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archie307 · 01-10-2008, 09:30 AM

72 gmc 2wd 3/4 ton.Picked it up from a used car lot for $500 bucks.Friends think I paid too much for it. Runs great when I don't have small intermittent hiccups..anyways i love it and thats all that matters!!Site has been a good resource to me. sorry pics aren't the greatest.

Dano69c10 · 01-10-2008, 09:38 AM

Great Score! Now drive it like its stolen!

shaneschevys · 01-10-2008, 09:40 AM

Looks good to me.

**VetteVet** · 01-10-2008, 09:42 AM

Sand that baby down and paint it with flat black spray cans and they won't laugh at you anymore. Good score.

archie307 · 01-10-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by VetteVet

Sand that baby down and paint it with flat black spray cans and they won't laugh at you anymore. Good score.

HAHA! thats exactly what I was thinking!!

Wasted Income · 01-10-2008, 09:47 AM

I'd leave it the way it is, and put a stout EFI motor in it. *cough* sleeper *cough* I love the patina of that truck!

**WorkinLonghorn** · 01-10-2008, 09:50 AM

Looks pretty good to me. Put it to work hauling stuff to the dump and you'll make back that $500 in a week. Then It's gravy.

jkaylor68gmc · 01-10-2008, 09:52 AM

cool, its a beater, have fun with it.

marcuspboldt · 01-10-2008, 10:38 AM

If it runs and drives you stole it!

From what I can see the truck looks ok either as a beater or if you want to breath new life into it and restore it.

**LockDoc** · 01-10-2008, 10:41 AM

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Too bad your not closer, I've got a hood you could have....

LockDoc

archie307 · 01-10-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Too bad your not closer, I've got a hood you could have....

LockDoc

damn....

Shyguy · 01-10-2008, 11:44 AM

Sure looks like you got a good deal. No matter what you do with it you got your moneys worth.

I think beaters are cool, everyone should have one.

Have fun and enjoy it.

The hiccuping could be because it hasn't been run for a while and needs some fresh gasoline and a can of gasoline additive.

When I bought my beater a year and a half ago it ran the same, but the more I drove it the better it ran.

Danny - Southeast Missouri

ksbeatty · 01-10-2008, 12:29 PM

Have a great time with it. I thought I would just by an old beater and drive it. However, I get it back from paint in two weeks.

**68350** · 01-10-2008, 12:52 PM

Do you have any more pictures? Appears to be a 3/4 sierra or sierra grande? 500 bucks was worth it. What motor and tranny? options? there is an option sheet on the inside of the glovebox door. nice find!!

archie307 · 01-10-2008, 01:14 PM

Couldn't get a decent pic of the card in glove box. Only got my camera phone. It does say its a Sierra grande with 4:10 rear axle. It has a 78 350 in it.looked up the engine code. Card said it originally had a 400. Don't know what it has for tranny. It really ain't that rusted.Every truck before this I looked at was all rusted out beneath the doors.Bed in pretty good shape. When I first seen it at the lot I figured it would be a rust bucket! Can't wait for the warm weather to roll around so I can go junk yardin!

**El Jay** · 01-10-2008, 01:39 PM

Have you no conscience?
You stole that truck.
Great find.
Why don't I ever stumble accross this stuff? Sniff. Sniff.

**1970cstblazer** · 01-10-2008, 04:19 PM

Nice 3/4 ton, especially for only $500.

mrein3 · 01-10-2008, 04:31 PM

Nice truck! My truck came out of Wyoming. It had a similar paint job when I got it. When I got it here, it literally started to rust right before my eyes. You see here in Minnesota we have this stuff in the air called water. You high desert guys don't know what it is like to have a piece of metal without paint rust over night.

I had to slap a quick paint job on it to keep it from rusting.

If the glove box said it had a 400 that would be a big block, 402 engine.

72BlckButy · 01-10-2008, 05:07 PM

Nice save!

Sweet72 · 01-10-2008, 05:11 PM

Nice GMC man! I once took my GMC back home to Wyoming and watched the rust stop dead in it's tracks! But when the vacation was over I had to come back to the east coast...

**clay68c10** · 01-10-2008, 05:18 PM

Nice Wyo truck (I grew up in Laramie). They're all over up there. I've got a buddy in Bar Nunn that has a few 67-72's and some parts. I'll PM you his # if you'd like.

01-10-2008, 09:30 AM	#1
archie307 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: casper wyoming Posts: 17	Well here is my beater... 72 gmc 2wd 3/4 ton.Picked it up from a used car lot for $500 bucks.Friends think I paid too much for it. Runs great when I don't have small intermittent hiccups..anyways i love it and thats all that matters!!Site has been a good resource to me. sorry pics aren't the greatest. Attached Images

01-10-2008, 09:38 AM	#2
Dano69c10 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ontario, Kali Posts: 2,427	Re: Well here is my beater... Great Score! Now drive it like its stolen! __________________ '69 Fleet It ain't yours, if you didn't build it!

