How about some pics of 60-66 Trucks

[66redw/white]

how do you spot all these nice old trucks? its like you live in somekinda 60-66 time warp or somethin!

[firenuttz]

dont know if its been posted or not but i thought this was kinda interesting


nevermind, it was deleted

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by 66redw/white

how do you spot all these nice old trucks? its like you live in somekinda 60-66 time warp or somethin!

It’s real easy. I just started out about 4 years old with a fanatical interest in cool cars and trucks, sat up on the armrest so I could see out the window of the family 48 Oldsmobile, and learned to identify every make and model on the road by the time I was 6 or 7. By the time I was a teenager most of the really cool cars and trucks were off the road, so I developed a knack for looking over fences, behind buildings, down alleys, and into open garages. After a while radar vision evolved, and anything that falls within the “cool” parameters sets off the alarm! It also helps to always have a camera nearby. Without a camera it’s likely I’ll never remember to go back and get a photo later.

I have to admit there is a lot of 60-66 raw material in the area, mostly because they never stopped being used as trucks. Sadly, 10 years ago there were also loads of cool 40’s-50’s cars in the area and almost all of them have since disappeared from the landscape.

[markeb01]

My wife has gotten very adept at finding 60-66 trucks. This morning she spotted what appears to be a 1965 long step side in pretty good shape.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Originally Posted by markeb01

My wife spotted this 61 long bed near Stateline/Post Falls this morning. It appeared to have a really nice double hump hood, and what might be a tachometer on the dash:

Quick markeb01.....
Run over there and check on the condition of those doors!
If there good tell'em to hold it for me!
Yank'em off and squirrel'em away for me!
First dibbs.....

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

YouTube - ‪misc...

[lakeroadster]

A couple sharp chopped shorts...

[Max1775]

My latest find...

[66redw/white]

nice find. i wish mine had had some nice factory paint patina. what kinda truck you pullin it with?

[ratty 46]

**** ... my brother lives in Helotes ... he's suppose to keep his eye open for a gem like that. I need to scold him!!

Nice score.

Plans??

Ratty 46

[eurospec1]

Here is an old pic of my 65 taken in 1998 by the local newspaper for the grand opening of an arcade in my hometown, looking for another longbed now, wish i had never sold that truck..

[markeb01]

Welcome to the forum. Thanks for sharing the photo, and good luck with the hunt.

[Max1775]

Originally Posted by 66redw/white

nice find. i wish mine had had some nice factory paint patina. what kinda truck you pullin it with?

My 07 Dodge. I know, I know.... It was a brief lapse in judgement brought on by too many years of hard drinking...

[Max1775]

Originally Posted by ratty 46

**** ... my brother lives in Helotes ... he's suppose to keep his eye open for a gem like that. I need to scold him!!

Nice score.

Plans??

Ratty 46

LOL, small world. I probably know him.

Plans are just to get her running first. Have a line on a 350, and I'm looking for a 700r4.

[juanz1947]

seen this truck at Pomona swap-meet over the weekend

[Strodder]

Nice truck Juan.

[markeb01]

Here's a big truck we spotted this morning. It might be a dump truck. It's just about overgrown and can't be seen from the side road:

[lakeroadster]

Wow, looks like ya'll live in a tropical rainforest up in the Northwest! Watch out for "trunk monkey's".

[Captainfab]

Ooooohh that looks like it might be a '63. Is that one over in the Spokane area?

Originally Posted by markeb01

Here's a big truck we spotted this morning. It might be a dump truck. It's just about overgrown and can't be seen from the side road:

[Captainfab]

Yeah....it seems like it's been raining straight for the past 4 or 5 months.

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Wow, looks like ya'll live in a tropical rainforest up in the Northwest! Watch out for "trunk monkey's".

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Ooooohh that looks like it might be a '63. Is that one over in the Spokane area?

It's in the Mead area, on one of the small streets east of N. Market.

[Captainfab]

Haha, I was just in that area this afternoon.

Originally Posted by markeb01

It's in the Mead area, on one of the small streets east of N. Market.

[markeb01]

Here are a few more recent discoveries:

A ¾ ton long stepper:



A long GMC fleet:



A nice short fleet with an original 1960 hood:





And another 4-5-6 long fleet:

[cruznfb]

Here is a couple of pictures of mine...still in the building process.

[SCOTI]

This guy lives around the corner from where I work. G-body front clip & driveway built step notch out back. It's a static drop too (he relocated the upper mount for the rear coils when he did the notch). 350/t-400/edelbrock carb. Says he gets about 15mpgs out of it.

I've seen it on the web before but never in person until last weekend....