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srvivor71 · 10-07-2013, 11:50 AM

Yes, I use mine like a truck, but also keep it nice. Either way, it's always a real pleasure.

Working hard...

Looking good...

Low Elco · 10-07-2013, 01:01 PM

Yup, that's why it's bedlinered. It's hauled mulch and landscaping brick and such since it was finished. It was built specifically to haul Boppa's Bass boat to the lake 20 min. away. Here ya go-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=u5MUz1q4yI0

eightbanger · 10-07-2013, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by 1968k10blue

That's a sharp looking truck eightbanger, wish mine will look like that someday

Thank you Austin. I was lucky though, it was in good shape when I bought it.

ksshane · 10-07-2013, 04:08 PM

Mine drives me to work every now and then... does that count

sstone69 · 10-07-2013, 06:32 PM

Use mine when I have extra time to spend answering questions - What year is that?
Do you want to sell it? Did it really come with a 396? Or the comments - My dad had one or my grandfather had one just like that! I wish I had a truck like that.
My other truck - Dodge RAM 1500 I use when I want to get something in a hurry.
In fact this past weekend I had 40 bags of top soil from Home Depot. Spent 15 minutes talking to the fork lift driver about the 1969 CST - 396 3OTT.

bovey · 10-07-2013, 06:40 PM

Out on a dump run. But I also haul loads to the cottage.

**leddzepp** · 10-07-2013, 08:04 PM

The only thing my 72 short bed hauls is beer, babes, and BBQ. It's retired. My 01 YukonXL hauls everything under the sun and is better than a long bed truck.

Steve Hafner · 10-08-2013, 09:18 AM

. . . .

Mine USED to . . . but not anymore !!!

. . . .

**MidLifer** · 10-09-2013, 06:32 PM

Here's my 71 2 weeks ago after a 700 mile round trip to buy parts for my 1950.

eightbanger · 10-09-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MidLifer

Here's my 71 2 weeks ago after a 700 mile round trip to buy parts for my 1950.

700 miles, Holy cow!!

jhwkns · 10-09-2013, 07:32 PM

onebadbowtie · 10-09-2013, 08:13 PM

Mine hard at it

70 shorty · 10-09-2013, 08:43 PM

Mine doesn't go anywhere unless its for work!

Don Quixote · 10-10-2013, 09:37 PM

I just got mine ready for a 1,600 mile trip to Arizona with my bike in the back. I'll do that right after I move a few hundred hay bales for my buddy.

I do get a lot of strange looks from people when they see what is pulling my enclosed car hauler.

oklalawnboy · 10-11-2013, 12:27 AM

WELL, I intended to use it as a truck until the rockers got replaced and painted. It looked so good, I ended up painting the whole truck. Now I don't want to scratch it.....Maybe in a couple of years it will be ready to work again.

**special-K** · 10-11-2013, 09:51 PM

Trucks are too handy to not use

Green Hornet · 10-11-2013, 09:54 PM

So nice to see the old girls working. The way it should be.

Marc S · 10-12-2013, 02:33 AM

About 95% of the time, if I'm driving it, it's working.

Sicklajoie · 10-12-2013, 08:44 AM

^^Wow Mark, beautiful truck!

54blackhornet · 10-12-2013, 12:58 PM

Thanks all you guys for posting stories and photos of your baby ! Now how many of you have a pickup that worked it whole life as a work truck ? My 71 GMC 1500 was ordered new to deliver furniture. It still has the store name on it, I promised the first owner I would keep the logo on it. It gets a lot of conversation when I park it in town. This Christmas I am going to light it up in front of the furniture store once again.

**special-K** · 10-12-2013, 04:07 PM

That's cool about your truck being a former furniture store truck,and the lettering,and using it for a Christmas display...even cooler
I bought this after it's first decade of work and worked it two more decades. I sold the bed and wheels/tires off of it to put a flatbed dump and tall skinnies to use on the mountain at my folks' place for firewood,snow plowing,and general hauling. All it's ever known is work

leftybass209 · 10-12-2013, 04:24 PM

I love these pics! Technically mine is used as a truck because the front end is sitting in the bed. I think its great you all still use them as intended. Its just a personal "what the hell?" Moment when I see people dump 50k+ on these new diesel Chevys and haul nothing but their sunglasses case. Very common in California.

trac209 · 10-12-2013, 04:41 PM

Personally if I didn't want to use it as a truck I wouldn't own it. My truck isn't restored and never will be because I don't want to be one of those guys afraid to use it or take two steps away from it for fear of a scratch. I haul whatever needs hauling and tow my camper and gear without worry and love every minute behind the wheel.

