Unexciting roadtrip with junkyard pics...
 

Had high hopes on my Texas/OK trip. Had some new area to explore, rooms booked and the weather looks decent for the most part. Until day 2... Clip broke on the trans cooler line and left me along side the highway. 3 hours later get a tow truck that can haul my 01 2500 hd and my 20' trailer. GM dealer gets me up and going the next morning. Not too far behind schedule so i can still try to make it. 52 miles down the road and the other line went. Need another tow truck... I tell you what, there is alot of smoke when trans fluid hits the exhaust. It was dripping off the whole pass side of my truck AND trailer... both times.
Start cancelling rooms and rebooking to salvage some of the trip. Made it to the Duncan OK swap on friday, but didn't find much. Hit the road back home sat am trying not to get caught in the storms from OK to MN. Got to northern IA and had to get a room because of the weather... Got home sun about noon just as the snow was starting. I think it still beats working.
Enjoy.

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Just under 2500 miles in 7 days. Found a few parts at my first stop.
Some of the old route 66 from 1927, and the big boy has right of way!

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Rainy junkyardin' pics

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More rainy... I will add some more square body pics on the 73 and up board

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looks like you found a few goodies Eric, was the tilt still in the orange/white truck ?

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Even with a rain coat on i was quite wet. Even had to dry out my wallet.
A few of these trucks may have been pictured on last years roadtrip.

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It was, but he was only selling complete. It was too rough for me to haul home.

Check out the tilt in this one... Note the shifter is on the dash.
The black C-50 looked like a 68 with custom door badges but had a 67 dash. Who knows the history...

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The GMC engine was at the swap meet. That was pretty cool. The garmin says time to turn around and head home.

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Last pics.
First pic is hard to see but that is ice on my windshield. 26 degrees and raining!
At least the truck and trailer were fairly full, just not much exciting stuff. And yes that is ice all over everything.
Hope you enjoyed another roadtrip with me.

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as long as you had a good time and scored enough goodies to pay for the trip, we all know this stuff is getting hard to come by in decent condition.:chevy:

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Looks like a good time regardless of the weather. Thanks for the pics.

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I guess that will be a trip for the books.

Man I hate junkyardn' in the rain. If you found a few goodies I guess it makes it worth it though..... :(

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Sweet. That road trip seemed fun despite a few break downs. 26 degrees? I don't know what that feels like here in so-cal. 65 degrees and we're bundled up here. Not really good pickings here in so-cal. Lots of out of state people drive out here to so-cal for our rust free stuff. I remember when these trucks were plentiful in the junk yards. But I was picking for a G-series van at the time. Now these trucks are cleaned out.

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I can feel your pain with the transmission. Was on RT66 in California between Barstow and Amboy heading East and hit a dip that took a chunk out of the transmission pan. Lots of smoke. 3 hours waiting for a wrecker on a Sunday afternoon that took us 100 miles west to Hesperia. Cost us a day but no damage to the transmission which was good. I think maybe 2 cars passed by while we were waiting.

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I need that back bumper on that 1970 there!!!!

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As always, thanks for taking us along!

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I feel like I went on a parts haul trip just sitting here. Thanks for sharing

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Awesome Eric ! Not many these days know the fun of trudging thru salvage yards searching parts.
Other than setbacks looks like you had a decent hunt. Did you stop at LMC ? Thanks for pics.

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I made the most out of it. Between 2 tow calls with a trailer and 2 gm dealership repairs. plus an extra motel and lost a motel reservation... Cost a few extra bucks.

Glad you enjoy them

The rain kind of sucked, but at least it was in the lower 50s that day. I still have your phone number beside me on these trips just in case...

Those 3 were complete only.

I know you like these, you are welcome.

No problem.

No lmc or any other stops like it. Trying to hit a new yard and the swap meet. If it wasn't so expensive i would make it longer than a week and hit more places like that.

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Every time we drive that stretch I wonder what it would be like to break down out there. Sorry you found out.

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Way back in time, I hitch hiked from Fresno to Flagstaff. Somewhere west of Barstow, late at night, I got a ride in a mail truck with a moonshine drinking crazy man to his place in Mojave. I pitched my tent in his backyard, slept a little, and got out of there since he had talked about a plan involving me helping him kill his ex-wife...seriously. I'm glad I got out of there right about dawn because I was picked up by a pickup with a hot air balloon basket in the bed. He had been taking sound level readings for, I believe F16s, at Andrews AFB. I got a long ride across the desert almost to Kingman.