They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**too much stuff** · 08-12-2019, 07:51 PM

This one popped up on craigslist fairly local to me. (about 45 mins) Was also listed on the craigslist finds thread. Quite cheap, but I know why. There really isn't much to save. I have known of the truck for 20+ years, and it hasn't moved since 87. Yes there is a hole though the tailgate where the stove pipe was run through to blow sawdust from the shop into the bed of the truck. If I didn't have the car trailer with me I may have left it there.
Check out the inner hood structure... Enjoy

**too much stuff** · 08-12-2019, 07:54 PM

Not much for options. The rocker panels looked rust free......

**HIGHWAY BY THE SEA** · 08-12-2019, 08:10 PM

Yes, definitely rust-free rocker panels.
That is because there are NO rocker panels to be rusted! Yikes! What parts on it are still good?
BTW this might go well in my "Saved from the Scrap Yard" thread.

**dmjlambert** · 08-12-2019, 08:22 PM

Fix that with about 5 cans of Great Stuff Multipurpose Foam Sealant, put an engine in it and drive. It will be impressive. Then you can start a "Shouldn't have been saved from the Scrap Yard but did anyway" thread.

hamjet · 08-12-2019, 08:33 PM

Is that what you call patina?

**too much stuff** · 08-12-2019, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by HIGHWAY BY THE SEA

Yes, definitely rust-free rocker panels.
That is because there are NO rocker panels to be rusted! Yikes! What parts on it are still good?
BTW this might go well in my "Saved from the Scrap Yard" thread.

Not much good on it at all. We may call this one, "delayed from going to the scrap yard"

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Originally Posted by dmjlambert

Fix that with about 5 cans of Great Stuff Multipurpose Foam Sealant, put an engine in it and drive. It will be impressive. Then you can start a "Shouldn't have been saved from the Scrap Yard but did anyway" thread.

Not sure if I would want to use the spray foam. It is about $5 a can ya know...

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Originally Posted by hamjet

Is that what you call patina?

Nope, patina is wanted by some people...

I think I may save the topper.

08-13-2019, 01:08 AM

Hood looks good— a guy recently did a post regarding buying a repop hood.

**too much stuff** · 08-13-2019, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Martyt

Hood looks good— a guy recently did a post regarding buying a repop hood.

Did you see pic 5?

**Warrens69GMC** · 08-13-2019, 09:12 AM

Craigslist be like "A fixer upper"

palallin · 08-13-2019, 09:29 AM

Front bumper looks good . . . .

mgkgmc · 08-13-2019, 10:55 AM

Flexseal and your good to go lol.

68Gold/white · 08-13-2019, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mgkgmc

Flexseal and your good to go lol.

AND Flextape, don't forget Flextape, Phil would be disappointed in you!!!

08-13-2019, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by too much stuff

Did you see pic 5?

Wow— I take it back!

Roostre · 08-14-2019, 10:36 AM

Is the box floor any good? You could make a pretty nice trailer out of it.....

**too much stuff** · 08-14-2019, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by palallin

Front bumper looks good . . . .

It is wrinkled on both sides, but could be used again.

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Originally Posted by mgkgmc

Flexseal and your good to go lol.

HMMM....

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Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

AND Flextape, don't forget Flextape, Phil would be disappointed in you!!!

I know that works on boats, but not sure about where to start on this?

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Originally Posted by Martyt

Wow— I take it back!

Funny thing, I opened the hood and it was still latched shut!

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Originally Posted by Roostre

Is the box floor any good? You could make a pretty nice trailer out of it.....

Box sides are weak and the box is full of wood chips so I don't know the floor condition. However, YOU could make a trailer out of it. Make you a good deal...

toolboxchev · 08-15-2019, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by hamjet

Is that what you call patina?

I would believe Sir the proper terminology would be "Beyond Patina"

**special-K** · 08-15-2019, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by too much stuff

Funny thing, I opened the hood and it was still latched shut!

One of my old Blazers sat up at the family's mountain top farm for years and got right rotty in that mist. I had the engine/trans/t-case/hump out and poison ivy grew up into it like a greenhouse. Through the windows all you saw was a poison ivy terrarium. I had N.O.S. parts in there I couldn't get to. In the winter the snow was always too deep to drag it out. So it sat and sat. Little by little I'd get brave, suit up in coveralls, gloves, and hooded sweatshirt to recover my parts (4wd tie rod, rear Blazer drums, RH sport mirror, Blazer tank, and some other things). One time I went up there and soon as I pulled in it was "Who the heck opened my hood and left it up!??!". Upon further inspection I realized the skin had rusted all the way around the bottom and the springs raised it up leaving the inner parts down and latched. I had to laugh! That one I did get what little was good and scrapped it. The main poison ivy vine was a big fuzzy 3" serpent that was latched into the seat piping up along the back. I have pictures somewhere

**too much stuff** · 08-15-2019, 06:08 PM

Tim, I think I remember you posting a pic of that blazer on a thread awhile back. I will haul home almost anything, but not sure about that old blazer you had. (if its the one I'm thinking of)

74cam · 08-15-2019, 09:42 PM

Yikes! Too bad it sat for so long, probably wasn't half that bad when it was parked!

08-12-2019, 07:51 PM	#1
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,790	They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) This one popped up on craigslist fairly local to me. (about 45 mins) Was also listed on the craigslist finds thread. Quite cheap, but I know why. There really isn't much to save. I have known of the truck for 20+ years, and it hasn't moved since 87. Yes there is a hole though the tailgate where the stove pipe was run through to blow sawdust from the shop into the bed of the truck. If I didn't have the car trailer with me I may have left it there. Check out the inner hood structure... Enjoy Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

08-12-2019, 07:54 PM	#2
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,790	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Not much for options. The rocker panels looked rust free...... Attached Images __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

08-12-2019, 08:10 PM	#3
HIGHWAY BY THE SEA Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: BY THE CAROLINA SEA Posts: 922	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Yes, definitely rust-free rocker panels. That is because there are NO rocker panels to be rusted! Yikes! What parts on it are still good? BTW this might go well in my "Saved from the Scrap Yard" thread. __________________ FRANKENTRUCK 1981 Chevrolet C10 Shortbed Stepside GRANDTRUCK 1968 Chevrolet C10 Stepside Longbed http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=584617 PROJECT JIGSAW 1967 GMC C3500 GREAT WHITE 1986 Blazer M1009 454 engine w/700R4 transmission gas conversion

08-12-2019, 08:22 PM	#4
dmjlambert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 3,885	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Fix that with about 5 cans of Great Stuff Multipurpose Foam Sealant, put an engine in it and drive. It will be impressive. Then you can start a "Shouldn't have been saved from the Scrap Yard but did anyway" thread.

08-12-2019, 08:33 PM	#5
hamjet Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: South Westerlo, New York Posts: 1,325	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Is that what you call patina? __________________ Thanks, Joe.. 1969 C/10, 348 C.I., 3X2 bbl. V8, 2004r , LWB.

08-13-2019, 01:08 AM	#7
Martyt Guest Posts: n/a	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Hood looks good— a guy recently did a post regarding buying a repop hood.

08-13-2019, 09:12 AM	#9
Warrens69GMC Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Safford,AZ Posts: 3,625	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Craigslist be like "A fixer upper" __________________ 1969 307, t350 1950 Chevy Wagon 1978 Big 10 1967 C10, 250,3-OTT

08-13-2019, 09:29 AM	#10
palallin Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. James, MO Posts: 1,238	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Front bumper looks good . . . . __________________ '69 Longstep K-10: 327/SM465/T-221/Closed Knuckle Dana44/12-bolt.

08-13-2019, 10:55 AM	#11
mgkgmc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 1,354	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Flexseal and your good to go lol. __________________ 1970 GMC 1500 stepside 1972 GMC Jimmy Custom 2004 Chevy Colorado 1989 Swb Silverado 1972 Aj's Stormer

08-14-2019, 10:36 AM	#14
Roostre Registered User Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: St. James, MN Posts: 172	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Is the box floor any good? You could make a pretty nice trailer out of it.....

08-15-2019, 06:08 PM	#18
too much stuff Roadtrip! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Grand Rapids MN Posts: 13,790	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Tim, I think I remember you posting a pic of that blazer on a thread awhile back. I will haul home almost anything, but not sure about that old blazer you had. (if its the one I'm thinking of) __________________ 67 gmc custom lwb dakota truck. Sold...And bought back 69 swb 4x4 project (in progress) 70 c-10 lwb texas truck 70 4x4/BB/bkts/posi/tach(retired) 70 swb (wifes) 70 jimmy camper 71 K-5 factory 2wd 71 cheyenne 4x4/tach/posi/ plow rig 71 Cheyenne20 BB, buckets, tach, tilt, 4 speed 72 jimmy CST wyoming rig 72 jimmy Colorado rig 72 lifted texas 4x4 3/4 ton burb 65 fury conv. 383/auto 65 chrysler 300 "L" 413 auto

08-15-2019, 09:42 PM	#19
74cam Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 13	Re: They can't all be gems! (70 3/4 ton) Yikes! Too bad it sat for so long, probably wasn't half that bad when it was parked!



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