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69 C10 LWB · 10-11-2018, 05:14 PM

I saw this on the 67-72 side and wanted to see what everyone over here has.

What is the one thing you would never part with related to your 60-66 truck.

I swapped the stock steering wheel out of my 64 for a smaller late model wheel to gain a little more leg room. After the truck was wrecked I traded it(like a dummy) for a 69. Kept the wheel because I wanted to keep some part of the truck. That truck was the first vehicle I went out and found and purchased on my own. I bought it from a friend of the family that my great grandpa helped as a baby. He is gone now but I still remember handing him the cash while I did the paper work (he had a car lot/junkyard) and he pulled a 20 out of the stack and told me to keep it for my first tank of fuel. That wheel hangs on the garage wall now, next to my piston collection.

vin63 · 10-11-2018, 05:39 PM

Yeah, probably the steering wheel I reduced the diameter on, or the rear cab stainless trim piece I found at the Pomona Swap Meet for $10 years ago.

**cwcarpenter98** · 10-11-2018, 06:21 PM

I would keep the steering wheel for sure. Will probably keep the engine that was in the truck when I bought it, just because it never let me down for almost 2 years even though it went through a quart of oil in about 50 or so miles

LostMy65 · 10-11-2018, 07:45 PM

I originally bought my 65 in around 82 or 83.
I found it more than 25 years after I sold it around 87. If I ever have to lose it again, I'll keep the ashtray.

Here is a post I made in 2012 when I first found my 65 again.

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Originally Posted by LostMy65

Here is some pics I took today:

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.Only thing left from my interior is the ashtray:

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On a positive note; he put a rebuilt 327 in it in 2004:

ls60apache · 10-13-2018, 08:53 PM

probably the rear cab trim and the extra wide 60-61 w/s trim

**aerotruk63** · 10-13-2018, 09:05 PM

I'd rather die...lol
Sliding rear window. Just found another after 30 years of looking.

Soupsdad · 10-14-2018, 01:58 PM

The 9-ball on the shifter. Our daughter wore 9 on her high school softball team, and she drove the truck when she was in high school.

ApacheNick · 10-15-2018, 01:12 AM

My 61 4x4.

I'd know about and wanted this truck since I was 7 or 8.Was 23 when the PO decided to sell it.

66K20 · 10-15-2018, 10:50 AM

The keychain. It has more sentimental value than the truck!

LostMy65 · 10-15-2018, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 66K20

The keychain. It has more sentimental value than the truck!

I think I saw that in one of your earlier posts and thought it's pretty cool.
What's the history?
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My ashtray handle I mentioned above is from an oak tree in our backyard where I lived sometime in the 80's.

Slammed96 · 10-16-2018, 05:12 PM

I'd say probably the grille is the only thing I would have to keep if I sold this truck. Built it last winter. Not perfect by any means, but it's the first major custom/sheet metal/body modification I've ever done.

66K20 · 10-17-2018, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by LostMy65

I think I saw that in one of your earlier posts and thought it's pretty cool.
What's the history?

In the early 80's my dad built a K10 show truck and my mother bought this keychain for him (and the truck) at the state fair. He sold the show truck, bought the rusty K20 I now have and put the keychain in it. Luckily both trucks were 66 K's

LostMy65 · 10-17-2018, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 66K20

In the early 80's my dad built a K10 show truck and my mother bought this keychain for him (and the truck) at the state fair. He sold the show truck, bought the rusty K20 I now have and put the keychain in it. Luckily both trucks were 66 K's

See now.... That's cool stuff.

BA Mustang · 10-20-2018, 03:41 AM

Other than the truck itself, probably the front bumper. The truck was my great grandfathers shop truck, so it has been in the family since the 70s. Unfortunately had it burn up in a garage fire almost 4 years ago, but I'm going back through it. I say the front bumper because that is the one thing I can remember we didn't mess with when my dad and I restored the truck about 14 years ago.

