Where did your love of 67-72's come from?

[rideharder]

seen one, wanted one, bought one.

[1971 GMC SHORTY]

Well in the mid 70's Pops Had a 72 3/4 ton Company Work Truck He Hated it... I was 12-13 And use to help him work on got hooked I have Had at Least 30 1960-1972 Chevy, GMC, Trucks, Blazers, Over the Years. My Daughter Drives My 71 Sb When Shes Home From Collage And Loves it to. Dont Let The Older Boys Drive it, they Beat There Jimmy Up in the Mud With The BB in Her ...Now My First Grandson Will be here in 3 Weeks can't Wait to Take him For A Ride.

[silverspeed04]

My granddaddy had a friend who lived down the street from me and when he was in town visiting I used to sit and listen to their stories of growing up and going to war together. They used to tell me that there was nothing better than a long low ride. My granddaddy passed when I turned 12 and I continued to sit with his friend who became a very important role model and mentor to me. He had an old garage out back and was always tinkering with things and had something stashed under a big sheet.

When I was 14 or 15, curiosity caught the best of me and I asked what was under the big sheet. I remember him asking if i was ready to know and if I was sure I could handle the feeling that came from what lied under that sheet. With a big smile on my face i shook my head yes and off to the garage we went.

He pulled that sheet from the back to expose the brightest cherry red and shiniest chrome trucks I had ever seen. It sat so low to the ground and was so long to me. All the chrome and big shiny stuff sticking out of the hod. That was the beginning of the end as I just smiled from ear to ear eyballing this beautiful machine. He grabbed his keys, told me to open the garage door and away we went.

He kept it civil until we got on the highway. After he told me to put my head back in my seat, the motor got loud and it felt like someone was pushing me deeper into my seat the faster we went. I couldnt stop smiling. The loud thunder and roar of it as we just cruised down the highway was so calming.

We went somewhere in that truck every Sunday during the summer months until I had to move away. That was the long low ride they always told me about.

I have mine now and cant wait to take mine with my boys.

[ges55]

I bought my 1st one, a 67 c10, from my sister-in-law, when my father-in-law was on his deathbed. I got my 2nd one, a 67 C20 from a guy who was selling it on consignment at my body & paint man's shop because I was tearing up the C10 by hauling firewood.

[BADPURPLE70CHEVY]

Originally Posted by rideharder

seen one, wanted one, bought one.

Simple enough.............

[Bennett68C10]

Well I always had newer vehicles so when I sold my 01 Dakota R/T i wanted to get something older. I always like the way the 67-72 Chevy trucks looked so i did some research, found this forum and bought a 72 SWB Fleetside. I had it for a couple of years then sold it, stupid decision. After rolling around in my Mustang GT for about 1 1/2 years I decided i really wanted another 67-72 truck. I found a 68 LWB Fleetside project last November that i bought with the intentions of cutting the frame down and making it a SWB since that is what i like. A couple weeks later my brother found a 68 SWB Fleetside sitting on the side of a road. The guy wanted $500.00 for it. It had no drivetrain and was a project as well. I bought the truck on the spot. Now i have two 68 C-10's. I have always loved this body style the best. My dad has a 40 Chevy Pickup and my brother has a 57 Pickup but i just like these the best.

[LEEVON]

When I was a kid, our neighbor in Kansas City was a retired GM plant manager. He had a blue/white '72 swb cheyenne super 4x4 with a bunch of factory and dealer installed options. It also had the 402 big block and badges installed at some point, just like it would have been if that was available in 4x4. I know it sounds like one of those stories, but it did exist and I remember how proud he was of it and most of all riding in it. At the time, Dad didn't have a truck and Wayne (neighbor) would let us borrow it for runs to the dump or to pick up furniture or whatever. That would have been around '88-89.

I've always been a GM fan and a truck fan, so have Gramps and Dad and we've all driven trucks pretty much exclusively. When I was 14 and looking for my first vehicle, it didn't have to be a truck and we looked at everything but when we came across a '71 swb Cheyenne in blue/white it just had to come home with us.

It helped a ton that at the time (1994-ish) Chevy Duty, LMC, and Manes Truck Parts were all close by in Kansas City and supplying parts for the "new" classics or '67-72's. We were able to afford restoring the truck and parts were plentiful. I'm afraid if I had gotten a '69 camaro like I really wanted it would have never gotten finished.

[grs]

My love for old cars, and trucks started 50 years ago. see the pics of two I built. I paid someone to chop the Merc.

[BADPURPLE70CHEVY]

Originally Posted by grs

My love for old cars, and trucks started 50 years ago. see the pics of two I built. I paid someone to chop the Merc.

Wow thats some cool cars...

[Kidd-7]

I first fell in love with trucks in general about 15, but had been a fan of classic cars forever. I remember going to shows with my uncle who would show his 57 Bel air. I had saved some money for a bike; finally having my wife give me the OK. We after a little while of looking I found out this 71 was coming up for sale; I know the owner, friends of the family for years & years. I ran into the PO's widow now and told her I was interested about a month later she called with a price and it was mine the following weekend. Love ever since. Combines my 2 vehicle loves: classics & trucks.

[jkade]

My Grandfather had a 72 LWB that we used on the farm and to haul wood in. I started driving that truck when I was 5 years old, and my two other brothers learned how to drive in that old truck. We beat the hell out of it and that ol' 307 was a tough motor. I remeber the first time I drove it by myself, my brother was out on the tractor and it was time to eat and they told me to go get him, I got in it cranked it up and backed into a pine tree...lol. It didn't matter though, there wasn't a square inch on that truck that didn't have a dent. He finially sold it to someone when I was about 12 or 13 years old and it still ran.

[ChevyLvr4Life]

I guess it started when I was around 8 or 9 yrs old. I have loved and been around them ever since. My Granddad had a blue 71 or 72 C10 short step. I remember my Dad borrowing it one time and I got to tag along with him, my first ride in one! That was cool. I'll never forget that. My Dad's brother had a green 67 or 68 C10 short step too. Fast forward 5-6 yrs to my early teens, our neighbor had a black 72 Cheyenne Super short fleet ( still has it ). It was lowered riding on Keystones. I thought it was so cool! Still do. When I was 17 I got my first job at a local grocery store. The guy who worked in the meat dept. had a bright yellow 69 C10 short fleet. It had a built 327 with a lopey cam, sounded awesome, especially to a 17 yr old. He ended up selling it to buy a S10. I tried my best to buy it, but he thought it had too much power for a teenager. Ironically the "older guy" he sold it to wrecked it. Fast forward a few more years, I'm giving my best friend a ride to a local used car lot so he can buy a 69 C10 short fleet they have there. It was kinda rough, but it had potential. I helped him work on it right much. He kept it for a year or so and sold it. He pretty much gave it away. I always hated that I didn't buy it, but I was too much into my Chevelle at that time. Then in 2007 due to some unfortunate circumstances I had to sell my Chevelle that had been with me for 16yrs. I was really bummed out after that. Then in 2008 I decided that I needed a project, and that's when I found my 70 C10 long bed for sale. I snatched it up and have been having fun ever since.

[No Regretz]

when my dad brought my 72 c20 home and said you owe my 1500. it was my first car that i was lucky enough to get when i was 15. my grandpa was a cehvy mechanic for a while and knows everything about em. been rebuilding the engine for a daily. it brings three generations of a family together

[WIDESIDE72]

My dad had a dark green w/ white top 72 Custom 10 LWB 307/ auto that he bought right after I was born in 71. It was a plain jane truck, but I always thought it was cool. My older brother talked him into trading it for a 74 black w/ red interior C10 Silverado with a 454 so he would have more power to pull his boat. it did great, but sucked gas!!! Dad always regretted selling his first 72. Both of my brohers have had several 72's. i only bought one a year ago. They have had almost exclusively 72's.- 72 Custom 10 lwb fleet med blue/ white top 307/ 3 OTT (swapped for TH400), 72 Custom 10 swb 250 6 cyl, 3 ott, stepside black w/ white top, repainted solid black, swapped to 350 & 200 4r, 72 Custom 10 lwb fleet, 16k orig miles 400 bb, TH400, medium yellow, repainted corvette yellow, 72 cheyenne 10 triple black 400 bb, TH400, factory tilt, bedside toolbox, that was bought new by our uncle. My oldest brother plans to hold on to it. He did an "on frame" resto and added a tach dash. My other brother recently bought a 71 Cheyenne Super 10 Copper/ white w/ parchment interior, 86k miles for $4000 here in Texas, lwb, bb 400, th400, factory tach, tilt, AM FM, cruise (still worked!) dealer installed delco on board air compressor for the rear air shocks. He installed new shocks, tires, front bumper and a few odds and ends, drove it back to Virginia and sold it for $13,000 (!)

[WIDESIDE72]

My dad and I did a frame off on my Avatar, 71 GMC 1500 Custom swb stepside, 46k original miles, 250 6 cyl, 3 OTT, manual brakes and steering, radio delete. He hardly ever drives it, says it is too much of a work out. He is 73, 6' 280 lbs. He says there is no room in it for his big belly (HAHA). I am letting him use my 72 Custom 10 swb step for as long as he wants. It has a 350, 700r4, PS & PB, aftermarket AC. I added a factory tach dash, tilt and HEI. He is paying for the paint job. It will be green like his first truck, upgraded to Cheyenne Super. I have been looking for a nice SWB fleet bed to swap on for a while now.

[FLDBRED]

It was 1970,Stokes State Forest,we were deer hunting.We saw a Ford f150 go off the icy road and get stuck.We tried to pull him out with our Jeepster Commando,no luck!Then a guy in a 1970 Chevy 4x4 shortbed,with locking front and rear and large for the time tires pulled him out no problem! I 've been hooked since!

[BADPURPLE70CHEVY]

Saw an older guy today who had a 71 4x4 and it was rough but he has had it since 1972. When i asked why he kept on driving it he said as long as he can remember chevys were all he drove his whole life and you could not change him. lol, good answer huh?

[72junky]

My Uncle bought a new '69 C10 ,Maroon with White Cab roof, 6cyl/3onthetree, Plane Jane SWB (rare for NE Ohio) and drove by to show it off. I was 12, it was my first ride in a pickup truck. It was SO COOL!!! 3 years later, we would go to Western PA with a guy my Dad worked with to ride dirt bikes at his cabin with his son. It was a '70 C20 camper special, loaded. It was the first truck I drove when I got my permit. I took it to a Quarry and filled it up with 1 1/2 tons of slag and took it back to the farm. Promptly got the F#&ker stuck in the barn yard and had to shovel the load out by hand. Still had to call a WrecKer to get it out. (I burried it to the axles front and rear!!!) Dad made me wash the truck, including climbing underneath and clean out all the mud, and fill the tank, and take the "green machine" back to Larry. I wanted that truck ever since. He was a drinker and totaled it into a tree about a year later... Bought my first truck when I was 20. Trip to Hastings, Neb delivering a '40 Ford street rod with a good friend, while there we bought 3 trucks. I found a '72 Cheyenne Super LWB, 350/TH350, PS, PB, AC, Tilt, Tach, cargo box, spare tire in bed, helper springs, custom order green/olive paint wrecked/rusted. Paid $800. Will bought a '67 C20 LWB, BB/4spd, ps, pb for $750 clean faded truck, and a '69 CST/10 LWB for $1,200 and we hauled them back Columbus, Ohio. As the saying goes........ over 20 trucks later. The rest is History!

PS: The Cheyenne Super died in '96 @ 527k miles after 4 engines and 3 trannys. It sits behind the shop. Keep tires with air under it, It's so rusted, the doors and chrome trim is falling off. I just don't have the heart to part it.............Too many memories. I'm truely lost with these trucks. Guess It's better that gambling, prostitutes, and drugs.....

[spike38]

An older friend of mine, Had a 67 when I was 12 or 13 years old.
He welded sheet metal into the floors, doors, And fenders.
Made a flat bed out of oak, And painted it satin black.
Mind you, This was the late 70's in SW Pennsylvania.
Ratrods were not the thing then. But that 327 wouldn't die.
Through out the following years, I watch Kenny replace
rusted out piece after piece. When he got married, His dad
offered him a newer truck. He turned it down.

Later, When I got older. I tried to find a similar year stepside,
But SW Pennsylvania was not kind to these trucks by the mid 80's
They were either rusted completely out, And in the junk yard.
Or well maintained members of the family. Either way, I new I was
going to have to wait. It's been over 20 years But I finally found
a solid 68 stepside, Had the funds in hand, And have the time, And place
to build it right.

Spike

[NOSed69]

Mom and dad cosigned for me on my 1st in 1996ish.Everything I did from that day forward revolved around trucks. 69 c10 long fleet. mint green. Was a factory 350/400 truck but it came with a mild 383. I had so much fun in that truck. I was the guy with the fastest ride out of all my high school buddys. I went threw 3-4 sets of rear tires within the first month. I to my wife for our first date in that truck. I broke my first ring and pinion in that truck. Met the girl I am still married to while driving that truck.Drove it to school and work for 3 years before I retired her to the dragstrip. Ended up doing as good as 10.80s with a 6 inch rodded 350 with aluminum heads and .730 inch solid roller with a 9" convertered and Tbraked 400. got in some serious money trouble and sold it to cover that. A friend from way back saw it one the trailer going to the crusher and bought the hull back for me. I never gave that guy a proper thanking. I still own it to this day. At present, its sitting with no motor trans or rear and I'm trying to decide which way to go with it. Gotta find you guys some pics!!

[jocko]

bought a 72 cheyenne beater when I was around 20-ish so I could park my 57 and "work on it" (i.e. throw money into a blender). Have been in love with them ever since. (Cheyennes, not blenders).

Unfortunately, all i did was drive the cheyenne and not take pics of it! (sorry) but here's the 57 that it supported. Bought the cheyenne for $1200 and sold it a year later for $2500. Now that's shrewd investing... (oh yeah, forgot about that little spun bearing/rebuild episode - so at least I broke even - better than I've done in real estate.)

[Vintage Windmills]

My father had a 70 CST k20 blue on blue. My uncle got it in 71 or 72 and sold it to my dad a couple years later. As kids, my brother and i spent time with him riding around in it on the weekends. He had a thermo king AC unit on it, air compressor (under hood), custom timing switch (for the big hills), and Texson topper. This was his only truck until 1993 when he bought a new silverado. In addition to the fond memories, i just love the cab and body shape of these trucks and the wide and long boxes. How many vehicles last 23+ years, especially in salty MN? Still running and going to haul wood when he sold it in 93.

[BADPURPLE70CHEVY]

[QUOTE=jocko;4298653]bought a 72 cheyenne beater when I was around 20-ish so I could park my 57 and "work on it" (i.e. throw money into a blender). Have been in love with them ever since. (Cheyennes, not blenders).

Unfortunately, all i did was drive the cheyenne and not take pics of it! (sorry) but here's the 57 that it supported. Bought the cheyenne for $1200 and sold it a year later for $2500. Now that's shrewd investing... (oh yeah, forgot about that little spun bearing/rebuild episode - so at least I broke even - better than I've done in real estate.)[/QUOTE

Car looks like a great project.

[BenE]

my dad bought a 69 new after I fell out of our 57 when the door popped open going around a curve. Scared us both pretty good! I learned to drive in that truck, 6 w/3ott. My first truck I ever bought was a 70 cst. Still have it tho its in pieces. I now have a 71 c30 I've driven for twenty years. The 70 is the current project. I started converting it to 4x4 about 16 years ago, but had put it aside. My daughter will be 16 in 2 years, hope to have it done for her when she starts driving.

[72BLUZ]

mine came from brian and asa. i saw asa's and thought nice, but not really my thing. then brian got one and dropped his suspension and i thought nice, but i want a chevelle. then i got to paying more attention and then the fever hit me. i had to have a step side. then comes "72BLUZ"