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LT7A 04-24-2022 03:29 PM

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Great pictures of family trucks there. This one has been shown elsewhere, but what the heck. I might have others but not on the computer. This picture is getting old, 32 years. That truck stop is long gone now

And I would have happily snapped that rig up from you when you were done with it.

Is it possible to rename this thread "vintage pictures" like the original thread, rather than vintage trucks? Most of the site is about vintage trucks. But this is about old pictures of these trucks when they were new, which has its own cool factor. And there are some very cool period photographs in here. Even where SKT and Wikid61 make us play squarebody Where's Waldo, haha.

SKT 04-24-2022 08:07 PM

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…there are some very cool period photographs in here.

Even where skt makes us play a squarebody version of where's waldo, haha.

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Willowrun 04-24-2022 10:21 PM

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We used to have a place that looked similar to that called the sand pits. An old quarry I think for material for concrete. Full of houses now. Did you have the sport stripes on your hood or just a hood that was different than body color? It looks like it matches the side accent panel, so I thought it might be that option.

This was a sand hill in the middle of the Huron National forest that evolved from a smaller gathering of people trying to just get up the hill with motorcycles, trucks, and buggies into a major party spot in the mid-90's where way too many people were partying in the middle of the woods and racing up the sand hill as it had become more eroded. I spent several holiday weekends up there racing my CR500 up the hill. Eventually, fights, people getting hurt, and ambulances stuck in the sand lead to the DNR not allowing alcohol and then it quieted right down. Nowadays, it seems this type of activity has been replaced by the mud bog here in MI.

Here's a pic of the bottom of the hill mid-day on a holiday weekend with the vantage point of me standing on top of my suburban.

There's a square in there somewhere which I'm sure is why I took the picture:smoke:

Oh, and no sport stripe on the Burby hood. It either didn't have a hood or it was bent when I got it so was lucky to find one that at least complimented it from a junkyard back when you could find that sort of stuff. Drug the suburban out of a backyard without and engine for $300. It lost it's roof later in life.

LT7A 04-25-2022 08:27 AM

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This was a sand hill in the middle of the Huron National forest that evolved from a smaller gathering of people trying to just get up the hill with motorcycles, trucks, and buggies into a major party spot in the mid-90's where way too many people were partying in the middle of the woods and racing up the sand hill as it had become more eroded. I spent several holiday weekends up there racing my CR500 up the hill. Eventually, fights, people getting hurt, and ambulances stuck in the sand lead to the DNR not allowing alcohol and then it quieted right down. Nowadays, it seems this type of activity has been replaced by the mud bog here in MI.

Here's a pic of the bottom of the hill mid-day on a holiday weekend with the vantage point of me standing on top of my suburban.

There's a square in there somewhere which I'm sure is why I took the picture:smoke:

Oh, and no sport stripe on the Burby hood. It either didn't have a hood or it was bent when I got it so was lucky to find one that at least complimented it from a junkyard back when you could find that sort of stuff. Drug the suburban out of a backyard without and engine for $300. It lost it's roof later in life.

Looks like quite a place! I see a number of good reasons to be there. Vehicular and otherwise...

LT7A 04-25-2022 08:29 AM

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Haha, nice! Squares Waldo strikes again!

SKT 05-03-2022 08:44 PM

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Even where SKT makes us play squarebody Where's Waldo, haha.

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Check out @vintage_squarebody_pics on IG.

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LT7A 05-06-2022 07:55 AM

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Thanks SKT. In the first picture, my eye went directly to the squares on the lower left. Very cool picture. I have been through that border crossing dozens of times and did not realize that the building spanning the crossing has been there for so long. In the second picture, my eye went to the 71 or 72 Cutlass convertible pulling out. I grew up driving a 70 that my folks still have and my first car was a 71 hardtop. I really like seeing these old pictures. Thanks for posting.

special-K 05-08-2022 10:13 AM

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And I would have happily snapped that rig up from you when you were done with it.

Is it possible to rename this thread "vintage pictures" like the original thread, rather than vintage trucks? Most of the site is about vintage trucks. But this is about old pictures of these trucks when they were new, which has its own cool factor. And there are some very cool period photographs in here. Even where SKT and Wikid61 make us play squarebody Where's Waldo, haha.

I sold that '84 to a friend's brother who drove it for years. I loved that truck.

