Your favorite thing about a 60-66?

[jbgroby]

For me and my GMC it's the roof lip, and the fact that there truck were the bridge between the fat fenders and modern slab sides.

Our trucks are the last years of any deep curves on the main body for quite awhile until the mid '90's when Dodge popped out the new fat fender design.

But all that's been said.

[JRBECK64]

You just cant beat the lines of this truck. The whole truck Screams Classic.

JRBECK64

[creep]

I have to admit, I didn't really care too much for them until my buddy sent me pics of the 63 GMC his uncle was selling. I guess I just never paid too much attention to them before I bought one. Now I notice a lot of things I like. It would be easier to list what I don't like, the fact that it's in pieces right now and I can't drive it yet!

[creep]

Originally Posted by creep

I have to admit, I didn't really care too much for them until my buddy sent me pics of the 63 GMC his uncle was selling. I guess I just never paid too much attention to them before I bought one. Now I notice a lot of things I like. It would be easier to list what I don't like, the fact that it's in pieces right now and I can't drive it yet!

Ok, have to change my answer now. Now my favorite thing about a 60-66 is owning and driving one.

[fasteddie1964]

Originally Posted by JRBECK64

You just cant beat the lines of this truck. The whole truck Screams Classic.

JRBECK64

I agree....

[shrunken66stroker]

Long straight body lines, roof lines, small back window(yeah I said it), bed wood and the lines on the hood that come to a point in the front.

[andyh1956]

for me it's what has already been said: short front fenders, roof lines & last of classic chevy lines before the round fendered trucks. also not to take away from the 67-72 trucks & owners but it is no secret that 60-66 trucks are less expensive to buy- just not as popular as the round ones. but i spose that is part of my fondness for them, kinda "black sheep" of the chevy family.
lastly, the look you get from folks you pass by on the street. like from the guy in the 1980 ford f 150 sitting at the stop sign leaking oil on the pavement. that just does it for me!
andy

[LostMy65]

I like that the hood includes a good portion of the sides, making it easier to access the engine compartment.

I like that theses trucks are modern enough and still classic old enough.
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[broey]

smog exempt!

[Narxoleptic Customs]

The early chevrolet grills and all the gmc grills, roof line and wheel wells.
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[dtkarst]

What I like is that after it setting for 20 years being abandoned and putting a battery and new gas in it she fired. Also the old dash lights all lit up when im driving it at night during the summer. Make it feel like shes back in her prime. If only she ran that way all the time haha

[Franks Fab Shop]

The "Apache" feel with the 60-63 suburbans, arrow head inner door panel design, and the tail lights too!...also those lean forward A-pillars, they look fast just sitting there.. oh and the squared off or flat top wheel openings,....BAD!

[MOTOIMPAIRED]

I have to agree with most people, I love the roof line and the overhang. I also like the simplicity of the trailing arm rear suspension..

Also not to mention the thick metal they used on the body, its solid!!!

[ABX131]

It's a classic American truck, and it isn't a Ford.....enough said.

[oem4me]

Perhaps it's my age... older is too old, and newer is too new. 60-66's just feel right.

[1963c-10]

We've had a 63 since I was 8 or 9. Grew up in the truck, learned to drive in the truck...here I am 33 (man time flies) and still using my current 63 as a daily driver. Whats not to love? The reliablity is there, the classic lines are there, the 50 year old truck smell is there...there are so many options. I love the 1st gen c-10's because its such a great combination of the 50 and 60's and you can even see the influences into the 70's. Love driving and owing one best of all and all the great people I have met here and other sites, the knowledge thats been shared and the timeless pics of trial and error all because of the 60-66 trucks.

[txinliner]

Originally Posted by TwoFiftyShifter

What is your favorite thing that a '60-'66 truck has that other generations of trucks don't? It can be something cosmetic, some piece of equipment, something about the interior..... What are your favorite subleties and things about this generation?
I have more experince with 55-59 and 73-87 trucks, and am finding some things I like about this generation.... and mine's not even on the road yet! If I could pick one this it would be the lines down the center of the hood...

side trim on the fleets.... almost car like .*****in

[LostMy65]

I guess this thread is similar in topic:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=484935

[b2948kevin]

I love everything I've learned while working on mine. I am a sucker for learning, and this project has certainly filled the role of teacher.

I love (sometimes) all the mistakes that I've made on my truck and knowing that there are always things to go back and improve.

[Rich 5150 69]

Sinse I started driving this truck is currently my third, first one 65 sb, second 66 lb, then a break with a 77 for a while, then out of the blue I sold it, wife thought I was going out to buy a new truck, so off I went never did tell her that I wasn`t, came home four hours later with the current `64, well the cloud of smoke that enveloped the truck, leaking oil, and god only knows what was coming out of the radiator when I showed up on the driveway, she came running out to see what all the racket was, I was grinning from ear to ear. Never heard the end of it....

[coulter]

i think this body style is so crazy and ugly looking that they are cool!!!! does that make sense?

[Softpatch]

these trucks 60-66 have been in my life when I was very young in our small town we had a "Millner" who was always tweeking/ racing his truck RIP Mike
Personaly its the double hump on the dash and the Knee Knocker windshield
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[The Rocknrod]

When I was seven & eight we used to ride our bikes to the Chevy dealer and look at the new car and truck line-up, we weren't allowed in the showroom without parents so we always checked out the trucks. The 64 and 65 were those trucks.

[PGSigns]

I get to drive my 66 to work everyday! Don't know why but since I got my first one in 1975 I have almost always had at least one.
Jimmy

[cwcarpenter98]

I love my 63 because my dad and I have been able to work on it together and make some good memories on the way to shows and swap meets. I also love the knee knocker cab. Only took me a few times getting in to realize why they called it that