Poll time...where did you find your truck?

[ChevyC102007]

I found Ole' Blue about two or three blocks from my house. Was looking for a Chevy to replace the F^&% Ranger that someone gave me. $350 later the ole boy was mine

[Already Gone]

First saw Ole Pinky at our local Easter Weekend Car Show in 1997 or 1998. It had small block (painted pink) and the gauge surround and glove box door were also painted pink. It also had spinners on the center caps on the rally wheels. In August 2001 I went to our local annual Cruise afternoon downtown and there was Pinky backed up against the curb with a small pink For Sale sign on the dash, and the glove box door was chrome and the gauge suround flat black. The owner wasn't around so I took the phone number and called him the next day.. When I called him he asked me if I had opened the hood on the truck and said no I do not touch someones vehicle when they are not there. He wouldn't give me the price on the phone as he wanted me to see under the hood before he quoted me a price. When I saw the 396 under the hood I was happy but would have gladly bought the truck with the small block. I probably paid too much for the truck but rust free trucks are very hard to find up here in the GWN. I'm 60 now and unless I get destitute this truck will be in my Estate.

[Robert1970C20rstbukt]

My first truck was my Grandfather's '70 Chevy C20 fleetside. He bought an '83 Chevy 1/2 ton and retired the 3/4 ton in '96. It sat in a field at their house for about 10 years before he gave it to me, I drove the hell out of it in high school. It's been retired again since I found the dually on Craigslist, its gonna be a daily driver for awhile while the '70 gets restored. I found the Suburban at the junkyard and saved it from a horrible death, hadn't done much with it. The '86 3+3 has traded hands many times between the family, we've got it again lol

[special-K]

`72 K2500...Friend in California located it for me.

`71 C/30.....Neighbor had it.

`71 K/10.....Here

`67 c1500...Here:Rolling frame,fenders,tailgate,rear splash gaurds,hood,bed cross members,buddy seats,327,`67 wing vents,valve .................covers,AM/FM,posi,3.42s,and wheels.
.................Carlisle:Cab,doors,bedsides,head panel,complete core support/grille,air cleaner,hub caps,inst.cluster,
.................Chevy dealer:Inner fenders,Camaro tach,weatherstrip,various mounts,bushings,lenses,bumpers,and seals.
.................Bill Athey:Misc used original parts from hood hinges to horns to pedal assembly to flywheel to...
.................Eddie`s friend Mike:M22

[Mt Man Chad]

71 SWB that was way out in the farmers field from the highway. I left a note on his door he called me back 6 months later.
$250 and I needed to put a new 250 6 banger and front bumper on it and a buff job.

[oldno7]

Well this is a cool thread, I have 2 old trucks. When I was 16ish and cruising the strip, a guy had a 72 that was white and had (what I call zz stripes)on it and I thought it was cool. So when I totaled my 76 my dad said we would just get something diff. So I told him about a 72 my math teacher had for sell the cluch was out, but we picked it up for 250.00. I wish I had took some pictures when we brought it home, but we jumped into fixing it up. Through the years it's been fixed up several times and I've had it for 24yrs. After having this truck for awhile I fell in love with the small window 67s, and always wanted one, but never found one to buy. So a few years ago my wife and I traveled to oklahoma to visit her dad he's an older fella not in great shape and they really just sit around and watch tv. We were there for a whole week, and after 3 days of watching tv I had had it so I went for a drive. Country road after country road I turned a corner and I spotted this truck from a 1/4 mile away. When I rolled up no one was home, but I wanted to see it so bad I got out of the durango we had and walked through this person yard. I couldn't believe it a rust free 67 southern oky truck no front end no motor or tranny stepside. I suddenly realized I had 2 big oky boys standing behind me asking what I thought I was doing. All I could say was is it for sale. They laughed and said you'll have to talk to dad. So for 500.00 My wife and I pulled this baby 625ish mile's back to central Il at night little nervous with it sitting out for so many years with no front end, it held up on the u/haul car dolly I don't have a picture right now I've sat on it for a few years and just starting to do the frame. Hey sorry for the long post, but thanks for letting me share.

[Sinisterspeed]

Found my truck when my dad brought it home for his girlfriend when I was 13. I fell in love with it then. I told them both I wanted that truck someday. When I was 27 she finially sold it to me. When I started restoring it, It was to far gone.

So now I have part of the frame, grill, engine, and trans from that truck.
71 GMC Longhorn donated the rest of the frame, and bed from the newspaper.
72 Chevy I found on cragslist dontated the doors.
70 GMC Cab bought by itself off craigslist (3rd cab)
Axles came from friends rebuilt 78 1 ton military truck. 60/14 w.4.56's and lockers f/r
so... I had to pick one so I said the newspaper. thats where the biggest portion came from.

everything else is out of the box new

[72swee'pea]

Found mine on AutoTrader, in town, had been looking for months, but the price never matched the truck!!! Took the wife to look at it and she loved it. Picked it up the next day. While the PO and I were trading cash/title, he got a call from an agency that was interested in using his (my) truck in a commercial. He gave me the phone, made some arrangements, made the deal. They payed me $185 for the use of the truck. I was at the shoot and drove the truck, they would then cut...get the actor to sit in it...and film him getting out of the truck. While at the shoot I got to talking to people involved and they asked me to be an extra, paid me $80 to be in commercial. Made some of my $3600 I paid for the truck back.