Dark Wing61 · 10-20-2018, 11:26 PM

I would keep the Apache 10 emblem on the side of the hood... no question!

I think the Apache name is one of the coolest things about this ol' truck!

**rideblue00** · 10-21-2018, 08:13 AM

My gramps deluxe wheel from his 66. Gram got in an accident in 67 sometime and the dealer put a 65 deluxe wheel back on it when it got repaired. Until i found this website, i didnt know that 66 deluxe wheel was different. So sometimes these trucks get changed in some way, and we grow up with them thinking "they came that way from the factory" and its def not true lol.

Oh and my 66 Silver Book and the 66 Engineering Features book.

studeclunker · 10-22-2018, 01:36 AM

My Dad's Smokey Bear snuffer which sat on his dash from 1960, when he bought the truck new to 1972 when he died. I'm almost afraid to put it in my current truck for fear something might happen to it.

vin63 · 10-22-2018, 08:49 AM

Yep, this is what I've also tried to explain in the past, particularly with the number of different assembly plants and then dealers they were delivered to at that time...lots of variabilities were bound to happen, and did.

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Originally Posted by rideblue00

My gramps deluxe wheel from his 66. Gram got in an accident in 67 sometime and the dealer put a 65 deluxe wheel back on it when it got repaired. Until i found this website, i didnt know that 66 deluxe wheel was different. So sometimes these trucks get changed in some way, and we grow up with them thinking "they came that way from the factory" and its def not true lol.

Oh and my 66 Silver Book and the 66 Engineering Features book.

verdell · 10-22-2018, 01:05 PM

Probably the hood bowtie, the one on the rear and Apache 10 emblems for me. These came from my first pickup my Dad bought me when I was 16-17. It was rolled over and pretty much totaled but I kept these pieces. Strictly sentimental value....along with the grill...very cool thread

10-11-2018, 05:14 PM	#1
69 C10 LWB Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: St Louis Mo Posts: 214	Most Prized Truck Possession I saw this on the 67-72 side and wanted to see what everyone over here has. What is the one thing you would never part with related to your 60-66 truck. I swapped the stock steering wheel out of my 64 for a smaller late model wheel to gain a little more leg room. After the truck was wrecked I traded it(like a dummy) for a 69. Kept the wheel because I wanted to keep some part of the truck. That truck was the first vehicle I went out and found and purchased on my own. I bought it from a friend of the family that my great grandpa helped as a baby. He is gone now but I still remember handing him the cash while I did the paper work (he had a car lot/junkyard) and he pulled a 20 out of the stack and told me to keep it for my first tank of fuel. That wheel hangs on the garage wall now, next to my piston collection.

10-11-2018, 05:39 PM	#2
vin63 It's Better With Nitro Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chino Hills, CA Posts: 2,262	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession Yeah, probably the steering wheel I reduced the diameter on, or the rear cab stainless trim piece I found at the Pomona Swap Meet for $10 years ago. Attached Images __________________ 1963 C-10: Deluxe-optioned cab, shortbed, fleetside Pontiac 462 ci, Kauffman D-Port alum. heads 4L80E, narrowed sheetmetal Ford 9-inch Tubular front and rear suspension Custom 6-piston front disc and 4-piston rear disc brakes

10-11-2018, 06:21 PM	#3
cwcarpenter98 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hickory Flat, GA Posts: 4,493	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession I would keep the steering wheel for sure. Will probably keep the engine that was in the truck when I bought it, just because it never let me down for almost 2 years even though it went through a quart of oil in about 50 or so miles __________________ Christian Carpenter 1963 C10 - Frankentruck 283, Muncie 3 speed with overdrive Overdrive wiring here 1963-ish truck bed trailer - Half-Wit 1981 C10 - Penny 305, th350 --> Soon to be 350, Saginaw 4 speed 1995 Dodge Dakota Sport "I'll put it simple: if you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right." - Doc Hudson

10-13-2018, 08:53 PM	#5
ls60apache Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: stony creek va Posts: 238	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession probably the rear cab trim and the extra wide 60-61 w/s trim

