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Born a Chevy Man
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Navarre, Florida
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John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 *1986 Chevy SWB Silverado *1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) ![]() ![]() If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! ![]() GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS |
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Henderson, NV
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When someone that doesn't know much about trucks looks at mine they get confused because I have a late model bed. They always ask "what year is that".
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SKINNY TIRES RULE!
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Bothell, WA
Posts: 11,049
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My '72 gets a fair amount of attention, even from some of the BMW & Mercedes drivers that seem to dominate this area. When the top is down, someone is always trying to talk to me, of course, I can't hear them, but I just nod and smile.
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Oregon
Posts: 2,512
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Bouncys blazer
My son reminded me the other day on the sound of the blazer. He said I could have won the local wrap off muffler (whos the sweetest and loudest)contest with it!!
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 693
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I don't drive mine much but I like the fact that I get alot of looks and thumbs up when I drive it. Mine is far from done also but still alot of people will say "nice truck" or is it for sale?
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1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder |
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Central PA....In the Berg of Nisbet
Posts: 790
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If you guys REALLY want to turn some heads, even better, some mouth wide open stares.................Put a Cummins in your '67-'72 3/4 or 1-ton truck!
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'72 K-20 EFI'ed 250 Inline/4spd stake body, Farm Truck '71 C-20 Cummins Diesel Powered, In storage thanks to $5.00 diesel! '69 3500 GMC 305V-6/4spd, Still under reconstruction.......... Inlines Rule! 6 soldiers standing is better than 8 laying down!!!!!!!! |
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#32 |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Auburn WA
Posts: 12,266
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Yup. Me too. Its a common truck. Because of that many people walk right by it by about 8', slam on the skids and turn around when what they saw registers. It pretty funny. I get comments wherever I go. Seems like everyone wants to race. Even Hondas. Its almost like they concede I have 'em beat in looks & they want to show me they got me on speed. The last Honda found out what grandpas big block could do.
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Keep On Truckin'
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Buda, Texas
Posts: 1,354
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Yeah, I'm gettin' to the point I turn my head and cough everytime I work on it. I'll be glad to be finished soon.
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Tot Roddin'
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
Posts: 24,461
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I was driving into the local car show once, and had a guy just about run through a stop sign, and hit someone. I appreciate the looks, but that's just a little to close.... (haha) And I still have holes in the side of the bed and cab, but most people seem to not be bothered by them...I know I'm not
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-Nate ![]() 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package) Last edited by 72BlckButy; 07-12-2005 at 01:35 PM. |
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State of Confusion!
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Location: Gulfport, MS USA
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Yep mine turns heads in the exact same way. Either that or my neighbor (local enforcement) tends to do a turn around everytime I take it on the road lately ![]() ![]()
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
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Mine mostly turns the heads of kids. I think it's because it looks like a life sized Hot Wheels
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Java Mechanic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Martinsburg, WV
Posts: 6,764
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Mine gets the "What the heck is that thing?" looks... lol
It's a few panels away (nothing big.. just a new cab and new bed needed.. ![]() |
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Lovin' Life in Miss.!
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Puckett, Mississippi
Posts: 1,937
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Mine looks pretty good. Get a few thumbs up now and then. Think if I changed the stance it would really turn heads then.
Wife thinks I'm nuts. I turn my head at EVERY 67-72.
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The truck... you hear that? No really, you did hear that?!!! |
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Location: East Central, MO
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Designated A-hole!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Mississippi
Posts: 36,450
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"If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. ![]() We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck" |
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#41 |
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Summerfield, Ks
Posts: 742
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yea
Whenever i drive mine, which isn't very often, i either have my friends hangin out the windows when i meet em wavin, or tellin me to do burnouts, and the occasional people that stare when i drive by. Then i usually let em hear the pipes on it, cuz i always appreciate that when ppl drive their vehicles instead of putt around in them.
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Location: Eastern Nebraska
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Mine's still pretty rusty, but runs. Get guys asking about it at gas station and parking lots. People look while I'm driving, but there are about five or six 67-72's in our town of 10k, so they aren't that rare around here.
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#43 |
Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
Posts: 6,465
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YES...put me in that category of "Amazed it is actually on the road and running!". I really turned heads the last time I had the "67 out driving around the neighborhood without doors, windshield, hood or box! It was running and moving though!
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Evergreen, CO
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Mine is just back on the road and still very "fresh". Hell I can't walk away from it without turning my head three or four times.
I still haven't gotten used to the way people pull up along side and drive next to you until you look their way... then comes the thumbs up. It's cool but a little skeevy at the same time. They vaporize out of nowhere at the gas station and such and start talking your head off... It’s very flattering... but I'm really going to puke if one more person says "Nice Bronco!"
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: St. Johns, Arizona
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Mine's the same way, except I need a new front clip too... ![]()
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Old School, New Style
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Monroeville, Ohio
Posts: 790
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I get looks and thumbs pretty often. I took the wife and kids to a car show a few weeks ago and on the way out of the lot my wife heard some old guy say, ' I bet that burb is older than they are.' He was right by five years.
I even had a teen girl at the local 'choke and puke' drive thru window say, ' I love your truck sir'. I still can't believe she called me 'sir', I'm only 30. Aaron
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Born a Chevy Man
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Navarre, Florida
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John or 86 (Viet Nam combat Vet-BIG RED ONE) '65-'66 *1986 Chevy SWB Silverado *1984 Chevy Longbed Silverado New Kia Sportage (Wife's car and she loves it) ![]() ![]() If you can read this, YOU NEED TO THANK A TEACHER! If you can read this in ENGLISH, PLEASE THANK A SOLDIER! ![]() GOD BLESS AMERICA AND BLESS OUR FIGHTING TROOPS |
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WTB this ad
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Lafayette Georgia
Posts: 5,074
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Luv and a few other board members have seen my trucks at the Nats and pics that I have posted on here. I think they thought the trucks were head turners ( or maybe they were just being polite ). Sometimes I forget that I am driving something that is a little out of the ordinary, and I think "what are they looking at?". It's always cool when you watch people's heads swivel when you drive by. When my wife drives the C10 to school, she says she gets a lot of looks in the parking lot full of econo grocery getters. I guess they don't expect to see a girl driving an old fixed up truck. I always tell people to build their trucks the way that they want to, don't fix one up according to someone else's taste. But it sure is nice to know that other people appreciate what you have done.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: long island, new york
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i get thums up all the tome but the most attention i get is from the police
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My son, my joy.
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Spokane WA
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My trucks paint is scratched, it has body damage, a bit of rust.....in other words, no where near perfect.
BUT I STILL GET LOOKS!! Thats how AWESOME our trucks are!! ![]()
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