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**special-K** · 03-02-2014, 10:50 AM

That bed is still stronger than a new truck

ABNGRNT13 · 03-02-2014, 10:53 AM

Grew up in South- West Va. A little town called Gate City. My first was a 1970 Stepside. It was 9 when we got it and the rockers (inner and outer) were already gone. Normal.

brad_man_72 · 03-02-2014, 10:58 AM

I NEED that trailer. The local national street rod show won't let me in with my classic drag boat because hey only allow "luggage" trailers. All the yuppies with new glass 32s with matching trailers would lose their minds!

67_C-30 · 03-02-2014, 12:36 PM

Speaking of Virginia, a guy I work with ended up with this '02 GMC Sierra Z71 that came from Virginia and it is very rusty. The gas tank was being held in by a couple of ratchet straps. This thing blew my mind! Living here in the south, I have never seen a 12 year old vehicle with any rust whatsoever, let alone totally rusted out. This thing really made me appreciate never having to drive my cars on salt. The guy that had this truck paid $1000 for it hoping to make some money on it, and he couldn't hardly give it away down here. It ran and drove fine and had a nice interior.

Of the 20+ 67-72 Chevy trucks I've owned over the years, I've never had one this rusty...

67ChevyRedneck · 03-02-2014, 01:02 PM

That's been the norm forever up there. I think it was the worst in the 80's early/mid 90's when they got the cars metal to be thinner/lighter but hadn't done all the inner electronic coatings, etc. Out of the trucks, Tacoma's were the worst of any. A 10 year old Tacoma would need a new frame and the bed would be 1/3 gone after 10 years.

19673ontree · 03-02-2014, 01:14 PM

You can have a vehicle here and it won't rust just don't drive it in the winter and don't drive it in rain if it has not rained in a while the coal trusck splash a chemical called magnetiite and it eats metal back in the 70s when it rained the road and all the creeks and streams turned black with like a sludge .

feedthafire · 03-02-2014, 05:54 PM

I'm from chesterfield VA and i see plenty of C10s with minimal rust...

19673ontree · 03-02-2014, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by feedthafire

I'm from chesterfield VA and i see plenty of C10s with minimal rust...

Yea I think up near winchester and the far end of va it was not bad my sons 68 came from harrisonburg still way more rust than my 67 from knoxville tn ,

best view · 03-02-2014, 08:36 PM

in new Hampshire that would be in the dealers showroom

Thomashsturgill · 03-03-2014, 01:30 AM

I grew up in swva too (wise county). You know that it snows a lot there. More than people think and people are hard on their trucks. Pure utility.

**special-K** · 03-03-2014, 05:16 PM

It's not the state,it's the region. The Eastern Seaboard has milder winters and no coal mining. It's the same for all States in the east that are coastal in the east to Appalachian mountains in the west

**steelhorse** · 03-03-2014, 05:34 PM

Hell there are three beds in a scrapyard just down the road in decent shape someone just needs to save them. All longbeds.

rambler · 03-03-2014, 06:46 PM

wont tell you what year "truck bed trailer" we used on the farm to haul wood/rocks and so forth, but back then it was just a old truck.. we pulled it behind the 71, back when it was new..

GRX · 03-03-2014, 08:51 PM

Firewood ... well played 3-tree

texasld · 03-04-2014, 01:03 PM

Still has part of the marker light!

19673ontree · 03-04-2014, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by texasld

Still has part of the marker light!

A lot of people used to just push these over a mountain to get rid of them if you go out digging ginseng about all you can find is the park lights and the clutch and brake pedal pads it takes them longer to rust ,,,,,

quick60 · 03-04-2014, 01:54 PM

Its a combination of factors. In the winter when a little snow is predicted they coat the entire area with a salt brine mixture that is bad on our cars. I always rinse my cars off ASAP when i dirve them in that crap, like this morning. Also being on the coast so we get salt spray off the ocean and bay year round and lastly many people with trucks like to drive them on the beach down in Corolla NC. I bet that guy that owned that truck enjoyed a litle surf fishing or camping on the beach. In short many vehicles around here get bombed with some form of salt and chemical exposure just about year round.

alsriv2 · 03-04-2014, 03:34 PM

Looks similar to my Dad's '68 up in Maine when he sent it to the scrap yard.
Even has the same color - rust red

c10Dream'n · 03-04-2014, 03:51 PM

the bed looks salvageable, but i don't know bout those reflectors.....

Hugh Mongus · 03-04-2014, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawghauler

Too bad the entire front of the truck rusted off.

haha!

03-02-2014, 10:50 AM	#26
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia That bed is still stronger than a new truck __________________ "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 ~

03-02-2014, 10:53 AM	#27
ABNGRNT13 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Fort Mitchell, AL (out the back gate of Ft Benning) Posts: 140	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Grew up in South- West Va. A little town called Gate City. My first was a 1970 Stepside. It was 9 when we got it and the rockers (inner and outer) were already gone. Normal. __________________ SSG Walker Harris '72 Cheyenne Longbed '66 Panel '66 Short Stepside '65 Short Fleetside

03-02-2014, 10:58 AM	#28
brad_man_72 the boat guy Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: springfield mo Posts: 2,339	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia I NEED that trailer. The local national street rod show won't let me in with my classic drag boat because hey only allow "luggage" trailers. All the yuppies with new glass 32s with matching trailers would lose their minds! __________________ 67, swb, fleet, tach, throttle, 5.3, 4l60e, 3.73's, fuel cell, 5 lug, p.d.b., 4-6 drop. great little truck 66, stevens drag/ski 18' silouette, 350, 2.02 doublehump heads. comp extreme marine 278 cam, vette 7 fin valve covers, old polished edelbrock intake, velvetdrive, casale v-drive, adj cavitation plate. 28, model a rpu project,

