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WORNBRAKES · 06-04-2002, 03:03 AM

I was on my way back from a camping trip sunday afternoon and saw a beautiful thing. It was a '71 Custom Camper sitting in the grass next to the hwy. I locked up the brakes and turned my but around.
The truck has 65,000 org miles on a 350. The seat is sexy, not even a scratch. The only spot of rust on this thing is around the bottom mirror mount on the pass door. Somethin hit it while it was sitting in the garage. Three fuel tanks, leaf springs, and much more than I can list. It makes me sad. Oh yea, the original camper was sitting on the back. After talking to the owner, He told me the truck was garaged most its life.
So on the way home, I had the wife meet me in town for a nice dinner to butter her up. After me begging and pleading with her I talk her into going and looking at it. I parked the truck and jumped in hers and we drove the 45 miles back out there. She liked it but told me I was crazy.
If anyone is interested I have the phone #. He wants $7500 for it and it is near Concrete, WA. I am still sick to my stomach!

DarkFox1 · 06-04-2002, 08:20 PM

do you have a picture of one of these? I think I saw one at the junkyard, but couldn't make out the year cos it had been parted... sad too.. the guy told us it drove in there, the owner was just tired of it.. now its a cab and a rotting pile of wood and aluminum

WORNBRAKES · 06-04-2002, 10:33 PM

I did not have a camera with me nor do I know were to find a pic. I don't believe that the owner has one either. He don't do much pc work. I mentioned the board to him because he has a 51 that is in resto and he did no sound interested. The truck and the camper are both good lookers though.

kirsten · 06-04-2002, 10:46 PM

ok- i will be a dead chick if anyone i know reads this (they will say i'm nuts!)
was it std or auto and 4x4 or 2wd?

*Randy70C-10* · 06-04-2002, 10:50 PM

You're too cute to be crazy, besides-I don't know either!

DarkFox1 · 06-04-2002, 10:57 PM

sorry about this horrible pic.. but could this be one? this is the only pic I could get.. tihs thing was packed in with like 50 trucks surrounding it (mostly fords so its ok

)

WORNBRAKES · 06-04-2002, 11:11 PM

That one there looks a little newer. This one is mostley brown and white if i remember right. It is a 4 speed 3/4 ton 2wd

69c10stepside · 06-05-2002, 02:18 AM

I found one very close to what you are talking about on my way back from Little Rock, AR.... it was sitting in a fence line, I stopped and looked at it. It had very little rust (nothing like my 69 stepside im working on). It sounded very strong, and it had a 4 spd tranny. I went back to look at it (work on the price), and a tree had fell on it. I went back home thinking i was going to be empty handed, but I found my current project instead.

WORNBRAKES · 06-05-2002, 02:50 PM

I could not sleep last night thinking of this truck. Woke up the wife and she still told me that I am crazy for we are moving to Flordia in 7 weeks and both of us are already towing something. I figure that I may see something on that 3000 mile trip across the country. I will stay a day behind her and she wont even know I picked up a stray until we get there and it is paid for. lol

LeRoy · 06-05-2002, 03:12 PM

I wanna go see Kirsten then maybe check out her truck. lol Hey, old iron, wanna make a road trip in the Blaz

WORNBRAKES · 06-05-2002, 08:47 PM

Hey that road trip sounds good! Let me know when and I will be there. I cleaned my truck today. I tell u what that bastard had mud everywear. It took 3 1/2 hours and I still missed some. If I had a 4X4 I would be hurting.

gmc-rob · 06-05-2002, 11:17 PM

I know a guy who has a 1972 camper special with the original camper on it form GM, I think he wants $5500 cnd or about $3400 US. It is in Albert and is in nice shape, or so he said on the phone. ROB

WORNBRAKES · 06-06-2002, 01:44 AM

I learned that it is Custom Camper, not Camper Special. My mistake.

kirsten · 06-07-2002, 12:47 PM

what's the difference?
my truck is a camper special(overload leaf and all), but has custom camper written on the side.

**oldiron** · 06-07-2002, 02:31 PM

Hey Leroy sound like fun. Can kirsten ride along?

I never said that I wasn't a dirty old man:p . Maybe if we get back for Seattle soon enough.

06-04-2002, 03:03 AM	#1
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	'71 Custom Camper I was on my way back from a camping trip sunday afternoon and saw a beautiful thing. It was a '71 Custom Camper sitting in the grass next to the hwy. I locked up the brakes and turned my but around. The truck has 65,000 org miles on a 350. The seat is sexy, not even a scratch. The only spot of rust on this thing is around the bottom mirror mount on the pass door. Somethin hit it while it was sitting in the garage. Three fuel tanks, leaf springs, and much more than I can list. It makes me sad. Oh yea, the original camper was sitting on the back. After talking to the owner, He told me the truck was garaged most its life. So on the way home, I had the wife meet me in town for a nice dinner to butter her up. After me begging and pleading with her I talk her into going and looking at it. I parked the truck and jumped in hers and we drove the 45 miles back out there. She liked it but told me I was crazy. If anyone is interested I have the phone #. He wants $7500 for it and it is near Concrete, WA. I am still sick to my stomach! __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins Last edited by WORNBRAKES; 06-06-2002 at 01:40 AM.