**Steeveedee** · 10-12-2013, 10:19 PM

Mine had been pulling a camping trailer or a boat for decades by my father-in-law (before I owned it). I use it to haul my Skylark around as needed (not often) and to get construction materials, even though it has a camper shell on it. I want to pull the expired shell off and make it a real truck instead of a camper, but the wife isn't in board with that, quite yet, since she's only seen it as a camper since 1973(!).

R.L. · 10-13-2013, 07:35 PM

If I couldn't use it as a light utility vehicle and a driver I really wouldn't have a use for it.

10-07-2013, 11:50 AM	#26
srvivor71 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Sullivan County, NY Posts: 455	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Yes, I use mine like a truck, but also keep it nice. Either way, it's always a real pleasure. Working hard... Looking good...

10-07-2013, 01:01 PM	#27
Low Elco Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Indep, MO Posts: 5,893	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Yup, that's why it's bedlinered. It's hauled mulch and landscaping brick and such since it was finished. It was built specifically to haul Boppa's Bass boat to the lake 20 min. away. Here ya go- http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=u5MUz1q4yI0 __________________ Boppa's Old Yeller Truck Build, Old Yeller's New Heart! Project Buzz Bomb Flyin' Low!

10-07-2013, 04:08 PM	#29
ksshane Registered User Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Wichita Ks Posts: 495	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Mine drives me to work every now and then... does that count __________________ 71 swb 350/4sp manual 5/7 static drop

10-07-2013, 06:32 PM	#30
sstone69 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tucker, GA Posts: 128	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Use mine when I have extra time to spend answering questions - What year is that? Do you want to sell it? Did it really come with a 396? Or the comments - My dad had one or my grandfather had one just like that! I wish I had a truck like that. My other truck - Dodge RAM 1500 I use when I want to get something in a hurry. In fact this past weekend I had 40 bags of top soil from Home Depot. Spent 15 minutes talking to the fork lift driver about the 1969 CST - 396 3OTT. __________________ "You gonna pull them pistols or whistle dixie ?"

10-07-2013, 06:40 PM	#31
bovey Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 73	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Out on a dump run. But I also haul loads to the cottage. Attached Images

10-07-2013, 08:04 PM	#32
leddzepp Moderator Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern Cal Posts: 19,995	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? The only thing my 72 short bed hauls is beer, babes, and BBQ. It's retired. My 01 YukonXL hauls everything under the sun and is better than a long bed truck. __________________ 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

10-08-2013, 09:18 AM	#33
Steve Hafner Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 1,353	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? . . . . Mine USED to . . . but not anymore !!! . . . . Attached Images

10-09-2013, 06:32 PM	#34
MidLifer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: South NJ Posts: 1,264	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Here's my 71 2 weeks ago after a 700 mile round trip to buy parts for my 1950. Attached Images Last edited by MidLifer; 10-09-2013 at 06:41 PM. Reason: add pic

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jhwkns Registered Cruiser Join Date: May 2002 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 2,230	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

10-09-2013, 08:13 PM	#37
onebadbowtie Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Parsons, KS Posts: 357	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Mine hard at it __________________ James 94' Chevy K1500 Extended Cab 4x4 5.7 72' Chevy LWB K10, 350, SM465, NP205 Project "Daily Driver"

10-09-2013, 08:43 PM	#38
70 shorty Where's my beer? Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Glen Allen, VA Posts: 1,768	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Mine doesn't go anywhere unless its for work! __________________ 70 C10, shortstep, .30 over 250,Hurst shifted 3 spd parts hauler. Holley 390, Clifford Intake, Header, ported cylinder head, unknown bigger cam. 79 Corvette L82, 4 spd, black, red interior, headers, flowmasters, and unkown bigger cam. '03 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.0 4x4 daily driver. 165K miles, and runs great '08 Tahoe LTZ 4x4 155K

10-10-2013, 09:37 PM	#39
Don Quixote Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Woodlawn, TN Posts: 275	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? I just got mine ready for a 1,600 mile trip to Arizona with my bike in the back. I'll do that right after I move a few hundred hay bales for my buddy. I do get a lot of strange looks from people when they see what is pulling my enclosed car hauler. __________________ Rocinante: 1972 GMC C25, 292, SM465, 14 bolt, power nothing, 440k and still handles my PCS moves Jorge: Kia Roller-skate with lots of buttons for the wife Wovoka: 2017 Indian Chief Vintage, better on gas but not much So far, this is the oldest I've ever been.

