the road rusts them away to junk quickly.
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04-10-2014, 10:22 AM | #11 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
East TN has is fair share of rust issues, but due to laxed laws concerning emissions and the lack of inspections, we have a thriving car culture. I saw close to twenty classic vehicles yesterday. They are definitely out there in strong numbers, you just have to keep your eyes open.
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04-10-2014, 11:21 AM | #12 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
Saw several of them at the north east ga. swap meet in commerce last weekend.
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04-10-2014, 12:07 PM | #13 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
It's not that they are hard to find. It's that they are hard to find for sale in a reasonable condition for a reasonable price.
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04-10-2014, 12:16 PM | #14 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
There are always a few on craigslist for less then $2000. In the past year I have bought 3 of them all for less than a grand.
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04-10-2014, 12:44 PM | #15 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
Amen to that, Hell I have one just for yard art. Downside when you try to sell the price is low and the wet weather tears up the cabs. Had 68 for sale for a month and no real buyers.
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04-10-2014, 12:54 PM | #16 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
I saw 2 at a local high school parked together. I see the younger generation has good taste!
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04-12-2014, 04:43 PM | #17 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
Sorry the picture of YARD ART is '72 with most of a slant nose on it hood is in the bed. '68 is for sale for now but thinking about keeping it rather than giving it away.
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04-12-2014, 06:45 PM | #18 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
That's a pretty good looking 68. I actually stopped yesterday to take some photos of a 68 c30 a few miles from work.
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04-13-2014, 08:49 AM | #19 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
There are 3 others within 10 square miles of me still working at some capacity. Considering the population density that's pretty good. I drive all the way across ND for school and see quite a few parked out to pasture. On the local classifieds sites there is a 67-72 at least every other page in the classic autos section.
Johnny impersonation, "They are everywhere...."
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04-13-2014, 09:23 AM | #20 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
you don't see a lot of them out on the road around here I have been driving my k10 to work most of the week and the bosses son has been driving his 1969 c20 too
so that's two nice trucks in he parking lot (most of the fleet they have is ferds)
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04-13-2014, 11:03 AM | #21 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
There are about a dozen within less than a 1 mile radius of my house. Including mine.
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04-13-2014, 11:21 AM | #22 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
This is an excellent example of why a 69-72 hood doesn't fit a '67-68 nose. It looks like the rest of the truck is also 69-72 by the trim on it. Still, it's a shame to see it just sitting there.
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04-13-2014, 11:39 AM | #23 |
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The 67-72 trucks ARE everywhere. It's the 73-80 that are harder to find. When the "CASH for clunkers" deal hit, most people who had 67-72 didn't give them up because they were becoming antiques and the 81-present were new enough they still ran good.
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04-13-2014, 04:15 PM | #25 |
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Re: 67-72 Trucks are Everywhere
The '72 with the front clip may get be pulled in the garage and dismantled. Cabs in the Great North Wet are usually pretty rough that one is questionable. When I pull it out of the yard I will get a better look at stuff. We acutally have a Suburdan that needs a nose so it may end up saving 3 or 4 trucks with donations.
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