10-13-2018, 09:05 PM	#6
aerotruk63 Check The Champ, Demonstrator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Montreal,Quebec Posts: 6,627	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession I'd rather die...lol Sliding rear window. Just found another after 30 years of looking. __________________ 1963 *Chevrolet Truck* Literature LINK: https://picasaweb.google.com/113840717762774560215 YouTube Channel with 20+ Original *Chevrolet Truck* Salesmen, Mechanics & Service Department Training Slideshows. https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...otruk63&page=1

10-14-2018, 01:58 PM	#7
Soupsdad Registered User Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Sandy, Utah Posts: 26	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession The 9-ball on the shifter. Our daughter wore 9 on her high school softball team, and she drove the truck when she was in high school.

10-15-2018, 01:12 AM	#8
ApacheNick Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dawson Creek, B.C. Posts: 144	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession My 61 4x4.I'd know about and wanted this truck since I was 7 or 8.Was 23 when the PO decided to sell it. __________________ Nick 1961 Apache short stepside 4X4 SBW 348/4 speed 1960 Apache C-20 long fleet custom cab BBW 283/4 Speed 1967 rust bucket Olds Cutlass with a 455 1972 GMC K-15 350/4 speed long fleet

10-15-2018, 10:50 AM	#9
66K20 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: JC, KS Posts: 51	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession The keychain. It has more sentimental value than the truck! Attached Images __________________ Brett \| 1966 K20 - 292/SM420/T221 Last edited by 66K20; 10-15-2018 at 11:01 AM.

10-16-2018, 05:12 PM	#11
Slammed96 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Olathe KS Posts: 156	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession I'd say probably the grille is the only thing I would have to keep if I sold this truck. Built it last winter. Not perfect by any means, but it's the first major custom/sheet metal/body modification I've ever done. Attached Images __________________ 14 Silverado- 4/6 drop daily 66 GMC short wide Custom Cab- building to be low and cruise. 4.8/t56 swap occurring now. Stupid low static drop 66 GMC 1 ton stepside looooong bed- the tow pig/work truck.

10-20-2018, 03:41 AM	#14
BA Mustang Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: usa Posts: 14	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession Other than the truck itself, probably the front bumper. The truck was my great grandfathers shop truck, so it has been in the family since the 70s. Unfortunately had it burn up in a garage fire almost 4 years ago, but I'm going back through it. I say the front bumper because that is the one thing I can remember we didn't mess with when my dad and I restored the truck about 14 years ago.

10-20-2018, 11:26 PM	#15
Dark Wing61 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 7	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession I would keep the Apache 10 emblem on the side of the hood... no question! I think the Apache name is one of the coolest things about this ol' truck!

10-21-2018, 08:13 AM	#16
rideblue00 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lambertville, MI Posts: 1,867	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession My gramps deluxe wheel from his 66. Gram got in an accident in 67 sometime and the dealer put a 65 deluxe wheel back on it when it got repaired. Until i found this website, i didnt know that 66 deluxe wheel was different. So sometimes these trucks get changed in some way, and we grow up with them thinking "they came that way from the factory" and its def not true lol. Oh and my 66 Silver Book and the 66 Engineering Features book.

10-22-2018, 01:36 AM	#17
studeclunker Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Fawn Lodge, Ca. Posts: 308	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession My Dad's Smokey Bear snuffer which sat on his dash from 1960, when he bought the truck new to 1972 when he died. I'm almost afraid to put it in my current truck for fear something might happen to it.

10-22-2018, 01:05 PM	#19
verdell Registered User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Columbus, MS Posts: 445	Re: Most Prized Truck Possession Probably the hood bowtie, the one on the rear and Apache 10 emblems for me. These came from my first pickup my Dad bought me when I was 16-17. It was rolled over and pretty much totaled but I kept these pieces. Strictly sentimental value....along with the grill...very cool thread



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