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425hp409
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This was my Dad's truck he bought new May 11, 1968 (my birthday). He is gone now, but the truck will always be in the family. I just finished the restoration of the truck (nearly). It was still wearing it's original paint. The only rust was the rockers, where they connect with the floor. I am building an original looking big block to put in it soon.
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resident oilfield trash
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Lubbock TX
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Re: My Truck
Awesome truck. I love your wood bed
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1967 SWB C10 396/400 factory air factory tach (sadly had to send to a new home) 1986 Honda 70 Fourtrax 1991 Chevrolet K5 blazer 2wd 1982 Mastercraft Pro Star 190 Stars and Stripes 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Nissan Armada ![]() |
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: King City, Ontario, Canada
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Re: My Truck
very clean looking truck.
factory tach and air it looks like too. nice job cheers
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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beautiful
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71' Custom 10 (ole blue)
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cleveland, GA
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sweet truck, the only thing i'd change would be the bumper, but either way its a nice looking rig, love that color too
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SLOW BUT SURE,BUT CLOSER
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: eleanor wv usa
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Re: My Truck
Wow thats the way our trucks should look like!!! Congrats on the resto!!!
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The Red Menace
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Roseburg, OR
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Re: My Truck
That's beautiful! Wish I had my Dad's old '68. Damn I loved that truck!
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1971 Custom 10 - 350/350TH - Pwr steering, gauges, Chrome front bumper, Chrome hubcaps, Door edge guards, HD rear springs (current) 1968 C-20 Custom Camper - 350/350TH (orig 327), Pwr steering & brakes, gauges w/tach (former) 1968 C-20 - 307/3sp column (Dad's when I was a kid) "Driving is like coloring. Things get messy if you can't stay inside the lines." |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Blanchard oklahoma
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Only thing i would do different is a wood steering wheel, extra touch of class.
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I don't think that is factory air. Notice it has vents, but looks like a heater control rather than an A/C controller. I'm betting Vintage Air retrofit with the vents.
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Location: pahrump, nevada, in the bowels of the Mojave desert
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Nothing to see here.....
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Location: Shawnee, KS
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Re: My Truck
WOWEEEE!!! what a beautiful, clean little swb!!! I can't say anything else, it's perfect.
bet your pop is proud of it too!
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: 10-Uh-See
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Beautiful truck! Glad to see another kept in the family. The only things I see that it needs is the grill area of the fenders painted white and a rear sport bumper.
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I'M TRUCK CRAZY!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Sachse, TEXAS
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NIIIIIIICE truck! Frisco hu.. You're near me.
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Champagne Taste on Beer Budget
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: High Ridge, Missouri
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Re: My Truck
WOW!
Very clean looking truck you have there. Congrats!
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CASA GRANDE AZ
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Nice trucjk do you remember it when he first got it
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Its Topless Season!!!!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: fort worth, tx
Posts: 1,657
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Re: My Truck
Beautiful truck! If that bumper has the dealership stamped on from where your dad bought it ...I would leave like it is. Perfect in my book.And welcome from Ft. Worth
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Brighton, TN
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Great Looking truck!! Leave the bumper. I love those type bumpers. In fact ive been looking for one so I can take that ugly chrome thing off of mine.
I bet your pops would be very proud as well!!
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resident oilfield trash
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Lubbock TX
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Re: My Truck
I think he got it the day he was born
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: at work
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Great story, great lookin truck!
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
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Absolutely beautiful truck!!!!!! It also looks like a not to distant cousin to my '69. ![]() What did the truck come with originally, engine wise? I'm also loving the interior, it's a color you normally don't see much of. I am fortunate to have the same color interior as your truck.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: North Louisiana
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Re: My Truck
Very nice truck. It reminds me of one that my Dad use to own. These pics are from June 1969.(me & my sister) I wish the old truck was still around, but my Dad sold it back in the 70s and the new owner wrecked it.
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Its always something!
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: FT Worth,TX
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Re: My Truck
Very nice!
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chevelito
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Honolulu, HI USA
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Re: My Truck
ditto what everyone else said...beautiful truck and an heirloom for sure.
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Under Construction
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Midlothian,TX (DFW)
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Re: My Truck
Very nice truck.....
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454 MAKES IT ROAR
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: My Truck
I'm sure your Dad would be real proud of what you have achieved with the Truck he used to drive you round in as a kid....Well done mate.
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