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08-13-2014, 11:31 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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I need some advise....
I have been looking at trucks the last couple weeks. I have narrowed it down to a couple. 64 SWS or a 64 LWS. The short box is what I really was looking for. Its got some pretty good rust. Has original six banger with three on the tree. Runs and driven daily. Small back window. Needs rockers,cab mounts,fender bottoms. Im sure more stuff that I can't see.
The other one is a Long Box Fleet side.Has all the chrome down the sides. Chrome grille and bumper. Original 283 turbo 350 trans. power steering,Add on A/C,Big Back window.....ZERO RUST. Guy says never ever saw snow. So what one is the better choice.Im looking for a bang around truck that I could maybe restore some day. I really want something I can park and not worry about it. I have a restored car that I never ever drive...  Any advise would be appreciated. |
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08-13-2014, 11:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Crosby, Tx
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Re: I need some advise....
Well thats a hard choice. I ran into the same thinh. I chose the long bed.
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08-13-2014, 11:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
Im thinking the long bed. But I love the look of a short bed. By Monday night I will have a truck. just not sure what one.
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08-13-2014, 11:50 PM
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Location: Fort Campbell, KY
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Re: I need some advise....
One thing you cant do is settle for something you dont really want. If you do, you will just endup spending more later for wht you originally really wanted. If you re not confident of your time or ability to fix the rust, why not just wait, im sure a shortbed with less rust will popup eventually.
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08-13-2014, 11:52 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
Thats a super nice 65....Patina looks perfect. Id bag that puppy with some wide whites and drive it..
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08-13-2014, 11:53 PM
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Location: Southern Oregon
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Re: I need some advise....
Is the short bed a fleet side? Choose whichever one you like best.
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08-13-2014, 11:54 PM
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Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
I can fix rust. I just don't want to have to do it. Lots of rusty trucks around here they salt the hell out of the roads. I see new cars with rust...
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08-13-2014, 11:54 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: CA
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Re: I need some advise....
How much time do you have to put into it? If the answer is none, get the long bed. If the answer is some, get the short bed.
I would grab the long bed in a heart beat, but I actually like them better. |
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08-13-2014, 11:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: TUCSON AZ
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Re: I need some advise....
+1 for long bed.
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08-13-2014, 11:55 PM
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Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
They are both fleet sides....
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08-13-2014, 11:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
Im leaving home Saturday night and with my enclosed trailer and a pocket of dead presidents....when I get home I will have a truck...lol
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08-13-2014, 11:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: CA
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Re: I need some advise....
Exactly how I bought my 61 panel!
Definitely fun! |
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08-13-2014, 11:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
I really want a truck I can just drive with some nice Patina. I want to lower it and put some WIDE whites on it and drive it. I own a business and I may paint my business name on the doors. I own a Ice Cream Truck business. Im the ICE CREAM MAN!!!!
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08-13-2014, 11:59 PM
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Location: CA
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Re: I need some advise....
Sounds like you decided on the long bed.
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08-14-2014, 12:00 AM
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Re: I need some advise....
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08-14-2014, 12:00 AM
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Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
I have zero time for about another month. Then I have all winter to play. I just built a 40x60 pole barn so I have plenty of space.
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08-14-2014, 12:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
That buyers guide is perfect thank you...
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08-14-2014, 12:21 AM
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Re: I need some advise....
Buy both....
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08-14-2014, 06:30 AM
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Re: I need some advise....
Joe I like your thinking...lol
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08-14-2014, 06:34 AM
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Location: Hayes Va
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Re: I need some advise....
I have a long bed like you are looking at and like it a lot. And I am a big fan of the big back window. So I would be all over that one. And its BBW.
Jimmy
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08-14-2014, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: up-state ny
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Re: I need some advise....
Can you cut out a small back window and make it a big one? Looks like it would be easy....I hate to use the word easy but could be done????
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08-14-2014, 10:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southern Oregon
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Re: I need some advise....
heck..buy the longbed and do a short bed conversion...then buy the bed off the short bed. lol
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08-14-2014, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, WA
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Re: I need some advise....
No question for me I'd go with the long bed. Zero rust is worth more than can be imagined. As mentioned if you already know about a bunch of rust, consider there is 3 times that much that doesn't show. Much easier to shorten the frame/bed than fix any significant amount of cancer.
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08-14-2014, 11:47 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Glendale, AZ
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Re: I need some advise....
When I rotated back from overseas my Grandfather gave me his 64 Chevy short bed stepside... I loved that truck.. The 7th largest mistake I ever made in my life was selling it years later.
I never liked Long bed fleets... I drive a Long Bed Fleet Now.. and I like it,, it grows on you.. what I really like is I can fit my dirt bikes in the back and close the tail gate.. "IF" you can afford it... buy both.. project one and drive the other. No mater your decision,, your going to like the one you have... |
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08-14-2014, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: grants pass oregon,usa
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Re: I need some advise....
"i have a restored car i never....ever drive !!?!?!??"....what's that all about??
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