EXTREME BEND Tow Hooks On EVIL BAY - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-23-2005, 06:17 PM

Not mine, and I hope I'm not killing someones deal, but I have
had several requests to help others find a set of these, soooo
here's my help, sorry guys if your on the PRIVATE bidder list

http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-1972-CHEVY-...QQcmdZViewItem

1991s10 · 09-23-2005, 06:27 PM

I don't see how those hooks are worth that much. Maybe i'm just

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-23-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 1991s10

I don't see how those hooks are worth that much. Maybe i'm just

That's pretty cheap for hooks in that condition, wait till it's almost over

70GMCer · 09-23-2005, 09:00 PM

I guess I still can't understand the reason that you would pay that much for something that is just for show. I guess it's like buying a "muffler bearing". I can think of a lot of other things to get for the truck with that kind of money. And yes, they'll most likely go higher......

**BOSS** · 09-23-2005, 09:16 PM

i'll try at the end but i bet they go higher then i can afford.

**68SWB4x4** · 09-23-2005, 10:46 PM

I wish mine were extreme bend!!

Huskerboy2 · 09-23-2005, 11:20 PM

This set of non-extreme bend 69-72 hooks sold the other day for $255. They're nice, but not that nice.

70rs/ss · 09-23-2005, 11:35 PM

send them to me, I have a torch and a vice, they'll be "EXTREME BEND" when I get done with them!! I have a set of "recovery hooks" on my new Yukon XL and I wouldn't pay a dime for them. They work, but at $200-300 who would take the chance of breaking, scratching or even more extremely bending them!? I am with the other guys, spend the money somewhere else. Outside of our little following they just look like hooks anyways, its not like some hot chick is going to point out the extreme bend hooks and hand you her number. I guess I am missing the point, I have owned 4 K5's and two 4X4 Subs, and none have had hooks, and I didn't ever find myself stuck and wishing I had them either? To each his own.

roger0080 · 09-23-2005, 11:37 PM

Can't you just get a pair like Huskerboy2 has shown, heat up the hooks with a good torch and twist it for the 72 twister look? Who would know?

da-burb · 09-23-2005, 11:58 PM

I have seen a set that were bent. They were actually a set of 72 hooks. The guy didn't like the hooks bent the same way. It looked absolutely AWFUL! Probably just a schlock job done with a little torch.

Blue4x4 · 09-24-2005, 01:03 AM

I pulled out at 225.00. I think someone is jacking it up on purpose.

nu2-72 · 09-24-2005, 06:56 AM

70rs/ss, beauty and price are the choice of each person. What would be better spent on my truck? I guess since it is my truck, you cannot answer that.
Not trying to be rude but the fact is, to each his own.
I would not waste money on a "killer" flame paint job but some will. Should I think they are foolish?

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-24-2005, 10:30 AM

If I had not bought a set already I'd be all over them, just for comparison,
I paid more and mine were in OE condition. (Not blasted and Re-painted)

*Edit - when I say I paid more they were @ $275, no idea where it will stop

krue · 09-24-2005, 12:04 PM

Noone is asking ya'll for your opinion on the price. If you don't like them, don't buy them, but don't badmouth the people that do want them. Keep it friendly.

**BOSS** · 09-25-2005, 09:02 PM

to rich for me right now,i wish they could have been there when i had the money.......lol.i think someone got a good deal myself,they are very hard to come by.

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-25-2005, 09:06 PM

Closed at $323 shipped, not bad in that condition

teeitup · 09-25-2005, 10:02 PM

They keep going up, I wish I had more than one set.

BLAZERMAN · 09-26-2005, 12:45 AM

I saw a set of that style on a 72 3/4 ton truck in Nebraska last week, the truck was for sale, I may have to stop by when I go back through this wednesday.
The last set of that style I bought was on a 73 1 ton dually 2 wheel drive, the farmer claimed he bought the truck new and they were on it, he didnt want to sell till I offered him 100 bucks. This was at a truck stop and neither of us had the tools to get them off so we took it over to the tire shop and they did it no charge.

