Greatest Craigslist/Swapmeet finds

[mgkgmc]

Not sure if this has been done before but I was wondering what is your guys greatest craigslist, swapmeet or the best score on something for our trucks you have found. Me I found a Nos 69-70 Chevy grille on craigslist for $125 but I had to wait all day till I got off work. Thought for sure it would be gone but gave him a call after work and he he still had it. Score! So whats your guys best score?

[cdowns]

i was at a small local swapmeet on long island ny years ago// just selling excess truck parts. got to talkin to a guy and he had a 2wd blazer that had been sittin for years// went and looked at it the next day it was a 71 with AC pretty much complete and unmolested // i bought it for $600 plus he threw in 2extra sets of 71 bucket seats one set blazer the other for a truck// had that blazer for 6-7years put on a bunch of miles in fact even used it to tow a trailer when i moved to florida

[rattle69]

The night before last I came across a pair of Classic industries rear 4" lowering springs like new for $40. Jumped on them quick. Earlier that day I picked up a used chrome front bumper for $15 with a couple small dings.

BTW great grill I would have been all over that if it were in my area.

[Coley]

Well mine was a little different....it was a wrecking yard find.
I was fortunate enough to come across this backroad, backwoods autowrecker who specialized in wrecking old heavy duty trucks and equipment.
I went in there looking for a factory tach set up for my truck....and I left with (16) of them...LOL.
I got 'em all for a total of $300 all in (about $15-20 each). I still laugh at that day and I still have some of those units left!!
Needless to say, I have a factory a tach (and vacuum) in my '72...and my previous 3 69-72's.
All Good
Coley
.....now, to think of my best swap meet finds...hmmm.

[mgkgmc]

Originally Posted by Coley

Well mine was a little different....it was a wrecking yard find.
I was fortunate enough to come across this backroad, backwoods autowrecker who specialized in wrecking old heavy duty trucks and equipment.
I went in there looking for a factory tach set up for my truck....and I left with (16) of them...LOL.
I got 'em all for a total of $300 all in (about $15-20 each). I still laugh at that day and I still have some of those units left!!
Needless to say, I have a factory a tach (and vacuum) in my '72...and my previous 3 69-72's.
All Good
Coley
.....now, to think of my best swap meet finds...hmmm.

Wow great find!

[sKnNyPpY]

$5 original GMC hood letters from eBay. PO painted them red and I broke the C trying to remove/ strip them. No need to strip them now so I stripped the grille instead.

[Mike 71SWBC10]

I few years back I saw an add for a 12 bolt chevy rear end with no picture. I got a picture and it was a 71 or 72 C10 12 bolt 3:08 posi. I picked it up for $75.00.

[cleszkie]

Scored a complete Gear Vendors overdrive/underdrive at a pick a part for $100. Its now under my Blazer.

[steelhorse]

I got a nos front bed panel and nos tailgate,one perfect passenger door,one driver quality passenger stepside bed and fender and step,4 chrome vent windows and all the cross sills for a shortbed stepside for $250

[68GMCburban]

Mine also is a little different.. but I came across this truck one day driving around with my dad, so we stopped and talked to the old woman who had it...who GAVE it to me.. Yes, for free. So I'd say this is one of the best deals I've ever had.

[Eddie H.]

I bought a complete 428 CJ engine that came out of a 69 shelby for a hundred bucks at a garage sale.

[724wdcopper]

when i bought my house there was some junk in the garage. in the junk was a Q-jet. sold it on ebay for $300. numbers came back for a '70 chevelle BB

[shoebox 69]

I bought a freshly recovered and restored set of buddy buckets about a year ago. Perfect, new black cover, perfect metal, all the pieces, not cut up, perfect! $300! Ad said seat for old truck. I called him and he described them as black buckets. went and looked at them. When he took the cover off, I heard angels sing. I told him they were worth 3 or 4 times what he was asking. He asked what I was gonna do with them. I told him about my truck and he said they were mine for $300, if I picked them up with my 69. One of the best rides I've ever taken it on.

[weever82]

Originally Posted by mgkgmc

Not sure if this has been done before but I was wondering what is your guys greatest craigslist, swapmeet or the best score on something for our trucks you have found. Me I found a Nos 69-70 Chevy grille on craigslist for $125 but I had to wait all day till I got off work. Thought for sure it would be gone but gave him a call after work and he he still had it. Score! So whats your guys best score?

I knew I should have been looking on our Craigslist that day... Haha! I'd give u $150 for it.
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[hfd410]

not really truck related but the profit went into my truck....I found a little Kubota diesel tractor with a finish mower and a 4 foot bush hog. Got it all for a thousand dollars and sold it for 2600 later that day...

[mgkgmc]

Originally Posted by weever82

I knew I should have been looking on our Craigslist that day... Haha! I'd give u $150 for it.
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Funny thing is I found it in Gilbert.
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[weever82]

Originally Posted by mgkgmc

Funny thing is I found it in Gilbert.
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Son of a....

Good find! But don't you have four eyes?!

[mgkgmc]

I know but I love them all! Can't beat these trucks.
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[briank]

Eddie H , WOW!!!! How long ago was that??
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[Eddie H.]

Originally Posted by briank

Eddie H , WOW!!!! How long ago was that??
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That was over 20 years ago, but it was still a deal back then.
But like a fool, I sold it for $300 a few months later and thought I really did good.

[yukon]

Last month i picked up a set of white 72 bucket seats and console from a super cheyanne in a junk yard for 150.00.

[72 tigger]

Know a guy who was a little late on a BMW deal. A lady sold a very nice BMW for $100 a few hours before my friend got there. She said her husband had left her a month earlier and then called her a few days ago and told her "Sell the BMW & send me the money". So that's what she did.

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by 72 tigger

Know a guy who was a little late on a BMW deal. A lady sold a very nice BMW for $100 a few hours before my friend got there. She said her husband had left her a month earlier and then called her a few days ago and told her "Sell the BMW & send me the money". So that's what she did.

That sounds like an "Urban Legend"

[downbytheriver]

5.3 and 4l60 for $450. Still no earthly idea how my friend talked him down to that from $1600...
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[camarodude87]

Originally Posted by downbytheriver

5.3 and 4l60 for $450. Still no earthly idea how my friend talked him down to that from $1600...
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