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sameyrasmea72 · 07-04-2006, 04:19 PM

Well I had some free time this mourning, so I thought I would go hunting for an elusive 68 small back window truck. Needless to say I did not find one. (YET, I will find 1 or 2 of them around here).

Anyway, in the meantime I did count 38 of our trucks around town, including four Blazers and several untouched shortbeds. I wish I could have gotton closer on this first truck, but in was in a secure area with a fence around most of it. In the full size pic you can see the 8-400 emblems.

Here are a few of the pics. When I started out, timewise, I set a limit of 35(saw 3 on the way home), but probably could have seen 3x's as many if I had the time.

sameyrasmea72 · 07-04-2006, 04:21 PM

one more

LUV2XCLR8 · 07-04-2006, 04:21 PM

Cool pic's, will not see scenery around here like that

QKENUF4U · 07-04-2006, 04:53 PM

yep lots and lots of them here to. see them everyday being used for worktrucks. not a whole lot of short beds but a ton of long beds.

hgs_notes · 07-04-2006, 05:13 PM

Sleepy Eye is a small rural town of about 3500 people. I know of at least 6 that are daily drivers here in city limits. There are a couple parts trucks and at the local pick N pull there are about 5-6 plus a 72 jimmy. I see them everyday everywhere I go. I guess that explains why the prices of these truck are still relatively cheap.

HG

greasemonkey · 07-04-2006, 05:22 PM

On my recent trip to San Antonio, I was surprised at how many trucks were in Texas that people obviously still use as daily drivers. We have some here in Florida, but most are just rotting away in people's yards.

cdowns · 07-04-2006, 05:23 PM

there's quite a few around here also i see a few seems like anytime i leave the house quite a few are still being used for everyday work trucks

lukecp · 07-04-2006, 05:37 PM

When I got mine in 2000 I saw them everywhere in Missouri. We had like 5 in my high school parking lot. I hardly ever see them being used for daily drivers anymore. I think most finally got too worn out, or were retired because of high gas prices (what I did with mine). There are quite a few at some junkyards, but most are picked clean of all useable parts.

wakeboarddrumma · 07-04-2006, 07:19 PM

I saw 3 of ours age trucks around town the other day. 2 looked pristine, and the other was a work truck. I wish more people would clean them up. I see an awful lote of beater trucks like ours around town.

TugOwar · 07-04-2006, 07:33 PM

They're all over the place here too. I've been tempted to do what you did, just go with a camera and shoot a few.

Ryan'70 · 07-04-2006, 08:04 PM

My area is full of them as well, trouble is they are all very beaten up after many years of farm work and being out in a pretty harsh environment. But that is what they were for...working. I still see 3-4 farmers driving them on a daily basis in my little town of 1000.

Longhorn Man · 07-04-2006, 08:48 PM

You rarely see them here in town, go to the smaller towns around Ohio, and they are some what commonish, but nothing like when I was in Texas. They were as common as parking lot gravel in central tx in the 90's.
As for locating a small window 68... my money says you'll never find one.

krue · 07-04-2006, 08:54 PM

See a lot of beaters around here, but quite a few in decent to great shape.

Kurt L · 07-04-2006, 09:00 PM

theres alot of them here in jax fl.i see at least 5-6 aday here,some are beaters but the most of them are daily drivers that are in great shape.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 07-04-2006, 09:55 PM

They are everywhere here in South Texas. I've seen a lot of nice original and some customized trucks, but most of 'em are farm trucks like mine used to be. I saw a blue '69 or '70 pulling a horse trailer one day, kinda funny 'cause I drove right by it pulling a hay trailer with my truck.

Anyway the K20 Suburban I have was owned by an elderly man that lived about 10 miles from our town and it's the only 67-72 Suburban I've ever seen in our area. I did see a dark olive '69-'72 GMC 4x4 Jimmy and a '71-'72 K10 dark olive and white Suburban in Kerrville(near San Antonio) where my Uncle lives. The 'Burb was at a used car lot and they wanted $3500 for it I think, and the Jimmy was parked at a hardware store. I'll bet I saw at least 6 67-72's up there in Kerrville besides those two.

sameyrasmea72 · 07-04-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

......As for locating a small window 68... my money says you'll never find one.

lol.... I knew I would be hearing from you on this one...lol
Now that I have a digital I will be on the look out every where I go. I swear i've seen a couple around here, or maybe I AM CRAZY!!!

chevymad · 07-04-2006, 11:11 PM

You've probably seen one somebody did a cab swap. My 70 gmc is going to look like a small back window 68 chevy when its done.

powell72 · 07-05-2006, 12:49 AM

It's good to see I'm not the only sick-o who drives around scouting out where these trucks are.

hgs_notes · 07-05-2006, 09:14 AM

I think I know where a small window 68 is here in southern MN. I saw it at a body shop. The shop owner said it was his sons and that he thought ot was original, but couldn't say for sure because he didn't know the history.

