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68Gold/white · 10-17-2019, 09:54 PM

Leon,
Has this deal gone in any direction!!!

**LockDoc** · 10-18-2019, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by 68Gold/white

Leon,
Has this deal gone in any direction!!!

Nope. He still has it as far as I know. I went and looked at it again when I had more time. I took my cardboard creeper and a good light with me and WOW, that thing has really been used and abused. It has rust all the way around the trans hump, both rear shock brackets on the frame are broken, the rivets on both rear spring hangers have pulled out of the frame rails and the brackets are twisted. Instead of fixing it right someone just welded a couple of pieces of angle iron inside the frame and welded a piece of angle across from one spring hanger to the other. They didn't even put bolts in them or pull them back over against the frame rails before they welded the angle across it. It has had some serious weight in it at some time in the past.
I will include a few pictures. I hope you can make them out. There are no cab supports at all and on a couple it is metal against metal.

Even though I have everything it needs I don't think I have enough time left in my life to fix this thing. I offered him $1000 for it.

LockDoc

2 Stovebolts · 10-18-2019, 07:03 AM

'Time'.....such an excellent point of consideration....Boy does Rube Goldberg certainly make his rounds.....Glad to hear its just not me.....Just can't get passed 'cobbing' - If you can't do something right, why do it at all?.....$1000. sounds fair...If he still has it, its not like he has a line waiting to buy it....besides if its not like guys on the forum, who else would even look at it......

**NGN** · 10-18-2019, 08:31 AM

I look at one here in Jersey, a 67 short about three years back almost same condition, body was straight and was a custom with factory buckets and tinted glass don't remember if it had AC, chassis was in good enough condition to make look clean again but even though you couldn't see it from the out side it had rust all around half way up the body, all metal had to be changed, just sat there scene 2000, to me the thousand dollars I offered was good enough for the buddy buckets that needed complete restore and the tinted glass. Never heard back but I sure wish to have got it.

mr.precision · 10-18-2019, 10:09 AM

You gotta be bold to take that one on.
Now for a farm, vineyard, ranch truck......would be cool.

**LockDoc** · 10-18-2019, 10:53 AM

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The thing is the cab should be saved for the VIN, 4x4 decals, and other stuff but would need a complete floor and up about 4 inches on the cab. I will check and see if he still has it in the next couple of days.

LockDoc

cypressbog · 10-18-2019, 12:22 PM

That's a lot of rust but only 1046 SWB 4x4's were built in 67.

68 TT · 10-18-2019, 03:15 PM

The rust is a scary sight but the frame abuse and debauchery is a big unknown that would keep me away when combined with the cab rust.

There could be some serious metal fatigue and cracking going on in addition to the "creative" repair work from being over loaded that heavily. You wouldn't know until it was totally apart and cleaned up to a point it could be measured and inspected. I would put it on a frame rack too with the way it was treated.

I looked at one that the bed mount carriage bolts were the only thing holding two parts of the rear frame rail together just in front of the trailer hitch. Must have had way too much tongue weight on it for a long period of time or got hit from behind on the hitch.

**special-K** · 10-19-2019, 09:03 AM

Yeah, pretty beat. Still a great leave as it and keep it going truck to take to the hootenanny. If he would have taken $1,000 (or less)

**special-K** · 10-20-2019, 11:22 AM

^^^ Always a helpful plus to have that information. He might have realized by now it's not an easy flip for profit but not ready to take a loss. Best to get money back and start over

2 Stovebolts · 10-20-2019, 07:38 PM

Not to be discouraging....reevaluating my previous comment....but Lock Doc mentioned "Time" I'm a few years younger but that's not a guarantee....Not sure I would want that on my plate at this stage....The mind wants to do it all, but does the body?.....That truck can very well become 'Yard Art' in somebodies yard.....I'm experiencing the same fate with a 13ft. Serro Scotty trailer...Stored many years in a barn, it has to be completely taken apart to reseal it & freshen it up......with all my other projects...The reality is, I have to pass........

