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70short/step · 01-25-2006, 01:21 AM

I found a 72 chevy custom camper for $2000. It is complete running truck. It really only needs a drivers front fender that the guy hit as he was pulling in his driveway. It is a Rust Free 3/4 ton, Working AC, Tach Dash, Big Block, Turbo 400. I want to take the cab and engine and tranny and put it in my 70 short/step.
I dont like long beds, or 3/4 tons. I have always wanted a big block and this one runs strong. It is all stock with a good bed with the tool box that runs along the bottom of it. I would part out the rest of the truck and what parts I didnt need from my truck.
Now, What would you do?

shifty · 01-25-2006, 02:09 AM

Buy it? lol

*bskylerj* · 01-25-2006, 02:09 AM

Sounds like a great deal. It also sounds like you know you want to do it. You should be able to make it pay for it self between the parts you can sell off of it and trhe ones you replace on your short/step. You might even come out money ahead.

HeavyD · 01-25-2006, 02:27 AM

I would buy it..assembling all the parts to complete the swap can be an expensive PITA. Best if you have a complete donor.

cdyblu · 01-25-2006, 02:33 AM

Sounds like a sweet deal to me, wish you were closer so I could score some parts off you.

Longhorn Man · 01-25-2006, 06:22 AM

if that tool box door is rust free, you can just name your price and you'll get it. People will pay stupid money for those... we're talkin barret jackson stupid kind of mony...maybe not, but it's a good comparison.

You could try driving it for a couple months... you might actually like it.

jsbgump · 01-25-2006, 12:20 PM

go for it. drive it for a while then pull what you want off of it for yours and part ouut the rest

thejoker · 01-25-2006, 01:11 PM

That's a great deal. Don't pass it up.

JKR

409biscayne · 01-25-2006, 01:28 PM

Sounds like too nice a truck to part out , fix the fender detail the %^&* out of it, and resell it . I just went and looked at a 72 bb ac truck here in town , orig from Cali , repaint , no tool box , owner was asking $6500 . You probably could get $ 4500 - 5000 . That would pay for some parts . My .02

boundstaffpress · 01-25-2006, 01:38 PM

Buy it. Move your parts, and try to sell for even money or better.

70short/step · 01-25-2006, 07:39 PM

I am going to buy it for sure, I think.

I was wondering about parting out a truck that was so complete with some cool goodies on it. Heck I might even swap out the parts that I want and make another daily driver while I build mine up. I will get some pics when I get over there again. Thanks for the input guys!

Striker169 · 01-25-2006, 08:32 PM

Buy it, post pics, drive it!

**special-K** · 01-25-2006, 09:33 PM

Sounds like a plan,either way.I did something like that except I didn`t have the shortbed truck.It was a`69 long Stepside CST/20 with a 396,TH400,a/c,and rustfree.I back-halfed it with a 4 link/narrowed Dana60,swapped-in dropped 1/2t spindles&brakes,and put a Stepside on it.It was an easy pro-street project.

Chevrolet4x4s · 01-25-2006, 11:20 PM

"What would you do?"
for a Klondike Bar?

01-25-2006, 01:21 AM	#1
70short/step Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 1,579	What would you do? I found a 72 chevy custom camper for $2000. It is complete running truck. It really only needs a drivers front fender that the guy hit as he was pulling in his driveway. It is a Rust Free 3/4 ton, Working AC, Tach Dash, Big Block, Turbo 400. I want to take the cab and engine and tranny and put it in my 70 short/step. I dont like long beds, or 3/4 tons. I have always wanted a big block and this one runs strong. It is all stock with a good bed with the tool box that runs along the bottom of it. I would part out the rest of the truck and what parts I didnt need from my truck. Now, What would you do? __________________ For every person with a spark of genius, There are a hundred with ignition trouble. 70 Short/Step

01-25-2006, 02:09 AM	#2
shifty Questionable Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13,376	Re: What would you do? Buy it? lol __________________ If I've got anything up for grabs, it'll be here: 7-hole gauge cluster for a 67-72 p/u FREE (link) I can't check the forum daily. If I don't reply to you within 24 hours, drop me a PM! I'm (hopefully) still alive and will reply faster to a PM.

01-25-2006, 02:09 AM	#3
bskylerj Account Suspended Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Posts: 1,001	Re: What would you do? Sounds like a great deal. It also sounds like you know you want to do it. You should be able to make it pay for it self between the parts you can sell off of it and trhe ones you replace on your short/step. You might even come out money ahead.