Here are some other pictures of it. First is how it looked when I first got it. Actually, the small used car lot I got it from also had a body shop. The original owner had Doeskin Tan painted on the side like factory 2-tone. That paint was chalky plus I wanted it solid color, so he gave me a deal on an overall paint job. I bought all new GM trim for it. It also had dumbo mirrors and I changed to N.O.S. Camper/towing mirrors. Also had him remove the tailgate trim. This was a work truck and the last thing it needed was a big brushed aluminum panel across a void waiting for it's first ding
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I had my buddy letter and pinstripe it, as well as do a desert scene mural on the tailgate where the trim was. This picture is, obviously, on a jobsite. The red '87 K20 was my buddy's who worked for me
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A glimpse on the job
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And where's Waldo? :lol:
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Here is the '78 Scottsdale Camper Special I had a while before that '84. It had a wood floorboard

LT7A 05-09-2022 10:10 AM

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Cool. Looks like some nice homes and some nice work. A great trucks. Don't you wish we could keep them all.

VWNate1 05-09-2022 11:19 AM

Keep 'Em All
 
It turns out that two story homes are not so great as you age out and stairs become your enemy....

:lol:

special-K 05-10-2022 07:10 AM

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It turns out the same is true for lifted 4wds with big tires :lol:

72c20customcamper 05-10-2022 09:02 AM

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It turns out the same is true for lifted 4wds with big tires :lol:

Even stock height its a pain without running boards

VWNate1 05-10-2022 10:55 AM

Entry Height
 
It depends on the rig you buy ~ I tend to buy base model fleet spec. rigs so they're never very high off the ground and easy to get into and out of .

SKT 05-12-2022 06:43 PM

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special-K 05-13-2022 08:06 AM

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Keith Seymore 05-13-2022 05:29 PM

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Found a few more of the red truck from when we were in Arizona.

This would have been 1990 - 1994 timeframe.

K

Keith Seymore 05-13-2022 05:35 PM

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And - no pics of the blue truck yet in this thread:

special-K 05-14-2022 10:31 AM

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Great pictures, Keith. Father & son wash time. I really like your old Stepside

SKT 06-20-2022 08:29 AM

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Keith Seymore 06-20-2022 11:20 AM

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Love the paperwork on that one.

K

SKT 06-21-2022 09:09 PM

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Ol Blue K20 06-25-2022 11:17 AM

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love the paperwork on that one.

K

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special-K 06-26-2022 09:24 AM

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Axle 06-26-2022 02:28 PM

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Some randomn internet finds. Any years in the filename are the year the photo was taken.

Axle 06-26-2022 02:31 PM

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couple more from around this area

SKT 07-07-2022 01:19 PM

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Keep the pics coming @axle!

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special-K 07-09-2022 03:28 PM

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Here is another vintage picture I was personally involved with. My friend's wedding day at Rainbow Lake, NY, one of the Finger Lakes. He asked me to be his best man, so I grabbed my gal and ran on up in my '78 Silverado shortbed I showed in another post. The thing is, I forgot to grab and dress clothes. Not that it mattered all that much, but Rod (on the right) dug up some clothes and on with the wedding. That was 40 years ago. He and his bride are living in New Zealand now.

Oh yeah, the truck. That was Rob's

VWNate1 07-09-2022 05:37 PM

Vintage Pictures & Memories
 
Wow, that takes me back a waays ! .

I was married on July 31st 1976 and I wore a powder blue tuxedo, I don't have any pictures but then and now I thought I looked ridiculous .

SKT 07-09-2022 08:58 PM

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Keith Seymore 07-10-2022 10:21 AM

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Here is another vintage picture I was personally involved with. My friend's wedding day at Rainbow Lake, NY, one of the Finger Lakes. He asked me to be his best man, so I grabbed my gal and ran on up in my '78 Silverado shortbed I showed in another post. The thing is, I forgot to grab and dress clothes. Not that it mattered all that much, but Rod (on the right) dug up some clothes and on with the wedding. That was 40 years ago. He and his bride are living in New Zealand now.

Oh yeah, the truck. That was Rob's

Sounds like something I would do.

I remember to bring all the car/race related stuff but forget things like food, clothes, chairs, etc.

K

Axle 07-10-2022 02:36 PM

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Went hunting for the old square body paddy wagons we had locally and fell into the police car photos rabbit hole. Didn't find what I was looking for, but got some others out of it. All these photos are from policecanada.ca

Axle 07-10-2022 02:39 PM

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factorystock 07-10-2022 03:25 PM

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SKT 07-15-2022 07:54 AM

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SKT 07-17-2022 09:13 AM

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SKT 07-20-2022 07:38 AM

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