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Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Zack at Gearstar transmissions has asked me to keep an eye open for a good truck for him. I looked at Reggie Jackson's '68 longbed yesterday, its one of the most original C10s I've seen in a long time. It was on eBay, but I think being a longbed killed it for bringing the big bucks. If I had the dough I'd throw it into the pages of Classic Trucks, as a tech feature and a do some shortbed surgery on it.
The odometer shows 25,000+ miles... Does the heavy grease and grime built up on the suspension look like its only that many miles? |
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Hey John......how's things?
I'd be a little suspect.......just seems like a truck that clean and low mileage wouldn't look like that underneath. Regardless, very nice truck and too bad it is a longbed (ok longbed guys.....FLAME ME!). Do you know what kinda money was he looking for?
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Things don't get that nasty in 25k miles.
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
i agree mabe its second time around
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
One of the survivors from the rest of his "crispy" collection
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Looks like that idler arm was replaced. I doubt it's 25,000 miles. Sure looks in great condition.
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Didn't 68s come with the argent silver hubcaps instead of the chrome ones?
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
John, sorry I didn't get back to you yesterday, so this is the truck, Boy that "butternut" color is one of my favorites, how's the wear on the pedals? Does the seat feel saggy or real tight? Boy! all that grease?
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
There's plenty of short beds out there to do up. Why chop up a perfectly good long bed??
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Why not?
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Beautiful truck but whats up with the mess underneath???
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
wasnt this the truck on ebay ,this truck looks awsome and i cant wait to see what could improve this
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Looks like mine with the power steering leaking!
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
too bad the underneath does not match the top....maybe 12k tops...
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
One of the auctions had a Buy It Now for $24,900.
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
Reggie Jackson is no rookie when it comes to collecting the finest quality vehicles out there and he has the resources to do it. I am postive this truck is no exception.
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Ever since I bought a brand-new Harley-Davidson at age 20, I've been cutting things in half and welding them back together again. If I get my hands on this truck I'll make it fit in my garage with room to spare. Quick, someone buy it, and put it in a museum! |
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
I figure although it's low miles,it's 42 years old. The original gaskets would have dried from so much non-use and I suppose if the miles were put on after leaks started it could be built up that bad. But,still am baffled why someone wouldn't have cleaned it up. Obviously the top side has been detailed and for the money they wanted on Ebay? I'm sure that Reggie,with his resources and vast knowledge of classics,knows an undercarriage tells the true story. It just baffles me.
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Re: Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10
I think it's over-greasing. Mabey so much grease is there because that truck has been in a collection for some time. And that collection had a caretaker. And that caretaker greased it more often than necessary. That looks like a massive amount of grease. Way more that you would get from scheduled matinance and driving. It looks like cake icing Dripping off. And the drips go down not back. That would get beat back some if it was driven a lot of miles. Wind, rain, salt, rocks, ect. would have flattened out those protrusions/mounds of grease on the front side of the tie rods, ball joints, and inner spindle. It doesen't look like it was greased and driven It looks like it was greased and parked.
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