HG

67ChevyRedneck · 07-05-2006, 09:26 AM

I rarely see anything older than a 90's truck around G-ville.... but if I head out to the sticks there's still a few of them hanging around.

**truckdude239** · 07-05-2006, 09:32 AM

you see alot of them around here i found one just yesterday for sale sort step side for sale thinking about going back and see how much he wants for it

Jerry Jones · 07-05-2006, 11:52 AM

You see them all here... from rough to dd's to prestine... gotta love it!

soonrfish · 07-05-2006, 02:04 PM

sameyrasmea72,
i believe that is my old white jimmy in that last picture. i live in amarillo and the guy that bought it drove up from lubbock to get it. should have never got rid of it, but it makes me feel better that it still looks good and is getting taken care of.

i also see alot of our trucks running around here in amarillo.

sameyrasmea72 · 07-05-2006, 02:57 PM

That Jimmy was a good looking rig! I saw the Jimmy,Blazer, and the blue 67 all within a few houses of each other.

Here is a pic of a similar blazer I had a couple years ago. Not near as nice. It was # 2 of 3 that I had and never did any thing with. The ODD thing is that I bought 2 of them in Amarillo. Ya'll must be loaded down with Blazers/Jimmys.

My brother just got back from there and said he saw an super nice original mustard blazer up there. Have you seen it ?

**Already Gone** · 07-05-2006, 03:42 PM

I was at work last night when I read this thread. I started thinking and I thought of 5 trucks I knew of right away. Then on the way home I saw 2 more of them, one I have seen around town before and one I hadn't. My city has a population of only 210,000 and we have very severe winters and road salt is used in the cities. There are still tons of our trucks running around and I'm going to start carrying the digital and when I have 10 or 15 trucks I'll post the pics.

07-04-2006, 04:19 PM	#1
sameyrasmea72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,443	Still alot of these old trucks around... Well I had some free time this mourning, so I thought I would go hunting for an elusive 68 small back window truck. Needless to say I did not find one. (YET, I will find 1 or 2 of them around here). Anyway, in the meantime I did count 38 of our trucks around town, including four Blazers and several untouched shortbeds. I wish I could have gotton closer on this first truck, but in was in a secure area with a fence around most of it. In the full size pic you can see the 8-400 emblems. Here are a few of the pics. When I started out, timewise, I set a limit of 35(saw 3 on the way home), but probably could have seen 3x's as many if I had the time. Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super 80 Silverado Blazer 2wd

07-04-2006, 04:21 PM	#2
sameyrasmea72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,443	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... one more Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super 80 Silverado Blazer 2wd

07-04-2006, 04:21 PM	#3
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07-04-2006, 04:53 PM	#4
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... yep lots and lots of them here to. see them everyday being used for worktrucks. not a whole lot of short beds but a ton of long beds. Last edited by QKENUF4U; 07-04-2006 at 07:43 PM.

07-04-2006, 05:13 PM	#5
hgs_notes GEARHEAD Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MN Posts: 6,122	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... Sleepy Eye is a small rural town of about 3500 people. I know of at least 6 that are daily drivers here in city limits. There are a couple parts trucks and at the local pick N pull there are about 5-6 plus a 72 jimmy. I see them everyday everywhere I go. I guess that explains why the prices of these truck are still relatively cheap. HG __________________ If no one knows what you're doing, they can't tell you you're doing it wrong HG's Dream Car Build - Shelby Cobra Kit Build your own adjustable track bar 71 Long Fleet C/10 72 Jimmy 4x4 (Junkyard Jimmy) HG's Plow Truck '78 K35 Dually Bigass Farm Truck HG's thread of miscellaneous stuff

07-04-2006, 05:22 PM	#6
greasemonkey Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pace, FL Posts: 2,155	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... On my recent trip to San Antonio, I was surprised at how many trucks were in Texas that people obviously still use as daily drivers. We have some here in Florida, but most are just rotting away in people's yards. __________________ 1942 Master Deluxe 1969 C/10 1985 Blazer CUCV 1987 Jimmy 2004 Tahoe 2005 Silverado 1500 2005 Silverado 3500

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cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... there's quite a few around here also i see a few seems like anytime i leave the house quite a few are still being used for everyday work trucks __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

