2023 Beach Day - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**MattG** · 08-30-2023, 11:02 AM

Just thought I'd post a pic of my uncle's 69 C30 with Franklin camper and my 67 C20 enjoying a Sunday beach day.

BIG ORANGE · 08-30-2023, 11:06 AM

That's awesome, nothing like the beach and some C/10 action.

Chevys4life · 08-30-2023, 11:58 AM

Nice pictures!!!!

697498chevy · 08-30-2023, 12:45 PM

Very nice !!

LNP · 08-30-2023, 12:46 PM

Sweet! Have fun.

desert-rat · 08-30-2023, 05:32 PM

Nice. Definitely not L.A. Too clean to be L.A.

**special-K** · 09-01-2023, 08:12 AM

Great picture! Nice day at the beach

**MikeB** · 09-01-2023, 10:51 AM

Too Cool! Looks like the C30 laughs at the camper saying, "Is that all you got?"

**MikeB** · 09-01-2023, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by desert-rat

Nice. Definitely not L.A. Too clean to be L.A.

And no homeless encampments, at least that we can see!

Beach-Burban · 09-01-2023, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by desert-rat

Nice. Definitely not L.A. Too clean to be L.A.

You are mostly correct, desert-rat…you have to know where to go or be lucky as I was to be born and raised in one of the nice beach areas like this one: Torrance Beach; nestled between Palos Verdes and Redondo Beach. Sorry my picture doesn’t show the sand, so you’ll have to take my word for it…VERY CLEAN!

Woody

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Beach-Burban · 09-01-2023, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MattG

Just thought I'd post a pic of my uncle's 69 C30 with Franklin camper and my 67 C20 enjoying a Sunday beach day.

Very nice, MattG…I’ve never been to Connecticut before, but we were just in Tennessee and took several driving trips to see the East Coast beaches from NC down to TX…very impressed with them all!

Woody

**MikeB** · 09-01-2023, 02:16 PM

I lived in San Pedro near 25th + Western back when I was in the Navy. Had a friend whose parents bought a big house on a hillside in Palos Verdes for $60K, which might as well have been a million bucks for me back then.

I'd look up that house's value if I had the address. However, even little 1,000 sq ft houses near where we lived, which cost around $25K back then, are now selling for over $1 million.

Funny, but I just had a flashback. Their neighbor had a couple late 50s/early 60s Corvettes and was a Fuel Injection Specialist who actually did contract work for at least one Chevy dealer. I still remember him having shelves full of complete units and parts in his garage. How cool was that?

Super cool Suburban!

ghackett1 · 09-01-2023, 04:54 PM

Beach days are great! Nice pics thx for sharing

Beach-Burban · 09-02-2023, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeB

I lived in San Pedro near 25th + Western back when I was in the Navy. Had a friend whose parents bought a big house on a hillside in Palos Verdes for $60K, which might as well have been a million bucks for me back then.

I'd look up that house's value if I had the address. However, even little 1,000 sq ft houses near where we lived, which cost around $25K back then, are now selling for over $1 million.

Funny, but I just had a flashback. Their neighbor had a couple late 50s/early 60s Corvettes and was a Fuel Injection Specialist who actually did contract work for at least one Chevy dealer. I still remember him having shelves full of complete units and parts in his garage. How cool was that?

Super cool Suburban!

Thanks, MikeB…the Beach Burban is still a work-in-progress, but does photograph nicely!

My parents house cost $6,999.00 new in 1952 and was only 860 sq ft…today, the lot alone is worth a million! Go figure???

I still remember the days (before the internet and E-Bay) where you could occasionally find a Rochester Fuel Injection unit sitting in a box under a table at someone’s yard sale…for around $50!!! Even today, I look inside every box when I go to a yard sale because “you never know what you’ll find”?

My wife and I traveled through TX on our way home from TN this year…and the parts we saw were beautiful and filled with incredibly nice people! CA is home and we feel as though our time to make a big move is behind us now…but if I were a younger man, I’d vacate pronto (however, the year-round beach weather would be tough to leave!).

Woody

**special-K** · 09-02-2023, 08:01 AM

1983 beach day

**MikeB** · 09-02-2023, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Beach-Burban

CA is home and we feel as though our time to make a big move is behind us now…but if I were a younger man, I’d vacate pronto (however, the year-round beach weather would be tough to leave!).

I'd probably stay there, too. That's a nice part of southern CA. I remember Torrance as the nearest place with a shopping center, along with several restaurants. Bought lots of things at Sears, and my first radial tires from Parnelli Jones Firestone.