01-10-2008, 09:40 AM	#3
shaneschevys Its always something! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: FT Worth,TX Posts: 4,992	Re: Well here is my beater... Looks good to me. __________________ 79 p10 stepvan 72 Short Fleetside 72 Suburban 67 GMC One Ton Flatbed 64 Short Fleetside 57 Chevy 2DR Hard Top 57 Chevy 2dr wagon 65 f* short fleet 63 C 60 Flatbed Member of the patina club**

01-10-2008, 09:42 AM	#4
VetteVet Msgt USAF Ret Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 8,719	Re: Well here is my beater... Sand that baby down and paint it with flat black spray cans and they won't laugh at you anymore. Good score. __________________ VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative.

01-10-2008, 09:47 AM	#6
Wasted Income Boosted Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mackinaw, IL Posts: 2,200	Re: Well here is my beater... I'd leave it the way it is, and put a stout EFI motor in it. cough sleeper cough I love the patina of that truck! __________________ 1972 2wd K/5 Blazer Turbocharged 370 LSx - 941 rwhp / 1093 rwtq 1969 Chevy K-10 L33 5.3 / 4L80E / NP241 / 4" lift 1964 Buick Skylark Twin TURBO 383 LS pro-touring project 2014 VW Passat TDI - Daily Driver Turbo diesel 2015 Sierra Denali HD Duramax Turbo diesel 2023 Ford Explorer ST - Twin Turbskis 2023 Ford F150 RCSB - Whipple Supercharged 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo 2014 Nor-Tech Center Console - Twin Supercharged Outboards *TURBO ALL THE THINGS!!*

01-10-2008, 09:50 AM	#7
WorkinLonghorn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Studio City, Calif. Posts: 2,886	Re: Well here is my beater... Looks pretty good to me. Put it to work hauling stuff to the dump and you'll make back that $500 in a week. Then It's gravy. __________________ '69 GMC C2500 Custom Camper, 8 1/2' bed, New GM 350, NP 435 Close Ratio 4spd. Trans., 3.73 Dana-60 open.Camper and Trailer wiring, PS, PB, AC, tach , three gas tanks, stereo speakers, 2nd owner, Work-Truck supreme.

01-10-2008, 09:52 AM	#8
jkaylor68gmc Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: TN Posts: 2,448	Re: Well here is my beater... cool, its a beater, have fun with it. __________________ 1947 International KB-1 1957 Chevy Bel-Air riding low 1962 swb fleetside 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 7-inch lift on 35 Daily driver 2016 Chevy Tahoe Better halves ride

01-10-2008, 10:38 AM	#9
marcuspboldt Registered Abuser Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ft.Worth Texas Posts: 1,001	Re: Well here is my beater... If it runs and drives you stole it! From what I can see the truck looks ok either as a beater or if you want to breath new life into it and restore it.

01-10-2008, 10:41 AM	#10
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,897	Re: Well here is my beater... - Too bad your not closer, I've got a hood you could have.... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

01-10-2008, 11:44 AM	#12
Shyguy Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 2,436	Re: Well here is my beater... Sure looks like you got a good deal. No matter what you do with it you got your moneys worth. I think beaters are cool, everyone should have one. Have fun and enjoy it. The hiccuping could be because it hasn't been run for a while and needs some fresh gasoline and a can of gasoline additive. When I bought my beater a year and a half ago it ran the same, but the more I drove it the better it ran. Danny - Southeast Missouri

01-10-2008, 12:29 PM	#13
ksbeatty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 300	Re: Well here is my beater... Have a great time with it. I thought I would just by an old beater and drive it. However, I get it back from paint in two weeks. __________________ 1969 GMC 3/4 Ton 4x4 2" Lift, A/C, PS, PB 383 Stroker, 700R4, 205, 4.10 GM Medium Bronze (Copper Poly) no new nick name yet. She is to pretty to be the Beater. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=241855