10-17-2019, 09:54 PM	#1
68Gold/white Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ark City, Kansas Posts: 3,318	Re: Looked at this '67 today Leon, Has this deal gone in any direction!!!

10-18-2019, 07:03 AM	#3
2 Stovebolts Registered User Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: chappaquiddick MA Posts: 137	Re: Looked at this '67 today 'Time'.....such an excellent point of consideration....Boy does Rube Goldberg certainly make his rounds.....Glad to hear its just not me.....Just can't get passed 'cobbing' - If you can't do something right, why do it at all?.....$1000. sounds fair...If he still has it, its not like he has a line waiting to buy it....besides if its not like guys on the forum, who else would even look at it......

10-18-2019, 08:31 AM	#4
NGN Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Old Bridge,NJ Posts: 823	Re: Looked at this '67 today I look at one here in Jersey, a 67 short about three years back almost same condition, body was straight and was a custom with factory buckets and tinted glass don't remember if it had AC, chassis was in good enough condition to make look clean again but even though you couldn't see it from the out side it had rust all around half way up the body, all metal had to be changed, just sat there scene 2000, to me the thousand dollars I offered was good enough for the buddy buckets that needed complete restore and the tinted glass. Never heard back but I sure wish to have got it.

10-18-2019, 10:09 AM	#5
mr.precision Registered User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Fountain Hills, AZ Posts: 161	Re: Looked at this '67 today You gotta be bold to take that one on. Now for a farm, vineyard, ranch truck......would be cool.

10-18-2019, 10:53 AM	#6
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,389	Re: Looked at this '67 today - The thing is the cab should be saved for the VIN, 4x4 decals, and other stuff but would need a complete floor and up about 4 inches on the cab. I will check and see if he still has it in the next couple of days. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

10-18-2019, 12:22 PM	#7
cypressbog Go Pack Go! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Green Bay Posts: 2,669	Re: Looked at this '67 today That's a lot of rust but only 1046 SWB 4x4's were built in 67.

10-18-2019, 03:15 PM	#8
68 TT Still plays with trucks Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,556	Re: Looked at this '67 today The rust is a scary sight but the frame abuse and debauchery is a big unknown that would keep me away when combined with the cab rust. There could be some serious metal fatigue and cracking going on in addition to the "creative" repair work from being over loaded that heavily. You wouldn't know until it was totally apart and cleaned up to a point it could be measured and inspected. I would put it on a frame rack too with the way it was treated. I looked at one that the bed mount carriage bolts were the only thing holding two parts of the rear frame rail together just in front of the trailer hitch. Must have had way too much tongue weight on it for a long period of time or got hit from behind on the hitch. __________________ miSSed opportunity - ground up creation of an AWD 1994 454 SS that never was http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=795577 69 C10 shortbed stepside 400 small block - built like what a super sport truck could have been 69 K20 lwb TBI 350 4L60E NP208 14-bolt Dana-44 w/disc 68 Camaro SS / RS 500hp 439 inch roller cam big block 4L80E 79 Malibu TPI 350 4L60 w/ Z28 steering & sway bars

10-19-2019, 09:03 AM	#9
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Looked at this '67 today Yeah, pretty beat. Still a great leave as it and keep it going truck to take to the hootenanny. If he would have taken $1,000 (or less) __________________ "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 ~

10-20-2019, 11:22 AM	#10
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Looked at this '67 today ^^^ Always a helpful plus to have that information. He might have realized by now it's not an easy flip for profit but not ready to take a loss. Best to get money back and start over __________________ "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 ~

10-20-2019, 07:38 PM	#11
2 Stovebolts Registered User Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: chappaquiddick MA Posts: 137	Re: Looked at this '67 today Not to be discouraging....reevaluating my previous comment....but Lock Doc mentioned "Time" I'm a few years younger but that's not a guarantee....Not sure I would want that on my plate at this stage....The mind wants to do it all, but does the body?.....That truck can very well become 'Yard Art' in somebodies yard.....I'm experiencing the same fate with a 13ft. Serro Scotty trailer...Stored many years in a barn, it has to be completely taken apart to reseal it & freshen it up......with all my other projects...The reality is, I have to pass........



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