Where did you find your truck?

[rpatowers]

At the dealer - I bought it new 40 years ago today!

[jhaymon]

i cut the grass one day and there it was.

seriously though i picked it up a few years ago from my ex-wifes uncle for some paintball equipment. i was originally going to pull the engine(a 403 olds) and junk the truck. one thing lead to another and it got pushed off to the side for other projects.5 years later i cut the grass and here we are. im having hell with the engine wiring right now. i dont why people have to hack a harness up instead of just fixing the damn grounds on GMs.

[70cst]

Originally Posted by 1quik70

Found this on Craigslist, first ad posted at midnight. Truck was located in SW Missouri, I'm in Indiana. Called the fella immediately and told him I would buy it. Told him I'm a man of my word, and if the truck was what he said it was he'd have a money order by the end of the week. Had him take it to a local shop of my choice for a once over, and I sent the check and a truck. It arrived as described but with a transmission issue, he sent me $500 to fix the issue and ive been driving it everyday since!

As it looked when it came off the trailer.


With the new wheels and tires.




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WOW...
truck and looks like you got to deal with an honest seller

[Del72Chevy]

Mine was on e-bay and it didn't sell so took a six hour drive to go get it.

[nate_g_2003]

Last year, I had talked my wife into letting me buy a Camaro to drag race (always wanted to be a race car driver, and she said 'well, if that's your passion, then I'm all in.'). Started browsing, and found a few, but didn't have the cash for them yet. A few months pass, with no purchases.

We were driving home one day (a Saturday) and were talking about cars and trucks, and I made the statement about how it would be fun to find an old Suburban (in my mind, an 80's model) to fix up and drive the kids to car shows and vacations and stuff, with which she whole-heartily agreed. The very next day (Sunday), about 16 hours later, we were driving down Center Street in Deer Park (the main street in DP), and there was a '72 GMC Suburban sitting on the side of the road, with a For Sale sign in the windshield. We both agreed it had to be fate, and that I had to buy it.

We come back later that day, and I stop and look at it. Had lots of rust, but a ton of character, plus it was 4WD, 3 rows of seats, BFG All-Terrains, and a winch. The guy happened to come out and tell me it was open and that I could look inside. We look at it, and my wife pretty much falls in love. I thank the guy, and then go straight home and start looking for replacement sheet metal, which I found.

Call the guy a day or so later and meet him for a test drive. Drives great for a boat, and just oozes awesomeness. He wanted $7500 for it, as he claimed to have a '67 Camaro he needed to get out of the body shop, and his wife wanted him to sell a project. With the amount of rust and work needed, I offered him $4500 and left him my number. I really wanted the Burb, but he didn't call me. We went out of town on a vacation, and came back, still no call.

Get a call the following Thursday, that he'd take my $4500 offer. Took him the money Friday, and drove it home.

Looking back now, I probably overpaid, but I felt good giving him that much for a truck that needed very little mechanical work (A/C belt and recharge), that drove as good as it did.

The first picture is me driving into our driveway the first time with it. 2nd pic is when I looked at it the first time. 3rd is its first bath haha

[twich3136]

i put a 1980 honda shadow for trade on craigslist looking for any old chevy or small 4x4 truck. mostly to get rid of the piece of crap. 1980 was a bad year for shadows and the first year. the guy really wanted to trade, straight up. after a bit of research i said yea. i always wanted a classic and for a motorcycle that never seemed to start when i needed it but would when i didn't, i was all for it. its now a project my brothers and i can bond over with a beer.

[custom1970]

Mine was handed down from my grandfather to my dad to me, if it hadn't had old family value, probably wouldn't have been worth restoring. Florida weather/rust had done a job on it. Anyway lots of time and money later it looks a little different. BTW, the little kid with his hands in the air just started college... time flies..

[dyrt]

My grandfather purchased by 69 long bed off the lot and immediately drilled holes and bolted in a camper. He used it for junking for a few short years then sold it to my uncle and bought a dodge instead.

My uncle drove it for years as did his ex wives do everything from hauling to just getting to work. This truck doesn't owe anyone anything.

During his second divorce, he needed to unload it quick since the brake line was busted and he didn't have the time and resources to keep moving it from place to place. I drove up to Reading,PA to get it and it has been in my possession ever since.

The PA and NJ winters have not been kind and i am in the process of fixing a replacement cab since the original was shot. The only good part on the whole truck was the aluminum grill, so my dad hit it while it was in the yard waiting for my attention. I am replacing or fixing EVERYTHING.