BLAZERMAN · 09-29-2005, 11:03 PM

Got the hooks today, 30 bucks for them and a 4x4 shift knob that was taken off when the truck was only 1 month old, looks brand new!

Both of these will be on the 68 this weekend

teeitup · 09-29-2005, 11:06 PM

NICE Rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLAZERMAN · 09-29-2005, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by teeitup

NICE Rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks, I was'nt expecting the shift knob, I asked him why he extendid the TC/ shifter and put a homemade T handle on it, it seems his wife had trouble shifting in and out of 4 wheel drive and this made it much easier for her. The knob was in a small box inside the glove box. The truck only had a little over 50,000 miles on it but was very rough, they used it mainly for feeding the cattle till he bought a John Deer Gator last year.

**BOSS** · 09-30-2005, 06:41 AM

Great find Rob,Congrats!!

olblue60@aol.com · 09-30-2005, 06:48 AM

Gotta love Carlile auto shows! I gotta pair of 69-71 tow hooks for $15 yesterday. NOS dog dish hubcaps $10 ea.Rust free cabs and fenders everywhere for an average price of $65 for all years fenders.Many times I hunt, I cant find a thing. This time I brought 2 truckloads back. Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

nu2-72 · 09-30-2005, 03:11 PM

Rob, better weld those on. I know where you live.

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-30-2005, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BOSS

Great find Rob,Congrats!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by nu2-72

Rob, better weld those on. I know where you live.

09-23-2005, 06:17 PM	#1
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	EXTREME BEND Tow Hooks On EVIL BAY Not mine, and I hope I'm not killing someones deal, but I have had several requests to help others find a set of these, soooo here's my help, sorry guys if your on the PRIVATE bidder list http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-1972-CHEVY-...QQcmdZViewItem __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

09-23-2005, 09:00 PM	#4
70GMCer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joppa, Maryland Posts: 4,408	I guess I still can't understand the reason that you would pay that much for something that is just for show. I guess it's like buying a "muffler bearing". I can think of a lot of other things to get for the truck with that kind of money. And yes, they'll most likely go higher...... __________________ 1997 GMC Sierra Ext 1965 Mustang

09-23-2005, 09:16 PM	#5
BOSS Just here to help Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Norwood,Mo Posts: 3,890	i'll try at the end but i bet they go higher then i can afford. __________________ Support our site Norwood Survivor

09-23-2005, 10:46 PM	#6
68SWB4x4 Strongman Garage Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 10,241	I wish mine were extreme bend!! __________________ Kalle 68 GMC Suburban 1500 4x4 SOLD 69 Pontiac Lemans 99 Silverado 4.8 5 speed ECSB [ Facebook Instagram Subscribe on YOUTUBE

09-23-2005, 11:20 PM	#7
Huskerboy2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 1,628	This set of non-extreme bend 69-72 hooks sold the other day for $255. They're nice, but not that nice. Attached Images __________________ '72 Chevy Blazer

09-23-2005, 06:27 PM	#2
1991s10 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Caddo Mills Texas 30 miles east of Dallas Posts: 133	I don't see how those hooks are worth that much. Maybe i'm just

09-23-2005, 11:35 PM	#8
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,270	send them to me, I have a torch and a vice, they'll be "EXTREME BEND" when I get done with them!! I have a set of "recovery hooks" on my new Yukon XL and I wouldn't pay a dime for them. They work, but at $200-300 who would take the chance of breaking, scratching or even more extremely bending them!? I am with the other guys, spend the money somewhere else. Outside of our little following they just look like hooks anyways, its not like some hot chick is going to point out the extreme bend hooks and hand you her number. I guess I am missing the point, I have owned 4 K5's and two 4X4 Subs, and none have had hooks, and I didn't ever find myself stuck and wishing I had them either? To each his own.

