You Know You're a Hardcore Chevy/GMC Truck Fanatic When:

[michael bustamante]

When while resoring your truck, you find the build sheet and the thing you think is "i found gold" and the second thing is " im gonna frame this"
I just ran this by my wife and she said im rediculous

[cleanfreak]

Drive 15hrs , pick up a clean 69 , spend all winter making it right , drive it for 1/2 the summer , sell it...... then start all over again.. instantly.

You think that every post in this thread is normal.

Drive another 15 hours for the next one. Don't buy it 'cause its not "right" , keep driving , end up 24 hrs into the trip and buy the 68 I still have now.

Your wife has no problem with an instant trip anywhere , with no other explanation other than "Found another truck.. gotta go".

[Sammy]

When you have heard this from someone looking at your truck in either the Gas Station or a Cruise the 15,000 time " I used to have one almost exactly like that back in _ _ _ _. And boy do I miss it. It was the best truck I ever had."

[jhwkns]

I got a truck for my ex-wife. It was a good trade.

You know You're 'Hardcore' when You spot the other old trucks before they see You.

[68bowtie]

when your wife texts you a pic of a 67-72 she saw while running errands.

when your brother tells you about a truck on craigslist 3 states away from you and you say "yeah i saw that one".

when you notice you have 2,089 files in your "67-72 pictures" folder.

when you find the SPID thread interesting.

[PanelDeland]

When you're talking to your buddy at a car show and notice a lady caressing his car and kind of freak out until you realize she's blind, wearing gloves and just "looking", then wish you had brought yours so she could "see" it too. (24 * and I didn't want to warm up and move 3 cars to get it out of the drive before 7:00 a.m.)

When you wife asks why you don't caress her like you do your truck.

When you don't mind shelling out for a new dash pad but anything other than a car show T shirt is a real commitment of cash.

When you walk the JY just to see if there's anything you might can use on your truck.

[dads longhorn]

When you fly half way across the country to attend someones wedding but alter travel plans to stop at a board members house (who you've never met before) to buy and look at hubcaps before attending the wedding.

When you only drive it if there's no rain and it's above 45degrees.

When you can't drive it unless you go to the car wash first whether it needs it or not.

When you just sit on its bumper and hang out.

When I smile everytime I start it up because I like the deep rumble of a V8.

[Augi]

when you are always running late because someone had to stop you to talk with you about your truck

When your excuse for being late for work has at one time been "I got caught up in a conversation with someone asking about my truck"

When you get tired of everyone offering to buy it from you for WAY under what its worth even if it is just sentimental value.

[michael bustamante]

Ooh ooh i got another one! When youre buying stuff off of the parts thread cuz itll look cool as garage wall art. Guilty

[JasonLS1]

i dont even bother trying to explain why i wont trade/sell my truck for a NEWER truck/car for the reliability and mpg.

Clerks at the local gas station know you by your first name, not just one gas station but several.

Looking at any newer vehicle just doesnt do anything for ya because they are EVERYWHERE.

Arriving at your destination smelling like a bit of gas/exhaust is normal.

[davischevy]

Drive the 72 from Arkansas to Florida, pull a rocker stud, lucky break, buddy in Florida with empty trailer to haul me home. I couldn't wait to fix it. Get in it, and head for the gulf coast again.

[18436572GMC]

If you have ever had a fuel pump go 400 miles away from home and changed it on the side of the interstate because you carry a spare in the toolbox.
The state trooper was impressed with that one.

[lowrollin70gmc]

Originally Posted by 18436572GMC

If you have ever had a fuel pump go 400 miles away from home and changed it on the side of the interstate because you carry a spare in the toolbox.
The state trooper was impressed with that one.

It wasn't in my trucks, but I blew a coil in my 63 and happened to be carrying a spare 400 miles from home. Spare parts are a necessity.



If you have boxes of duplicate parts saved for future project trucks.

If you spot other 67-72s from a mile away, behind a barn, covered in dust. Yep, that's me.

If you check craigslist for cities you may be visiting or have family in just in case there's a good deal.

Now my true story;

After putting an offer on the house I currently own I stopped by in my Burb after work to make sure I was sane with my offer. The alley neighbor heard it idling and showed me his stash of 67-72 parts and multiple complete trucks. Helped seal the deal on the house.

[DEISS]

When you've already got 3 and want another.

[DEISS]

I was thinking this thread pertained to 67-72's, that number above just jumped to 5 and counting lol. I've got a little problem !

[PanelDeland]

When you go to bed after reading this thread and dream about truck parts. Specifically it was a Dream. Someone offered to give me parts out of a warehouse if I would move them because he needed the space and I opened the door to see what was in there and found 3 Blazer tubs and five complete cabs, all NOS... honey wake up. Ole'what's'er name never did have very good timing.

[hamjet]

"When you go to bed after reading this thread and dream about truck parts."-----Amazing! I've been retired from the railroad for over a year now and just last night I dreamed I visited the guys and left my truck too close to the tracks and a train derailed and crushed my truck. they said they wouldn't cover it because I didn't work there any more. Boy was I happy to wake up....

['68OrangeSunshine]

--When you look in the rearview mirror one morning, and there's this flinty-eyed, gray-haired old man squinting back at you, and you realize you're not 23 years old anymore and there's another 300,000 miles on the odometer. The Rip Van Winkle Flashback.
--When you're at the Chevy dealership for parts one day, and this New Car Salesman [white buck shoes, Haband slacks, Plaid sportcoat] offers you 3 times what you paid for your Orange '68 Stepside in trade for a new Squarebody Orange Stepside... And you're thinking, "Hmmm. I wonder what's wrong with the new trucks, that he'd want to give me so much for my old one? Think I'll keep it." Don't regret that one bit.
--When you play a grade-school-kid-like 67-72 counting game on the way back from work: 1 point for a normal fleetside pickup. 2 points for a Stepside. 3 points for Suburbans. 5 points for Blazers. Extra point for GMCs. Extra point for custom work, nice paint. Extra point for topless K/5s. Double points for Orange.
Obsessive/Compulsive? Nah. Just a normal 67-72 operator.

[slikside]

When you have to put on your "Chevy Trucks" ball cap before you log onto this site. (just kidding)

When you say "Chevy Truck" whenever you spot another 67-72 when cruising around, and your wife and daughter just look at you and shake their heads.

[slikside]

When you have to put on your "Chevy Trucks" ball cap before you log onto this site. (just kidding)

When you say "Chevy Truck" whenever you spot another 67-72 when cruising around, and your wife and daughter just look at you and shake their heads.

[michael bustamante]

When you say "Chevy Truck" whenever you spot another 67-72 when cruising around, and your wife and daughter just look at you and shake their heads.[/QUOTE]

Ha... i so do this.except i point and say "looklook!" As i swerve across the lanes. My wife always spots the older chevys too. Shes quick on the 47-54s, apaches and bel air's. Yup i married a chevy girl

[slikside]

Woops. Dupe.

[ho70]

your home page is 67-72 forum and your emails are all subscribed thread notification emails

[68shortwide]

I'll play. When you look at a Craigslist ad for a 54 f250 but instead call on the 67-68 when you caught a glimpse of the bed bodyline in the background.
Did that earlier lol truck was sold already and when you have a mental map of every 55-88 Chevy truck for 11 square miles.

[BruthaMan]

...when it's below freezing outside and you walk out at 0'dark hundred, past the Tahoe, and jump in your old truck, just because it's your old truck.

...when it's over 100 degrees on a hot summer day, and you walk past your Tahoe with cold AC, jump in your old truck, roll the windows down, open the rear sliding vent window, and head out for a drive...just because.