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Ozark Tim · 11-13-2012, 11:46 AM

Cool color and like the pinstripe. Rusty rockers and some dents and scrapes but all original paint and low (86k) miles. Says Inflation Fighter A as an option???? Guess it was name for a basic truck although it does have pin stripe, chrome bumper and hub caps but a 6 stick.
Saw it sitting on a side street in South St. Louis where I run calls all the time. Never know where they will show up.
Wife says keep it b/c it isnt green...LOL!

Rusbuilt · 11-13-2012, 11:54 AM

nice Tim!

Ozark Tim · 11-13-2012, 11:56 AM

Thanks!
No room for it but I can never pass em up.

Ozark Tim · 11-13-2012, 05:00 PM

BTW, what was an inflation fighter? I think it is option code YE7 or something like that.
I guess it was a spcl promo cheap truck with a few sparkles.
Must have been like Highlander where there were multiple levels as this one said A
Might have even been a localized thing??? This one was Flint built and sold new in Indiana.

bruceman1968 · 11-13-2012, 05:41 PM

Hey Tim, I don't know who posted this before, but here is a ad for it.
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Ozark Tim · 11-13-2012, 05:46 PM

Hey thats really cool!
I see this ad is for a 200 h.p. V8 and mine is a 6, maybe that is why mine says inflation fighter A? Other than the engine it shows exactly whats on this one I have in the way of options.
Thanks for sharing!
Tim

shawno72 · 11-13-2012, 05:47 PM

The pretty cool and a good looking original to boot.
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johnbasler · 11-13-2012, 06:40 PM

I saw this truck on Craigslist and was going to call you today about it!

Ozark Tim · 11-13-2012, 06:42 PM

Hey John!
I got a hell of a deal on it. Didnt know it was on CL, just saw it running calls down off Cherokee St.
Come over and check it out!
Tim

**lolife99** · 11-13-2012, 07:04 PM

For sale?
How much for this one, Tim?

**Joesjunk** · 11-13-2012, 07:23 PM

Cool find!

SS Tim · 11-13-2012, 08:20 PM

Thanks for posting my picture Bruce! :-)
Here is a link to a thread posted earlier this year.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=541068

But the option was seen on both
CS and CE 10734 fleetside pickups
YF7 Inflation fighter
Known to have included included,
PO3 Chrome hub caps
D89 Paint stripe
V46 Chrome front bumper
Z52 Full foam seat

**special-K** · 11-13-2012, 10:17 PM

Inflation Fighters are cool,but they weren't good fighters. Inflation won after all

What Tim listed above is what the package gave and this would be on a Custom...base model. That ad was just one dealer's promotion of these and how they ordered them

**70cst** · 11-13-2012, 11:21 PM

Sweet

Ozark Tim · 11-14-2012, 09:29 AM

Pretty cool indeed.
Well it'll be a fun little project to slick up, fix a few things and play with for a while and then post up for sale afterwards.
I really like the no trim with the pinstripe look. I guess I am so used to seeing them with upper or lower or both moldings that it makes the body clean looking.
Someone ask what I paid. The guy I bought it from was asking $2,200.00 and I bought it for about half of that.

**special-K** · 11-14-2012, 01:42 PM

So you got it for less than the advertised price listed above. That makes "you" an inflation fighter!

Ozark Tim · 11-14-2012, 02:18 PM

Isnt that the truth Tim. I guess after all the $$$ I have donated to the economy with my hobbying on these things I was up for a break.
I would have been happy to pay MSRP if it looked like it did in June of 71 when it was brand new......

motorcritter · 11-14-2012, 02:49 PM

Nice original- even has the wheel covers! I'm a big fan of unrestored, complete, unmolested vehicles.
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Ozark Tim · 11-14-2012, 03:12 PM

Thanks, me too!!! To bad it has rust here and there. Will make a fun little run around truck though, thats for sure.
Tim

72BlckButy · 11-14-2012, 10:24 PM

Yet another amazing find Tim...

I call foul play; you're cornering the market here in the Midwest.

firedog · 11-15-2012, 10:45 AM

I wish I had the room/$ to store up some of the jewels that have been popping up around here. There are quite a few on cl in the midwest.

Ozark Tim · 11-15-2012, 11:53 AM

Man I wish I could do that Nate. Then I could buy low and sell high with no competition. Neh, thats to easy! LOL
Going up to Iowa in Dec to pick up a 72 also. Didnt really plan on this 71, just happened.
Tim

72BlckButy · 11-16-2012, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Ozark Tim

Man I wish I could do that Nate. Then I could buy low and sell high with no competition. Neh, thats to easy! LOL
Going up to Iowa in Dec to pick up a 72 also. Didnt really plan on this 71, just happened.
Tim

Details please...

Ozark Tim · 11-19-2012, 04:24 PM

Nate,
I will get some pics up as soon as I get back in the first week of December.
Bronze/Highlander/CustomCamper. There are your clues LOL! Meanwhile....
Here are a couple of pics of the 71 inflation fighter with a coat of Meguires on it. How about the upper part of the front bad panel??? Never seen that before.
I love the survivors!

motorcritter · 11-19-2012, 07:46 PM

Meguiar's can do a bit of a miracle with beat-up paint. I resurrected the finish one of my Benz diesels with it, but totalled it a couple years later. Looked darned good, heading to the 'yard, though!