01-25-2006, 02:27 AM	#4
HeavyD Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada Posts: 3,177	Re: What would you do? I would buy it..assembling all the parts to complete the swap can be an expensive PITA. Best if you have a complete donor. __________________ "You can take the man out of PA, but you can't take PA out of the man"

01-25-2006, 02:33 AM	#5
cdyblu Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 44	Re: What would you do? Sounds like a sweet deal to me, wish you were closer so I could score some parts off you. __________________ "We always have parts left over on a job this size"

01-25-2006, 06:22 AM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: What would you do? if that tool box door is rust free, you can just name your price and you'll get it. People will pay stupid money for those... we're talkin barret jackson stupid kind of mony...maybe not, but it's a good comparison. You could try driving it for a couple months... you might actually like it.

01-25-2006, 12:20 PM	#7
jsbgump Gone Fishing Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76135 Posts: 12,361	Re: What would you do? go for it. drive it for a while then pull what you want off of it for yours and part ouut the rest __________________ 68 Chevy Short Fleetside LSX Swap Under Way 3.73 posi 2.5/4 drop Frame of resto has been started 2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited 2019 Chevy Traverse Redline Edition Wifes Ride Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3483616

01-25-2006, 01:11 PM	#8
thejoker Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Gulfport Mississippi Posts: 364	Re: What would you do? That's a great deal. Don't pass it up. JKR __________________ **Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight....I ask that of all my prey** 68' C10 Short Step (rebuilding as we speak) 72' Custom Camper (wrecked, parting out) 79' C10 Fleet (rough, parting out) 97' C1500 Short Step Custom (DD) 97' Kawaski VN800a Customized 99' Z71 Silverado 04' Suzuki Volusia

01-25-2006, 01:28 PM	#9
409biscayne Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Spokane , Wash. Posts: 790	Re: What would you do? Sounds like too nice a truck to part out , fix the fender detail the %^&* out of it, and resell it . I just went and looked at a 72 bb ac truck here in town , orig from Cali , repaint , no tool box , owner was asking $6500 . You probably could get $ 4500 - 5000 . That would pay for some parts . My .02 __________________ Can-Am Motorsports 37 Chev Coupe 331 4 speed 5.13 posi . ex-gasser . 64 Biscayne 409 2x4 4 speed 4.11 posi 65 Nova Wagon Drag Car 383 t400 (Dragin-Wagon) 68 c10 cst 396 t400 a/c buckets lwb 4.11 posi (SOLD)

01-25-2006, 01:38 PM	#10
boundstaffpress Jamie Hyneman is my twin Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: La Junta, Colorado Posts: 705	Re: What would you do? Buy it. Move your parts, and try to sell for even money or better. __________________ Justin SOLD 1967 K10 Fleetside, 283, Front and Rear Posi SOLD Color Wiring Diagrams Now in High Resolution V8 and Cab and Cab and Chassis

01-25-2006, 07:39 PM	#11
70short/step Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 1,579	Re: What would you do? I am going to buy it for sure, I think. I was wondering about parting out a truck that was so complete with some cool goodies on it. Heck I might even swap out the parts that I want and make another daily driver while I build mine up. I will get some pics when I get over there again. Thanks for the input guys! __________________ For every person with a spark of genius, There are a hundred with ignition trouble. 70 Short/Step

01-25-2006, 08:32 PM	#12
Striker169 Car O'Holic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Austin, Tx. Posts: 692	Re: What would you do? Buy it, post pics, drive it!

01-25-2006, 09:33 PM	#13
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: What would you do? Sounds like a plan,either way.I did something like that except I didn`t have the shortbed truck.It was a`69 long Stepside CST/20 with a 396,TH400,a/c,and rustfree.I back-halfed it with a 4 link/narrowed Dana60,swapped-in dropped 1/2t spindles&brakes,and put a Stepside on it.It was an easy pro-street project. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-25-2006, 11:20 PM	#14
Chevrolet4x4s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: WV Posts: 227	Re: What would you do? "What would you do?" for a Klondike Bar? __________________ 1993 K1500 350 5 speed 1985 K10 Silverado Vortec 406 5 speed (in body shop) "I been drivin' this '85 pickup truck Them buddies of mine call it a bucket of rust She's a little beat up but she still runs like the wind Yeah, kinda like me I been banged and bruisedBeen around the block a time or two But I'm runnin' like new goin' places I never been No, I ain't broke I'm just broken in" 1963 Dodge Townwagon(its amazng what 30 years and zero miles will do to a vehicle ) Member#20327



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