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casey · 05-31-2003, 11:19 PM

does it look like he spent 30,000 on this truck,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=5348

BLAZERMAN · 05-31-2003, 11:27 PM

Very nice truck but he should have spent 30,100 and put some hubcaps and a transfer case knob on it.

XXL · 05-31-2003, 11:44 PM

Is the $30K supposed to impress us or scare us? He may well have spent that much, but at that price, I'd be expecting to see a powdercoated frame, wheels, and something more than Krylon orange under the hood.

Also, when he taped off the wheels to squirt them, it looks like he left them on the truck... unless those are hand painted lug studs as well

Hutch · 05-31-2003, 11:56 PM

I think that was canadian dollars he spent
Maybe he bought all those nos parts off of ebay.
He spent a bunch of his dollars at the texas ebayers that sell all that cheesey chrome plated parts.
The doors are off a earlier truck (inside screw under vent window missing)
Someone either stole the shifter knob and the ash tray or he sent them out to be chromed.
Wrong door panels for a 72 model truck.

Have fun

XXL · 05-31-2003, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hutch
I think that was canadian dollars he spent

That might explain it... 'cause that's about $87.00 US

**68 Stepside** · 06-01-2003, 01:08 AM

He needed to spend the extra 150 or so dollars and buy a new rear bumper/right taillight trim also....

Longhorn Man · 06-01-2003, 01:17 AM

One thing to remember, i you are paying some one est to restore your truck, it can add up REAL quick.
With a couple odd items (and some butt ugly door panels) that does seem to be a pretty nice truck.

A.P. · 06-01-2003, 01:59 AM

$30,000????????????????????????

dinnut · 06-01-2003, 02:46 AM

30k in labor... haha... well lets see here. i spent a week restoring this truck... at $70 an hour.... thats about 20k... plus the 10k i overpayed for that engine

jays68yak · 06-01-2003, 03:00 AM

yeah could of gotten some new rims with $30000.

casey · 06-01-2003, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by XXL

That might explain it... 'cause that's about $87.00 US

thats hurtful, but true, I agree nice truck, and my buddys looking for one, but the shape that one is in, has no were near 30 grand in it, the under carriage doesn't look touched, like XXL said wheels painted on the truck the carpet looks old etc, If he says something like that you can imagine what he wants for it

jays68yak · 06-01-2003, 03:09 AM

on second look it doesnt have ac not worth $30000

**68Custom** · 06-01-2003, 03:18 AM

is that the correct steering wheel for 72 GMC?!?!? I noticed the dings in the trim and the rear bumper, not worth 30k to me... and the chrome door panels leads me to ask the question if he can see well enough to drive that thing in daylight, id be blind if i was him!!!!

Aaron

67cst · 06-01-2003, 03:21 AM

casey does your buddy want a 4x4, i know of a real solid 2wd gmc longbox, real tight 350 th350 brand new paint, no bondo, same guy doing my truck, doesnt take shortcuts or fuk around at all, i think he wants 8500 for it...but its worth every penny imo

PanelDeland · 06-01-2003, 12:03 PM

Maybe he does have $30,000 in it.I doubt anyone I know would pay that for it.I think tennman's truck is nicer and he prolly has $30,000 or more in his and it's already a show winner.If you price labor in it $30,000 is prolly close on that one but I doubt he'll ever get it out of it.

Maximum Overdrive · 06-01-2003, 01:31 PM

It is a decent truck but the only way it has $30,000 into it would be from the mechanic that owns it to have hi-balled his hourly rate when he did the work on it to convert if from half ton to 3/4 ton. There are too many things on it that were done on the cheap, quick side that makes it look more like it was thrown together so they could try to make a quick buck by jumping on the popularity band wagon of these trucks.

Brewski* · 06-01-2003, 01:54 PM

He may have spent 30K but he got a 10K job~! No letters on the Hood, Crappy painting in many places, bed not refinished, wrong year stearing wheel, dents galore. Too much money spent on chrome, though some is nice. I kinda like the chrome door panels, but not for my taste. Bumper bolts? Shift knob? Gas tank cover? A 15K truck at best~! IMHO Ski*

dinnut · 06-01-2003, 02:29 PM

it wasnt a frame off? he didnt do the rockers... they are still original... said cab mounts look good? havent been replaced? rebuilt engine? i would expect a 454 or 502 for 30k invested. he might have bought a bunch of trucks to do this one and is counting the price of all those? i would expect some 24" boyds or intro or billet specialties wheels for 30k invested. custom console maybe. some mud tires that would fit the 24" wheels...

Truck Hippy · 06-01-2003, 05:15 PM

Its easy to pick that truck apart but i would love to have it.