And since we're being nostalgic, how about a new 69 Z28 at the Chevy dealer there for right at $4,000 sticker price? I ended up buying a 70 Nova Sport Coupe with a 350/4-speed for $2,700, and even that was was a stretch!

Enjoy your 'Burb and the beach!

custom10nut · 09-02-2023, 07:19 PM

Beautiful trucks!
I’d like to see more pictures of your uncle’s truck.
I have my eyes a 71 C-30.
It’s a long wheel based truck, but I’d cut it down to the standard length and ale it’s a Dually.

08-30-2023, 11:02 AM	#1
MattG Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Stratford CT Posts: 34	2023 Beach Day Just thought I'd post a pic of my uncle's 69 C30 with Franklin camper and my 67 C20 enjoying a Sunday beach day. Attached Images __________________ Matt _____________ 1967 C20 283 CID

08-30-2023, 11:06 AM	#2
BIG ORANGE Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,783	Re: 2023 Beach Day That's awesome, nothing like the beach and some C/10 action. Attached Images __________________ Things happen for a reason! Last edited by LockDoc; 08-30-2023 at 01:04 PM.

08-30-2023, 11:58 AM	#3
Chevys4life Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 754	Re: 2023 Beach Day Nice pictures!!!!

08-30-2023, 12:45 PM	#4
697498chevy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 267	Re: 2023 Beach Day Very nice !!

08-30-2023, 12:46 PM	#5
LNP Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pekin, Illinois Posts: 451	Re: 2023 Beach Day Sweet! Have fun. __________________ Harley 1969 Chevy C-10 Long Bed, 350cid, 700R4

08-30-2023, 05:32 PM	#6
desert-rat Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: 3,018 feet above the SoCal/Mojave Desert region. Posts: 406	Re: 2023 Beach Day Nice. Definitely not L.A. Too clean to be L.A.

09-01-2023, 08:12 AM	#7
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: 2023 Beach Day Great picture! Nice day at the beach __________________ "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 ~

09-01-2023, 10:51 AM	#8
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,038	Re: 2023 Beach Day Too Cool! Looks like the C30 laughs at the camper saying, "Is that all you got?" __________________ Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then!

09-01-2023, 02:16 PM	#12
MikeB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: North Texas Posts: 4,038	Re: 2023 Beach Day I lived in San Pedro near 25th + Western back when I was in the Navy. Had a friend whose parents bought a big house on a hillside in Palos Verdes for $60K, which might as well have been a million bucks for me back then. I'd look up that house's value if I had the address. However, even little 1,000 sq ft houses near where we lived, which cost around $25K back then, are now selling for over $1 million. Funny, but I just had a flashback. Their neighbor had a couple late 50s/early 60s Corvettes and was a Fuel Injection Specialist who actually did contract work for at least one Chevy dealer. I still remember him having shelves full of complete units and parts in his garage. How cool was that? Super cool Suburban! __________________ Mike 1969 Custom/10 LWB -- owned for 37 years. 350/TH350, 3.08 posi, recent AAW wiring harness, 5-lug conversion, 1985 spindles and brakes. Hedman stainless headers. Old Air installation in progress. 1982 Custom Deluxe 10 SWB -- converted from 250-six to roller cam 350 w/ Vortec heads -- sold 1981 C10 Silverado LWB, 305, TH350C -- sold, but wish I still had it! 1969 C10 (not the current one) which I bought in the early 1980s. Paid $1200; sold for $1500 a few years later. Just a hint at the appreciation that was coming. Retired as a factory automation products salesman. Worked part-time over the years for an engine builder and a classic car repair shop. Member here for 26 years! This is the very first car/truck Internet forum I joined. I still used a dial-up modem back then! Last edited by MikeB; 09-01-2023 at 03:56 PM.

09-01-2023, 04:54 PM	#13
ghackett1 68 C10 Longbed Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Naples, Florida Posts: 519	Re: 2023 Beach Day Beach days are great! Nice pics thx for sharing

09-02-2023, 08:01 AM	#15
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,859	Re: 2023 Beach Day 1983 beach day Attached Images __________________ "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 ~

09-02-2023, 07:19 PM	#17
custom10nut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: East Tn (In the heart of the Smoky Mtns) Posts: 1,993	Re: 2023 Beach Day Beautiful trucks! I’d like to see more pictures of your uncle’s truck. I have my eyes a 71 C-30. It’s a long wheel based truck, but I’d cut it down to the standard length and ale it’s a Dually.



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