looked under the floor mat today, lookie!!

[jerry moss]

i didn't realize how old the thread was when i first saw it. that truck is beautiful, talk about a survivor. a collector buddy of mine has one thats close--- 72 CST, K5 blazer with less than 6K miles. he was a doctor here in the central valley and he kept it in a garage at his place in the sierra nevada mountains in case it was snowing when he took the family up there in the winter. Joe, my friend, you have way too many nice trucks for one person,

[70shortfleet]

Joe, I know your garage is nice, but where do you store all of your vehicles?

[Canuckvetter]

Originally Posted by fp1967

Nicer than nice!
What is the silver stripe on the driver side floor?

Likely where the factory painted the radio block off plate.

[Mr Chevorlet]

Joe you need to change your avatar title, it's deffenently not Joe's junk. Thats Joe's goldmine, that truck is one of a kind and beautiful

[C10_ustacould]

Originally Posted by Joesjunk

I'll try and keep it short, woman ordered it new, hardly used it, kept it garaged. She passed away and left it to a grandson who was young. When the grandson got to be of age he was in trouble with the law so they never let him have it. They just kept it sitting in a garage all these years and finally let it go.

Thanks for sharing, very cool new... er, old truck!

[Joesjunk]

Originally Posted by 70shortfleet

Joe, I know your garage is nice, but where do you store all of your vehicles?

I can store 11 at my house. A friend of mine has a building I store in also

[dads longhorn]

It doesn't get any better than that. THANK YOU for keeping it original and thanks for the pics.

[sboris]

Joe has some NICE junk..

[mcbassin]

Hey Joe,
I have a question, Are these cab mount bolts welded? Did they change that at some point? I was thinking the front bolts were welded in.
I never get tired of seeing pics of this truck. The nicest survivor out there.

[briscuba]

Wow, you could eat off those floors! No wonder what everyone hates you for it. HAHAHA!

[Joesjunk]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Hey Joe,
I have a question, Are these cab mount bolts welded? Did they change that at some point? I was thinking the front bolts were welded in.
I never get tired of seeing pics of this truck. The nicest survivor out there.

I don't believe these are welded in. I have seen them both ways. It must have been a variance from plant to plant?

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by Joesjunk

I don't believe these are welded in. I have seen them both ways. It must have been a variance from plant to plant?

I wish mine hadn't been welded in. It wasn't hard getting them out though, once I realized my Dremel tool was all I needed. My truck is a 1972, assembled at the Flint plant.

Easy to see why they were tack welded: it would have taken another man, with a breaker bar in the cab, and several extra minutes. That adds up.

[hdff]

Dayum!! Nice truck.......

[jocko]

caramba. however, as was pointed out - this is an old thread. I bet they are totally rusted out by now...

[Sammys70]

Originally Posted by Lattimer

I hate you. The paint on your floor is better than any paint on my truck.

I second that!

[Dirt's72]

Originally Posted by jerry moss

i didn't realize how old the thread was when i first saw it. that truck is beautiful, talk about a survivor. a collector buddy of mine has one thats close--- 72 CST, K5 blazer with less than 6K miles. he was a doctor here in the central valley and he kept it in a garage at his place in the sierra nevada mountains in case it was snowing when he took the family up there in the winter. Joe, my friend, you have way too many nice trucks for one person,

I'd like to see pics of this....

[Cape Codder]

I bet if you pulled the carpet from a brand new truck now there wouldn't be as nice a paint job. They barely even cover the primer theses days.

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by Joesjunk

It looks like something was on the floor when it was painted

This is could be an important discovery in the cab painting process. I was under the assumption cabs were primed in red oxide (brown), while hoods, fenders, beds and tailgates were primed in black. Could it be the floor boards got one extra coat of a special gray zinc primer before final finishing coat ?

[jerry moss]

Originally Posted by Dirt's72

I'd like to see pics of this....

i will take some pics next time i head down that way--then i have to figure out how to put them on here

[GASoline71]

Mine are almost as good. Just some light surface rust... should buff right out...



Gary

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by factorystock

This is could be an important discovery in the cab painting process. I was under the assumption cabs were primed in red oxide (brown), while hoods, fenders, beds and tailgates were primed in black. Could it be the floor boards got one extra coat of a special gray zinc primer before final finishing coat ?

Sounds like another topic that could vary by plant.

In Flint the cab and box (including tailgates) were painted on the same paint shop carrier (so you will find the primer color of those items to be all the same); the hood and fenders were painted together on their own carrier, but at the opposite end of the plant from the cab/box.

http://www.73-87.com/7387info/Assembly%20Line.htm

K