**Canadian694x4** · 06-01-2003, 06:43 PM

same here...but I want them all

*Randy70C-10* · 06-01-2003, 07:15 PM

I've seen $30,000 vehicles and none of them looked like this.

casey · 06-01-2003, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 67cst
casey does your buddy want a 4x4, i know of a real solid 2wd gmc longbox, real tight 350 th350 brand new paint, no bondo, same guy doing my truck, doesnt take shortcuts or fuk around at all, i think he wants 8500 for it...but its worth every penny imo

Ya he's looking for a 4x4 thats why this one caught my eye in sicimous, but when he said 30g I can imagine what he wants, thanks anyway

VTKidder · 06-03-2003, 10:50 AM

I've got about $5k in mine, and it sure as hell don't look like this!
I believe he spent $30k on it; lots of stuff looked brand new, but the guy he paid $30k to do it only spent $10k to do it!!

How many of you guys that have restored one made one of the first projects the undercarriage? I did too....What's this??

krue · 06-03-2003, 10:56 AM

I think he spent about half of it smoking crack! If I put 30k in my truck it would look a he!! of a lot better than that!

*Randy70C-10* · 06-03-2003, 10:59 AM

I hope Brett doesn't mind (Smooth68), here's his truck. This is what a $30,000 truck would look like.

05-31-2003, 11:19 PM	#1
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	do you think this is true does it look like he spent 30,000 on this truck, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=5348

05-31-2003, 11:27 PM	#2
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	Very nice truck but he should have spent 30,100 and put some hubcaps and a transfer case knob on it. __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

05-31-2003, 11:44 PM	#3
XXL Señor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Edge of the world Posts: 5,367	Is the $30K supposed to impress us or scare us? He may well have spent that much, but at that price, I'd be expecting to see a powdercoated frame, wheels, and something more than Krylon orange under the hood. Also, when he taped off the wheels to squirt them, it looks like he left them on the truck... unless those are hand painted lug studs as well __________________ Craigslist \| ebay \| Engrishtees \| www.myattitudesucks.com \| Follow me on Twitter

05-31-2003, 11:56 PM	#4
Hutch Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Grapevine, Tx. Posts: 2,142	I think that was canadian dollars he spent Maybe he bought all those nos parts off of ebay. He spent a bunch of his dollars at the texas ebayers that sell all that cheesey chrome plated parts. The doors are off a earlier truck (inside screw under vent window missing) Someone either stole the shifter knob and the ash tray or he sent them out to be chromed. Wrong door panels for a 72 model truck. Have fun __________________ John Hutchison Grapevine,Texas 68 1/2 t swb 68 Mustang 69 Jaguar 71 1/2 t swb 88 Supra CompTs6m 93 Escort GT 2005 Corolla XRS

06-01-2003, 01:08 AM	#6
68 Stepside huh? Join Date: May 2000 Location: Washington, Illinois Posts: 5,690	He needed to spend the extra 150 or so dollars and buy a new rear bumper/right taillight trim also.... __________________ Someday when I'm lonely, Wishing you weren't so far away, Then I will remember Things we said today. RIP El Jay

06-01-2003, 01:17 AM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	One thing to remember, i you are paying some one est to restore your truck, it can add up REAL quick. With a couple odd items (and some butt ugly door panels) that does seem to be a pretty nice truck.

06-01-2003, 01:59 AM	#8
A.P. Black 72 Chevy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 662	$30,000????????????????????????

06-01-2003, 02:46 AM	#9
dinnut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: missouri city, tx Posts: 4,486	30k in labor... haha... well lets see here. i spent a week restoring this truck... at $70 an hour.... thats about 20k... plus the 10k i overpayed for that engine __________________ 70 longbed 496/th400/Ford 9"

06-01-2003, 03:00 AM	#10
jays68yak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gilroy, CA Posts: 1,454	yeah could of gotten some new rims with $30000. __________________ 1969 Chevy Project SWB Fleet, 20s, 5.3, t56, in the weeds. 1970 Chevy Truck cab on a 1979 Jimmy frame-8.1 liter 496 bbc/sm465/np203-jeds doubler-np205/d60/14bff Welded/42 tsls on recentered H1s 1998 Chevy Crew Cab K3500 SAS'd with hpd60, links and swayaway coilovers. 8.1l vortec DD/towrig "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. "

06-01-2003, 03:09 AM	#12
jays68yak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gilroy, CA Posts: 1,454	on second look it doesnt have ac not worth $30000 __________________ 1969 Chevy Project SWB Fleet, 20s, 5.3, t56, in the weeds. 1970 Chevy Truck cab on a 1979 Jimmy frame-8.1 liter 496 bbc/sm465/np203-jeds doubler-np205/d60/14bff Welded/42 tsls on recentered H1s 1998 Chevy Crew Cab K3500 SAS'd with hpd60, links and swayaway coilovers. 8.1l vortec DD/towrig "I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. "

