Went to look at a $500 LWB '72....

[ChevLoRay]

Craigslist ad...got a heads up...so, I looked for the ad, found it and called about it. Was told that it had set up for several years, but that they had replaced the points, condensor and coil. They used some fresh gas and bypassed the truck gas tank, stuck a fresh battery in it and said it cranked up. After some smoke, he said it cleared up and ran smooth. Doesn't know about the transmission, tho.

There's some bondo flaking from the lower part of the passenger door, and the right side rocker is rusty, but not the worst I've seen. It has "patina", according to the seller. He said it was his ex-girlfriends' dads and he died, so don't know about a title. It has an Edelbrock 1405 (manual choke) and still has the original air horn and air cleaner, plus headers. It also has a full set of 5-lug rally wheels, caps and rings. The bed is well-endowed with "stuff". The glass all looks good and it has a sliding rear window (aftermarket, of course).

The SPID shows it was medium olive with a black interior. Whenever it was redone, it was painted inside and out, with the bed off of the chassis. It has blue on blue panel painting (Seventies??). The blue paint on the inside of the cab, excluded any paint on the SPID....so neat that it seemed that it was the wrong SPID. But, a little more detective work and the olive paint can be found.

I'm sure that it has value, but I gotta hear it run before I go any further. Here's a couple of pics.

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