10-11-2013, 12:27 AM	#40
oklalawnboy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Glencoe Alabama Posts: 510	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? WELL, I intended to use it as a truck until the rockers got replaced and painted. It looked so good, I ended up painting the whole truck. Now I don't want to scratch it.....Maybe in a couple of years it will be ready to work again. __________________ 72 Cheyenne super 10 08 3500 HD 4dr dually 12 ford flex (wifes ride) 76 Monte Carlo 83 Chevy short wide Silverado 96 Mazda Miata, 2000 Allegro Bus

10-11-2013, 09:51 PM	#41
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Trucks are too handy to not use __________________ "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 ~ Last edited by special-K; 10-12-2013 at 10:48 AM.

10-11-2013, 09:54 PM	#42
Green Hornet Registered User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Schaghticoke NY Posts: 77	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? So nice to see the old girls working. The way it should be. __________________ 69 Chevy C10 Fleetside Long box



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10-12-2013, 02:33 AM	#43
Marc S Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Port Orchard, WA Posts: 14	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? About 95% of the time, if I'm driving it, it's working.

10-12-2013, 08:44 AM	#44
Sicklajoie The Niner Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Broad Brook, CT Posts: 2,493	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? ^^Wow Mark, beautiful truck! __________________ "A good racer is one whose head is in communication with his balls." - Richie Evans 1970 C/20 - 402/TH400/3.54s - 74K miles 2003 GMC Sierra 2500 - Wheatland Yellow Niner Progression Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=697183 Classic Trucks article: https://www.motortrend.com/features/...et-c20-driven/

10-12-2013, 12:58 PM	#45
54blackhornet Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastern Oregon Posts: 2,302	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Thanks all you guys for posting stories and photos of your baby ! Now how many of you have a pickup that worked it whole life as a work truck ? My 71 GMC 1500 was ordered new to deliver furniture. It still has the store name on it, I promised the first owner I would keep the logo on it. It gets a lot of conversation when I park it in town. This Christmas I am going to light it up in front of the furniture store once again. __________________ 71 C-20 07 Magnum RT AWD

10-12-2013, 04:07 PM	#46
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? That's cool about your truck being a former furniture store truck,and the lettering,and using it for a Christmas display...even cooler I bought this after it's first decade of work and worked it two more decades. I sold the bed and wheels/tires off of it to put a flatbed dump and tall skinnies to use on the mountain at my folks' place for firewood,snow plowing,and general hauling. All it's ever known is work 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 ~

10-12-2013, 04:24 PM	#47
leftybass209 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 2,186	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? I love these pics! Technically mine is used as a truck because the front end is sitting in the bed. I think its great you all still use them as intended. Its just a personal "what the hell?" Moment when I see people dump 50k+ on these new diesel Chevys and haul nothing but their sunglasses case. Very common in California.

10-12-2013, 04:41 PM	#48
trac209 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: winnipeg Posts: 1,107	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Personally if I didn't want to use it as a truck I wouldn't own it. My truck isn't restored and never will be because I don't want to be one of those guys afraid to use it or take two steps away from it for fear of a scratch. I haul whatever needs hauling and tow my camper and gear without worry and love every minute behind the wheel.

10-12-2013, 10:19 PM	#49
Steeveedee Who Changed This? Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 10,280	Re: Do You Use It Like a Truck ? Mine had been pulling a camping trailer or a boat for decades by my father-in-law (before I owned it). I use it to haul my Skylark around as needed (not often) and to get construction materials, even though it has a camper shell on it. I want to pull the expired shell off and make it a real truck instead of a camper, but the wife isn't in board with that, quite yet, since she's only seen it as a camper since 1973(!). __________________ ~Steven '70 Chevy 3/4T Longhorn CST 402/400/3.56 Custom Camper Simi Valley, CA

10-13-2013, 07:35 PM	#50
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