April 2014 ToTM

[Palf70Step]

OK fellow truckies this is the contest you have all been waiting for. This month we will compile and honor those that set the basis for our truckie world. The theme of this month’s TOTM is

No Foolin’, I drive it!

Yep, you guessed it. The theme for this month will be our less than perfect specimens; our beaters, our beasts, our rust-buckets, our TRUCKS. Now here are the rules or criteria for the vehicles

To be an eligible beater

* Open to all years and models of Trucks, Blazers, Suburbans, Tahoes, Yukons, and Jimmys.
* The nominee must be a board member and the current owner of the truck.
* It must be road worthy and currently legal (until the cops catch you) to be on the road.
* It must have an unmatching paint scheme (no all primers)
* It must have at least three other distinctly viewable issues. This includes things like:

• Missing panels
• Dents and Holes (large and small)
• Dominate rust formations (not patina)
• Anything that might make someone afraid to go near it for fear of catching some sort of disease

* If a truck was selected as a 2013 or 2014 TOTM winner then you are ineligible. If the truck was nominated but not selected as a TOTM winner then it may be nominated and compete in this month's category.

To Nominate:

You or someone else may nominate the vehicle. The nominee must be a board member and the current owner of the truck. Once you decide on who you wish to nominate, just add your nomination to this thread. We will need two pictures minimum (at least one full view of the vehicle) with/for the nomination as well as the owner’s board name, and the Make/Model/Year of vehicle.

Nominees will run through March 23. The first 15 nominees that meet the criteria will participate in the contest. I will PM the nominees to get any additional data or pictures if they have not already been provided. If the owner has a preferred picture they want used in the contest, please let me know in a PM. You can PM me for an e-mail address in case anyone has problems resizing the pictures for the board. A Poll Thread will be set up by March 24 in this board area and an announcement will be posted on the Discussion Boards to notify all that voting has begun. The Poll will run thru the morning of April 1 and the official announcement of the winner will be on the evening of April 1. The announcement of the TOTM winner will be posted through the General Discussion Board area.

[willett]

Here's mine

'78 Cheyenne
454 with Holley 650 double pumper
Th400/np203

I take it camping/hunting/wheeling just about every weekend. It usually doubles as our stereo around the camp fire

[TJ's Chevy]

Hi I'm Tom McCauley, I'd like to nominate my 66 C-10 chevy stepside 292 6 banger hotrodded with stock 4 speed. It has plenty of cancer on the floorboards and dents all over on the cab corners and rear. The driver's side stepside fender have rot on front and rear. If better pictures are needed I will take some more. Please let me know if it meets standards. Thanks.

[flashed]

This is gonna be a fun one .

[Softpatch]

My 67 chevy C-10 survivor at sunset.
Fueled up and ready for work........Sp
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[rusty76]

Ooooh I can't wait to see more.....so many.

[sigshooter]

Here is my 64 LWB, it gets plenty of stares when I pull thru the drive thru at Mc Dondalds or pull up to the post office to get my mail. It has rust all over it, a broken windshield, one windshield wiper, typical rust in the floor and rockers.... Kinda fun just to watch the stares and jaws drop that not only does it run, but someone would drive it that way!

[meatwagon83]

here i go again

[mud.man.rj]

Ahh come on< how about 4x4 of the month, my paint is not beautiful but to nice to be a part.

[Wet..Paint]

Damn I just sold my awesome beater last month! Deleted all the pics of it too, she would have fit in just right! Oh well!

[Woogeroo]

This is my 1965 Chevrolet C10 long wheel base, step side.

beat up-ness credentials : dents in both doors, rust in both doors, both front fenders rusted through, corner of hood... holes in doors from old mirrors from the past... paint flaking off... floorboards are mostly rust... water leaks into the cab, original bed wood starting to wear out...

But it's mine and I like it.

-W

p.s. different photos on my truck site in my sig. line along with any other relevant details, here.

[swamp rat]

Submitted for your approval..

[Tx Firefighter]

Its definitely a driver. You'll most often find it in my fire station parking lot, 85 miles round trip commute from home. Rust, tan fender, blue hood, primer. Built for almost no money from an old freebie longbed.

[71K20chevy]

I've never been able to show off my dents before.








The passenger front fender has been repainted the wrong shade of orange, kind of hard to see from the pictures.


Also that twisted up bumper is long gone, I have a sport bumper on it now.

[66chevy43]

This is another reason I LOVE this forum! www.67-72chevytrucks.com is the best! Lets see some more!

[68Stepbed]

I'd like to nominate farmtrucks' 68 stepside. I currently don't have a way to get any pics of it.

[slowcpe]

I'll jump in on this one. Here's my '67 Stepside. For the first time I'm proud to say the rockers are shot, fenders need a bit of work and have a couple of holes in the doors. Its a work in progress but will be driving it in it current state this year.

Specs

'67 short stepper
current lowered supsension with air ride sitting in the bed
250 I6 w/3spd on the floor

[Mater/10]

I'd like to nominate my good ol' Christine!
1964 Chevy Custom 10
Big back window
Factory v8/Automatic
Dealer installed a/c
Smash hit grill guard
All original Un moldested Beater and my Daily driver haha

[ziplock]

Here is mine. 64 C10 3.7L Hercules turbo Diesel. Completed registration last week. Thanks for looking.

[Mustard72]

I apologize for the rule-bending patina on the hood and lack of multi-colored panels, but there's plenty of good old rot everywhere else on Blue Bell. Not only did I drive it around, she pulled 7000# of horse trailer all over NW Wisconsin last summer. Never missed a beat, other than the issue with keeping the turn signals and brake lights working. Hard to believe there'd be a ground issue on it. 6.2 Diesel worked hard all summer. Every time we got somewhere, the holes in the sheet metal would be bigger.

[Chevy Fleetside]

thought I would throw mine in.

[mud.man.rj]

Wow, between slow cpe or Ziplock for me, all cool trucks though guy's. Chevy rules.

[Root2812]

I'll throw in my 1950. All stock except the seat. She'll go 50mph with the petal to the floor but its great at hauling and getting funny looks at Home Depot.

At a local show




Hauling a little soil


Most are afraid of the gaping rust holes. Well that and the dead mice.

[swamp rat]

Well i don't have gaping rust holes but at least i can see the street wizzing by underneath my feet LOL!

[Softpatch]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Ooooh I can't wait to see more.....so many.

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Why my 67 Chevy C-10 "Jake" should be driver T-O-M
Its a driver yes I drive it
looking throught the windshield is like looking through a kaleiydoscope
for making your driving experience just that more
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Its got Felony floors
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its been on FIRE and I still drive it like this
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its got a Screw Driver for a door handle
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Its registered as a Buckley Bike (small town so, Seattle WA)
and a cool Blaupunkt radio that works straight from 1978
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The key is actually a Riding lawnmower Key conversion
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A built in tool box with matching paint right were you need it
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Its got a DIEWARMERCOUGHER
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and the best part and this add street cred
The Jake the Alligator Man sticker
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