What does the future hold - For these trucks
 

-Everyone has there own truck
-It’s America
-So they can do what they want with it

This site leans more towards originals
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Instagram leans more towards modifying

My favorite is probably a nice
Stock c10 longbed
I just like how they drive

I started this thread kind of to get the discussion off the
‘Facebook Marketplace finds’ thread

When I posted this truck that I modified

Everyone has an opinion
Let’s here it:chevy:
And
See if we can keep it a ‘friendly’ conversation
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You've got my attention. I like the way it sits, and those seats are pretty nice. Tell me more

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First, lets start a thread about your glove box door wall...........

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Ok
Warren
Now that, that’s out of the way
Maybe you can focus on the conversation :uhmk:

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Good looking truck. I like the stance with the wheel/tire combo.

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I want to see the short toolbox door:)

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My opinion ... I dont care what anyone does to their trucks.

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What baffles me
Is
That modified red and white truck
Will bring as much money
As that original (real) Blue Super Shortbed
Against the wall

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I don’t get why everyone lowers them. They do look good but stock height looks better IMO

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I can see a lot of these trucks getting upgraded engines and transmissions. My truck is a original 307, M3 that was converted to a T400. It was good at the time, just not now.

I found a 4.8, 4l60e with 130K on it for $900! add a 1991 blazer tank between the rear rails and for less than $1500 could upgrade the whole powerplant!!

You could also do a ZZ4 short block and newer heads to outperform the original 350 in these trucks.

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I always say, just build what you want to drive.

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I guess Im guilty of all options , I have a 72 longbed 4x4 that is completey stock and Dead , I killed the original 350 , have another one for it .
I have a stock looking 72 shortbed with BuddyBuckets , 350 , Vintage Air , was a plain Jane truck originally , had been hotrodded before me .
Have a 79 Big 10 Bonanza with 60k miles , all original , except I put 15x8 steelies with DoggyDishes instead of the factory Rallies , still have those .
Im building a 70 shorty stepper , keeping what original paint and patina it has , all rust has been repaired and paint blended to match , cut and buffed , no clearcoat . This one will have drop spindles and drop springs , 15x8 steelies rear , 15x6 fronts , DoggyDish caps , LS Drivetrain from a wrecked 04 Avalanch , Boyd Welding rear mount tank , new bed wood , blue houndstooth BuddyBucket seats , blue Poly Vinyl flooring and Vintage Air .
My next one after the 70 will be a Factory shortbed 65 Bellsouth service body truck , not sure what that build will look like yet.

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If we're talking the future. I predict we will be seeing electric conversions. I had a conversation a while ago with a guy who walked past me and my Burban about how he would love to make it electric powered. Lots of room for battery banks for extra long range coupled with what he felt are decent aerodynamics made him excited about converting a 67-68 Suburban.

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I agree with you, Chevyland
My 72’ long bed with coil suspension was a joy to drive.
It’s getting closer to drive it once again.
Before the restoration.

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Hmm
I guess it is already happening


https://www.google.com/amp/s/insidee...nversions/amp/

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The one I drive the most
It fits like that old pair of worn out slippers ;)

The lower picture is the same truck my friend owns
——-Modified——
‘Scars’ left visible

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Black Beauty :metal:
I just got a set of very nice P01’s.
I will be searching for a set of stock wheels to mount my white walls.:chevy:

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Eric do you live in the Brothers showroom? (Nice wall ;))

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To each his own. There are so many of these trucks out there. I know of 8 that I can see from the road within one mile of where I work. Four are unmolested and one of the eight is a shortbed the rest long. Stretch out from that one mile a couple miles more there are sooo many more, blazers, rvchassis, tow trucks burbs 2 and 4wheel you name it. Finding one you want in a particular color that not a lot of were built will be harder to come by. I like them original and not dropped or jacked. You see so many people "fix" them up project and turn around and sell them. Like I say to each his own. There are just so many of them still around. I like what you "OP" do to your trucks you acquire. Fist bump

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Each year I become a tiny bit more of a purist for bone stock originality. Just being aware of the progression of my own preferences through the years. I do appreciate modified projects, but what bugs me is when people modify an original survivor. Even when it’s just a drop kit and rally wheels. I keep it to myself because it’s none of my business. When I started into my 68 396 swb I was all about making a hot rod, but today I’d be happier with a stock bare bones I-6 grandpa style original paint survivor.

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I'm not one much to follow particular trends or fads. I like to think I go down my own road. I do, however, see things on other trucks I might like to do to mine. Lifted or slammed aren't my personal preferences and bone stock isn't either but I won't diss anybody's choices.
I don't see the love of these trucks ending with our generations but times are changing and it appears to many of us the younger ones interested in the car/truck hobby are getting fewer and fewer. Not to mention climbing vehicle and parts prices will turn a lot of folks away from owning them. It's no different than any other collector car make. It's an expensive hobby. I wish I had been buying new parts a lot sooner than I started, seeing what they cost today and the increasing shortage of good used parts and cost of them too.
My grandson loves cars too but he isn't interested in these trucks. He likes the 90s and up Camaros, Firebirds, Dodge 300 wagon or something other. But mainly, anything that runs at the time.
These trucks will have a following for a long time, much as the model T Ford has but to a limited few. The pricier they get the fewer will have them.
As far as cut down trucks versus original short trucks, there will always been arguments over which is worth more. Personally I would tend to shy away from a cut down one if I did not know who did the work or his skill level. Once it's slicked and painted you cannot know how well it was done. On the other hand, some uncut short trucks weren't restored all that well either.
Buyer beware is the rule to go by with any of them. If you buy used you run the risk of getting burned every time.

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Boy howdy did I miss out on something. Not a big fan of stock trucks except to say "oh that's cute" and leave it at that.

My 71 isn't modified in a way where it might offend a lot of purists though and it is a 3/4 ton 8 lugger that will tow what ever It backs up to within common sense.

I just don't see why the guys who have stock trucks are so bent on badmouthing modified trucks.

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As much as certain people want it the technology is still not there. Without government subsidies it does not make sense. With the subsides it barely makes sense. They invested in this is the only reason the subsides exist.

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This does not mean I do not like your truck. It is very appealing....

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Do you know Shawn Parsons in Creswell, OR? He is C10flipper on Instagram. This red and white truck looks very close to one he did which converted a long bed C20 to a short C10.

When all the nice long 1/2 tons are gone, what's the option. Soon you will see more or this as the supply runs out.

Myself, I am a C20 long bed guy but would own a K20 if affordable, which they are not any more.

These guys doing these conversions from long to short, c20 to c10 and LS swaps are getting $10K -$15K. The truck is still patina or rotted, whatever you prefer to call it. scratched glass, ripped seats, no finish work at all.

My prayer is that the younger guys getting into these trucks do them justice and keep them going, long after we are gone. The probability is low but at least we can hope that our generation will help those young guys grow some interest.

I believe it is stronger now than even 5 years ago. Facebook has probably 100 different Chevy truck related pages to choose from.

I am very old school but have to understand the age of LS is here and its not going away. Embrace it or not.:metal:;):chevy: