1971 GMC K2500: Barn find

[BigRed Beast]

Well, sorta a barn find. Story is that this was advertised on Denver craigslist in February. The ad described a non-running truck that would need a battery and had some electrical issues. The picture showed an orange GMC that looked pretty straight. It was advertised for $2500 OBO. I called immediately, but didn't get out there for over a month. Meanwhile, the ad was never refreshed and pretty much disappeared.

I went to see it last week and was surprised to find a really straight, seemingly original K2500. Everything that should have been there, was. No ungodly rust, no insane dash modifications...about the strangest thing was the six lug spoke wheels--the VIN identified it as a true 3/4 ton, so I couldn't figure out the 6 lugs--that was a post I started about a week ago to see if I could get an easy answer. Still no answer!

As much as I wanted it and thought it was a great deal, I just couldn't see dividing my time between this one and my son's Blazer. Enter my mechanic...as I described what I had stumbled over, his eyes got wide. Seems his dad, a restorer in his own right, had been looking for pretty much this truck. We looked at it last Sunday, made a $2000 offer on Tuesday and picked it up on Thursday. A little gas and a battery and it fired right up. Drove it onto the trailer, over to his shop and parked it. These are the pics I took this morning: