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dubie · 01-17-2003, 02:46 PM

Anyone ever try to trace the history of your own 67-72 and get any pics? The earliest one I have is in 99 when I bought it. I have spoken with 2 of the previous owners, and they weren't much for taking pics of their vehicles. They were there to be driven and that was about it. Here is the only pic I have from when I bought it.

dubie · 01-17-2003, 02:48 PM

And this is how it looks as of today.

yellowgmc · 01-17-2003, 02:52 PM

my old truck was a mine truck, so it was green. it's had about 20 owners and i can't track them down. i'd like to find the guy who thought spray in expanding foam and bondo where a good substitute for new cab corners!!!!! where in the h#ll is that draft coming from??????

yellowgmc · 01-17-2003, 02:53 PM

and check out this front floor panel. can you say homemade!! it looks like they welded in and old baking pan! and down in the corner of the picture you can see a bit of the foam job

**Yukon Jack** · 01-17-2003, 02:54 PM

Here's my baby as she was when I bought her. Alot has changed.

Edmond · 01-17-2003, 02:58 PM

I wish I could find pictures from those days gone by...
But that would virtually be impossible, I don't know who owned it before me

Cya,
Edmond

These are the first pictures I got, taken by the guy that sold me the truck in the Netherlands:

dubie · 01-17-2003, 03:22 PM

HMMMM filled corners with expandafoam sounds familiar

ebfabman · 01-17-2003, 03:23 PM

Heres mine, taken about 1990 alittle after I got it. It now is a SWB truck with dropped springs and spindles.

**1971Stepside** · 01-17-2003, 03:26 PM

great thread. I know the guy that owned mine before me but he lives about an hour away. Next time I get down that way I will stop in and ask him if he has any old pictures. I would love to see what my truck looked like when he bought it.

My truck started its life in the Army so I would love to know what Fort it was assigned to!!

yellowgmc · 01-17-2003, 03:32 PM

expandofoam - isn't not just for houses anymore!! pain in the @ss ain't it!

O'l Buck · 01-17-2003, 05:38 PM

Nobody that had mine in the past was proud enough of it to take any pics......kinda sad waht people will do to a truck. I traced it back to a guy that bought it in 76 from a hunting buddy, it had already been shortened and had the stepside bed on it then. It was worn out when he bought it, he tried to finish it off, then sold it to the lady I bought it from in 82. Her husband used it once agian for a coyote rig. Sounds like this one's been beat on since it was driven out of the chevrolet lot.

The first time my father in law told me about it and that it was for sale, i told him I wouldn't touch it for more than $200. Then I saw it about a year later, I'm way to kind hearted I guess. It'll be purdy again someday

Southpa · 01-17-2003, 05:50 PM

This was taken about a year after I bought it (1996). Rims were orange (why? I don't know) now white, and the grill is black now, lots been done to it since then. The bizarre part is the truck "looks" worse now,

. Still have to lay that paint down.

Zumo · 01-17-2003, 06:03 PM

In Feb 2001. Not old I know, but it's how it looked when I bought it.

Ackattack · 01-17-2003, 06:23 PM

mine was in decent shape when I bought it in '97

greasemonkey · 01-17-2003, 06:38 PM

Mine in June 2001:

Project1970 · 01-17-2003, 07:18 PM

I've got one from the early '70s, that my mom claims she took just before she went off to UofA in it...coincidentally, where I'm at now

Sadly...I don't have the scanned version on my comp anymore...I'll try to remember to do it when I run up to Chandler on Sunday...

The oldest one I have on my PC is one I took while it was getting painted two years ago. The primered area is where they redid 20-something-year-old Bondo.

GMC JUNKIE TOO · 01-17-2003, 11:04 PM

I have a polaroid of my truck that was taken 2 or 3 years before I bought it it probably wouldent scan and its soo ugly I should keep it to myself. My truck was donated to Tulsa public schools in 69 by swinson Chevrolet (but its a gmc?) It had an air compressor and a generator in the back they used it on the bus lot until the early to mid 90's the guy I bought it from bougit it at an auction and i bought it in 00 I was the first person to tag it and there is no record of the school owning it so i am the second owner it had 9,800 miles on it when I bought it. Thats kinda long!

Zurbo · 01-17-2003, 11:23 PM

I snapped six piccy's the day I brought Grandpa's truck home.
He bought it brand new in September of '72 and I have more or less grown up with it over the years.

I've been hunting for some old pictures but they've been hard to find. There is supposed to be one floating around where I was pretend driving it when I was five so so. I so want to find that picture.

Check out http://members.cox.net/zurbo1/truck.htm for the piccys.

Project1970 · 01-20-2003, 11:39 PM

From 1972

Stano · 01-21-2003, 01:42 AM

Here's mine about 95. Have 2 or 3 old pics like around 78 of my dad and brother right after he got the truck, I will try to get on here sometime.

magoo72 · 01-21-2003, 02:18 AM

i thought i came up with the idea of using foamy as filler! i guess all us old truckers think on the same line!

Pont · 01-21-2003, 05:58 AM

Here's what mine looked like in Aug 2000

mrein3 · 01-21-2003, 08:33 AM

Here is mine the fall of 1993. It is a not very good scan of photo I have. It was taken at about 9000 feet in Wyoming during my first elk hunt out there. I ended up buying it the following spring.

Brewski* · 01-21-2003, 09:14 AM

Here is mine when I brought it home in July 2001

ablack · 01-21-2003, 02:31 PM

I love this thread.... Nice to see what the trucks looked like in days gone by. I'll have to dig out the shots I have of mine from the early days and post those. This also makes me realise how nice it is to get my hands on a truck that I have the full history on. My dad bought it new in Merced, CA in 1972 and he and I have owned it ever since.

Thanks for coming up with this idea guys!!

Alan
Elk Grove, CA

01-17-2003, 02:46 PM	#1
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	Old pics of YOUR truck?? Anyone ever try to trace the history of your own 67-72 and get any pics? The earliest one I have is in 99 when I bought it. I have spoken with 2 of the previous owners, and they weren't much for taking pics of their vehicles. They were there to be driven and that was about it. Here is the only pic I have from when I bought it. Attached Images __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

01-17-2003, 02:48 PM	#2
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	And this is how it looks as of today. __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

01-17-2003, 02:52 PM	#3
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	my old truck was a mine truck, so it was green. it's had about 20 owners and i can't track them down. i'd like to find the guy who thought spray in expanding foam and bondo where a good substitute for new cab corners!!!!! where in the h#ll is that draft coming from?????? __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

01-17-2003, 02:53 PM	#4
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	and check out this front floor panel. can you say homemade!! it looks like they welded in and old baking pan! and down in the corner of the picture you can see a bit of the foam job Attached Images __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

01-17-2003, 02:54 PM	#5
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Here's my baby as she was when I bought her. Alot has changed. Attached Images __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-17-2003, 02:58 PM	#6
Edmond Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,063	I wish I could find pictures from those days gone by... But that would virtually be impossible, I don't know who owned it before me Cya, Edmond These are the first pictures I got, taken by the guy that sold me the truck in the Netherlands: Attached Images __________________ 1971 Chevy C/20 Longhorn, 350/TH400, Edelbrock Performer, IMPCO 425 LPG Carb 1974 Chevy Camaro Z28 (Original) ------------------------- The Netherlands

01-17-2003, 03:22 PM	#7
dubie Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 8,855	HMMMM filled corners with expandafoam sounds familiar __________________ My name's Tim and I'm a truckaholic My 56 Chevy shop truck build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=562795

01-17-2003, 03:23 PM	#8
ebfabman Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 2,489	Heres mine, taken about 1990 alittle after I got it. It now is a SWB truck with dropped springs and spindles. Attached Images

01-17-2003, 03:26 PM	#9
1971Stepside Almost Satisfied Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,932	great thread. I know the guy that owned mine before me but he lives about an hour away. Next time I get down that way I will stop in and ask him if he has any old pictures. I would love to see what my truck looked like when he bought it. My truck started its life in the Army so I would love to know what Fort it was assigned to!! __________________ 1971 C10 Stepside. LSx 6.0 with BTR Stage IV, Speed Engineering Headers, 4L80e transmission w/3200 Circle-D Stall. 3.73. Posi. Purchased this truck when I was 17. I started the rebuild (or take apart) in 1993. I have drug it around all over the country in pieces. Finally back on the road in 2021. "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far."

01-17-2003, 03:32 PM	#10
yellowgmc Getting cabin fever?!?!?! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: chisholm, mn Posts: 1,679	expandofoam - isn't not just for houses anymore!! pain in the @ss ain't it! __________________ Member of the Discs Up Front Club 1972 GMC 1500 1994 F-150 XL 4x4 Tact is for people not whitty enough to be sarcastic

01-17-2003, 05:38 PM	#11
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	Nobody that had mine in the past was proud enough of it to take any pics......kinda sad waht people will do to a truck. I traced it back to a guy that bought it in 76 from a hunting buddy, it had already been shortened and had the stepside bed on it then. It was worn out when he bought it, he tried to finish it off, then sold it to the lady I bought it from in 82. Her husband used it once agian for a coyote rig. Sounds like this one's been beat on since it was driven out of the chevrolet lot. The first time my father in law told me about it and that it was for sale, i told him I wouldn't touch it for more than $200. Then I saw it about a year later, I'm way to kind hearted I guess. It'll be purdy again someday __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

01-17-2003, 05:50 PM	#12
Southpa Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 2,410	This was taken about a year after I bought it (1996). Rims were orange (why? I don't know) now white, and the grill is black now, lots been done to it since then. The bizarre part is the truck "looks" worse now, . Still have to lay that paint down. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 Custom Original 350/TH350 Victoria, BC, Canada You can wish in one hand and crap in the other. See which one gets filled first. Last edited by Southpa; 05-03-2006 at 02:35 AM.

01-17-2003, 06:03 PM	#13
Zumo Hot Rods For Life Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 3,305	In Feb 2001. Not old I know, but it's how it looked when I bought it. __________________ 1968 C10 LWB **SOLD* Andy Viva Los Bicicletas! Los Muertos Custom Bicycles

01-17-2003, 06:23 PM	#14
Ackattack Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Valley Center KS Posts: 3,525	mine was in decent shape when I bought it in '97 __________________ Project Bruiser: 68 Pro-Touring C-10 5.3L / 4L60E Project Ironhide: 97 GMC Crew Cab 4x4 Cummins SOLD: '69 GMC 1/2T SWB TBI'd: Project No Buck Assembly Manual Index Sign up Thread!!! Factory Service Manual Index

01-17-2003, 06:38 PM	#15
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	Mine in June 2001: __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500



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01-17-2003, 07:18 PM	#16
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	I've got one from the early '70s, that my mom claims she took just before she went off to UofA in it...coincidentally, where I'm at now Sadly...I don't have the scanned version on my comp anymore...I'll try to remember to do it when I run up to Chandler on Sunday... The oldest one I have on my PC is one I took while it was getting painted two years ago. The primered area is where they redid 20-something-year-old Bondo. Attached Images __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

01-17-2003, 11:04 PM	#17
GMC JUNKIE TOO THE QUICKER FIXERUPER Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ok Posts: 615	I have a polaroid of my truck that was taken 2 or 3 years before I bought it it probably wouldent scan and its soo ugly I should keep it to myself. My truck was donated to Tulsa public schools in 69 by swinson Chevrolet (but its a gmc?) It had an air compressor and a generator in the back they used it on the bus lot until the early to mid 90's the guy I bought it from bougit it at an auction and i bought it in 00 I was the first person to tag it and there is no record of the school owning it so i am the second owner it had 9,800 miles on it when I bought it. Thats kinda long!

01-17-2003, 11:23 PM	#18
Zurbo Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bel Aire, Kansas, USA Posts: 186	I snapped six piccy's the day I brought Grandpa's truck home. He bought it brand new in September of '72 and I have more or less grown up with it over the years. I've been hunting for some old pictures but they've been hard to find. There is supposed to be one floating around where I was pretend driving it when I was five so so. I so want to find that picture. Check out http://members.cox.net/zurbo1/truck.htm for the piccys. __________________ Zurbo's Chevy - 1972 Black/White Cheyenne Super. 402 Big Block /THD 400, factory air and tilt. My other Chevy - 1998 Camaro SS

01-20-2003, 11:39 PM	#19
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	From 1972 Attached Images __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

01-21-2003, 01:42 AM	#20
Stano Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mo Posts: 963	Here's mine about 95. Have 2 or 3 old pics like around 78 of my dad and brother right after he got the truck, I will try to get on here sometime. Attached Images __________________ New daily driver 96 Chevy K3500 crew cab dually 53,000 miles 350 Vortec 4L80 Nice ride 67 Chevy C-10 LWB Built 350 TH-400 Wifes ride and family rig: 2001 Furd Expedition 5.4 Liter Kickin back in Rolla,Mo. USA "Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain" Mark Twain

01-21-2003, 02:18 AM	#21
magoo72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: minden la Posts: 114	i thought i came up with the idea of using foamy as filler! i guess all us old truckers think on the same line!

01-21-2003, 05:58 AM	#22
Pont I need another Barley Pop Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 1,629	Here's what mine looked like in Aug 2000 Attached Images __________________ 67 Short Fleet 4x4 04 Honda CRF450R 89 Toyota 4-Runner 34 Ford 2 door sedan - Long term project ---------------------------------------------- There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness"

01-21-2003, 08:33 AM	#23
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,253	Here is mine the fall of 1993. It is a not very good scan of photo I have. It was taken at about 9000 feet in Wyoming during my first elk hunt out there. I ended up buying it the following spring. Attached Images __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN

01-21-2003, 09:14 AM	#24
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	I need a GMC Tailgate in good to great condition! Here is mine when I brought it home in July 2001 Attached Images

01-21-2003, 02:31 PM	#25
ablack Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 20	I love this thread.... Nice to see what the trucks looked like in days gone by. I'll have to dig out the shots I have of mine from the early days and post those. This also makes me realise how nice it is to get my hands on a truck that I have the full history on. My dad bought it new in Merced, CA in 1972 and he and I have owned it ever since. Thanks for coming up with this idea guys!! Alan Elk Grove, CA

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