09-23-2005, 11:37 PM	#9
roger0080 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Carver County, Minnesota, USA Posts: 626	Can't you just get a pair like Huskerboy2 has shown, heat up the hooks with a good torch and twist it for the 72 twister look? Who would know? __________________ 72 Chev C-10 90% restored (former AZ truck) ... 71 Chev K-20 Cheyenne my vacation crusier... 72 Chev C-10 Now retired and striped after many faithful miles... 72 GMC 1500 Retired to the junk yard after bought new in '71...

09-23-2005, 11:58 PM	#10
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	I have seen a set that were bent. They were actually a set of 72 hooks. The guy didn't like the hooks bent the same way. It looked absolutely AWFUL! Probably just a schlock job done with a little torch. __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

09-24-2005, 01:03 AM	#11
Blue4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sparks, NV Posts: 790	I pulled out at 225.00. I think someone is jacking it up on purpose.

09-24-2005, 06:56 AM	#12
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	70rs/ss, beauty and price are the choice of each person. What would be better spent on my truck? I guess since it is my truck, you cannot answer that. Not trying to be rude but the fact is, to each his own. I would not waste money on a "killer" flame paint job but some will. Should I think they are foolish? __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

09-24-2005, 10:30 AM	#13
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	If I had not bought a set already I'd be all over them, just for comparison, I paid more and mine were in OE condition. (Not blasted and Re-painted) Edit - when I say I paid more they were @ $275, no idea where it will stop __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T Last edited by LUV2XCLR8; 09-24-2005 at 10:32 AM.*

09-24-2005, 12:04 PM	#14
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Noone is asking ya'll for your opinion on the price. If you don't like them, don't buy them, but don't badmouth the people that do want them. Keep it friendly. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

09-25-2005, 09:02 PM	#15
BOSS Just here to help Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Norwood,Mo Posts: 3,890	to rich for me right now,i wish they could have been there when i had the money.......lol.i think someone got a good deal myself,they are very hard to come by. __________________ Support our site Norwood Survivor

09-25-2005, 09:06 PM	#16
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,468	Closed at $323 shipped, not bad in that condition __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T



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09-25-2005, 10:02 PM	#17
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	They keep going up, I wish I had more than one set. __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

09-26-2005, 12:45 AM	#18
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	I saw a set of that style on a 72 3/4 ton truck in Nebraska last week, the truck was for sale, I may have to stop by when I go back through this wednesday. The last set of that style I bought was on a 73 1 ton dually 2 wheel drive, the farmer claimed he bought the truck new and they were on it, he didnt want to sell till I offered him 100 bucks. This was at a truck stop and neither of us had the tools to get them off so we took it over to the tire shop and they did it no charge. __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

09-29-2005, 11:03 PM	#19
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	Got the hooks today, 30 bucks for them and a 4x4 shift knob that was taken off when the truck was only 1 month old, looks brand new! Both of these will be on the 68 this weekend __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

09-29-2005, 11:06 PM	#20
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	NICE Rob!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

09-30-2005, 06:41 AM	#22
BOSS Just here to help Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Norwood,Mo Posts: 3,890	Great find Rob,Congrats!! __________________ Support our site Norwood Survivor

09-30-2005, 06:48 AM	#23
olblue60@aol.com member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Silver Spring Md.20901 Posts: 2,031	Gotta love Carlile auto shows! I gotta pair of 69-71 tow hooks for $15 yesterday. NOS dog dish hubcaps $10 ea.Rust free cabs and fenders everywhere for an average price of $65 for all years fenders.Many times I hunt, I cant find a thing. This time I brought 2 truckloads back. Fun, Fun, Fun!!! __________________ 1967 C/K10 Chevy Panel 1968 C/K20 Chevy Pickup 1968 C/K10 Chevy Suburban 1941 Chevy Sedan Delivery 1960 Chevy Sedan Delivery 1972 Camaro SS 396 #s matching 1971 Harley FX Superglide Last edited by olblue60@aol.com; 09-30-2005 at 05:32 PM. Reason: Clarify

09-30-2005, 03:11 PM	#24
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Rob, better weld those on. I know where you live. __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

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