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bigguy69 · 06-13-2010, 11:58 AM

did anybody ever find out what happened to the truck? i remeber it and the other truck they did where they painted yellow. i want to say miles cook owned that one. it was done a few years later i think. somebody correct me if i wrong.

Number98 · 06-13-2010, 12:02 PM

I loved that truck.... It was some of my inspiration for getting my first 67-72. Well the wagon and also the black swb in Dazed and Confused.

CircusWagonJim · 01-08-2011, 03:14 PM

Hi guys! So cool to see my old truck is still talked about and even referenced in many threads when someone has a multi-colored truck it says "I'm leaving it Circus Wagon style". That's crazy!
I can't tell you how much I loved that old truck and how all involved kick themselves for letting it go. I really had no choice economically the last 10 years were brutal for me so no chance I could have kept it, but glad to see it still alive in people's memories.

I wrote a long introduction and update to what I have done since that truck here
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...48#post4396048

Thanks everyone for remembering the Circus Wagon! Jim

CircusWagonJim · 01-09-2011, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by bigguy69

did anybody ever find out what happened to the truck? i remeber it and the other truck they did where they painted yellow. i want to say miles cook owned that one. it was done a few years later i think. somebody correct me if i wrong.

The Yellow '68 belonged to Matt King and was another reason I almost didn't get to do mine. It was a cheap beater they had painted at Earl Schieb. Was still a rough truck when it was on the cover with ME driving it!!!

**lolife99** · 01-08-2011, 03:26 PM

WELCOME CircusWagonJim!

I think your truck is what got me started loving the 67-72 body style.
And I'm an old guy (49). Ha.

Glad to see that you are a member here.
Any new truck projects in your future?

oldblue1968chevy · 01-08-2011, 03:27 PM

Ha, I refer to my truck as the cirus wagon occasionally, this is the circus wagon great granddaddy!

Awesome truck!

CircusWagonJim · 01-08-2011, 03:29 PM

Yeah, I'm here because I'm finally getting another truck after working at some other magazines after Sport Truck days.

**lolife99** · 01-08-2011, 03:39 PM

Hey Jim,... what exactly happened to Sport Truck magazine?
I had just re-subscribed to it,... when it went away.
I thought it was on it's way to becoming a top truck magazine,... again.
Did the economy put an end to it?

CircusWagonJim · 01-08-2011, 03:45 PM

I don't know what really happened to Sport Truck- but I'd have to say yes, the economy killed all "non-essentials". I'm sure the truck world was hit just as hard as I was in the Hot Rod world.

wild4wheels · 01-09-2011, 12:54 AM

Welcome back man! Can't wait to see the updates!

TugOwar · 01-15-2011, 10:40 PM

Here's to new projects and fond memories! Welcome back to the truck world.

19seventeeCustom · 01-17-2011, 11:15 AM

awesome story jim,,,,,thanks a ton!!

CircusWagonJim · 01-17-2011, 01:29 PM

Cool! I'm glad finding the pictures, scanning all of them and writing up the story was interesting to one person. Thanks! Jim

1956cameo · 01-17-2011, 01:48 PM

Very interesting read! I don't think I have the magazines anymore, but I definately remember reading about the "Circus Wagon". Sorry to hear that the last decade has been so brutal for you.

CircusWagonJim · 01-17-2011, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by 1956cameo

Sorry to hear that the last decade has been so brutal for you.

After some close calls heath wise and all the other B.S. so many others have had to go through too with this economy I'm glad just to still be here and get a chance to start over from absolutely nothing. For my kids I wish that wasn't the case, but life isn't ours to decide what the path brings.

Hey Alvin- PLEASE post some more of those stories if you have scanned them. Thanks Jim

**70shortfleet** · 01-17-2011, 02:03 PM

I think we all love reading stories like yours, keep them coming and thanks for sharing them. I have had my 1970 cst swb fleetside sense 1984, sold it in 1987 and got it back in 1989. Right now it is in 1000 pieces

nibs · 01-17-2011, 01:44 PM

The rake in the second picture in that post of yours from behind the truck makes me a little weak in the pants! Im trying to get the front of my truck down a little more so I can accomplish that look. That, and putting a little taller tire in the rear should get-r-dun! lol

Alvin · 01-17-2011, 01:55 PM

Wow Jim, thanks for going through the trouble to scan the pics and post the story. It's really cool to get an inside look after all these years!

**leddzepp** · 01-17-2011, 01:58 PM

LOVE the rake....that's the look I went for on my project!

eldogg · 04-30-2012, 09:53 AM

Glad your back! The Circus Wagon is my favorite 67-72 EVER!

