When did you buy your truck and how much? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

howzzzit · 06-20-2023, 03:38 PM

What model is your truck?
When did you buy it?
Stock or modified?

My 72 C10 Cheyenne short bed
1973
Stock
3200.00

**Stocker** · 06-20-2023, 03:50 PM

My '72 K20 was bone stock when I bought it in 1977 and not much has changed. Can't recall exactly but I paid roughly $3200 -- $3300.

**70STOVEBOLT** · 06-20-2023, 06:04 PM

70 C10 SWB
2001 for $2500
Stock 250/3OTT

Bought it from a guy who took it on trade for some concrete work from the original owner, so that makes me the 3rd owner.

wrangler94 · 06-20-2023, 06:19 PM

1970 Chevy C10 Custom
Still basically stock and intend to leave it that way
Bought it Right before Christmas 2022
$60 bucks

Runs too, but not on the road yet.

cbeerman · 06-20-2023, 07:29 PM

1968 K1500 SWB
Bought in 2016 for $2700
Stock 305E but had a square body step side bed on it.

**HO455** · 06-20-2023, 07:44 PM

Bought the WMB in September of 2015 for $5400.

**kwmech** · 06-20-2023, 07:47 PM

68 GMC 3/4 ton, 396, camper special, dual bat, dual aux fuel tanks, 4 sp bought in 1999 from the 2nd owner 98k on the speedo, for 1500.00

wayneharron · 06-20-2023, 08:11 PM

1971 LWB Cheyenne super 350/350
2017 bought off of original owner for $3000
It was all original when I bought it, so far rebuilt motor and Trans,
Lowered and re-upholstered the seat, set of chrome wheels

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-20-2023, 08:24 PM

I bought my Orange '68 C/10 Stepside in Pasadena, Calif, in June 1973* for $1200. It had a factory 292 L6, SM465 4-speed, 3.73:1 gear ratio, 7.00x17.5 tires, West Coast Jr Mirrors. 516 Orange.
All manual. Most likely a fleet truck. Only 6 entries listed on the SPID.
The odometer read just under 80,000 miles. Now it shows about 406,000.

*Hey! It's our 50th anniversary.

**70cst** · 06-20-2023, 08:42 PM

Aug 2000 $2400
Celina Tn.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-26-2023, 12:27 AM

[quote='68OrangeSunshine;9213887]I bought my Orange '68 C/10 Stepside in Pasadena, Calif, in June 1973* for $1200. It had a factory 292 L6, SM465 4-speed, 3.73:1 gear ratio, 7.00x17.5 tires, West Coast Jr Mirrors. 516 Orange.
All manual. Most likely a fleet truck. Only 6 entries listed on the SPID.
The odometer read just under 80,000 miles. Now it shows about 406,000.

*Hey! It's our 50th anniversary.

[/quote]

So I never answered the third query: Stock or Modified?

Body is stock. Except for the P/S front fender, which got an off-colored GMC fender as a replacement in the mid-'80s...
April '22, I got T-Boned on the right rear quarter and my current step fender is crushed in. I bought a '68 P/S step fender in gold, but have yet to mount it.
I rebuilt a junkyard 292 in 1977 at MCAS Yuma. The Sgt in charge of the Base Hobby Shop Garage traded me out my stock folding bench seat for an electric-powered '69 F*rd Thunderbird Bench-bottom/Bucket-back seat. I've had it re-vinyled in Saddle a couple times.
I put a rebuilt 12-Bolt Corp 3.73 [open] diff on last summer to replace the Eaton Posi 12-Bolt diff that got ''crunchy'' after the incident of 4/22.
Not sure I remember how many SM465s I've gone thru in 50 years? More than 3, maybe.
Put the original L6 - 292 [RPO L25] back in the truck following a high performance rebuild. Engine #2 (from Yuma) ran 25 years and 250,000 miles. [Valvoline Racing SAE 30, changed every 2000 miles, Kids.] Engine #3 is Engine #1 with a rebuild:
Bored .030-over, Badger pistons, Crane 260H cam, Bigger intake Valves [1.84''], Offenhauser intake, Clifford Research headers, Edelbrock 1404 500 CFM 4-bbl carb. L6 HEI, Dual Exhaust has angled [for L6] equalized crossover tube, Turbo mufflers exiting aft of tires. White spoke rims, 16 x 7'' and Cooper 235/85R16LT tires.
Project may need Frame Straightened. One-Piece Driveshaft has a big ding [post- 4/22], and must go to shop for inspection or repair. Speeds over 59 MPH produce excessive vibration.
Running the '71 GMC Jimmy as the daily driver, now.

