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68GMCburban · 06-13-2013, 02:53 PM

Me and a buddy stumbled across this today. There is no telling how long this truck had to sit there for this tree to grow like it did. It couldnt have been very old. The old home place burnt down a long time ago, but you can tell somebdoy is coming and feeding cows. It's about 30 minutes from where I live, so I'm going to go back an leave a note on the gate.

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SeniorVerde · 06-13-2013, 03:05 PM

That is amazing.
I extracted an old Model A truck from a similar environment- Hadn't ran since '47.
Unfortunately, no pictures of it with the tree through the frame. Cool find!

parkwood · 06-13-2013, 03:39 PM

Man that's a fast growing tree or that thing has been sitting there a while...

rambler · 06-13-2013, 03:44 PM

nah,, its just a truck hauling a load of firewood,.... LOL

**youngrodder** · 06-13-2013, 03:45 PM

Maybe it was a the wood bed that sprouted roots.......just a thought. ha ha

Marc

Daze57 · 06-13-2013, 07:22 PM

Great picture

**arturo7** · 06-13-2013, 07:24 PM

Use the tree to make the wood bed.

68GMCburban · 06-13-2013, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by arturo7

Use the tree to make the wood bed.

If I can get it bought, I'm going to cut the tree down, but leave some of the stump stuck in the bed, I'm sure it sounds cheesey but the picture in my mind seems cool. Leave it like a rat rod type, just because I like the story.
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av8tr33337 · 06-13-2013, 08:00 PM

That guy must have been one hell of a shade tree mechanic. He carried his own shade right along with him!

Daze57 · 06-13-2013, 09:19 PM

Great idea to keep some of the tree in the truck

Call it "stumpy"

68GMCburban · 06-13-2013, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Daze57

Great idea to keep some of the tree in the truck

Call it "stumpy"

Great name for it. I like it.
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MARTINSR · 06-14-2013, 01:29 AM

Damn that's sad to see, looks like a great truck to build, darn it.

Brian

63 & 64 Bowties · 06-14-2013, 08:59 AM

That actually looks like two different kinds of trees. If you get it, count the growth rings when you cut the trunk. Looks like that thing was parked there when it wasn't all that old.

**mr48chev** · 06-14-2013, 09:34 AM

It looks like the frame is pretty well bent in the photo by the angle of the cab vs the angle of the bed. I'm thinking that you wouldn't only have to cut the tree down but have to cut the truck in two to get it out of there.

1project2many · 06-14-2013, 10:11 AM

Oh, look! A Box Elder!
(Actually, it is two different trees.)

I once bought a 57 GMC with a tree in the frame. But it was only 6" around, nothing like that.

I'd think a box of ACME termites would make short work of that tree.

coralhead · 06-14-2013, 12:04 PM

No one is going to steal that truck.

GFY · 06-14-2013, 01:50 PM

That is pretty awesome! Great pictures, and a great (future) story if you do get to buy the truck.

68GMCburban · 06-14-2013, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mr48chev

It looks like the frame is pretty well bent in the photo by the angle of the cab vs the angle of the bed. I'm thinking that you wouldn't only have to cut the tree down but have to cut the truck in two to get it out of there.

The tree has picked the truck up a little, but the more I look at the pictures the more it does look like the frame is bent. We didn't have a chance to look at it too well because we didn't have permission to be there.
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**Denee007** · 06-15-2013, 07:23 PM

I wonder if you went out there, put a fresh battery, some gas, would it start!?

68GMCburban · 06-15-2013, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Denee007

I wonder if you went out there, put a fresh battery, some gas, would it start!?

I think it would. We will definitely try it.
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**Denee007** · 06-15-2013, 08:09 PM

Now that would be too cool! I'd hope you would video it, even if the engine were to turn over would be awesome, but IF it were to turn over, then there would be a possibility of it starting!

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I think it would. We will definitely try it.
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68GMCburban · 06-16-2013, 06:20 PM

Well, we got the bad news today. This morning we ran over there and hung a flyer on his gate, he called about an hour ago and said it was his fathers, and they liked how the tree has grown threw it, so they didn't want to sell.
It kills me knowing that truck is there, knowing that tree is destroying it. But it is their truck, so it their choice.
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Daze57 · 06-16-2013, 06:28 PM

What a drag that is !but I understand the sentiment

Zach B · 06-17-2013, 12:11 AM

That's cool. My grandfather had a 39 gmc given to him with a tree growing in the bad like that. Not as big a tree though.
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**Denee007** · 06-18-2013, 03:45 PM

They wouldn't even consider an offer? You could offer to commemorate the truck to the family's name? Then the truck would live on for future generations. The tree will continue to grow and the truck will rot out and become useless scrap. Oh well~

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Well, we got the bad news today. This morning we ran over there and hung a flyer on his gate, he called about an hour ago and said it was his fathers, and they liked how the tree has grown threw it, so they didn't want to sell.
It kills me knowing that truck is there, knowing that tree is destroying it. But it is their truck, so it their choice.
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06-13-2013, 02:53 PM	#1
68GMCburban Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ada, Oklahoma Posts: 223	This is one of the coolest trucks I've ever found.. Me and a buddy stumbled across this today. There is no telling how long this truck had to sit there for this tree to grow like it did. It couldnt have been very old. The old home place burnt down a long time ago, but you can tell somebdoy is coming and feeding cows. It's about 30 minutes from where I live, so I'm going to go back an leave a note on the gate. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ -Holden 1983 & 1972 Chevy Longbeds (16) 67-72s (Rollback, 402's, Sierra Grande, Shortbeds, Shortsteps, Longhorn, etc) 1968 GMC Suburban- (Current project) Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=569806 (6) 60-66s (shortstep, rollback, two-ton, longbeds) (3) 47-59s half tons + MANY more and always looking for more

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06-16-2013, 06:20 PM	#22
68GMCburban Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ada, Oklahoma Posts: 223	Re: This is one of the coolest trucks I've ever found.. Well, we got the bad news today. This morning we ran over there and hung a flyer on his gate, he called about an hour ago and said it was his fathers, and they liked how the tree has grown threw it, so they didn't want to sell. It kills me knowing that truck is there, knowing that tree is destroying it. But it is their truck, so it their choice. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ -Holden 1983 & 1972 Chevy Longbeds (16) 67-72s (Rollback, 402's, Sierra Grande, Shortbeds, Shortsteps, Longhorn, etc) 1968 GMC Suburban- (Current project) Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=569806 (6) 60-66s (shortstep, rollback, two-ton, longbeds) (3) 47-59s half tons + MANY more and always looking for more

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