I hate some previous owners because.....

[LostMy65]

I got the idea for this thread because of our new member's post:

Originally Posted by gtcox

Let's start with the reasons to hate the previous owners.

Ok, so there's really only one big one. They gouged holes on the upper rear interior of the cab for 6x9 speakers. The speakers were hooked to a newer stereo head. No audio worked. The radio has since been moved to my father's F**d to replace his busted cd player.

Look in the very top corner and you can see one of the holes. The bench seat is something I got from a late 80's early 90's 1500 out of a junkyard. There were mid 90's bucket seats in when I bought the truck.


In that picture you can also see my "custom" gas tank sitting in on the passenger side floorboard. The original tank was all rusted to hell, so when I purchased the truck, the owner had a 2 gal can with a fuel line running into it. I upgraded to a larger can for the ride home. It was a designated non-smoking drive for obvious reasons. I've since bought a replacement in-cab tank.

[LostMy65]

For me:

I hate some previous owner because.....
They sold my buddy buckets.

[LostMy65]

because....

They hacked up the wiring to install some stupid toggle blinker.
Just buy the right part. It'd been a lot less work.
Oh, and they threw away the emergency flasher and installed this stupid toggle in the hole where it says 'Pull'

[FetchMeAPepsi]

Originally Posted by LostMy65

because....

They hacked up the wiring to install some stupid toggle blinker.
Just buy the right part. It'd been a lot less work.
Oh, and they threw away the emergency flasher and installed this stupid toggle in the hole where it says 'Pull'

This +1

Too many "Get-R-Done" mechanics out there. Quick with a saw and slow with a thought.

[dodgiesdad]

They cut a hole in the TOP of the dash for a speaker, and cut out most of the high hump tranny cover, which they siliconed a different one over the hole. And I think they used a ax to cut both. No problem I have since replaced both.

[aerotruk63]

Kinda makes you wonder what the new owner of the truck you created and sold is going to say! LOL

[kenmel]

they put body filler over duct tape and I found it... now I am scared

[LostMy65]

Originally Posted by aerotruk63

Kinda makes you wonder what the new owner of the truck you created and sold is going to say! LOL

I got to hear some of that when I bought back my 65. The fella asked if I was the idiot who cut the gigantic hole in the firewall and then threw some sheetmetal over the hole. Nope! wasn't me. Fortunately I have a donor cab to fix it.

The other thing was my 65 was now on a 62 frame. That was me. . However, I was like 19 and a friend had a 62, and the price was right. I wrecked my 65 longbed, and built a Short Stepside with what I could find before there was the internet.
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[PAPA KENT]

Originally Posted by aerotruk63

Kinda makes you wonder what the new owner of the truck you created and sold is going to say! LOL

i've read all 4 pages and honestly i'm not surprised at what i've read because we've all seen it.some of it could have been from the original owner that kept the truck for 50 years or someone that saved it from the crusher and did what he could do although not correct by any means but for some reason that truck survived so that it could end up in your garage.and we may ***** about it but it is your truck,your pride and joy. so something must have been done right.

[Shooters_7]

Duct tape is better than aluminum foil.........things people do to "hide" rust.

[awbrown]

I could write a novel on my truck , begining with the brakes having the adjusters on the wrong sides so they actually would loosen instead of tighten... Or the floor shifter that had a 2 inch throw for all gears ...and the list would go on and on ....

[vin63]

...drilled more than 90 extra holes through the cab (firewall, floor pan, back panel, and dash), some larger than two inches in diameter, that I'm welding back up.

[jbgroby]

Originally Posted by vin63

...drilled more than 90 extra holes through the cab (firewall, floor pan, back panel, and dash), some larger than two inches in diameter, that I'm welding back up.

er... for extra ventalation?

[chevyrestoguy]

Originally Posted by vin63

...drilled more than 90 extra holes through the cab (firewall, floor pan, back panel, and dash), some larger than two inches in diameter, that I'm welding back up.

You too, huh?
What is it with guys who like to drill holes? My driver's door has 9 drilled holes in it for all of the rear view mirrors the previous owner had.

[Rich 5150 69]

They all wanted thru cab ventilation...

[chevyrestoguy]

Was that the precursor to Astro Ventilation?

[vin63]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

er... for extra ventalation?

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

You too, huh?
What is it with guys who like to drill holes? My driver's door has 9 drilled holes in it for all of the rear view mirrors the previous owner had.

Ugh...the PO mounted everything to the firewall (front and back), had at least two different sets of seats (other than the original bench) and seat belts - apparently he had to drill a new set of holes in the floor for each set of new seat belts, a gun rack and he used sheetmetal screws to mount his speaker boxes behind the seat.

[K98AL]

PO had apparently had a huge camper on my '62...drill all kinds of holes in the cab and roof. I like this big one, though.....

Put lots of dents in odd places, and the rust is unbelievable! I went to Wichita to get this truck, I can't believe how much more rust a truck up there has than an Oklahoma truck!

PO also rigged some "helper" leaf springs on the back, not quite as nice as the factory ones.

[65chevysub]

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

You too, huh?
What is it with guys who like to drill holes? My driver's door has 9 drilled holes in it for all of the rear view mirrors the previous owner had.

Im guilty of this obe on my own truck. I just eish I could get the original screws out of the door for an original mirror(they are stripped and bondoed over from original owner)

[srziemkowski]

For tossing out the ignition switch and just using the touch the wires together to get it to start method,then to run the electric fans,touch that wire to the ignition wires,nice,then wire would get hot. Love it

[Rich 5150 69]

Not only did they cut my doors for speakers but used the same hot wrench on the inside of the door to open it up more with a 6x4 hole to get the window mechanism out, I have picked up to xtra junk doors for free to repair with...

[Bears63]

My '63 I actually have no complaints on but that's mainly because I'm only the 4th owner. My '71 was another story though.... Lot's of headscratching on that one.

[MisterC]

...for primering over what was probably a pretty nice patina of the original paint. Like others, I have the speaker hole cutouts in the doors to complain about and a crapload of toggle switches I've had to trace down. I think they were jerry rigged kill switches a.k.a. anti-theft.

[Rich 5150 69]

You`re one of the lucky ones, post CB antennae holes...10-4 good buddy another convoy....

[62 mark]

Ah yes...I think i have welded shut like 20 drill holes in various places,SO FAR. I really loved the hackmaster clutch setup,somebody apparently didn't want to fix the hydraulic clutch on my 62,so they cut a hole in the floor and rigged up the z bar clutch linkage.