‘Herding Turds’ - Post em up when you dragged them in

[Chevyland]

I know there are a lot of guys on here like me
That have chased these trucks
All over this great country

Wayne Carini has ‘Chasing Classic Cars’


Let’s see your pictures
Or
Tell your story

ON
‘Herding Turds’

[dave6672]

I'm in the process of getting this gem home. A buddy of mine told me where a few trucks were and this one's the best of the bunch. Been sitting for years, grandma shot out the side window, all that good stuff. But it was cheap. As soon as I can get the passenger front wheel loose from the tree stump, I'll get it home.

[Chevyland]

Looks like it might have got some sort of skin disease being in the forest to long

Both of those trucks were Supers, I got in a package deal back East
One of my worst deals ever !
When the trucker showed up he wanted an extra $100, so he could clean all the oil, and tranny fluid that had leaked out of the blue truck onto his windshield. He told me the truck didn’t have enough power on its own to get up there, so a bunch of guys helped push it there...I’ll have to climb up there and hold the brakes while he pulls me off with the other yellow POS I bought that barely runs also.

[dave6672]

[QUOTE=Chevyland;8685829]Looks like it might have got some sort of skin disease being in the forest to long

No doubt. When I grabbed the passenger door handle and yanked hard to open it, it came off in my hand.......the door.

[underliner6]

Receiving my 1972 K20 after having it shipped from out of state after much anticipation.

Relocating my 1972 Camaro from AZ to CO when I moved last summer.

Dragging my Ochre CST home when it was in pieces from Phoenix.

Recently bringing home my one owner dark olive CST from Northern Utah in December. Nearly had a conniption with all the salt they use on the roads in UT.

[tim71]

May of 2014, I didn't think I had bought a turd but wasn't sure. Truck came from Idaho, I live in Indiana. I purchased off Ebay without physically seeing or inspecting truck. Fortunately the seller had represented it honestly. Photo is it arriving from Idaho. That was many $$ ago.

[72c20customcamper]

The 68 I picked up in SC drove 13 hours to get it . The 77 went to Michigan for it . My 72 I drove home as it was local. It had just been brought to NY from Washington state. The 68 hadn't been on the road since 96 I bought it in 2019 , the 77 about 6 months later

Never bought a turd though . Guess I did pay for mouse turds .

My 72 when I bought it

[70c10-08]

Here is my 1969 C/20 parts truck I bought off the head of maintenance at the college I used to attend in 2010. Where it was all 4 split rim wheels were on the ground barley holding air (but they aired right up and held). It was parked out by an old weathered Quonset hut covered in tons of tall grass, moss, them wild sunflowers and milk weeds. To get to it he had to get out his old Ford Jubilee tractor and mow round it then drag it out of it's former resting place. It was the mice equivalent to the playboy mansion . It had one of those late 70's early 80's aluminum toppers on it complete with shagadelic carpet in that brownish green color. Here are some pics about a week after I dragged it home and removed the topper yes, that was the original bed floor, the cab was rusted, filled the carb full of gas put a battery in it, it hadn't run since 2002 but I turned the ignition over and, the 350 fired right up.

[DeadheadNM]

Here are my current turds...

[RenoKeene]

Rescuing this future jewel from being buried in a barn.

[Boog]

That's going to be real nice.

[davischevy]

In pieces now.

[davischevy]

Everything I have is in pieces it seems.

[gphillips72wagon]

What are those "outlets" on the hood?

Some kind of heat diffusers???

[gphillips72wagon]

Originally Posted by RenoKeene

Rescuing this future jewel from being buried in a barn.

What are those outlets on the hood - heat diffusers???

[yysenhimer]

Interesting thread!

[Chevyland]

Thanks for posting guys
I thought there might be others that had documented
Their addiction
It seems 5-25 years ago it was easy to find trucks to drag in
All my friends that have made their hobby of it
Say it has pretty much dried up

Don’t be afraid
If you have pictures of your own personal
Wrecking yard
Post those up too !

Nobody here will make fun of you
And ask
‘Why do you have so many trucks ?’

We Understand !

[Already Gone]

I didn't drag mine but in 2014 when I bought it drove it 900 miles home without a hitch from South Dakota to the Great White North.

[54blackhornet]

I drug this 71 K/10 home and parted it out because of terminal rust issues.

[stomper]

From the transport driver. Somewhere in Idaho.

[stomper]

Leavin the farm. Factory 67 short cab/chassis

[too much stuff]

Originally Posted by Chevyland

Thanks for posting guys
I thought there might be others that had documented
Their addiction
It seems 5-25 years ago it was easy to find trucks to drag in
All my friends that have made their hobby of it
Say it has pretty much dried up

Don’t be afraid
If you have pictures of your own personal
Wrecking yard
Post those up too !

Nobody here will make fun of you
And ask
‘Why do you have so many trucks ?’

We Understand !

I am not biased, I will drag home almost any of them in any weather...
Pic 1 hauled home from texas. (sold)
pic 2 I hauled from Wyoming.
pic 3 is my place.
Pic 4 I hauled from Oklahoma
Pic 5 is the burb a board member bought in texas 10+ years ago, we drove it home and I talked him out of it a couple years ago.

[54blackhornet]

Is there a proper medical term for this affliction ?

[68bowtie]

Here are a few I pulled out of purgatory. I only own one of these today, but I really wish I could keep them all. I'll be bringing home another in a couple weeks, I got no business really doing this, but I can't help it!

[Orange71shorty]

Here’s a few I drug home recently