06-01-2003, 03:18 AM	#13
68Custom Hammer On! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Olathe, KS Posts: 473	is that the correct steering wheel for 72 GMC?!?!? I noticed the dings in the trim and the rear bumper, not worth 30k to me... and the chrome door panels leads me to ask the question if he can see well enough to drive that thing in daylight, id be blind if i was him!!!! Aaron __________________ 1968 C20 Inline 6 250 SM465 4 speed 1968 K10 Inline 6 250 SM465 4 speed

06-01-2003, 03:21 AM	#14
67cst i love summertime Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kelowna BC Posts: 4,302	casey does your buddy want a 4x4, i know of a real solid 2wd gmc longbox, real tight 350 th350 brand new paint, no bondo, same guy doing my truck, doesnt take shortcuts or fuk around at all, i think he wants 8500 for it...but its worth every penny imo __________________ 1967 shortbox stepside Chevy, 365 hp 327, th400. GLOVE BOX LIGHTS FORSALE, click link for info http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=273724

06-01-2003, 12:03 PM	#15
PanelDeland I am a Referee of life. Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Greensboro N.C. Posts: 13,992	Maybe he does have $30,000 in it.I doubt anyone I know would pay that for it.I think tennman's truck is nicer and he prolly has $30,000 or more in his and it's already a show winner.If you price labor in it $30,000 is prolly close on that one but I doubt he'll ever get it out of it. __________________ The 47-present Chevrolet and GMC Truck Message Board Network,it's owners,moderators,members,and associates of any type should not be held responsible for my opinion. You can't fix stupid,not even with duct tape. "My appearance is due to the fact that "GOD" does punish you for having too much fun!" Barrett-Jackson has perfected alchemy,they make rust into gold! "You can lead a horse to water but you can't saddle a duck" "Cleverly disguised as a 'Responsible Adult' "Sometimes your Knight in shining armor is just a retard in tinfoil"

06-01-2003, 01:31 PM	#16
Maximum Overdrive December 21, 2012 Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Black Eagle, Montana Posts: 1,633	It is a decent truck but the only way it has $30,000 into it would be from the mechanic that owns it to have hi-balled his hourly rate when he did the work on it to convert if from half ton to 3/4 ton. There are too many things on it that were done on the cheap, quick side that makes it look more like it was thrown together so they could try to make a quick buck by jumping on the popularity band wagon of these trucks.

06-01-2003, 01:54 PM	#17
Brewski* Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Rocky Mount, MO Posts: 1,293	NO He may have spent 30K but he got a 10K job~! No letters on the Hood, Crappy painting in many places, bed not refinished, wrong year stearing wheel, dents galore. Too much money spent on chrome, though some is nice. I kinda like the chrome door panels, but not for my taste. Bumper bolts? Shift knob? Gas tank cover? A 15K truck at best~! IMHO Ski*



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06-01-2003, 02:29 PM	#18
dinnut Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: missouri city, tx Posts: 4,486	it wasnt a frame off? he didnt do the rockers... they are still original... said cab mounts look good? havent been replaced? rebuilt engine? i would expect a 454 or 502 for 30k invested. he might have bought a bunch of trucks to do this one and is counting the price of all those? i would expect some 24" boyds or intro or billet specialties wheels for 30k invested. custom console maybe. some mud tires that would fit the 24" wheels... __________________ 70 longbed 496/th400/Ford 9"

06-01-2003, 05:15 PM	#19
Truck Hippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hickory, NC. Posts: 776	Its easy to pick that truck apart but i would love to have it.

06-01-2003, 06:43 PM	#20
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,307	same here...but I want them all __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

06-01-2003, 07:15 PM	#21
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	I've seen $30,000 vehicles and none of them looked like this.

06-03-2003, 10:50 AM	#23
VTKidder Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vermont Posts: 996	C'mon..... I've got about $5k in mine, and it sure as hell don't look like this! I believe he spent $30k on it; lots of stuff looked brand new, but the guy he paid $30k to do it only spent $10k to do it!! How many of you guys that have restored one made one of the first projects the undercarriage? I did too....What's this?? Attached Images

06-03-2003, 10:56 AM	#24
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	I think he spent about half of it smoking crack! If I put 30k in my truck it would look a he!! of a lot better than that! __________________ "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"

06-03-2003, 10:59 AM	#25
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	I hope Brett doesn't mind (Smooth68), here's his truck. This is what a $30,000 truck would look like.

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