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BADPURPLE70CHEVY · 12-13-2009, 07:14 PM

Just curious how many 67-72 trucks,burbs and blazers you know of that live within short driving distance of you guys? I drove around 1 hour and saw 6 that looked to be driveable. Should have took the old camera......

big mike71 · 12-13-2009, 07:37 PM

I drive a truck and on my friday route I see between 15-25 every week.

**72 Super** · 12-13-2009, 08:02 PM

In my route to work or close too I only know of 3. There aren't very many here in my immediate area.

flashed · 12-13-2009, 08:08 PM

I know of 6 in or near my neighborhood , not counting mine.

nickp51chevy · 12-13-2009, 08:11 PM

I know of 2 in my neighborhood. I've only met one of the guys. Then I know of 2 more that 2 guys at Napa here in town have.

KrazyKevin · 12-13-2009, 08:18 PM

It's wild how soome of you see so many. Down here in Southeast Texas, you rarely see any. Period!! Even now that I have mine, and really looking hard, I bet I've only seen a couple over the last year. I do notice that now that I'm hunting parts, I'm getting phone numbers and leads to parts trucks and others who like our trucks in my area. But I'm still talking like a 100mi radius.

What is the reasoning behind the concentration of these trucks in certain areas. Not neighborhood to neighborhood, but the whole country? Seems like the deep southern states, Alabama/Georgia area and then in the middle eastern states. I'm sure they are everywhere, but just seems like thats where they are at!

KrazyKevin · 12-13-2009, 08:20 PM

Lets just say if I drove around hunting these old trucks, I would still have an empty SD card in the camera for days.

bbadfred · 12-13-2009, 08:57 PM

one daily driver in a town of 13,000. About a dozen I know of in garages. No surburbans that I know of.

**70cst** · 12-13-2009, 09:02 PM

Good thread BADPURPLE70CHEVY ... In the midwest they are not as plentiful as out west or down south due to rust. If one sees a truck sitting up here it usually only good as a lawn ornament. My truck came fron Tn.

hayhauler71 · 12-13-2009, 09:05 PM

I work in a busy automotive shop for the last 19 years and only seen two in the shop.

nicolas72gmc · 12-13-2009, 09:08 PM

BadPurple, it is funny you started this thread. I just got done driving from Superior az, to Tucson and I told myself I was gonna count how many trucks I saw on the trip. I saw 5, only two appeared to be driveable. Roughly Half of the trip was on I-10 though. Good Thread.

CG · 12-13-2009, 09:11 PM

I live in a fairly small town and I think there are at least 10 drivers within two miles of me. Could be more.

Our style trucks are everywhere in Western Washington. I drive quite a bit for my job, I see lots of them every day.

bigguy69 · 12-13-2009, 09:45 PM

i see a few on the road here.

brothers69c-10 · 12-13-2009, 09:52 PM

Within 20 minute driving distance of my house there are at least 10 sitting in fields or otherwise and probably 10-15 more that are driveable or are resored. Very coomon to see the maround our neck of the woods.

71 super · 12-13-2009, 10:00 PM

you are hanging out on the wrong side of town, they are all over east haywood

BAGNDRAGIT · 12-13-2009, 10:07 PM

Rob H. · 12-13-2009, 10:14 PM

Off the top of my head, I can think of about 32 with in a 25 mile radius of the house, not counting mine. Some are just sitting or total rust buckets but quite a few of them still on the road.

BADPURPLE70CHEVY · 12-13-2009, 10:18 PM

Where you live at 71 super?

BADPURPLE70CHEVY · 12-13-2009, 10:20 PM

I can find more than what i said but 6 is just ones that i saw without going to alot of trouble. Im gonna go out and get some pics soon and post em...

big_al_71 · 12-13-2009, 10:35 PM

there is on parked around 4 miles from my house in someones garage been there for years thats about the only one within 20 miles all around me. I see about five in the last two years around south florida.

unclewatts · 12-13-2009, 10:36 PM

I see them quite often around my area. As a matter of fact about a block from my house there's a guy doing a roofing job for a neighbor with a real nice 69 red and white LWB.

