look what followed me home.
 

A 68-3/4 custom camper 327/400turbo,ps,pb,ac, woodbed floor(well it used to have one) 4.57 no spin rear, It has some rust and needs brake work but it runs.

good find!

I like... A little cleaning and itll be good as new!

What you gonna do with it? (Frame-off, Paint, wheels, etc)?

awwwww....how cute. is he a good lil '68? lol

Is that a fiftieth? Cool to see the lettering on the firewall..

is that a 50th ?

nope, not a 50th, but still sweet though.

Cool find!

Any immediate plans for it?

ok,but still a killer find :metal:

Nice well-optioned 3/4t.That no-spin sticker is cool.Are you sure it`s a TH400,electric kick-down?I thought M49 was the TH350.

plans for it? Well for now just a tune up with an HEI, Fix the brakes, maybe change out the rotted wood floor for a metal one. Change that 4.57 co-op rear for a 3.54 dana posi. I should have all that fixed by this time next year, If I hurry.

Great Score,dont see em like that very often......... :cong:

VERY cool! even has the original oil bath air cleaner. :metal:

M49 is for auto tranny. It doesn't specify which one.
On that no spin sticker... I've never seen that before. Pretty interesting.

Thats the only no spin sticker I`ve ever seen too. Here`s another picture of it .

Thanks Longhorn Man,I did not know that.I`ve had someone tell me a TH400 wasn`t original in a truck I had because the g-box said M49 and all others I`ve had were TH350s.

I've never seen that sticker on a 2wd before, most of the time the 4x4 trucks had one and it was on the glovebox door.

I thought M30 was for a TH350.

Would not mind if one of them followed me home. Great find.

Great looking '68! Do you have a better picture of those hub caps? M49 option is the TH400, like Longhorn Man says. At least that is what my '68's have. I have the dealer installed Detroit locker in the Eaton 4.57 and like it for now...it works. My sticker is on the door and the all the owner maintenance info plus warranty card was in the glove box. I wonder if I should mail in the warranty card? Wish my digital took better pics...time for an upgrade I guess.

Let's see a better picture of those hubcaps! It looks someone changed the wheels and caps from the original P03 option on the glove box door.

Those hubcaps are from late 70's to mid 80's 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. I have four of 'em for my truck. :lol: That truck probably had the 16x6 split rims with hubcap clips, that might be why the originals are gone.

Robert, That is what it looks like to me too...just hoping maybe he got the original hubcaps with the truck. I could use some for my second '68 Longhorn...LOL!

All 3 of my trucks listed M49 tranny...both longhorns had Th350's, and my GMC had a TH400.

Nice solid STOCK well-optioned 68 you found there. I've never seen that no-spin sticker there either.

It's interesting that they listed the "Custom Group" option twice Z61 and Z62.

thats the only way i ever seen them too :confused:

Hey I checked all the trucks in the driveway. 6 out of 7 have the M-49 code .
4 have 400`s 2 have 350`s 1 has a powerglide and I cant read the sticker on it .

the hubcaps are from a later model.

by the way it also has a sliding rear bumper,or had a sliding rear bumper. someone welded it into place.


Woody

I *think* the glide has a seperate option code...but I can't recall at the moment.

i think m49 was just turbo hydromatic which woulda been either 350 or 400

"some rust" LOL the guys up north would laugh at you.

Did you check the VIN to see if it was made here in Atlanta? I just bought mine from a guy in Gainesville/Lawrencevill area a few months ago for $4k, also a 68 but ½ ton.

Nice find...

great find .. thats quite the patch job on the upper rad hose .... whatever sorta works i guess ......congrates

I`ve seen the rust up north. this would be considered a cream puff there. It still needs rockers,cab corners,a couple small floor patches, the lip on the core support is gone,and I`m sure when i get around to cleaning it, I`ll find some more. The hose isn`t broke, the tie strapand rag were used as to keep the alt.bracket from rubbing a hole into it.

Great Find! That's a strange place to Mount a No-Spin Decal...

thats what i get from assuming .....