67-72 Time Capsules

[factorystock]

Originally Posted by cericd

Here's a few pics of this truck for thread posterity.

Thanks, couldn't get the photos to load. Interesting to see an air pump used on a 307 3/4 ton.

[MidLifer]

Originally Posted by cericd

SPID of the truck above.

The poles on the front bumper were a clue but the SPID confirms - this truck was used to plow snow. Rare to find one that did plow duty that also didn't get rotted to heck from salt.

$40K - man, inflation is hitting everywhere LOL...

[cericd]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Thanks, couldn't get the photos to load. Interesting to see an air pump used on a 307 3/4 ton.

The image files on BaT were webp format which I don’t believe are compatible with the forum software. I converted the ones I posted to the jpeg format.

[HO455]

Originally Posted by MidLifer

The poles on the front bumper were a clue but the SPID confirms - this truck was used to plow snow. Rare to find one that did plow duty that also didn't get rotted to heck from salt.

$40K - man, inflation is hitting everywhere LOL...

My experience with ex-snow plows is that the front ends are usually beat to death if they saw any regular service.

[IronCanine]

Originally Posted by factorystock

Thanks, couldn't get the photos to load. Interesting to see an air pump used on a 307 3/4 ton.

Agreed. A few unusuals on this truck. First off it's a Tarrytown truck...not a ton of those. But a plant making trucks for east coast markets. Which more to your point about the AIR pump...3/4T were exempt from most emissions stuff. A 1/2T would have had TCS.

Regardless...I'm a sucker for blue 70 K trucks.

[1970cstblazer]

My grandfather ordered almost an identical 1970 K20 as the one above with a couple of option differences:

His had the 350, lockout hubs, 10-16.5 wheel option, and tach cluster. It was still around until about 2015, then I lost track of it.

[IronCanine]

Originally Posted by 1970cstblazer

My grandfather ordered almost an identical 1970 K20 as the one above with a couple of option differences:

His had the 350, lockout hubs, 10-16.5 wheel option, and tach cluster. It was still around until about 2015, then I lost track of it.

Dang. That sounds killer.

[1970cstblazer]

I still have the Protecto-plate and the Q-Jet from it. It was a Canadian built truck. Unfortunately, the last I saw of it, the frame had serious rot in the back, and all of the body was junk except for the hood and upper cowl piece, but it was still being driven! It would have needed everything metal.