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Old 09-03-2003, 01:22 PM   #26
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Even so, 30K miles on a farm are hard miles. Hows it look underneath? All the cab supports, mounts etc. in good shape? Also, check the bolt channels inside the rear wheel well tubs. A truck doesn't necessarily have to be moving all its life to rust out.
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Old 09-03-2003, 05:44 PM   #27
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Wow, cool! I didn't know there were any V6's offered. I thought there were only inline 6's and V8s!

What a fupid stuck eh?



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Old 09-03-2003, 05:48 PM   #28
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There shouldn't a M or D in the VIN?...
I ran into this problem myself, well not the M part. M does stand for V6 gasoline, and the OD stands for wide side pickup bed (fleetside), which seems to be a GMC only code.

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30k miles in 35 years and needed to be repainted?? Come on.
Ever heard of the sun? I will add on to the list of ppl who have bought their GMC 3/4 ton 4x4 from a farm, only mine was in Minnesota. it had about 82k, was used to pull a trailer with tractors on it, which explains the pintle hitch. the sun took a beating on the paint, somewhere along the line they did a farmhand repaint on it, and they actually made it look worse than it was before. they also went a little nuts with bondo in the little dings on the bedsides. funny thing is, my dashpad is in mint shape. hmm.
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Old 09-03-2003, 11:44 PM   #29
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My 71 4x4 has 60,000 miles, and it isn't a farm truck, the motor has never been apart, I found a good way to tell if your truck has more miles than it might say, I took my truck in to get one back spring rearched, and the spring man took the leaf apart, and said to me this must be a low mileage truck, I said why do you ask, he said you see where theses leafs over lap each other, on a higher mileage truck the end of the leaf wears a good size groove in the leaf above it, theses are like new, and they have never been out
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Old 09-04-2003, 12:04 AM   #30
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Good tip casey
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Old 09-04-2003, 07:34 AM   #31
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Good tip thanks
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Old 09-04-2003, 08:44 AM   #32
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Thanks for the tip, casey,
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Old 09-04-2003, 09:18 AM   #33
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Damn, I would have never thought of that. I'm going to check mine.
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Old 09-04-2003, 09:46 AM   #34
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That V6 will run forever. You really can't break them. They're modified from a diesel design and everything in them is super heavy-duty. I had one in a 66 GMC and it got 14 mpg uphill or downhill, load or no load.
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Old 09-04-2003, 12:41 PM   #35
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Old 09-04-2003, 04:05 PM   #36
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I don't know exactly how many miles my truck has on it but I do know that I have only put about 13-14K miles on it in the approximately 18 years that I have had it. It was an old truck when I got it and I bought it just to be a 3rd vehicle - sort of a backup and junk hauler locally. I have had it as far as 200 miles from home but only twice in that 18 years. Mostly it sits - outside- and the paint has about had it just from age. Low low miles is not impossible but one should look real real close for signs to justify the claim.
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