CircusWagonJim · 04-30-2012, 12:23 PM

Funny story- I just moved back to California after a year in Texas. I have been working on my 1980 2-whhel drive Blazer there and posted the progress on this board.
I needed a job and Truckin' Magazine has an opening. Apparently I'm not qualified for it after building one of the most memorable magazine project trucks and writing articles that people still talk about 10 years later!
I got a job a couple weeks ago as the manager of Hollywood Hot Rods. Would love to contribute to the magazines but apparently they are happy doing BED WOOD and CAB STEP REPLACEMENT stories EVERY MONTH!!! Good news is there are also a few more "How to Make you Long Bed a Short Bed" stories coming up as well!!! And they wonder why the mags are only 88 pages of NOTHING!

CG · 04-30-2012, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CircusWagonJim

Funny story- I just moved back to California after a year in Texas. I have been working on my 1980 2-whhel drive Blazer there and posted the progress on this board.
I needed a job and Truckin' Magazine has an opening. Apparently I'm not qualified for it after building one of the most memorable magazine project trucks and writing articles that people still talk about 10 years later!
I got a job a couple weeks ago as the manager of Hollywood Hot Rods. Would love to contribute to the magazines but apparently they are happy doing BED WOOD and CAB STEP REPLACEMENT stories EVERY MONTH!!! Good news is there are also a few more "How to Make you Long Bed a Short Bed" stories coming up as well!!! And they wonder why the mags are only 88 pages of NOTHING!

I bet working for Troy at Hollywood Hotrods will be much nicer job anyway.

CircusWagonJim · 04-30-2012, 04:50 PM

There are people at Street Trucks that still have hard feelings too after a decade. I try not to have any beefs- so doesn't look like any "Circus Wagon II" anytime soon- and I have offered it.

wild4wheels · 05-01-2012, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CG

I bet working for Troy at Hollywood Hotrods will be much nicer job anyway.

Plus you will be next to Delmos..totally jealous

C/10 King · 05-01-2012, 12:35 PM

Jim, if you're not busy working on the second weekend of July a whole lot of us forum members will be at the "Brothers Show" on the 8th, it would be really nice if you could join us, and lunch of course would be on the C/10 Club

lunch and beers that is.

You have 67 days and a wake up to plan it.

06-13-2010, 11:58 AM	#1
bigguy69 dazed and confused Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: marion nc Posts: 1,649	Re: Circus wagon pics ? did anybody ever find out what happened to the truck? i remeber it and the other truck they did where they painted yellow. i want to say miles cook owned that one. it was done a few years later i think. somebody correct me if i wrong. __________________ members met: redbaron69, billsbowtie,nc67

06-13-2010, 12:02 PM	#2
Number98 Prestige Worldwide Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Worldwide Posts: 2,553	Re: Circus wagon pics ? I loved that truck.... It was some of my inspiration for getting my first 67-72. Well the wagon and also the black swb in Dazed and Confused.

01-08-2011, 03:14 PM	#3
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Hi guys! So cool to see my old truck is still talked about and even referenced in many threads when someone has a multi-colored truck it says "I'm leaving it Circus Wagon style". That's crazy! I can't tell you how much I loved that old truck and how all involved kick themselves for letting it go. I really had no choice economically the last 10 years were brutal for me so no chance I could have kept it, but glad to see it still alive in people's memories. I wrote a long introduction and update to what I have done since that truck here http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...48#post4396048 Thanks everyone for remembering the Circus Wagon! Jim Attached Images

01-08-2011, 03:26 PM	#5
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,692	Re: Circus wagon pics ? WELCOME CircusWagonJim! I think your truck is what got me started loving the 67-72 body style. And I'm an old guy (49). Ha. Glad to see that you are a member here. Any new truck projects in your future? __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

01-08-2011, 03:27 PM	#6
oldblue1968chevy Grandpa in the rustmobile... Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN Posts: 11,422	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Ha, I refer to my truck as the cirus wagon occasionally, this is the circus wagon great granddaddy! Awesome truck! __________________ John Goose-1968 C10 355,9.32-1CR, Vortec Heads ,262 voodoo, 3.73:1 3OTT (HS ride/beater/farm truck) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=317684 Grams 53-1953 Chevrolet Belair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4327784 1969 Chevy C10 Shortbed 4.5/6?" Frame off resto http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=548136 1999 Toyota Tacoma 4x4

01-08-2011, 03:29 PM	#7
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Yeah, I'm here because I'm finally getting another truck after working at some other magazines after Sport Truck days.

01-08-2011, 03:39 PM	#8
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,692	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Hey Jim,... what exactly happened to Sport Truck magazine? I had just re-subscribed to it,... when it went away. I thought it was on it's way to becoming a top truck magazine,... again. Did the economy put an end to it? __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

01-08-2011, 03:45 PM	#9
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? I don't know what really happened to Sport Truck- but I'd have to say yes, the economy killed all "non-essentials". I'm sure the truck world was hit just as hard as I was in the Hot Rod world.

