New Tx Member with '72 C10 Cheyenne!
 

Hi guys! I have lurking around for MONTHS and just got registered (thank you Josh) - since the site has had its registration disabled. Real bummer about that spam registrations that caused the lockdown. Hopefully my $25.00 will help get this old vBulletin updated!

So around April I picked up this '72 C10 Cheyenne down the street from me in Buda. I had been looking for a older vehicle, be it a Bronco, Blazer, or Truck. Lucky me I find this '72 C10 Cheyenne on Craigslist! Day one, no less than three neighbors that I hardly talked to stopped and hollered out how much they loved my "new" truck. I already have one guy that every chance he gets asks if I will sell it to him ha (that happen on day 2)!

Here are some photos of her!

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Wow.
Beautiful truck!

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Oh my!!!
Very Nice!!!

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Very nice indeed. :)

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Awesome Truck...Welcome

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Welcome aboard! Wow that is sweet. I had the exact truck but with Saddle

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Very nice truck! post pictures as often as you can;)

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Nice truck and I really like that color combo. I hope I see you at area shows and/or driving around. I'm in the NW part of Austin. Look for Ol Yeller...............that's me.

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That's a nice looking truck! Heck, I'm jealous! Hope to see you around Austin - I think my color works for the area ;-)

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anyone know of a Austin, Tx area shop that would do a gas tank relocate? I am not so comfortable trying this myself. I'd like to really have that room behind my seat.

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Hi Rich

Glad to have you join up . . . .
and, My older sister lives in Austin , now .

A very Nice 72 Truck you have , I like those colors .

later , jim
ps - - - I grew up in Garland ... back in the old days , born in Dallas.
But, now staying in Chino Valley . . . . just "staying home" .

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Hey Jim -

Thanks and small world it is - a lot of my family live in Garland (my Dad grew up there)! For a bit I was there before my parents settled in East Texas!

Go Garland Owls ;-)

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Yes . . . . Those 'OWLS' . .. . was along time back . . . . 9 kids grew up in Garland , and then I worked all around Garland, Richardson ,
Plano (back when it was "Plain - o" ) . I left back in 1980 , and moved to Kingman - - - not too much there (job - wise) .

i grew up around the "Miller RD & Fifth ST area" , and even worked for the City (at one time . . . . should have stay on that job) . I worked at
"R O Evens Pontiac" . . . NorthWest Hi-way & Garland Rd ; for a short
time . . . . . with the 'old Garland Airport across the road .

I sure like your Truck , looks great . . . . . later , jim

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I'm still in that area. Was back in the 80's as well....

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Wow, a very nice GMC truck you found and with split set.
I'm little further down in Texas, Houston area, these old trucks are popular.
Mine is a daily driver but very fun driving around.

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Thanks TexasC10 - that was one of the things the PO did to the truck. Compared to him, I completely changed the truck and less than a year too! I am not sure how he was able to have the truck for 5 years and only change the seat and the carb LOL

I had to put off spraying the bed with liner and tint - since I had to deal with the valve seals and transmission leaks after the rebuild these past two weeks. Then I have my numbers matching Qjet Carb out for reburb and performance tweaking.

Though I am very excited to go to Wimberley Texas for Coffee & Cars that the 12 Kings Car Club hosts on the 1st Sunday of the month. I even have a application filled out to join! With my smoke and leaks gone I won't be embarrassed about my rebuild on the engine/transmission ;-)

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You are welcome Richard, been drooling over the pictures and nice details.
Sure is a beauty !

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That is really a beauty. Welcome

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Thanks guys! Since I got her last April I have done so much to her. Finally the transmission leaks are gone and I think I might have fixed a fuse that has been randomly blowing tonight due to a flaky turn signal mech.

From the engine/transmission rebuild, R134a swap, tilt upgrade, LEDs upgrade, vapor canister rebuild, side mount spear (with OEM lock), tie downs, radio/speakers, glove lock/matching keys, washer convert, and tach add-on she is all new truck! Oh and a new tailgate too! Oh, oh, I have a numbers matching 72 C10 Qjet out for rebuild too but I am not expecting that to get done until March/April (the guy has a big back log but my carb is inline at Quadrajet Power).

Now to get my tint and bed spray liner installed but only once I recover a bit! Getting the valve seals redone and the transmission leaks fixed this week ate all my slush funds away!! And thanks to Andy here on the forums now I want a HomeLink/Compass/Auto Dimming rearview mirror!

I'll surely be smiling at the Coffee and Cars on Sunday!

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Welcome to the forum from a fellow Texan.