OMG! Washed the truck last night... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**COBALT** · 04-05-2002, 01:09 PM

I must be loosing it like longhornmail. I actually washed my rustbucket last night.

It hasn't been washed since I've had it (since July), and two years before that it sat in a field so I know it hadn't been washed then.

I bought a scrub brush from NAPA, got a 5 gallon bucket of soapy water, and went to work. Scrubbed everything.

Now it looks like a different truck! I had a bucket of dirt when I was done, though! Can't believe there actually was a cool truck under all of that filth.

lol

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'69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed!
'69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast).
Seattle, WA.

*See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com!

meathead95 · 04-05-2002, 01:22 PM

pics?

**COBALT** · 04-05-2002, 01:31 PM

LOL

No, but I can take some tonight. Don't have a digital camera, so you'll have to have patience. Not really worth it anyway! Just had to tell someone...excited to be driving around in a clean truck! hehe

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'69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed!
'69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast).
Seattle, WA.

*See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com!

71402BB · 04-05-2002, 01:51 PM

nice to have a clean truck huh! Rust bucket who cares, I kinda prefer old rusty trucks cause then you can use them like a truck and not worrie about anything! Hell after doing the 71 swb stepside I want let people get in the back unless they take there shoes off never mind actully putting cargo in the bed!! LOL Ya lets see some pic's!

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71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's

72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!)

68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi

71402BB · 04-05-2002, 01:51 PM

nice to have a clean truck huh! Rust bucket who cares, I kinda prefer old rusty trucks cause then you can use them like a truck and not worrie about anything! Hell after doing the 71 swb stepside I want let people get in the back unless they take there shoes off never mind actully putting cargo in the bed!! LOL Ya lets see some pic's!

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71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's

72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!)

68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi

**68SWB4x4** · 04-05-2002, 04:02 PM

without taking their shoes off! LOL

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**COBALT** · 04-05-2002, 04:13 PM

I know! HAHA! Taking their shoes off... That's priceless. You all know if and when you EVER get your trucks done that's exactly what you'd make people do when they went to climb in the bed. Take their damn shoes off!

I could just hear myself now: "HEY, damnit! Take your shoes off before you get in there! What the hell's the matter with you!..." hehe

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'69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed!
'69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast).
Seattle, WA.

*See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com!

[This message has been edited by new69owner (edited April 05, 2002).]

johnnyp · 04-05-2002, 04:24 PM

Yeah, I hear ya. I want even let someone in the passenger seat cross their legs for fear they may scratch the glove box door.

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71402BB · 04-05-2002, 06:01 PM

I knew I would catch crap for that! LMAO Half my reason for that is I have problly a grand invested in the bed alone (bed wood, paint ect) and dad and I spent a lot of hours on it to make it look the way it does + if you scratch the varish off it will cause the wood to rot! hehe

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71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's

72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!)

68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi

Longhorn Man · 04-05-2002, 10:26 PM

LOL, now you need to wax it...inside and out.
I washed mine last night...40 degrees and I'm at the coil-opp freezin my balls off. But when i got a compliment on it in traffic this morning, it made it all worthwile.

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'69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man
I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it.
FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite.
If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com
Andy, in Columbus Ohio

O'l Buck · 04-06-2002, 03:20 AM

I washed mine for some reason when my buddy got married last summer, poor old rusty truck didn't look any better without 3" of mud hanging all over it, just showed more rust. I think I'll wash it one more time before I change cabs and paint it, I hate to get dirt in my eyes when I'm under vehicles..LOL

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ralleys and 31/10.5s

67 Cutlass convertible
330, 3spd stick

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Orleans,NE

04-05-2002, 01:09 PM	#1
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	OMG! Washed the truck last night... I must be loosing it like longhornmail. I actually washed my rustbucket last night. It hasn't been washed since I've had it (since July), and two years before that it sat in a field so I know it hadn't been washed then. I bought a scrub brush from NAPA, got a 5 gallon bucket of soapy water, and went to work. Scrubbed everything. Now it looks like a different truck! I had a bucket of dirt when I was done, though! Can't believe there actually was a cool truck under all of that filth. lol ------------------ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed! '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast). Seattle, WA. *See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com! __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

04-05-2002, 01:22 PM	#2
meathead95 computer illiterate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 6,440	pics? __________________ 72 2wd blazer 72 swb 4x4

04-05-2002, 01:31 PM	#3
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	LOL No, but I can take some tonight. Don't have a digital camera, so you'll have to have patience. Not really worth it anyway! Just had to tell someone...excited to be driving around in a clean truck! hehe ------------------ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed! '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast). Seattle, WA. *See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com! __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