01-09-2011, 12:54 AM	#10
wild4wheels Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Queen Creek, Arizona Posts: 1,626	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Welcome back man! Can't wait to see the updates! __________________ Dave aka "Wild" Current truck "Ida Mae" 71 K5 Blazer Former Trucks "Loretta" 71 Longbed (AZ) "Tanya" 69 Stepside (AZ) "Ferdinand" 71 Longhorn (SD) "Patches" 67 Panel (IA/ KY) "Rosita" 68 C30 (KY) Instagram @Wildforwheels @k5_klub @c10university Profile pic provided by Jeff Sundance

01-15-2011, 10:40 PM	#11
TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Here's to new projects and fond memories! Welcome back to the truck world.

01-17-2011, 11:15 AM	#12
19seventeeCustom Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Downtown Posts: 573	Re: Circus wagon pics ? awesome story jim,,,,,thanks a ton!!

01-17-2011, 01:29 PM	#13
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Cool! I'm glad finding the pictures, scanning all of them and writing up the story was interesting to one person. Thanks! Jim

01-17-2011, 01:48 PM	#14
1956cameo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Angleton, TX Posts: 2,219	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Very interesting read! I don't think I have the magazines anymore, but I definately remember reading about the "Circus Wagon". Sorry to hear that the last decade has been so brutal for you. __________________ I don't always drive trucks; but when I do I prefer Chevy's. Stay driving my friends. '72 blazer 2wd build 67-72 Factory Big Block Registry Last edited by 1956cameo; 01-17-2011 at 01:50 PM.

01-17-2011, 02:03 PM	#16
70shortfleet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: St.Peters, MO Posts: 2,226	Re: Circus wagon pics ? I think we all love reading stories like yours, keep them coming and thanks for sharing them. I have had my 1970 cst swb fleetside sense 1984, sold it in 1987 and got it back in 1989. Right now it is in 1000 pieces

01-17-2011, 01:44 PM	#17
nibs JRods Garage Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: East Highland, CA Posts: 1,098	Re: Circus wagon pics ? The rake in the second picture in that post of yours from behind the truck makes me a little weak in the pants! Im trying to get the front of my truck down a little more so I can accomplish that look. That, and putting a little taller tire in the rear should get-r-dun! lol __________________ Orange Julius-My dropmember'd, LS'd, SWB street machine...



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01-17-2011, 01:55 PM	#18
Alvin Never Done? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,435	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Wow Jim, thanks for going through the trouble to scan the pics and post the story. It's really cool to get an inside look after all these years! __________________ Ethel - The Legend Continues... Ethel has been sold.

01-17-2011, 01:58 PM	#19
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,996	Re: Circus wagon pics ? LOVE the rake....that's the look I went for on my project! __________________ 1972 C/10 Cheyenne Super SWB. Restored, loaded, slammed. 1968 C/10 50th Anniversary LWB. Unrestored, stock, daily driver/work truck. RIP ElJay RIP 67ChevyRedneck RIP Grumpy Old Man

04-30-2012, 09:53 AM	#20
eldogg Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Mooresville NC/Gainesville GA Posts: 499	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Glad your back! The Circus Wagon is my favorite 67-72 EVER! __________________ Eric Evans Queen City Shop Truck http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...34#post6139834 66 GMC http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=543110

04-30-2012, 12:23 PM	#21
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Funny story- I just moved back to California after a year in Texas. I have been working on my 1980 2-whhel drive Blazer there and posted the progress on this board. I needed a job and Truckin' Magazine has an opening. Apparently I'm not qualified for it after building one of the most memorable magazine project trucks and writing articles that people still talk about 10 years later! I got a job a couple weeks ago as the manager of Hollywood Hot Rods. Would love to contribute to the magazines but apparently they are happy doing BED WOOD and CAB STEP REPLACEMENT stories EVERY MONTH!!! Good news is there are also a few more "How to Make you Long Bed a Short Bed" stories coming up as well!!! And they wonder why the mags are only 88 pages of NOTHING!

04-30-2012, 04:50 PM	#23
CircusWagonJim Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Burbank, CA Posts: 707	Re: Circus wagon pics ? There are people at Street Trucks that still have hard feelings too after a decade. I try not to have any beefs- so doesn't look like any "Circus Wagon II" anytime soon- and I have offered it.

05-01-2012, 12:35 PM	#25
C/10 King Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: A****er, CA Posts: 5,594	Re: Circus wagon pics ? Jim, if you're not busy working on the second weekend of July a whole lot of us forum members will be at the "Brothers Show" on the 8th, it would be really nice if you could join us, and lunch of course would be on the C/10 Club lunch and beers that is. You have 67 days and a wake up to plan it. __________________ C/10 Rene 1966 Short Fleet "The Hag" 1967 CST Short Fleet "Dark Poly" 1971 Short Fleet 1970 Jimmy Custom 2 WD "Golden Ticket" 1972 Blazer 2 WD "Retro Blaze"

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