Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

68shortstep · 12-08-2009, 07:08 PM

Today I was in a part of the County I hadn't been in for years (since I started keeping an eye-out for our stuff) & look at what I found. Nobody seemed to be home, and the big dog was absolutely sure that I had a coupla tasty rump-roasts on me, so I didn't get too close.

Best I can tell: (5) '70-ish Blazers & at least 3 were 4x4's, (3) '67-72 short beds, and (1) '64-66 shortbed. Maybe more "back in the weeds." Another short '64-66 about a country block away, at another house.

Gotta go back on the weekend sometime. And me with no fun-money $$$$.

Real estate is a tough business right now.

Hottrucks · 12-08-2009, 07:13 PM

you find me a DEAL on one of those in decent shape body wise and I'll help your real estate woas!!well at least you be able to take the other half out to dinner....

68shortstep · 12-08-2009, 07:19 PM

Don't know if any of them can be bought at all, or what kind of maybe stupid-high $$$$$$ they might want, but I'll find out when I can.

Hottrucks · 12-08-2009, 07:23 PM

thanx Kool
the one with the slots looks pretty complete??? I'm just looking for a clean body I hate live in the NE because I suck at body work!! but I can make the run and drive NP
Jeff

68shortstep · 12-08-2009, 07:29 PM

Yeah, the grey / green one with the slots looks to be the best, the gold one seems pretty complete except for a few odds & ends, there's a tub up on a tall stand of some kind, and two parts strippers there. Same for the pickups, one good, one partial, one stripped. The '64-66 looked good.

Who knows what else ?

DMARCUM123 · 12-08-2009, 07:36 PM

Let me know about one of them thats in good shape

DMARCUM123 · 12-08-2009, 07:39 PM

Mt home I've been there once bought a 57 chevy truck about 5 yrs ago there

68shortstep · 12-08-2009, 07:52 PM

Yep. Lotsa old vehicles here (lotsa old retirees own them, living here at the big lakes) & a bunch of daily-driver 60's, 70's & 80's stuff still on the road that I see all the time.

This find sort of surprised me, because finding one or two old rigs off in the brush is not too unusual, but all the blazers clustered together really shocked me. Most of the Blazers around have been beat all to Hell, or wrecked, or stripped.

I missed getting a 2-WD '69 - 70 a couple years ago, that I'd been pursuing for a while. A granny-widow gave to her teenage grandson, and he promptly wrecked it (bad).

Glad I happened to have the camera with me to snag a coupla pix of these.

sdailey · 12-08-2009, 07:58 PM

I'm not surprised about your find. I was in Salesville/Mtn Home this summer on a fishing trip (Gene's Trout Fishing Resort) and saw more 67-72 Chevy's running around than I've ever seen anywhere. It seemed like everybody up there had one or two in their barn or field and a bunch of them were for sale.

*1sik52* · 12-08-2009, 08:11 PM

I will be heading that way here in 2 weeks. See if any of the blazers are rust free. If so find out if they are for sale and I will be up!

teeitup · 12-08-2009, 08:30 PM

WOW nice find, gotta love stumbling onto stuff like that

big_al_71 · 12-08-2009, 08:40 PM

cool finds...keep us posted of moneys and conditions, at least for me out of curiosity..

**Dieselwrencher** · 12-08-2009, 09:09 PM

Sweet find!

bsm78 · 12-08-2009, 10:54 PM

I cant drive long periods of time without getting dizzy and head aches from panning back and forth looking for trucks.

Longhorn Man · 12-08-2009, 10:55 PM

sweet.... an OMNI!!!!

jeffspower · 12-08-2009, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

sweet.... an OMNI!!!!

Nerd

Longhorn Man · 12-08-2009, 11:33 PM

LOL!
I had one in highschool... was an awesome beater and only cost me 50 bones... fresh paint too!

jeffspower · 12-08-2009, 11:43 PM

Yeah, several of my friends had them... but they were the friggn' mean 024 hotrods

But, before the Omni, was the 4spd/ 2spd imported??? Dodge Colt. Much funner car IMO. My 430 Electra would smoke it in the straightaways, but I didn't stand a chance in the latenight neighborhood chases

Dean · 12-09-2009, 10:05 AM

I hate to admit but I had an Omni once for a very short period of time................I think my only Dodge ever.........lol

mrein3 · 12-09-2009, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean

I hate to admit but I had an Omni once for a very short period of time................I think my only Dodge ever.........lol

Remember: Your first Dodge is nobody's fault, your second Dodge is your own darn fault.