**70STOVEBOLT** · 06-21-2023, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HO455

Bought the WMB in September of 2015 for $5400.

I gotta ask....what does WMB stand for?

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-21-2023, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70STOVEBOLT

I gotta ask....what does WMB stand for?

Well, if ''WMA'' means White Male American in Dragnet's police code, then WMB must mean White Male Brit.

Beach-Burban · 06-22-2023, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 70STOVEBOLT

I gotta ask....what does WMB stand for?

I’ll step in to solve the mystery…Working Man’s Burban. HO455 has documented so much of his work on WMB in his build thread (invitation to wander over to the Suburban side) that I and many others go to it for help…plus he is always ready to give assistance when a question pops up!

Woody

Beach-Burban · 06-22-2023, 11:57 AM

I bought my ‘72 Suburban in November of 2017…for $13,500 in California dollars! The upside is that I only had to drive 90 miles to the high desert where it had lived it’s whole life (very little rust) and it pretty much “checked” all the boxes for me…plus the ‘89 454 had been stored in new/unused condition until 2012 when it was installed, then due to health reasons, was driven very little for a couple of years and was non-op for four more years before I bought it from the original owner. My mechanic confirmed that the engine was hardly used.

Woody

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-22-2023, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beach-Burban

I’ll step in to solve the mystery…Working Man’s Burban. HO455 has documented so much of his work on WMB in his build thread (invitation to wander over to the Suburban side) that I and many others go to it for help…plus he is always ready to give assistance when a question pops up!

Woody

I think I knew that. I was just being a smart A$$.
HO455 is a nice guy.

**1970 CST Short Wide** · 06-20-2023, 10:07 PM

Bought my 1970 CST in 1989 for $1800

Pics of then and now

**Warrens69GMC** · 06-20-2023, 10:20 PM

1969 GMC, 1k 2003
1967 c10, 2023 1k

truckster · 06-20-2023, 10:40 PM

I bought my 72 Blazer in 2007 for $1500. It didn't have an engine and one of the fenders was mismatched. I put a $100 engine in it and drove it that way for six years.

Now it has an L31 Vortec I built for 330 HP/400 Tq, completely rewired, 2 1/2 dual stainless exhaust, and I'm slowly completing the body work.

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-21-2023, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truckster

I bought my 72 Blazer in 2007 for $1500. It didn't have an engine and one of the fenders was mismatched. I put a $100 engine in it and drove it that way for six years.

Now it has an L31 Vortec I built for 330 HP/400 Tq, completely rewired, 2 1/2 dual stainless exhaust, and I'm slowly completing the body work.

What top is on that Blazer?

truckster · 06-21-2023, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

What top is on that Blazer?

It's a Softopper.

**FirstOwner69** · 06-21-2023, 02:03 AM

I bought my 69 C/20 CST with buckets and A/C for $3425 as a model year carryover in November,1969.

D.B · 06-21-2023, 07:31 AM

Long insurance story but I only paid $150 for my 72 C20 Cheyenne Super in 1994.

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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 06-21-2023, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truckster

It's a Softopper.

Thanks.

**allchevy58** · 06-21-2023, 12:13 AM

72' K2500, bought September of 2011 for $3750.00 and it was stock.