06-04-2002, 10:33 PM	#3
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	I did not have a camera with me nor do I know were to find a pic. I don't believe that the owner has one either. He don't do much pc work. I mentioned the board to him because he has a 51 that is in resto and he did no sound interested. The truck and the camper are both good lookers though. __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins

06-04-2002, 10:46 PM	#4
kirsten need i say more Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Vancouver, BC -eh.... Posts: 349	ok- i will be a dead chick if anyone i know reads this (they will say i'm nuts!) was it std or auto and 4x4 or 2wd? __________________ 1971 3/4 ton GM with a 402 Big Block Sierra Grande Camper Special big block environmentalist-HA seaangel@shaw.ca the creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-04-2002, 10:57 PM	#6
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	sorry about this horrible pic.. but could this be one? this is the only pic I could get.. tihs thing was packed in with like 50 trucks surrounding it (mostly fords so its ok ) Attached Images Last edited by DarkFox1; 06-04-2002 at 11:00 PM.

06-04-2002, 11:11 PM	#7
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	That one there looks a little newer. This one is mostley brown and white if i remember right. It is a 4 speed 3/4 ton 2wd __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins

06-04-2002, 08:20 PM	#2
DarkFox1 in WAY over my head Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Douglasville GA Posts: 923	do you have a picture of one of these? I think I saw one at the junkyard, but couldn't make out the year cos it had been parted... sad too.. the guy told us it drove in there, the owner was just tired of it.. now its a cab and a rotting pile of wood and aluminum

06-04-2002, 10:50 PM	#5
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	You're too cute to be crazy, besides-I don't know either!

06-05-2002, 02:18 AM	#8
69c10stepside Large Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 747	I found one very close to what you are talking about on my way back from Little Rock, AR.... it was sitting in a fence line, I stopped and looked at it. It had very little rust (nothing like my 69 stepside im working on). It sounded very strong, and it had a 4 spd tranny. I went back to look at it (work on the price), and a tree had fell on it. I went back home thinking i was going to be empty handed, but I found my current project instead.

06-05-2002, 02:50 PM	#9
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	I could not sleep last night thinking of this truck. Woke up the wife and she still told me that I am crazy for we are moving to Flordia in 7 weeks and both of us are already towing something. I figure that I may see something on that 3000 mile trip across the country. I will stay a day behind her and she wont even know I picked up a stray until we get there and it is paid for. lol __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins

06-05-2002, 03:12 PM	#10
LeRoy Registered truck nut Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Vernon, Washington, USA Posts: 1,584	I wanna go see Kirsten then maybe check out her truck. lol Hey, old iron, wanna make a road trip in the Blaz __________________ MOUNT VERNON, WASH. STATE Need a part? Just PM me

06-05-2002, 08:47 PM	#11
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	Hey that road trip sounds good! Let me know when and I will be there. I cleaned my truck today. I tell u what that bastard had mud everywear. It took 3 1/2 hours and I still missed some. If I had a 4X4 I would be hurting. __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins Last edited by WORNBRAKES; 06-05-2002 at 08:50 PM.

06-05-2002, 11:17 PM	#12
gmc-rob Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Saskatoon,SK Canada Posts: 41	I know a guy who has a 1972 camper special with the original camper on it form GM, I think he wants $5500 cnd or about $3400 US. It is in Albert and is in nice shape, or so he said on the phone. ROB

06-06-2002, 01:44 AM	#13
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	I learned that it is Custom Camper, not Camper Special. My mistake. __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins

06-07-2002, 12:47 PM	#14
kirsten need i say more Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Vancouver, BC -eh.... Posts: 349	what's the difference? my truck is a camper special(overload leaf and all), but has custom camper written on the side. __________________ 1971 3/4 ton GM with a 402 Big Block Sierra Grande Camper Special big block environmentalist-HA seaangel@shaw.ca the creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-07-2002, 02:31 PM	#15
oldiron Designated Grumpy Old Man Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: arlington, washington usa Posts: 3,094	Hey Leroy sound like fun. Can kirsten ride along? I never said that I wasn't a dirty old man:p . Maybe if we get back for Seattle soon enough. __________________ Never let the truth get in the way of a good story 71 Chev 1/2 ton 4X4 LWB Fleetside SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=361222 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LgREwtDfaA 68 Chev 1 ton flat bed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bO8szzlD4A 56 Chev Handyman Wagon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-6ddpBTkM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLzZ7zY8wA 56 Chev Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=410667 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoW0Ei7ZNIg



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