07-04-2006, 05:37 PM	#8
lukecp Formerly yellow72custom Join Date: May 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 7,531	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... When I got mine in 2000 I saw them everywhere in Missouri. We had like 5 in my high school parking lot. I hardly ever see them being used for daily drivers anymore. I think most finally got too worn out, or were retired because of high gas prices (what I did with mine). There are quite a few at some junkyards, but most are picked clean of all useable parts. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 Mild 350/TH350/3.07. Ochre/White. Old high school ride. '70 GMC C2500 '62 327 4bbl/SM465/4.56-geared Dana 60. White/White. Project or parts truck. '97 Saturn SL DD. 1.9/5-speed. 40+ highway mpg

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wakeboarddrumma Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: North alabama Posts: 111	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... I saw 3 of ours age trucks around town the other day. 2 looked pristine, and the other was a work truck. I wish more people would clean them up. I see an awful lote of beater trucks like ours around town.

07-04-2006, 07:33 PM	#10
TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... They're all over the place here too. I've been tempted to do what you did, just go with a camera and shoot a few.

07-04-2006, 08:04 PM	#11
Ryan'70 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Leader, S.K. Posts: 43	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... My area is full of them as well, trouble is they are all very beaten up after many years of farm work and being out in a pretty harsh environment. But that is what they were for...working. I still see 3-4 farmers driving them on a daily basis in my little town of 1000.

07-04-2006, 08:48 PM	#12
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... You rarely see them here in town, go to the smaller towns around Ohio, and they are some what commonish, but nothing like when I was in Texas. They were as common as parking lot gravel in central tx in the 90's. As for locating a small window 68... my money says you'll never find one.

07-04-2006, 08:54 PM	#13
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... See a lot of beaters around here, but quite a few in decent to great shape. __________________ "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"

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07-04-2006, 09:55 PM	#15
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... They are everywhere here in South Texas. I've seen a lot of nice original and some customized trucks, but most of 'em are farm trucks like mine used to be. I saw a blue '69 or '70 pulling a horse trailer one day, kinda funny 'cause I drove right by it pulling a hay trailer with my truck. Anyway the K20 Suburban I have was owned by an elderly man that lived about 10 miles from our town and it's the only 67-72 Suburban I've ever seen in our area. I did see a dark olive '69-'72 GMC 4x4 Jimmy and a '71-'72 K10 dark olive and white Suburban in Kerrville(near San Antonio) where my Uncle lives. The 'Burb was at a used car lot and they wanted $3500 for it I think, and the Jimmy was parked at a hardware store. I'll bet I saw at least 6 67-72's up there in Kerrville besides those two. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck



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chevymad Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: skamokawa, WA, USA Posts: 527	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... You've probably seen one somebody did a cab swap. My 70 gmc is going to look like a small back window 68 chevy when its done. __________________ 70 C10 long fleet, 355/200 4r, 6 lug disc conversion, 3" drop 70 gmc changed to 67/8 chevy, 454 with voodoo cam, th400, all 74 running gear.. in progress

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hgs_notes GEARHEAD Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MN Posts: 6,122	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... I think I know where a small window 68 is here in southern MN. I saw it at a body shop. The shop owner said it was his sons and that he thought ot was original, but couldn't say for sure because he didn't know the history. HG __________________ If no one knows what you're doing, they can't tell you you're doing it wrong HG's Dream Car Build - Shelby Cobra Kit Build your own adjustable track bar 71 Long Fleet C/10 72 Jimmy 4x4 (Junkyard Jimmy) HG's Plow Truck '78 K35 Dually Bigass Farm Truck HG's thread of miscellaneous stuff

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soonrfish Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: amarillo, tx Posts: 81	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... sameyrasmea72, i believe that is my old white jimmy in that last picture. i live in amarillo and the guy that bought it drove up from lubbock to get it. should have never got rid of it, but it makes me feel better that it still looks good and is getting taken care of. i also see alot of our trucks running around here in amarillo. __________________ 69 GMC 1500 Custom

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sameyrasmea72 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 2,443	Re: Still alot of these old trucks around... That Jimmy was a good looking rig! I saw the Jimmy,Blazer, and the blue 67 all within a few houses of each other. Here is a pic of a similar blazer I had a couple years ago. Not near as nice. It was # 2 of 3 that I had and never did any thing with. The ODD thing is that I bought 2 of them in Amarillo. Ya'll must be loaded down with Blazers/Jimmys. My brother just got back from there and said he saw an super nice original mustard blazer up there. Have you seen it ? Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Super 80 Silverado Blazer 2wd

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