01-10-2008, 12:52 PM	#14
68350 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Williston, ND Posts: 2,999	Re: Well here is my beater... Do you have any more pictures? Appears to be a 3/4 sierra or sierra grande? 500 bucks was worth it. What motor and tranny? options? there is an option sheet on the inside of the glovebox door. nice find!! __________________ 68 Chevy CST/10, 50th Anniversary, 327/th400, 373 posi, buckets 68 GMC Shortbox Stepside, 402/th400, Tilt, Tach, Bucket Seats, 3.08 Positraction 69 Chevy Camaro SS, 383, 4 speed, positraction 70 Chevy El Camino SS396, Triple Black, 454/th400, Tach 70 Chevy Shortbox Stepside 4x4, 350/th350, Tilt, Tach, Cab Lights, Bumper Guards, Tow Hooks 70 Chevy 3/4 Longbox, 350/auto, 70k, SURVIVOR 71 Chevy Blazer, CST, 350/auto 71 GMC Sierra K2500, 454, 4 speed, 4.10 posi, 37s 71 Custom/30, Open Road, 350/th400, tilt 72 Chevy Shortbox Fleetside, 496 Stroker/th400, Tilt, Tach, Bucket Seats, 3.42 Posi 72 GMC Sierra Grande 2500. 427/th400, tilt, a/c, tool and stowage, buckets/console, 3.54 posi

01-10-2008, 01:14 PM	#15
archie307 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: casper wyoming Posts: 17	Re: Well here is my beater... Couldn't get a decent pic of the card in glove box. Only got my camera phone. It does say its a Sierra grande with 4:10 rear axle. It has a 78 350 in it.looked up the engine code. Card said it originally had a 400. Don't know what it has for tranny. It really ain't that rusted.Every truck before this I looked at was all rusted out beneath the doors.Bed in pretty good shape. When I first seen it at the lot I figured it would be a rust bucket! Can't wait for the warm weather to roll around so I can go junk yardin!

01-10-2008, 01:39 PM	#16
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: Well here is my beater... Have you no conscience? You stole that truck. Great find. Why don't I ever stumble accross this stuff? Sniff. Sniff.

01-10-2008, 04:19 PM	#17
1970cstblazer All stock and staying that way Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Elkland, PA Posts: 1,935	Re: Well here is my beater... Nice 3/4 ton, especially for only $500. __________________ 1970 K/5 Blazer CST 4WD, TOTM winner December 2024! Medium Bronze, 93k ACT. miles, 350, 4 speed, rear positraction, 16.5" x 8.25" HD Kelsey Hayes wheel option, tilt, tach, vacuum, AM/FM, manual throttle...Dad ordered and purchased new 4/70. Currently frame off restoration finally getting close to completion.. 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 2WD, DK Blue/White, 90K ACT. miles, 402, TH400, 4.10 open, tilt, tach, vacuum, A/C, AM/FM, manual throttle.. A mostly original paint never rusted Texas survivor... 2017 Sierra 1500 SLT 4WD, Black, 45k miles, 5.3, 6L80E, 3.42 LS, 20" polished wheels, everything but moonroof and 6.2... 2019 Canyon SLT 4WD, White, 62k miles, 3.6, 8L45, 3.23 LS, 18" wheels



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01-10-2008, 04:31 PM	#18
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,254	Re: Well here is my beater... Nice truck! My truck came out of Wyoming. It had a similar paint job when I got it. When I got it here, it literally started to rust right before my eyes. You see here in Minnesota we have this stuff in the air called water. You high desert guys don't know what it is like to have a piece of metal without paint rust over night. I had to slap a quick paint job on it to keep it from rusting. If the glove box said it had a 400 that would be a big block, 402 engine. __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN

01-10-2008, 05:07 PM	#19
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: Well here is my beater... Nice save! __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

01-10-2008, 05:11 PM	#20
Sweet72 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 1,534	Re: Well here is my beater... Nice GMC man! I once took my GMC back home to Wyoming and watched the rust stop dead in it's tracks! But when the vacation was over I had to come back to the east coast... __________________ '72 GMC SWB C1500 Custom, frame-off in progress. 383 SBC, 9:1CR, Comp Cams XE262H, Scat internal balanced crank, Eagle SIR 6" rods, Keith Black dish pistons, Dart Iron Eagle 72/180 heads, Weiand Stealth intake, Stewart stage I water pump, Holley 4bbl vac sec, TH350 with B&M Shift Improver Kit. 12 bolt positraction.

01-10-2008, 05:18 PM	#21
clay68c10 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 2,996	Re: Well here is my beater... Nice Wyo truck (I grew up in Laramie). They're all over up there. I've got a buddy in Bar Nunn that has a few 67-72's and some parts. I'll PM you his # if you'd like. __________________ ClusterTruck: 68 C10 Bought in 89, wrecked in 03. Slow low $ rebuild started '17. 6.0 & TKO http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=788602 93 K1500 Short Step, 350, NV4500, EBL flash ECU. Vortec heads & roller cam someday... 05 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 3” lift & 6-speed 02 E320 the insurance total “free car” 13 Tahoe LTZ

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