03-02-2014, 12:36 PM	#29
67_C-30 I have a radical idea! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sweet Home Alabama! Posts: 6,513	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Speaking of Virginia, a guy I work with ended up with this '02 GMC Sierra Z71 that came from Virginia and it is very rusty. The gas tank was being held in by a couple of ratchet straps. This thing blew my mind! Living here in the south, I have never seen a 12 year old vehicle with any rust whatsoever, let alone totally rusted out. This thing really made me appreciate never having to drive my cars on salt. The guy that had this truck paid $1000 for it hoping to make some money on it, and he couldn't hardly give it away down here. It ran and drove fine and had a nice interior. Of the 20+ 67-72 Chevy trucks I've owned over the years, I've never had one this rusty... Attached Images __________________ '67 C-30 Dually Pickup 6.2 Turbo Diesel, NP435 ‘72 C-10 SWB , 350 4bbl, TH350 '69 C-10 SWB , 250 L6, 3 OTT '69 GMC C3500, dump truck, 351 V6, NP435 '84 M1009 CUCV Military Blazer 67 C-30 Turbodiesel build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=254096 My trucks http://s226.photobucket.com/albums/d...ediafilter=all Member of the 1-Ton Club!

03-02-2014, 01:02 PM	#30
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia That's been the norm forever up there. I think it was the worst in the 80's early/mid 90's when they got the cars metal to be thinner/lighter but hadn't done all the inner electronic coatings, etc. Out of the trucks, Tacoma's were the worst of any. A 10 year old Tacoma would need a new frame and the bed would be 1/3 gone after 10 years. __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

03-02-2014, 01:14 PM	#31
19673ontree CAN'T FIX NOTHIN Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: SOUTHRUST VIRGINIA !!! Posts: 2,112	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia You can have a vehicle here and it won't rust just don't drive it in the winter and don't drive it in rain if it has not rained in a while the coal trusck splash a chemical called magnetiite and it eats metal back in the 70s when it rained the road and all the creeks and streams turned black with like a sludge . __________________ 1967 C10 Shortbed Fleetside Small back glass 6 cyl 3spd on the tree 3.08 gears underdash AC

03-02-2014, 05:54 PM	#32
feedthafire Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Colonial Heights, Virginia Posts: 12	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia I'm from chesterfield VA and i see plenty of C10s with minimal rust... __________________ 1966 Long Bed step side 4 on the floor 1969 Shortbed 1995 Mazda Rx7 Sanderson Roofing and Gutters

03-02-2014, 08:36 PM	#34
best view Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: newbury new hampsire Posts: 2,152	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia in new Hampshire that would be in the dealers showroom

03-03-2014, 01:30 AM	#35
Thomashsturgill Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 32	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia I grew up in swva too (wise county). You know that it snows a lot there. More than people think and people are hard on their trucks. Pure utility. __________________ "Truck Named Sue" 1970 GMC Sierra Grande - Medium Olive

03-03-2014, 05:16 PM	#36
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia It's not the state,it's the region. The Eastern Seaboard has milder winters and no coal mining. It's the same for all States in the east that are coastal in the east to Appalachian mountains in the west __________________ "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 ~

03-03-2014, 05:34 PM	#37
steelhorse Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Franklinton NC Posts: 1,309	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Hell there are three beds in a scrapyard just down the road in decent shape someone just needs to save them. All longbeds.

03-03-2014, 06:46 PM	#38
rambler MOVE OVER Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Warrensburg, MO Posts: 5,470	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia wont tell you what year "truck bed trailer" we used on the farm to haul wood/rocks and so forth, but back then it was just a old truck.. we pulled it behind the 71, back when it was new.. __________________ No matter where you are..... There you are... Buckaroo Banzi

03-03-2014, 08:51 PM	#39
GRX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: MD Posts: 1,937	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Firewood ... well played 3-tree __________________ 1969 c-10 Step Side Long Bed. I-6 250cid = = 1969 Pontiac GTO hard top. 400, 4-speed.

03-04-2014, 01:03 PM	#40
texasld Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Wilmot, NH Posts: 443	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Still has part of the marker light! __________________ 1969 C10 SWB 5.3L LS, 4l60e, 2/4 drop (In Progress) 2015 GMC 2500 Duramax (Daily Driver) 1999 Jeep TJ 2010 Harley Street Glide Check Out My Build!: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=617981

03-04-2014, 01:54 PM	#42
quick60 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 233	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Its a combination of factors. In the winter when a little snow is predicted they coat the entire area with a salt brine mixture that is bad on our cars. I always rinse my cars off ASAP when i dirve them in that crap, like this morning. Also being on the coast so we get salt spray off the ocean and bay year round and lastly many people with trucks like to drive them on the beach down in Corolla NC. I bet that guy that owned that truck enjoyed a litle surf fishing or camping on the beach. In short many vehicles around here get bombed with some form of salt and chemical exposure just about year round.



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03-04-2014, 03:34 PM	#43
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia Looks similar to my Dad's '68 up in Maine when he sent it to the scrap yard. Even has the same color - rust red __________________ Alan 2012 Ram 3500 Dually Crew Cab 6.7 Cummins 2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK 5th wheel '69 Chevy C10 396BB

03-04-2014, 03:51 PM	#44
c10Dream'n Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 519	Re: This is why you can't find any 67-72 trucks in Virginia the bed looks salvageable, but i don't know bout those reflectors.....

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