04-05-2002, 01:51 PM	#4
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	nice to have a clean truck huh! Rust bucket who cares, I kinda prefer old rusty trucks cause then you can use them like a truck and not worrie about anything! Hell after doing the 71 swb stepside I want let people get in the back unless they take there shoes off never mind actully putting cargo in the bed!! LOL Ya lets see some pic's! ------------------ 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

04-05-2002, 01:51 PM	#5
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	nice to have a clean truck huh! Rust bucket who cares, I kinda prefer old rusty trucks cause then you can use them like a truck and not worrie about anything! Hell after doing the 71 swb stepside I want let people get in the back unless they take there shoes off never mind actully putting cargo in the bed!! LOL Ya lets see some pic's! ------------------ 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

04-05-2002, 04:02 PM	#6
68SWB4x4 Strongman Garage Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 10,241	without taking their shoes off! LOL ------------------ My Truck pictures www.xframeimpala.com 68 4x4 short fleetside 327 CH465 edelbrock intake and carb MSD distributor its the "SHAGROLET" 56 big window short stepside 235 dual 1 brls 64ImpalaSS 327 70 C10 LWB fleetside custom/10 350/TH350 IM me on aol SN= SHAGROLET __________________ Kalle 68 GMC Suburban 1500 4x4 SOLD 69 Pontiac Lemans 99 Silverado 4.8 5 speed ECSB [ Facebook Instagram Subscribe on YOUTUBE

04-05-2002, 04:13 PM	#7
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	I know! HAHA! Taking their shoes off... That's priceless. You all know if and when you EVER get your trucks done that's exactly what you'd make people do when they went to climb in the bed. Take their damn shoes off! I could just hear myself now: "HEY, damnit! Take your shoes off before you get in there! What the hell's the matter with you!..." hehe ------------------ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd w/ 350ci/400THM and a wood bed! '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd w/ ORIGINAL 350ci/4sp Manual and a wood bed (parts beast). Seattle, WA. *See pics of my trucks and project at www.webshots.com! [This message has been edited by new69owner (edited April 05, 2002).] __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

04-05-2002, 04:24 PM	#8
johnnyp Keepin' It Stock Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Grand Island, Nebraska, USA Posts: 554	Yeah, I hear ya. I want even let someone in the passenger seat cross their legs for fear they may scratch the glove box door. ------------------ 72 Sierra Grande - "Maych" sierraG on some boards If a man speaks in the middle of a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong? Forget about "do it right the first time". Do it wrong the first time to learn how, then do it right the second time. Maych Home Page __________________ 72 Sierra Grande - Maych Forget about "do it right the first time". Do it wrong the first time to learn how, then do it right the second time.

04-05-2002, 06:01 PM	#9
71402BB now thats a true COON DOG Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Franconia, NH Posts: 1,977	I knew I would catch crap for that! LMAO Half my reason for that is I have problly a grand invested in the bed alone (bed wood, paint ect) and dad and I spent a lot of hours on it to make it look the way it does + if you scratch the varish off it will cause the wood to rot! hehe ------------------ 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE with built 350 4-speed 4.11's and posi __________________ current project 67 402BB stout th350 3.08's with a locker. Plan on tubs 18.5's out back! (thanks Burnsman!) 71 SWB Stepside, was a 250, now is a 402 Big Block with 4 speed and 3.73's ( was crushed by a tree, bed sold, motor pulled) was my first truck!... oh well... 72 LWB 4x4 350 4-speed 3.08's posi wearing army olive drab green (SOLD!) 68 BURB 50TH LOOKALIKE work in progress, soon to have 250-I6 with a 3-speed on the tree 4.11's and posi ( currently sitting in back yard tarped awaiting time, $$$, and lots of love!) 67 1 TON- work truck 396 sm 420 4-speed, flat bed 4.57 gears "big red" (my first landscape truck, very rusty and crusty! but still gets the job done when needed!)

04-05-2002, 10:26 PM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	LOL, now you need to wax it...inside and out. I washed mine last night...40 degrees and I'm at the coil-opp freezin my balls off. But when i got a compliment on it in traffic this morning, it made it all worthwile. ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-06-2002, 03:20 AM	#11
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	I washed mine for some reason when my buddy got married last summer, poor old rusty truck didn't look any better without 3" of mud hanging all over it, just showed more rust. I think I'll wash it one more time before I change cabs and paint it, I hate to get dirt in my eyes when I'm under vehicles..LOL ------------------ '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84 ralleys and 31/10.5s 67 Cutlass convertible 330, 3spd stick 90 GMC Jimmy 350/auto Chad Stephens Orleans,NE __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska



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