rustiest trucks

[ksbrktracer]

Now that is rusty....!

[80SPORT]

80 GMC Street Coupe in Alberta ,Canada....

[bitchin85]

Originally Posted by 80SPORT

80 GMC Street Coupe in Alberta ,Canada....

[snc4life]

Originally Posted by 80SPORT

80 GMC Street Coupe in Alberta ,Canada....

well thats painful to look at

[asphaltburner]

Yo! I,...
I think I'm gonna cry a little,....
how sad.

[asphaltburner]

Before I saw those last few I was gonna post FRANKENTRUCK and it's donor farm truck from Missouri,...but now I'm reluctant to bother.
Anyway,...my less than impressive examples. FRANKENTRUCK as I found it:



and alongside the Missouri flatbed donor. It's cab had fractured through the door threshold due to holes in the floorboards. Truely a POS, junkyard bound:



The combination of the two worked out well though!
Todd.

[ray_mcavoy]

Here's my contender for rustiest truck still in operation ... my 77 GMC plow truck:



I got tired of looking at the former owner's red spray paint job that had faded to pink so last summer I spruced it up a little with some leftover Rustoleum I had kicking around the garage.

Passenger side rocker panel is completely rusted away:

The cab corner was replaced at one time but has rusted through again. The driver side cab corner & rocker had also been replaced and are still holding in there.

Cross sills under the bed floor are pretty much gone:

Bed floor is full of holes too.

And this is what's left of the driver side cab floor:

The black piece above the rust hole is an old door skin I stuck in there to cover the huge gaping hole. And the wire running over to the frame is what is holding the lower part of the fender in place (the part of the cab/rocker it used to bolt to is gone).

Amazingly, the frame is still pretty solid

[jonvo4591]

This one's been sitting on my buddy's farm for a good 15 years, its a lot worse than it looks. I can get more pics later

[Squareforceone]

[QUOTE=ray_mcavoy;3918571]Here's my contender for rustiest truck still in operation ... my 77 GMC plow truck:

dude come to iowa i see way rustier trucks plowing and hauling wood.... everyday

[ray_mcavoy]

Originally Posted by ray_mcavoy

Here's my contender for rustiest truck still in operation ... my 77 GMC plow truck:

I sure hope they're not driving them out on the public roads everyday. Mine won't pass the state safety inspection because the underside of the cab is too rusted out around the cab mounts and seat belt anchor points. So I just use it as a yard truck.

I haul firewood with it too, but have to put a piece of plywood in the bed to keep the wood from falling through the rust holes in the floor. The first pic I posted doesn't really show the true extent of the rust either ... the former owner's bondo job and my Rustoleum paint job is hiding a lot.

[Mr Pops]

mine..

[asphaltburner]

Yo! I agree!
Todd.

[asphaltburner]

Yo! Born in Columbus,...Dayton 'till I was 14. Moved to CO in '70. So I can relate!!
Again, so sad.
Todd.

[big10ratrod77]

grandpa uset to tell me a story when i was a kid bout an old man that he knew who bought a used 73 long bed that had been used to haul fertilizer for most of its life and he was rolling down the road and hit one of the worst rail road crossings you had ever seen and the thing broke slam into right behind the cab, and every now and then when ma and him out crusin in my truck goin back to my house and we go ovet them tacks he makes me slow down to like ten miles an hour befor i can go over it, even tho the frame is solid on my truck

[87 chevy silverado]

lets see some more?

[1BadSS]

The front fenders were held on by plumbers strap. When I pulled the strap off the outer skins fell off. The passenger side door was held on by plumbers strap too, when I took it off and opened it up, the door fell off. Bed collapsed when I took it off, folded like a piece of paper.

Slowly but surely it's growing new skin...

[russgt]

My grandpas 80 k20, 60k miles, alot rougher than it looks and the frame was very weak. I paid 300 for it. Also has the dreaded hood kink!

[70c10-08]

My best friend had an 81 scottsdale 1/2 ton 4x4 it was the worst peice of s**t ive ever seen it ws so bad the cab had no supports the braces inside the doors were rusted evey time u wud shut the door a chunk of rust wud fall off the truck id seen better trucks in a junkyard we called it the turd it was brown I think he paid 500 bucks for the pos but guess what was the drivetrain... a professionally built 383 stroker that was the best part of the whole truck eventually he bought a rust free body for it and was gonna turn it into a muddin truck but my bro in law convinced him to sell it so my bro in law bought it and parted it out and my best friend regrets sellin his turd every day man that was a fun truck

[Squareforceone]

Believe it or not this is good for 700 bucks in iowa. I looked at some many pos before this one that were just gone all i wanted was a good first truck 73-87 for under a grand seriously search iowa craigslist i did for months. There are a lot of trucks with bad floor pans and cab corners so what easy cut and weld new fix even sell the parts in lmc. In iowa its all the beds and fenders bottom of the doors inner wheel wells. SORRY FOR VENTING but i found this board before i bought mine and i see nice cheap trucks and i looked forever if i wanted something that was somewhat rust free it had a skylift and was like $3,000 so frustrating

[Stitch]

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[87 chevy silverado]

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i dont even think there is any rust on your truck sept surface

[DREAMER1]

Sadly enough this post gave me inspiration. Compared to these trucks my ol Texas rust bucket is a Texas beauty queen... Thanx guys. Now if you'll excuse me I got go wax the rust on my quarter panels
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[Benelli]

Yeah - I don't feel as bad about my truck lol.

[GmtGmt]

YouTube - Projet blazer 1975

[terryj]

Seeing these pictures makes me thankful I live in a state that doesn't give the hiways a daily ration of salt.