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08-12-2008, 05:53 PM
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Location: Lubbock, Texas
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Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
I have been trying to get this truck for at least two years and the old man finally caved in and sold it to me. It is a 68 BB air truck very straight with very little rust. It has been sitting for some time and some punks have busted out most of the glass but I have plenty of glass to replace it.
Pretty cool old truck even though it is a GMC.  
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08-12-2008, 05:56 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
MAN SCORE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.awesome find........Whats the plans.........?
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08-12-2008, 06:01 PM
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Loving the Jimmster
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Emmett, idaho
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
nice find!!! I really like the studdy in the back!!!
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08-12-2008, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Odenton, Md
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice. Want to sell it
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08-12-2008, 06:09 PM
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Location: Pierre SD
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
I'd roll in it. Nice truck.
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08-12-2008, 06:31 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Got the radiator, too....
Nice save.
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08-12-2008, 07:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Wichita KS
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice find glad to see another one saved. Don't let the Chevy people hastle you about it they are just jealous because they only have 2 headlights
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08-12-2008, 07:09 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice......smog pump is even still in place. Did any other states require smog pumps besides California?
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08-12-2008, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Grand Rapids MN
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice! Any chance it has the option sticker in the glove box? Just curious as alot of 67 and some 68 gmcs seem to be missing them. I assume you are going to save it? Eric
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08-12-2008, 07:59 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
I like it....SHOP TRUCK!!!
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08-12-2008, 08:31 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice patina, need rally's, bags, and chrome.
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08-12-2008, 08:34 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Persistence beats resistance!!!!!!
congrats!!!
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08-12-2008, 09:08 PM
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Nothing to see here.....
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
she's a beaut!!!
gotta love that Texas sunburn! nicely optioned as well. I'm jealous!
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08-12-2008, 10:15 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
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I happen to have an affinity for four eyed 1968 GMC’s. That is a nice score! Drop it, install a modern drive train and drive it BUT most importantly don’t paint it! That is a natural master piece as it is.
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08-12-2008, 10:38 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
So that's what a smog pump looks like on a BB.
My burb was originally sold in washington, 72 with a 402, and it had the smog pump at one time. I actually think it was 50 state required, just cali is the only place you still find them. Anyone ever seen a power steering reservoir with an arm like that? |
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08-12-2008, 11:04 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
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08-12-2008, 11:06 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Wow its scary how similar it is to mine. lol.
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08-12-2008, 11:11 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Is the truck a camper truck? I ask because the arm on the reservoir looks like one used to clear the aux. battery tray for a custom camper. At one point someone here was looking for one of those arms for their bb truck. As far as the smog most bb trucks came with smog equipment, but could be had without as well. My 71 has no evidence of ever having smog equipment, but a friend's 69 had all the smog pieces in place as well as optional air lift shocks- hard lines and factory inflate location next to driver's seat , this should not have appeared until 70 at least but was there and in unmolested condition.
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08-12-2008, 11:23 PM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Spot time how much you give for it ? Nice deal Check out my my freinds website Possumkillergarage.com,Oh or close to that,he loves the patina stuff and is very good at ideas,Good deal on the truck anyway
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08-13-2008, 02:29 AM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
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This is the first truck that I have ever seen with the PS reservoir like that. I was wondering if it was original. I don't really have any plans for it.
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08-13-2008, 02:49 AM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Some people have all of the luck! Congrats man, enjoy!
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08-13-2008, 04:16 AM
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Always on the hunt...
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
Nice find there, any chance of getting a few more underhood shots as it's not real often that a 68 396 truck is posted? Does that a.c. compressor have have the two piece support bracket running down from the rear of compressor to the exhaust manifold mounting bolts? It would be bolted at same location on the compressor as the boomerang shaped bracket which runs over the valve cover and over to the main a.i.r./smog pump mounting bracket?
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08-13-2008, 06:39 AM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
I like it.... on the positive side, the new windshield will be clean and the weather stripping will not be shrunk and won't leak.
I use to know a guy with an old salvege yard, he used the same type of screw driver to take radiator hoses off like that. p.s my post count is now bigger than my Sub motor. life is good,kent |
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08-13-2008, 07:32 AM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
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That`s funny.Some day it will be biggerthan a freighter ship.You just keep stumblin`over those sunburnt Texas trucks and stuffin` them away.You`ll be rewarded for such righteous deads one day.It`s cool that it`s not one of those copy cat Chevys."Why do they make two trucks the same when GMC already makes one?" (just a little fact that people managed to flip around backwards over the years)
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08-13-2008, 11:17 AM
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Re: Picked up a four eyed patina truck.
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. I think it has all the same brackets as the later ones except the boomerang shaped one which is replaced by the smog pump bracket.
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