ETsC10 · 12-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hayhauler71

I work in a busy automotive shop for the last 19 years and only seen two in the shop.

haha..goood 'ol chevys! ^^^

I know of a several near my neighborhood...not counting those at
Livrats...then were talking zillions!

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KrazyKevin · 12-13-2009, 11:14 PM

I can understand up north, way north, the rust theory. And, I understand how out west the dry climate keeps them in good condition. I know its very humid down here in SE Texas, but it seems like it wouldn't be much different from any of the southern states and all the way through TN and KY. Seems like they would all be rust buckets.

Is the primary reason that these locations have the trucks because of the weather or is it because of the culture? I might be to close to Houston where everyone thinks their vehicle has to be less than 5 years old. Honestly, I'm about 50mi from H-town, and I'm thinking thats partly it.

hotrod 80 · 12-13-2009, 11:28 PM

Im just down the road from KrazyKevin and i have a different prospective . I have 3 in my small neighborhood that are drivers . One 3/4 ton cheyenne super that just disappeared after 5 years in the same spot . one GMC lwb off I-10 . I just bought an almost rust free west texas truck less than 4 miles from the house that had sat out in the open in the middle of town for 3 years . They are around you just have to look . Found a SWB made into a trailer , trying to get ahold of the owner now . I'll snap some pics when im running around tommorow .

Hottrucks · 12-14-2009, 01:11 AM

up here I know of a few maybe 5 or 6 the one you see in the woods are pretty much jumk that you can hear rusting away

12-13-2009, 07:14 PM	#1
BADPURPLE70CHEVY 406 Powered Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: waynesville,n.c. Posts: 877	Driving around spotting old chevys... Just curious how many 67-72 trucks,burbs and blazers you know of that live within short driving distance of you guys? I drove around 1 hour and saw 6 that looked to be driveable. Should have took the old camera...... __________________ 70 GMC 68 c10 2002 silverado 72 4x4

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big mike71 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: independence mo Posts: 2,111	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I drive a truck and on my friday route I see between 15-25 every week. __________________ I'm not as good as I once was, But I'm as good once as I ever was.

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72 Super Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hyattsville, Maryland Posts: 3,685	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... In my route to work or close too I only know of 3. There aren't very many here in my immediate area. __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super (Purchased new by my parents in August of 71) Black and White

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flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,724	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I know of 6 in or near my neighborhood , not counting mine.

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nickp51chevy Registered Chevy Owner Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Snohomish, wa Posts: 1,557	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I know of 2 in my neighborhood. I've only met one of the guys. Then I know of 2 more that 2 guys at Napa here in town have. __________________ Love is fleeting, but Chevy trucks are forever!!!! 1970 Chevy CST C10 long box 350/400 2008 Chevy Silverado short box 4x4 Had; 1951 Chevy short box 307/T5 1988 Chevy shot box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 4x4 350/350 1971 Chevy C20 long box 350/350 1971 Chevy C10 long box 350/350 Last edited by nickp51chevy; 12-13-2009 at 08:12 PM. Reason: +

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KrazyKevin What have I gotten into Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Liberty, TX Posts: 123	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... It's wild how soome of you see so many. Down here in Southeast Texas, you rarely see any. Period!! Even now that I have mine, and really looking hard, I bet I've only seen a couple over the last year. I do notice that now that I'm hunting parts, I'm getting phone numbers and leads to parts trucks and others who like our trucks in my area. But I'm still talking like a 100mi radius. What is the reasoning behind the concentration of these trucks in certain areas. Not neighborhood to neighborhood, but the whole country? Seems like the deep southern states, Alabama/Georgia area and then in the middle eastern states. I'm sure they are everywhere, but just seems like thats where they are at! __________________ 1972 Chevy SWB Fleetside Project BumbleBee

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KrazyKevin What have I gotten into Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Liberty, TX Posts: 123	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... Lets just say if I drove around hunting these old trucks, I would still have an empty SD card in the camera for days. __________________ 1972 Chevy SWB Fleetside Project BumbleBee

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bbadfred bbadfred Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rantoul Il Posts: 461	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... one daily driver in a town of 13,000. About a dozen I know of in garages. No surburbans that I know of.