Back in my service station days those things were still in service. Remember the bushings they sold for the distributor hole? The distributor (hard) would hammer around in the hole in the block (softer) causing the thing to run crappy because it was always out of time.

I'm pretty sure that on my tombstone I'll be able to put on there:
"Never owned a Chrysler product"

One of the many benefits of working on hundreds of cars. You get to see who makes/sells crap and who makes good vehicles.

Remember the AMC plastic valve covers? They always leaked but were installed under the firewall so you couldn't remove them to replace the gasket - unless you pulled the engine or caved in the firewall. I wonder why they are no longer in business?!?

68shortstep · 12-09-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

sweet.... an OMNI!!!!

So ---------- can I assume that LHM wants to carry an OMNI home behind the 'burb?

Another road trip maybe ?

68shortstep · 12-09-2009, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by sdailey

I was in Salesville/Mtn Home this summer on a fishing trip (Gene's Trout Fishing Resort)

To everybody interested: I'll run back down there this weekend & see if I can catch somebody at home for more info on the old iron, & will post it as soon as I can find something out, & more photos (if Fang has been fed).

Since this thread has seemed to want to run off topic, I thought I'd jump back in & take it a bit further off.

You CAN find old '67 - 72 stuff in lotsa places around the country, but ONLY in North Arkansas can you find fish like this. This is my son, & a nice rainbow he caught about a quarter mile upriver toward the dam from Gene's Trout dock. Catch & Release area, so the fish is still in the North Fork River today:

dan42 · 12-09-2009, 11:57 AM

Nice lookin' fish. I wish we lived a little closer to some good fishing.

hotrod 80 · 12-09-2009, 12:01 PM

My dad had a place off the river in a catch and release area . I always wanted to build a cabin out there . Just found out yesterday he sold it . I remeber going out there as a kid . I guess i better get out to my uncles and get that 56' GMC before you find that one too.

68shortstep · 12-09-2009, 12:30 PM

I have seen multiple "singles" scattered around, hiding, & haven't bothered to photograph them, or even try to remember where they're all located at. This is the Ozarks, where keeping your old junk out back (or often, sitting on the front porch) has been a way of life.

Between being a Realtor and a licensed real estate appraiser, I do manage to get around a lot. All over the countryside, & into some pretty wild & wooly areas sometimes.

I only posted these up because it was a cluster.

In the good sense of "a cluster" that is.

12-08-2009, 07:08 PM	#1
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Today I was in a part of the County I hadn't been in for years (since I started keeping an eye-out for our stuff) & look at what I found. Nobody seemed to be home, and the big dog was absolutely sure that I had a coupla tasty rump-roasts on me, so I didn't get too close. Best I can tell: (5) '70-ish Blazers & at least 3 were 4x4's, (3) '67-72 short beds, and (1) '64-66 shortbed. Maybe more "back in the weeds." Another short '64-66 about a country block away, at another house. Gotta go back on the weekend sometime. And me with no fun-money $$$$. Real estate is a tough business right now. Attached Images

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Hottrucks Redefining LowBudget Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: lebanon Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,538	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? you find me a DEAL on one of those in decent shape body wise and I'll help your real estate woas!!well at least you be able to take the other half out to dinner.... __________________ 1970 C10 CST fleetside 472 ....big dreams little cash... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=335721 SunShine Syndicate.. Mikes Sandwich Fair Run OCT 8th 2011 http://www.thesandwichfair.com/html/...auto_show.html

12-08-2009, 07:19 PM	#3
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Don't know if any of them can be bought at all, or what kind of maybe stupid-high $$$$$$ they might want, but I'll find out when I can.

