Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**pryorstemmed** · 01-31-2011, 06:09 PM

Hey guys, I am looking at buying a 55 6100v dump truck. The rockers need replaced, hood has a 4"x3" hole in the lip and have been welded on, the fenders have a few dents and have been welded on and the grill looks cracked in a few places. The guy is looking for $1K out of it. It runs well (235 6 cylinder that leaks a little oil) and the hydraulic dump box works. Is this a decent price and is there a website where I can find replacement fenders, grill and hood? I am gonna use it to haul firewood and gravel now and then. Looking to restore it over time.

**pryorstemmed** · 01-31-2011, 06:10 PM

Another pic

BlackTopMotors · 01-31-2011, 06:46 PM

If you've got the room, time...very cool!

RootBeer 6117 · 01-31-2011, 06:46 PM

Last week I took a 97 caddy to the crusher and saw a earlier 50's 6100 dump truck crushed under three other trucks made me want to cry.

There is one similar a few hours from me for sale asking 950
http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/2184459907.html

**pryorstemmed** · 01-31-2011, 07:16 PM

I think it's pretty neat too. I have looked and cannot find very many 55 6100's like this with the shorter wheel base. I imagine most of them were used hard and are sitting on farms or where taken to the wrecker

blue 72 gmc 4x4 · 01-31-2011, 09:03 PM

That thing is AWSOME!!!! I like the bigger trucks I picked up a 59' Chevy Spartan 100 with a 348...its a cool old truck.

plummen · 02-03-2011, 02:07 AM

yeah big trucks are cool!
i had a 59 gmc 9600 4x4 years ago,old winch truck that disapeared from where it was stored in c.b iowa back in early 90s wish i had it back

**pryorstemmed** · 02-12-2011, 02:44 AM

The owner is sending me more pics of the rougher areas. Will post them when I get'em. I will probably buy it, good truck for hauling wood/gravel-all while looking good doing it

**special-K** · 02-12-2011, 08:13 AM

That's a great deal. What a stylish way to take care of business around the property.

blackdiesel · 02-12-2011, 01:41 PM

Grandpa bought a 57 GMC like that with the short gravel bed and all. His is alittle rougher than that one but has a good runin 270 in it. Needed wheel cyl. work and a clean gas tank, for 600 bucks. I would think that it would scrap for around that. If you planing on hauling a load with it you need to check the tires out real good, we bought a 10 wheel that had good lookin tires on it but the first load with them, they came apart big time.

**pryorstemmed** · 02-12-2011, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackdiesel

If you planing on hauling a load with it you need to check the tires out real good

Anyone know how much these tires are going for? After I buy it, I am pretty sure that I will have to replace them all before long.

01-31-2011, 06:09 PM	#1
pryorstemmed 4wd Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: WY/MT/ND Posts: 576	Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck Hey guys, I am looking at buying a 55 6100v dump truck. The rockers need replaced, hood has a 4"x3" hole in the lip and have been welded on, the fenders have a few dents and have been welded on and the grill looks cracked in a few places. The guy is looking for $1K out of it. It runs well (235 6 cylinder that leaks a little oil) and the hydraulic dump box works. Is this a decent price and is there a website where I can find replacement fenders, grill and hood? I am gonna use it to haul firewood and gravel now and then. Looking to restore it over time. __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10 Original Paint 350/350 AC (Added) Tach/Tilt 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10-Buckets/Tach/Tilt/Wood Bed/Manual Throttle/Marker Lamps 1972 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper K20 AC/Tilt/Aux Tank/Aux Battery/Wood Bed 1970 Olds 442 W-30 M-21 4-speed 1978 Ford F250 4x4 Ranger-Explorer-Camper Special Marti Report: 1 of 1 1986 K30 Silverado Crew Cab 502/TH400 2002 Silverado LT 2500 Duramax Long bed Crew Cab 4x4 107K original miles 2022 RAM Bighorn 1500 Waldoch edition ...Daily Driver Last edited by pryorstemmed; 02-24-2011 at 04:03 AM.

01-31-2011, 06:10 PM	#2
pryorstemmed 4wd Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: WY/MT/ND Posts: 576	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck Another pic __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10 Original Paint 350/350 AC (Added) Tach/Tilt 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10-Buckets/Tach/Tilt/Wood Bed/Manual Throttle/Marker Lamps 1972 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper K20 AC/Tilt/Aux Tank/Aux Battery/Wood Bed 1970 Olds 442 W-30 M-21 4-speed 1978 Ford F250 4x4 Ranger-Explorer-Camper Special Marti Report: 1 of 1 1986 K30 Silverado Crew Cab 502/TH400 2002 Silverado LT 2500 Duramax Long bed Crew Cab 4x4 107K original miles 2022 RAM Bighorn 1500 Waldoch edition ...Daily Driver Last edited by pryorstemmed; 02-24-2011 at 04:03 AM.