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70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,373	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... Good thread BADPURPLE70CHEVY ... In the midwest they are not as plentiful as out west or down south due to rust. If one sees a truck sitting up here it usually only good as a lawn ornament. My truck came fron Tn. __________________ 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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hayhauler71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St. Paul MN. Posts: 1,996	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I work in a busy automotive shop for the last 19 years and only seen two in the shop.

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nicolas72gmc Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sunny Arizona Posts: 525	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... BadPurple, it is funny you started this thread. I just got done driving from Superior az, to Tucson and I told myself I was gonna count how many trucks I saw on the trip. I saw 5, only two appeared to be driveable. Roughly Half of the trip was on I-10 though. Good Thread. __________________ Nick "Everyone has a plan, 'till they get punched in the mouth".........Mike Tyson 1968, GMC, SWB, Project 1972, GMC, LWB, Daily Driver, 383, headers, 2.5"/3" exhaust, 200r4, 3.5/5 ECE components. 1972, C/10, LWB, 350 vortec, th350

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CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,021	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I live in a fairly small town and I think there are at least 10 drivers within two miles of me. Could be more. Our style trucks are everywhere in Western Washington. I drive quite a bit for my job, I see lots of them every day.

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Rob H. Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Petersville KY Posts: 673	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... Off the top of my head, I can think of about 32 with in a 25 mile radius of the house, not counting mine. Some are just sitting or total rust buckets but quite a few of them still on the road. __________________ Rob 72 C/10 (under reconstruction)(destruction ? LOL) 48 Willys CJ2A 1952 Super "A" Farmall (Grandfather's)

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BADPURPLE70CHEVY 406 Powered Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: waynesville,n.c. Posts: 877	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I can find more than what i said but 6 is just ones that i saw without going to alot of trouble. Im gonna go out and get some pics soon and post em... __________________ 70 GMC 68 c10 2002 silverado 72 4x4

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big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... there is on parked around 4 miles from my house in someones garage been there for years thats about the only one within 20 miles all around me. I see about five in the last two years around south florida. __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

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unclewatts 70 Chevrolet=Obsession Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: nice ca Posts: 1,067	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I see them quite often around my area. As a matter of fact about a block from my house there's a guy doing a roofing job for a neighbor with a real nice 69 red and white LWB. __________________ I'm Just like my truck. Old, Ugly and Grouchy. Except my truck starts easily in the morning and doesn't smoke! IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN! -Kermit the frog 1970 Chevrolet C-10 Longbed Stepside : 350, Muncie M20, 3.08 GM corp. positraction Forest green exterior/light green interior(Where all my money goes) 1996 Toyota Corolla (Parts runner)

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KrazyKevin What have I gotten into Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Liberty, TX Posts: 123	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... I can understand up north, way north, the rust theory. And, I understand how out west the dry climate keeps them in good condition. I know its very humid down here in SE Texas, but it seems like it wouldn't be much different from any of the southern states and all the way through TN and KY. Seems like they would all be rust buckets. Is the primary reason that these locations have the trucks because of the weather or is it because of the culture? I might be to close to Houston where everyone thinks their vehicle has to be less than 5 years old. Honestly, I'm about 50mi from H-town, and I'm thinking thats partly it. __________________ 1972 Chevy SWB Fleetside Project BumbleBee

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hotrod 80 mini truck racer Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Baytown , texas Posts: 3,010	Re: Driving around spotting old chevys... Im just down the road from KrazyKevin and i have a different prospective . I have 3 in my small neighborhood that are drivers . One 3/4 ton cheyenne super that just disappeared after 5 years in the same spot . one GMC lwb off I-10 . I just bought an almost rust free west texas truck less than 4 miles from the house that had sat out in the open in the middle of town for 3 years . They are around you just have to look . Found a SWB made into a trailer , trying to get ahold of the owner now . I'll snap some pics when im running around tommorow . __________________ 1949 5-window 1969 Camaro 1976 Chevy Luv yellow 1978 Chevy Luv Blue 1976 Chevy Luv Black 1979 Firebird Flooded in Harvey 1999 F350 Dually 2005 GMC Sierra 4.8 RCSB 2014 Explorer (wifes) My build :http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=399148 Build #2: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=653583

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