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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Peachtree Corners, GA
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Just about to give up....
So after I sold my Pontiac GTO last year, I started in my search for a Short Bed Stepside..There were a lot of fleetsides long and short. Most were hacked up or bondoed to oblivion. I travelled all over and also to surrounding States in my search. In fact, I even got one negotiated in North Carolina that was claimed to be frame off restoration. I drove up there for 3 hours with my trailer and found it was rusted with bubblings in all the rockers, corner cabs and doors. I was highly dissapointed...Even though I negotiated down to a really good price, I didn't feel like doing any body work due to time or money. After coming home empty handed, I thought about that C10 over and over and decided to pull the gun and willing to deal with the rusts..Well the seller ended up selling for his asking price to someone else. Wished I could have told the buyer that he could have gotten it for A LOT cheaper.
![]() Here is the picture of that truck from NC. ![]() My search continues...I started to look through Ebay and found a really nice clean and restored one in Florida. However with my experiences with eBAY. I decided I better not bid on something I have not physically inspected. Nothing against Ebay but my perception of good and great might be a little different from the next person. So this past weekend..I was just glancing though CL while taking my son to a Birthday party..I found this in the Ad that was a little vague. I decided to give the seller and call and talked to him on the phone. Drove over to see the truck the next day and next thing you know, the truck is here in my drive way. ![]() Here are couple of pics of the truck. I am going to try to keep it as original as possible but will lowered it for handling. It is a 71 Cheyenne with a 16 yrs old paint job. One small bubble in the driver's side corner cab in which I can probably patch without cutting up the whole thing. Everything else are in pretty good condition and original. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Just about to give up....
Good looking truck! Welcome to the board from Chattanooga. Give me a shout if you're ever up this way.
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Broken Arrow Okla.
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Re: Just about to give up....
welcome, nice truck. what year GTO did you have? Sold a black on red 68 a few years back, fun car.
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Re: Just about to give up....
Nice...Very Nice!!!
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dazed and confused
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: marion nc
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Re: Just about to give up....
Nice truck. I love that color.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Peachtree Corners, GA
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Re: Just about to give up....
I had a 67. It was an ok car. I did a lot of work. Parts for Pontiac for some reasons are more expensive than my 69 Chevelle.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: Just about to give up....
Congrats on the purchase....
alot of people's idea of perfect or restored are way off!!
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Re: Just about to give up....
That truck is sweet and clean - great catch and good luck with it!
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: San Jose, California
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Re: Just about to give up....
Is that a Chevelle steering wheel? It looks sweet. Oh, and NICE TRUCK!!!
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Re: Just about to give up....
Way cool bro! Nice find!
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Location: canton ga
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Re: Just about to give up....
Looks like your patience paid off ,very nice .
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Rusty Nuts
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Clever Missouri
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Re: Just about to give up....
nice truck, i like it, i like it alot as forest would say.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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Re: Just about to give up....
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Re: Just about to give up....
Vry nice stepper you've picked up.
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Location: canton ga
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Re: Just about to give up....
That is nice ,now I want a stepper too.
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Re: Just about to give up....
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Re: Just about to give up....
Very nice!
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Location: Mid-MO
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Re: Just about to give up....
Great looking truck.
I'd love to have it.
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
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Re: Just about to give up....
Great looking truck.
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Location: Utah
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Re: Just about to give up....
That is just plain cheating!
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Re: Just about to give up....
it was kismet Tinsoldier! Wow, what an awesome turnaround.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Peachtree Corners, GA
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Re: Just about to give up....
Thanks..the interior and seat were dark green..I decided to convert it to black....Will eventually get to the door panels once brothertrucks send them to me.
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Re: Just about to give up....
Sharp truck!
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laying low
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Location: Searcy, Ark. USA
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Re: Just about to give up....
That is a great find for sure. Just when one might think there aren't any more that nice out there for sale one pops up.
That truck reminds me of one a Kansas member named Doug found a few years ago. Lemme see if I can find a pic. Stock when he bought it but he started with a slight drop and it was on from there. He sold it a couple years later. Here it is at an early point.
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