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11-24-2011, 03:18 AM | #1 |
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New Member from South Africa
Hi All
I have recently bought my first Chev Truck, my late Father owned a 1972 Cehv C30 long wheel base and had to sell it sometime back. Ever since then I wanted a Chev truck and I finally found one, needs some work but yeah very do-able. It is a 1 owner truck from new (1970 C10 Fleetside - V8) and has been standing for 3-4 years, not much rust etc. Needs some serious tlc and definitely need to remove that hideous canopy that the owner fitted. I have attached 2 images for now.... I hope to get all the help I can from the forum and fellow members. |
11-25-2011, 03:37 AM | #2 |
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Welcome to the board, and congrats on the purchase, great score. Good luck with it.
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11-25-2011, 04:26 AM | #3 |
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11-25-2011, 11:33 AM | #4 |
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Welcome to the site,nice looking truck
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11-26-2011, 02:42 PM | #5 |
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Your right. That canopy is hideous. Cool truck. Welcome to the site.
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11-28-2011, 04:36 AM | #6 |
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11-28-2011, 04:38 AM | #7 |
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Thanks and lol yeah!!! Definitely coming off. I went over to see the truck again over the weekend and the prev owner showed me a brochure he kept from GM in SA with the specifations and details of the C10's.....it was nostalgic.... I am going to take that brochure and have it laminated.......
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11-28-2011, 12:08 PM | #8 |
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Congrats and welcome from Texas!
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11-29-2011, 03:29 AM | #9 |
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04-26-2012, 03:41 AM | #10 |
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Hi Guys.
I have been a little quite on the forum and have run into some setbacks with the Chev. The owner passed on and this has left some setbacks as the C10 is now managed by the estate/bank. I spoke to the owner's wife and she advises to give them a few months and hopefully I will be able to get the truck in few months. I cant wait. I will send further updates soon as I receive the truck then I am going to be posting a lot and needing a lot of help. Zubz |
04-27-2012, 12:13 PM | #11 |
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Looks like it would be a cool one to save.
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04-28-2012, 02:23 PM | #12 |
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04-28-2012, 06:33 PM | #13 |
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Looks like a great start!
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04-28-2012, 07:09 PM | #14 |
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Welcome from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
This is a fabulous forum, I am in the 60-66 group, so we will not cross paths, but welcome aboard the board! |
04-29-2012, 02:08 PM | #15 |
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04-29-2012, 02:11 PM | #16 |
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Thanks, although who knows we might cross paths, once the bug bites you hooked, I might be looking for a 60-66 truck next...
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05-31-2012, 06:39 PM | #17 |
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Zubz, Any news???
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05-31-2012, 10:19 PM | #18 |
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Welcome to the forum!
I hope you work something out with the estate and get the truck. I spent some time in Johannesburg a few years back, and Chevrolet trucks were really scarce. I only saw one, and one Corvette. Both owned by the same guy.
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05-31-2012, 10:30 PM | #19 |
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Welcome! Hope everything works out and you get the truck!
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06-01-2012, 11:39 AM | #20 |
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welcome to site. I think many people are surprised when they see a chevy in some other country. We ship world wide if you need parts no matter how large
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06-02-2012, 02:10 AM | #21 |
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I can't see well enough to make out the bedside emblem, what's it say? Welcome to the board!
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06-02-2012, 05:48 AM | #22 |
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I cannot pull it enough to tell. Want to say Fleetside. further research required as they say.
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06-02-2012, 06:23 AM | #23 |
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Autolit has some interesting brochures from SA.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-1977-Ch...item5186094552
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09-03-2012, 10:10 AM | #24 |
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09-03-2012, 10:15 AM | #25 |
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Good news guys, made final payment for the truck today, cant wait to get it towed home so I can start working on it and using all the great advice from the forum here. Thanks guys for the wishes and hopefully going to be starting the restore/build thread soon.....
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