[kcsa75]

I found mine on the Auto Trader in Oct. 2010. Pics are the day I brought it home. Had to stop and put gas in it to get it home. Imagine that.

[DT1]

Got mine in 04 from a guy in Riverside Ca., just an hour south of me. He was the original owner so the truck has resided in the dry desert since new. Not a spec of rust anywhere and 70,000 original miles.

[406 Q-ship]

Mine was found at the Long Beach CA High Performance Swap Meet in Oct of 2010. It came down from Carson City NV, had a price of 6500. Trade 5900 for it and the adventure started.

[darkhorse970]

Found mine at Pate Swap Meet at Texas Motor Speedway April 2010. I swapped a Honda CR250 for it...this is what it looked like.

[jhaymon]

Originally Posted by darkhorse970

Found mine at Pate Swap Meet at Texas Motor Speedway April 2010. I swapped a Honda CR250 for it...this is what it looked like.

i was wondering who took binky home

[CC69Rat]

Curious about the tape on Binky's roof (?)
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[darkhorse970]

The tape was just holding the door shut, latches and strikers had been removed when it was blasted and primed.

Binky??? I think I missed that story.
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[CC69Rat]

Ahh.. I see. Duh.

The guy above my post referred to it as binky, I was just following along.
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[Already Gone]

The first pictures are from when I first saw my truck at our local Easter weekend car show in 1997/98. The glovebox door,gauge surround and small block were painted pink too. I liked the truck and although it was for sale at the show I couldn't buy it for 2 reasons, one I didn't have the money and # 2 was becuase at that time I had been working at Chrysler dealerships for over 20 years and probably would have got fired buying a Chev truck. In August 2001 I was at our local Cruise Weekend Car Show and walking around I spotted my truck and when I went over to have look at it found a For Sale sign on it and a phone number. The owner wasn't around so I took the number and started thinking about buying the truck. I called the next day and asked the price and the owner wouldn't tell me until I came and looked at the truck. The reason he wouldnt tell me the price was because he wanted to show me the 396 figuring I'd go gogo for it. I would have bought that truck with a 6 in it. We haggled a bit and made a deal and the best part was I had the money to pay for it from my settlement with the Chrysler dealer I had worked for for the previous 9 years and got fired for pissing off the owners. Sorry for the long winded story. The last pics are from 2001 when I bought it.
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[70cst]

These are all great stories...keep them coming
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[dmw319]

Mine was on ebay with a reserve and no one bid. I emailed the guy a few weeks later cause he didnt have the best description/pictures. I ended up paying the reserve price

[jhaymon]

it was at every meet we went to for a year. my buddy told his wife , who is super high maintenance, he was going to buy and make her drive it because she kept tearing her car. she said wife would paint it pink and name it binky. so it became a running joke. then one meet it wasn't there. we were sad

[treveiger]

Got ours on Craigslist on the year I joined this place, it was memorial day weekend, ill never forget it.
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[ToddT]

My dad picked mine up if Florida in the mid '90's. Saw it on the side of the road, went back and bought it. Finished his return trip home to Michigan, picked up a car trailer andd went back to Florida to get the truck. Had it till he passed away in 2010 of a farming accident. I got it from my mom, I couldn't stand to see it get it sold and leave the family. Dad loved the thing and I won't ever get rid of. My son already has his name on it. Here it is after a four wheel disc brake job and 3" drop spindles. Waiting on the drop coils for the rear to level it out. The truck is very clean with only 67k on the ticker.

[Billett]

I've seen this truck around town since I was a little kid. It used to be a service truck for the local Texaco, but the station was shut down and it had just been sitting. Within the last year or so I've been seeing it again at some cruise nights and meets and by chance I saw it last week up on CL. I had actually been to see another swb stepside but that one was just rusted out too badly for me, so in my depression I was scouring the interwebs and saw this one. I called the guy an hour and a half after he put the ad up, went to see it that night, and finally bought it on Saturday.

[JWall]

I was trying to find a truck & wasn't having any luck on the usual sites so I was just on google searching "C-10 for sale".
I clicked on one link & it was a beater but at the top of the page it said "Click here for more C-10's For Sale" so I clicked it & my 72 popped up.
I was on my way to look at it that evening.

[jhaymon]

if you looking for one oldrides.com has a ton listed