12-08-2009, 07:23 PM	#4
Hottrucks Redefining LowBudget Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: lebanon Cow Hampshire Posts: 4,538	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? thanx Kool the one with the slots looks pretty complete??? I'm just looking for a clean body I hate live in the NE because I suck at body work!! but I can make the run and drive NP Jeff __________________ 1970 C10 CST fleetside 472 ....big dreams little cash... http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=335721 SunShine Syndicate.. Mikes Sandwich Fair Run OCT 8th 2011 http://www.thesandwichfair.com/html/...auto_show.html

12-08-2009, 07:29 PM	#5
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Yeah, the grey / green one with the slots looks to be the best, the gold one seems pretty complete except for a few odds & ends, there's a tub up on a tall stand of some kind, and two parts strippers there. Same for the pickups, one good, one partial, one stripped. The '64-66 looked good. Who knows what else ?

12-08-2009, 07:36 PM	#6
DMARCUM123 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WAYNE, WV. Posts: 675	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Let me know about one of them thats in good shape

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DMARCUM123 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WAYNE, WV. Posts: 675	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Mt home I've been there once bought a 57 chevy truck about 5 yrs ago there

12-08-2009, 07:52 PM	#8
68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Yep. Lotsa old vehicles here (lotsa old retirees own them, living here at the big lakes) & a bunch of daily-driver 60's, 70's & 80's stuff still on the road that I see all the time. This find sort of surprised me, because finding one or two old rigs off in the brush is not too unusual, but all the blazers clustered together really shocked me. Most of the Blazers around have been beat all to Hell, or wrecked, or stripped. I missed getting a 2-WD '69 - 70 a couple years ago, that I'd been pursuing for a while. A granny-widow gave to her teenage grandson, and he promptly wrecked it (bad). Glad I happened to have the camera with me to snag a coupla pix of these. Last edited by 68shortstep; 12-08-2009 at 07:55 PM.

12-08-2009, 07:58 PM	#9
sdailey The Few, The Proud Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ball Ground, Georgia Posts: 1,830	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? I'm not surprised about your find. I was in Salesville/Mtn Home this summer on a fishing trip (Gene's Trout Fishing Resort) and saw more 67-72 Chevy's running around than I've ever seen anywhere. It seemed like everybody up there had one or two in their barn or field and a bunch of them were for sale. __________________ Shannon

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1sik52 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Gulfport, Ms Posts: 833	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? I will be heading that way here in 2 weeks. See if any of the blazers are rust free. If so find out if they are for sale and I will be up!

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teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? WOW nice find, gotta love stumbling onto stuff like that __________________ 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"

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12-08-2009, 11:33 PM	#17
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? LOL! I had one in highschool... was an awesome beater and only cost me 50 bones... fresh paint too!

12-08-2009, 11:43 PM	#18
jeffspower Well, Whoop-dee-do! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others Posts: 2,302	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? Yeah, several of my friends had them... but they were the friggn' mean 024 hotrods But, before the Omni, was the 4spd/ 2spd imported??? Dodge Colt. Much funner car IMO. My 430 Electra would smoke it in the straightaways, but I didn't stand a chance in the latenight neighborhood chases __________________ '68 GMC shortbox 4x4 350/SM465/T221- bought it in '83 SOLD '72 K20 500 Cad/TH400/NP205 SOLD '92 Chevy 2500 6.5 mech TD 4L80E crusty daily driver '72 Monte Carlo... sweet low mile toy '11 Dodge Challenger IE 392 6spd... midlife car

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Dean Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 1,492	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? I hate to admit but I had an Omni once for a very short period of time................I think my only Dodge ever.........lol

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68shortstep Looks good at 20-ft ..... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mtn Home, AR Posts: 707	Re: Did I find the Elephant Graveyard ???? I have seen multiple "singles" scattered around, hiding, & haven't bothered to photograph them, or even try to remember where they're all located at. This is the Ozarks, where keeping your old junk out back (or often, sitting on the front porch) has been a way of life. Between being a Realtor and a licensed real estate appraiser, I do manage to get around a lot. All over the countryside, & into some pretty wild & wooly areas sometimes. I only posted these up because it was a cluster. In the good sense of "a cluster" that is.

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