[txriverrat]

Lets see, my 69 c10cst started off as a lwb fleetside used for hauling whitewater rafts and trash at the campsite I worked at. Boss man said he wanted it gone, I gave him $500 and drove it on home. Got the bobbed welding bed on now and am close to being street legal again. Sbc 350, t350

As for the big truck, 72 c50, I saw it on the side of the road out in a corn field...called the phone# on it and a short time later it was mine. This one is a bit more long term of a project. It came with a BB 366 tall deck, 5spd manual, 2spd rear.

[MisterE72]

I found mine parked behind a boat right across the street from the school I teach at. I tried for 3 years to buy it from the guy. He finally sold it to me because he wanted to get a speaker tower for his boat.

[KevsClassics]

Found mine at the GGs Autumn Get Together back in the late 90s For sale in the car corral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL5aY20GKvg

[butternut1972]

My dad bought mine from a friend of his. Growing up we always had lowered short bed trucks to pull my dads daycruiser around, and i have been hooked ever since. Have a safe and happy new year.

[hchad18]

My father who was into cars was killed in Jan 2006 three months later my wife made me drive by this truck on the side of the road that was for sale. There were 3 or 4 guys around it at the time. I told my wife it'll be gone tomorrow. She said if its still there I'm buying it. The guys phone had been shut off and she was the first call he got when it was turned back on. He had 13 voice mails but he honored our deal. My wife says my dad made sure I got it.

[hchad18]

Originally Posted by butternut1972

My dad bought mine from a friend of his. Growing up we always had lowered short bed trucks to pull my dads daycruiser around, and i have been hooked ever since. Have a safe and happy new year.

Good looking stepside!

[JesseH13]

got my truck throught my dads buddy. my dad was saying i was looking for a 67-68 pick up and i got a couple months later my dad made a deal i got this truck sight unseen but was very happy with it and still am. i love this truck more than anything in this world... lol
just cant wait to see it looking great.. someday.

[ges55]

My 67 C10 blue truck in my avatar was purchased by me from my father-in-law in 91. The family sold it to me just before he passed on. He bought it new. The green 67 C20 in my avatar was purchased by me from the guy who does my body work. He sold it on consignment.

[KevsClassics]

TTT

[Hubscrub]

went with a friend to look at a 72 shortbed and seen this one sitting beside a garage and went back a couple of months later and made a deal i was a long bed but i had a 67 short frame and i put the cab foward on it and found the bed about 2 hours away last month

[CG]

I'll just talk about the one that runs...LOL...It was across the street in the neighbors driveway. He bought it new. They retired and sold their house. He came over one day when I was heading off to work and told me to come over when I got home.

So I went over to their place when I got off work. He said Ill make you a deal you wont be able to refuse on my trucks (he also had a 73 3/4 ton 4x4) and a bunch of his shop stuff...air compressor, welders etc etc. He was right, I couldnt refuse it lol.

Im slowly updating to the look I prefer in a truck (Ive posted before pics somewhere on the site). Needs paint, some of the panels are a little wavy, little bit of rust in one fender. Ive had the mirror arms powder coated argent silver since this pic was taken.



Lots of other things Im working on so this one only gets a little bit at a time.

[BADPURPLE70CHEVY]

Found mine in a fellas front yard and talked him into selling. Lots of work done and more to go.

[gcburdic]

Found mine in a "Wheels and Deals' weekly in High Point NC.....Wanted a truck real bad and saw this one and got it....lesson learned knowing that I paid too much for what I got, but I think she turned out pretty good

[Richard8971]

I found my '67 stepper in Oregon. I was running a small body shop and had did some paint work for our mechanic neighbor. He joked with me about taking the old truck as payment instead of cash. Needless to say, one thing led to another and I drove her home.

It was an old farm truck and had sat for about 7-8 years in the field unused before Bob (my mechanic) had picked it up. They had gotten it running and Bob was going to give it to one of his sons to restore. Well his son went off to Iraq and gave up on the project.

Almost 3 years later, I'm still doing small things to restore it. It's been a fun truck, wouldn't trade it for anything!

Don

[Oldesole7472]

Saw mine along the side of the road, wanted one for years...went back and got the number and called about it...truck was mine by the end of the week.

[69GMCLonghorn]

None of the above: I was at Pomona selling a '67 Cadillac. This guy pulled in with the truck and backed up almost over my head (I was sleeping on a cot behind my car after being up drinking all night: It's a Pomona thing; you'd have to be there!). So I got up, checked it out, and at the end of the day, I bought it!

[k2rm]

My 1970 C20 was the first new vehicle my parents bought. It was originally lime green with a white cab and white skirts. Its been in the family longer than me so they often joke they have more attachment to it than my sister or I. They moved it from Oregon City, to Anchorage, to Aberdeen Wa, to Bellevue Wa, to Bellingham Wa. I now have it in Concord Ca. It had severe rust problems by the early eighties since we would take it on the beach in Washington for clam digging. My dad tried to wash the underside as best he could, but there was no stopping the rust.

I fondly remember all of the family camping trips, either hauling a 8 foot camper or pulling a 22' trailer. It was always fun passing brand new trucks in the 80's that were overheating on the side of the road pulling trailers over Washington mountain passes while we cruised on by without even breaking a sweat in our 70 rust bucket pulling our trailer.

In 1989, my dad and I did a "band-aid" restore where we hid the rust and repainted to a red metallic. It looked good and it was mine when I turned 16. By the end of the 90s, it was showing its rust again.

A few years ago, we started a frame off. We got the cab from Nevada, the doors and right fender are from California. It has a new 350 crate engine and a 700R4 tranny. The only thing original is the frame, bed, and suspension components (except trailing arms). I am going to put a 70 grille back on it soon. It will always remain in the family.