06-20-2023, 06:19 PM	#4
wrangler94 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Washington, NC Posts: 93	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 1970 Chevy C10 Custom Still basically stock and intend to leave it that way Bought it Right before Christmas 2022 $60 bucks Runs too, but not on the road yet. Attached Images __________________ 1970 Chevy Custom 10 1970 truck project

06-20-2023, 07:29 PM	#5
cbeerman Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: NJ Posts: 409	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 1968 K1500 SWB Bought in 2016 for $2700 Stock 305E but had a square body step side bed on it. Attached Images

06-20-2023, 07:44 PM	#6
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,414	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? Bought the WMB in September of 2015 for $5400. Attached Images __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

06-20-2023, 07:47 PM	#7
kwmech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colfax-California Posts: 8,659	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 68 GMC 3/4 ton, 396, camper special, dual bat, dual aux fuel tanks, 4 sp bought in 1999 from the 2nd owner 98k on the speedo, for 1500.00

06-20-2023, 08:11 PM	#8
wayneharron Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Ashland KY Posts: 15	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 1971 LWB Cheyenne super 350/350 2017 bought off of original owner for $3000 It was all original when I bought it, so far rebuilt motor and Trans, Lowered and re-upholstered the seat, set of chrome wheels

06-20-2023, 03:38 PM	#1
howzzzit Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kalifornia Posts: 355	When did you buy your truck and how much? What model is your truck? When did you buy it? Stock or modified? My 72 C10 Cheyenne short bed 1973 Stock 3200.00

06-20-2023, 03:50 PM	#2
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,731	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? My '72 K20 was bone stock when I bought it in 1977 and not much has changed. Can't recall exactly but I paid roughly $3200 -- $3300. __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

06-20-2023, 06:04 PM	#3
70STOVEBOLT Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Winona Lake, IN Posts: 6,450	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 70 C10 SWB 2001 for $2500 Stock 250/3OTT Bought it from a guy who took it on trade for some concrete work from the original owner, so that makes me the 3rd owner. __________________ 70 C/10 SWB 402/TH400/3.73 "The Needy Beast" 200,000 Mile Club Disc Brake Club Owner installed options: Front Sway Bar Power Steering Power Brakes Cigar Lighter Courtesy Lights Deluxe Side Markers Wiper Delay Sliding Rear Window Power Windows Power Locks Sniper EFI 2015 Silverado 1500 LS 4.3/6L80/3.23 lowered 2" front & rear Last edited by 70STOVEBOLT; 06-21-2023 at 01:40 PM.

06-20-2023, 08:24 PM	#9
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,536	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? I bought my Orange '68 C/10 Stepside in Pasadena, Calif, in June 1973* for $1200. It had a factory 292 L6, SM465 4-speed, 3.73:1 gear ratio, 7.00x17.5 tires, West Coast Jr Mirrors. 516 Orange. All manual. Most likely a fleet truck. Only 6 entries listed on the SPID. The odometer read just under 80,000 miles. Now it shows about 406,000. Hey! It's our 50th anniversary. Attached Images __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 06-20-2023 at 08:33 PM.*

06-20-2023, 08:42 PM	#10
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,374	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? Aug 2000 $2400 Celina Tn. Attached Images __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder! Last edited by 70cst; 06-29-2023 at 11:01 PM.

06-26-2023, 12:27 AM	#11
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,536	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? [quote='68OrangeSunshine;9213887]I bought my Orange '68 C/10 Stepside in Pasadena, Calif, in June 1973* for $1200. It had a factory 292 L6, SM465 4-speed, 3.73:1 gear ratio, 7.00x17.5 tires, West Coast Jr Mirrors. 516 Orange. All manual. Most likely a fleet truck. Only 6 entries listed on the SPID. The odometer read just under 80,000 miles. Now it shows about 406,000. Hey! It's our 50th anniversary. [/quote] So I never answered the third query: Stock or Modified? Body is stock. Except for the P/S front fender, which got an off-colored GMC fender as a replacement in the mid-'80s... April '22, I got T-Boned on the right rear quarter and my current step fender is crushed in. I bought a '68 P/S step fender in gold, but have yet to mount it. I rebuilt a junkyard 292 in 1977 at MCAS Yuma. The Sgt in charge of the Base Hobby Shop Garage traded me out my stock folding bench seat for an electric-powered '69 Frd Thunderbird Bench-bottom/Bucket-back seat. I've had it re-vinyled in Saddle a couple times. I put a rebuilt 12-Bolt Corp 3.73 [open] diff on last summer to replace the Eaton Posi 12-Bolt diff that got ''crunchy'' after the incident of 4/22. Not sure I remember how many SM465s I've gone thru in 50 years? More than 3, maybe. Put the original L6 - 292 [RPO L25] back in the truck following a high performance rebuild. Engine #2 (from Yuma) ran 25 years and 250,000 miles. [Valvoline Racing SAE 30, changed every 2000 miles, Kids.] Engine #3 is Engine #1 with a rebuild: Bored .030-over, Badger pistons, Crane 260H cam, Bigger intake Valves [1.84''], Offenhauser intake, Clifford Research headers, Edelbrock 1404 500 CFM 4-bbl carb. L6 HEI, Dual Exhaust has angled [for L6] equalized crossover tube, Turbo mufflers exiting aft of tires. White spoke rims, 16 x 7'' and Cooper 235/85R16LT tires. Project may need Frame Straightened. One-Piece Driveshaft has a big ding [post- 4/22], and must go to shop for inspection or repair. Speeds over 59 MPH produce excessive vibration. Running the '71 GMC Jimmy as the daily driver, now. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.