01-31-2011, 06:46 PM	#3
BlackTopMotors Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 364	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck If you've got the room, time...very cool!

01-31-2011, 06:46 PM	#4
RootBeer 6117 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Columbia Mo Posts: 395	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck Last week I took a 97 caddy to the crusher and saw a earlier 50's 6100 dump truck crushed under three other trucks made me want to cry. There is one similar a few hours from me for sale asking 950 http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/2184459907.html __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=413926 http://youtu.be/Qe9xJUhWkWc

01-31-2011, 07:16 PM	#5
pryorstemmed 4wd Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: WY/MT/ND Posts: 576	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck I think it's pretty neat too. I have looked and cannot find very many 55 6100's like this with the shorter wheel base. I imagine most of them were used hard and are sitting on farms or where taken to the wrecker __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10 Original Paint 350/350 AC (Added) Tach/Tilt 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10-Buckets/Tach/Tilt/Wood Bed/Manual Throttle/Marker Lamps 1972 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper K20 AC/Tilt/Aux Tank/Aux Battery/Wood Bed 1970 Olds 442 W-30 M-21 4-speed 1978 Ford F250 4x4 Ranger-Explorer-Camper Special Marti Report: 1 of 1 1986 K30 Silverado Crew Cab 502/TH400 2002 Silverado LT 2500 Duramax Long bed Crew Cab 4x4 107K original miles 2022 RAM Bighorn 1500 Waldoch edition ...Daily Driver

01-31-2011, 09:03 PM	#6
blue 72 gmc 4x4 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Aladdin Wy Posts: 794	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck That thing is AWSOME!!!! I like the bigger trucks I picked up a 59' Chevy Spartan 100 with a 348...its a cool old truck. __________________ 1955 GMC Hydramatic 1959 Chevy Spartan 100 1969 Chevy C/10 1969 Chevy C/30 Bruiser 1972 GMC (Wrecked) 1972 GMC pickup..old blue Restored Vent Windows https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=766598 1955 GMC hydramatic build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=429417

02-03-2011, 02:07 AM	#7
plummen Registered User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: louisville ne Posts: 131	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck yeah big trucks are cool! i had a 59 gmc 9600 4x4 years ago,old winch truck that disapeared from where it was stored in c.b iowa back in early 90s wish i had it back

02-12-2011, 02:44 AM	#8
pryorstemmed 4wd Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: WY/MT/ND Posts: 576	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck The owner is sending me more pics of the rougher areas. Will post them when I get'em. I will probably buy it, good truck for hauling wood/gravel-all while looking good doing it __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10 Original Paint 350/350 AC (Added) Tach/Tilt 1972 Cheyenne Super SWB K10-Buckets/Tach/Tilt/Wood Bed/Manual Throttle/Marker Lamps 1972 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper K20 AC/Tilt/Aux Tank/Aux Battery/Wood Bed 1970 Olds 442 W-30 M-21 4-speed 1978 Ford F250 4x4 Ranger-Explorer-Camper Special Marti Report: 1 of 1 1986 K30 Silverado Crew Cab 502/TH400 2002 Silverado LT 2500 Duramax Long bed Crew Cab 4x4 107K original miles 2022 RAM Bighorn 1500 Waldoch edition ...Daily Driver

02-12-2011, 08:13 AM	#9
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck That's a great deal. What a stylish way to take care of business around the property. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

02-12-2011, 01:41 PM	#10
blackdiesel Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Omaha, Arkansas Posts: 929	Re: Looking at buying a 55 6100v dumptruck Grandpa bought a 57 GMC like that with the short gravel bed and all. His is alittle rougher than that one but has a good runin 270 in it. Needed wheel cyl. work and a clean gas tank, for 600 bucks. I would think that it would scrap for around that. If you planing on hauling a load with it you need to check the tires out real good, we bought a 10 wheel that had good lookin tires on it but the first load with them, they came apart big time. __________________ '57 Chevy Pickup '56 GMC LCF Cummins '38 Chrysler Royal '57 2wd change http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...light=speedway



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