Reggie Jackson's low-mile'68 C10

[John Gilbert]

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?

[SactoJim]

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?

[BB72CHEVKT]

Things don't get that nasty in 25k miles.

[67swb72klb]

i agree mabe its second time around

[John Gilbert]

Originally Posted by SactoJim

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?

Hey Jim, things are good, thanks. Yeah, my mangy ol' '68 GMC with a lot more commercial miles as a work truck in CA. looks about that bad underneath... But everything on the topside of Reggie's '68 is just dead sharp. The truck didn't get much over ten-Gs before it didn't meet its reserve. I haven't heard back from Zack yet, so I haven't gotten down to brass tacks on nailing down a price. It is absolutely rust-free. Surface rust, but that's it. I'd love to use this truck as a starting point.

[69sixpackbee]

One of the survivors from the rest of his "crispy" collection

[special-K]

Looks like that idler arm was replaced. I doubt it's 25,000 miles. Sure looks in great condition.

[John Gilbert]

Originally Posted by special-K

Looks like that idler arm was replaced.I doubt it's 25,000 miles.

They retro-fitted power-steering, and hung dual exhaust on it.

[burkeens]

Didn't 68s come with the argent silver hubcaps instead of the chrome ones?

[C/10 King]

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? What do you think? Should I just write Reggie a check? and have him cut it down...I have a clean short fleet bed on stand by. All kidding aside it's a nice truck.

[Sicklajoie]

There's plenty of short beds out there to do up. Why chop up a perfectly good long bed??

[Shane]

Why not?

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Beautiful truck but whats up with the mess underneath???

[67chevy1series]

wasnt this the truck on ebay ,this truck looks awsome and i cant wait to see what could improve this

[jcis4me]

Looks like mine with the power steering leaking!
Aloha

[69C-owner]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

There's plenty of short beds out there to do up. Why chop up a perfectly good long bed??

Amen, I support ur though

[67chevy1series]

Originally Posted by Sicklajoie

There's plenty of short beds out there to do up. Why chop up a perfectly good long bed??

seriously this truck is perfect if i found a rusted patina driver and it was a lwb i would still leave it but now there is a perfectpainted lwb and we need to cut it up

[big_al_71]

too bad the underneath does not match the top....maybe 12k tops...

[Sicklajoie]

One of the auctions had a Buy It Now for $24,900.

[factorystock]

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.

[John Gilbert]

Originally Posted by burkeens

Didn't 68s come with the argent silver hubcaps instead of the chrome ones?

The side moldings, and I think the hub caps were listed on the SPID.

[John Gilbert]

Originally Posted by C/10 King

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? What do you think? Should I just write Reggie a check? and have him cut it down...I have a clean short fleet bed on stand by. All kidding aside it's a nice truck.

Rene, no problem I could tell I called at a bad time. Man, there's no sign of wear on this thing anywhere, and all of the factory original indications are there. The truck came out of if my memory serves me well, Missouri. Maybe they greased the snot out of it, and then drove it up and down dusty, dirty roads. The undercarriage is a real puzzle. If I had the money I'm pretty sure I can get the truck, I'd buy it for myself. I'd like to see Zack at Gearstar buy it, but if he doesn't I think you should buy it.

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!

[John Gilbert]

Originally Posted by factorystock

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.

I agree.

[special-K]

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.

[bruceman1968]

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. Plus why would anybody restore a 125,000 mile truck back to a 25,000 mile truck, do all that top quality work and not wipe down the supension. I think that baby is the real deal.