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Location: In front of the fire
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
I got a '67 as a donor for my '69. It had alloy wheels, a supposedly good 350/TH350 drivetrain and a a 4.11 posi rear according to the SPID. The fuel pump was bad but it ran for a few seconds from gas poured in the carb. I figured I'd take what I needed and could sell the rest.
350 turns out to be a 305 "running" 305 has a cracked block 305 smog heads are worthless Radiator has holes in it code on the rear end says it's not a 4.11 posi trying to sell the wheels on CL, but no takers so far In the end, I was only able to salvage a few parts. I was so pissed at the PO that I just had the rest hauled off because I couldn't bear to look at it. |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: West Chester Pa.
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
When i bought my 72 the frame looked perfect, surface rust but no rot. Well, a few weeks ago i unbolted the helper spring stoppers to sand blast and paint them, there was a 3 inch crack right through the frame on the right rear stopper. Then i found a spot that was patched with bondo and painted brown to cover a hole in the top shock mount cross member.
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
My best was a 93 blazer I bought. Got it for $1400. Said it had a freshly rebuilt motor but they couldnt get it to run due to wiring issues. Everything looked legit as far as engine rebuild, but had major wiring problems. Got it home and fixed a under hood wiring mess. Fired right up but....... sounded like every rod in motor was knocking.
Yanked engine and come to find out the genius who rebuilt it used standard pistons and rings with it being .30 over and standard rod and main bearings with crank being turned. I was beyond disbelief. Put it back together with correct parts and a trip to machine shop to check it over. Ran like a champ. Later found out truck had mismatched axle gear ratios in it too the first time it snowed and I used 4wd. About freaking ditched it on the ordeal.
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Daily-94 K2500 350 5spd extended cab longbox Project Red Velvet-68 C20 396-th400-AC-PS-PB-all original except for the 8 track and the gun rack. Build thread>>>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=495881 My 01 TA and 88 Formula hide in the garage. :-) |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Mars Hill, NC
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
I bought a 72 cheyenne super swb 4x4 actually traded a really nice 54 ford 2 door wagon with nova sub-frame and 350/350turbo drivetrain plus some cash for this truck....body had rust but nothing really serious, got it home and started to disassemble for frame off and found that po had used chicken wire and bondo to fill softball size holes around 7 of 8 spring hangers frame was toast and almost impossible to find swb 4x4 frame...I was so disgusted I keep what was worth keeping and scraped the rest
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Its happend to me that I have bought this gmc. First thing was the 100ft of wiring for the spot lights, not fused run directly to a hot terminal on the fuse block. Then had to change out the gas tank due to bent filler lip and found it had the wrong tank in there. This one had a vent that I don't use. It was plugged with a broken off #2 pencil!! Some my friends smoke and I'm just glad we didn't blow up. Its been 2yrs and everytime I touch a new area of the truck I haven't worked on, I always find something else. But not giving up cuz its coming along nice*
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Location: Vacationland: Maine
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
Decent trucks are tough to come by around here, so that meant buying off the internet based on pictures. It looked good when I picked it up except now I could tell that the paint wasn't original.
Then there were the bondo cracks on the roof. You can see from the pics how that went. Oh well, I still don't regret buying it - the rest of it was in great shape. Buying a 45-year-old truck sight unseen from the original owner's daughter (he passed) involves a little gambling.
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
Just picked up a 1967 it has a 110 house outlet wired straight to the alternator i have never seen that one...
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
This is from a thread I posted about 5 years ago;
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
WOW. What a nightmare of a truck
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Los Angeles California
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
My nightmare vehicle was my first '68 Camaro.
I knew little about cars at the time, and on the okay of someone I thought was car savvy I bought this turd. The car was a nightmare of bondo and patching, there wasn't one piece of the car that wasn't rusted out and filled. The grill was pieced together with plastic scraps and glue, and the subframe was rotted on the driver side so badly, when I jacked up the car the front of the driver rear leaf spring hung down loose under the weight of the rear axle. But the real prize was waiting for me when I began attacking the cars many wiring problems.. As I unwrapped the cheap electrical tape that held the wire bundles.. the PO had wired the entire car with red wire. Dash, engine, headlights, body, and even the radio were all wired with the same gauge red wire.... J.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Ventura,Ca
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
Not really a "nightmare" like previous posters have shared. Just a scary find. My neighbor was over checking out my "new" truck about 2 weeks ago, while I was trying to sort out some bad wiring. While we were talking, he noticed a rag shoved down into that cavity on the very front of the left fender. So he pulls it out and finds another,then a neatly folded towel on the bottom. So we unwrap this perfectly folded little towel and find a knife in it! Kinda freaked me out a little.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Lawrenceville, GA
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
Mine was suposed to be an original 350 and turned out to be a 305... and the panels had chicken wire covered in bondo. Had to part that one out and start over.
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Greenville, TX
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Re: Who's bought a truck and then found...
While i still love my truck, and it is still running strong, i know i paid way to much and didnt look it over correctly.
I blame myself, not the PO. I looked over the truck, but was so excited about the prospect of owning a classic again, i truly forgot some of the things i should have looked for. I wasnt concerned about the rockers. I know they all need that. However i really should have paid attention to the inner cab by the windshield. I know there were no major holes when i got it, but now bumps and dumps have knocked out big chunks of rusted out spots. Floor and cab corners are in great shape, however inner fender wells are rusted out and barely even connected on the front. I knew the bed needed work in a couple of small places, but the more i dig, the more i find.... The PO put drop spindles on the front, but then just yanked out some leafs in the back when his wife pulled in the pocket book... I was advised the 307 had been spruced up with new intake, carb, 305 heads and HEI. While all of that was true, i assumed they were 416 heads. I was wrong. THey were 70s model heads with even SMALLER valves..... I know now why this truck has the theme it has. A flat black shop truck. Because its going to take quite a bit of work to return it to great shape.... Oh and the 307 leaks pretty good, but still runs like a champ... So all in all, i love my truck, BUT....i truly believe i could have gotten a lot better deal for the money i paid..... But, live in learn. I will clean this truck up. And wont make that same mistake again! |
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