06-22-2023, 11:57 AM	#15
Beach-Burban Registered User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: So. Torrance, CA Posts: 484	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? I bought my ‘72 Suburban in November of 2017…for $13,500 in California dollars! The upside is that I only had to drive 90 miles to the high desert where it had lived it’s whole life (very little rust) and it pretty much “checked” all the boxes for me…plus the ‘89 454 had been stored in new/unused condition until 2012 when it was installed, then due to health reasons, was driven very little for a couple of years and was non-op for four more years before I bought it from the original owner. My mechanic confirmed that the engine was hardly used. Woody

06-20-2023, 10:07 PM	#17
1970 CST Short Wide Senior Moment Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pittsburg Ca Posts: 4,190	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? Bought my 1970 CST in 1989 for $1800 Pics of then and now Attached Images __________________ 1970 CST LS 1 6 speed Ford 9 inch Detroit Tru Track, Dakota Didgital, Vintage Air, QA1 Coil Overs Front & Rear Lots of FUN 2013 GMC PU, Oldest Son 71 GMC LWB. QA1 Suspension, Angry SB. Youngest Son 2017 Toyota SUV Daughters car 2018 Traverse , Wife’s Ride Pittsburg Ca 94565

06-20-2023, 10:20 PM	#18
Warrens69GMC Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Safford,AZ Posts: 3,625	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 1969 GMC, 1k 2003 1967 c10, 2023 1k __________________ 1969 307, t350 1950 Chevy Wagon 1978 Big 10 1967 C10, 250,3-OTT

06-20-2023, 10:40 PM	#19
truckster Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 7,985	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? I bought my 72 Blazer in 2007 for $1500. It didn't have an engine and one of the fenders was mismatched. I put a $100 engine in it and drove it that way for six years. Now it has an L31 Vortec I built for 330 HP/400 Tq, completely rewired, 2 1/2 dual stainless exhaust, and I'm slowly completing the body work. Attached Images __________________ I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. - Thomas Jefferson



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06-21-2023, 02:03 AM	#22
FirstOwner69 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wisconsin & Arizona Posts: 4,853	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? I bought my 69 C/20 CST with buckets and A/C for $3425 as a model year carryover in November,1969. Attached Images __________________ Jim

06-21-2023, 07:31 AM	#23
D.B Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Keller, Texas Posts: 557	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? Long insurance story but I only paid $150 for my 72 C20 Cheyenne Super in 1994.

06-21-2023, 12:13 AM	#25
allchevy58 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Reno, Nv. Posts: 1,440	Re: When did you buy your truck and how much? 72' K2500, bought September of 2011 for $3750.00 and it was stock. Attached Images __________________ 1927 Willy's Knight 24,000 original miles, 1958 Impala 283/Powerglide, 1971 Monte Carlo 350/350, 1972 GMC K2500 350/350, 1976 Chev. K10 350/350, 2006 GMC Sierra 2500HD LBZ Duramax/Allison, 2006 Chev. Silverado K3500 LBZ Duramax/Allison

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