That truck looks almost set-and-forget! Well, it could use a little massaging- don't they all.
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11-13-2012, 11:46 AM	#1
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Cool color and like the pinstripe. Rusty rockers and some dents and scrapes but all original paint and low (86k) miles. Says Inflation Fighter A as an option???? Guess it was name for a basic truck although it does have pin stripe, chrome bumper and hub caps but a 6 stick. Saw it sitting on a side street in South St. Louis where I run calls all the time. Never know where they will show up. Wife says keep it b/c it isnt green...LOL! Attached Images

11-13-2012, 11:54 AM	#2
Rusbuilt Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 5,381	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles nice Tim! __________________ -Rus PLEASE HELP WITH PROJECT UNDERHAULINPaypal donations accepted @ rus1785@yahoo.com Rusbuilt's garage 1968 Chevy C-30 Darcy SOLD Rusbuilt shop truck *SOLD*

11-13-2012, 11:56 AM	#3
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Thanks! No room for it but I can never pass em up.

11-13-2012, 05:00 PM	#4
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles BTW, what was an inflation fighter? I think it is option code YE7 or something like that. I guess it was a spcl promo cheap truck with a few sparkles. Must have been like Highlander where there were multiple levels as this one said A Might have even been a localized thing??? This one was Flint built and sold new in Indiana.

11-13-2012, 05:41 PM	#5
bruceman1968 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 1,549	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Hey Tim, I don't know who posted this before, but here is a ad for it. __________________ CHEVY/GMC VIN DECODERS

11-13-2012, 05:46 PM	#6
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Hey thats really cool! I see this ad is for a 200 h.p. V8 and mine is a 6, maybe that is why mine says inflation fighter A? Other than the engine it shows exactly whats on this one I have in the way of options. Thanks for sharing! Tim

11-13-2012, 05:47 PM	#7
shawno72 C/10 junkie Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Stockton Ca Posts: 9,093	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles The pretty cool and a good looking original to boot. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ Shawn 70 LWB C10 current driver/project http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=663051 68 SWB C10 Work in progress.....SOLD http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=559520 72 LWB C10 Sold 71 LWB C10 Sold 68 LWB C10 CST Sold http://youtu.be/kbB0QrBIs9k My mom always had the best advice. It was just a tad late. After a fall that involved blood, she'd say....."Careful!"

11-13-2012, 06:40 PM	#8
johnbasler Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 68	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles I saw this truck on Craigslist and was going to call you today about it!

11-13-2012, 06:42 PM	#9
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Hey John! I got a hell of a deal on it. Didnt know it was on CL, just saw it running calls down off Cherokee St. Come over and check it out! Tim

11-13-2012, 07:04 PM	#10
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11-13-2012, 07:23 PM	#11
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11-13-2012, 08:20 PM	#12
SS Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Edwards, CA Posts: 7,503	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Thanks for posting my picture Bruce! *:-)* Here is a link to a thread posted earlier this year. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=541068 But the option was seen on both CS and CE 10734 fleetside pickups YF7 Inflation fighter Known to have included included, PO3 Chrome hub caps D89 Paint stripe V46 Chrome front bumper Z52 Full foam seat __________________ Thanks, Tim * VIN/Model Decoders * Power Team Charts (engine/transmission/gear ratio) * Post Your Pickup SPID Blazer SPID Suburban/Panel SPID * RTFM ... Read The Factory Manuals... download 'em here Highlanders Do you have a 1972 Plaid Pickup? Plaid Blazer ** Plaid Suburban

11-13-2012, 10:17 PM	#13
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Inflation Fighters are cool,but they weren't good fighters. Inflation won after all What Tim listed above is what the package gave and this would be on a Custom...base model. That ad was just one dealer's promotion of these and how they ordered them __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 11-14-2012 at 07:27 AM.

11-13-2012, 11:21 PM	#14
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11-14-2012, 09:29 AM	#15
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Pretty cool indeed. Well it'll be a fun little project to slick up, fix a few things and play with for a while and then post up for sale afterwards. I really like the no trim with the pinstripe look. I guess I am so used to seeing them with upper or lower or both moldings that it makes the body clean looking. Someone ask what I paid. The guy I bought it from was asking $2,200.00 and I bought it for about half of that.



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11-14-2012, 01:42 PM	#16
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles So you got it for less than the advertised price listed above. That makes "you" an inflation fighter! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

11-14-2012, 02:18 PM	#17
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Isnt that the truth Tim. I guess after all the $$$ I have donated to the economy with my hobbying on these things I was up for a break. I would have been happy to pay MSRP if it looked like it did in June of 71 when it was brand new......

11-14-2012, 02:49 PM	#18
motorcritter Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 350	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Nice original- even has the wheel covers! I'm a big fan of unrestored, complete, unmolested vehicles. Posted via Mobile Device

11-14-2012, 03:12 PM	#19
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Thanks, me too!!! To bad it has rust here and there. Will make a fun little run around truck though, thats for sure. Tim

11-14-2012, 10:24 PM	#20
72BlckButy Tot Roddin' Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 24,461	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Yet *another* amazing find Tim... I call foul play; you're cornering the market here in the Midwest. __________________ -Nate 1969 CST SWB - Project Blank Slate (4.5/6" ECE Static Drop, 6-lug disc brake upgrade (manual), Billet Specialties Vintec 20x8.5 255/40 (F) 20x10 295/40 (R), 250 I-6) 1960 AMF Skylark - Tot Roddin' (Lowered with custom frame; soon to include custom push bar and interior) 2008 Silverado CrewCab 1LT (5.3L, 3:73, 4x4, LT1, Z-71, Towing Package)

11-15-2012, 10:45 AM	#21
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11-15-2012, 11:53 AM	#22
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Man I wish I could do that Nate. Then I could buy low and sell high with no competition. Neh, thats to easy! LOL Going up to Iowa in Dec to pick up a 72 also. Didnt really plan on this 71, just happened. Tim

11-19-2012, 04:24 PM	#24
Ozark Tim Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oakville, MO Posts: 1,018	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Nate, I will get some pics up as soon as I get back in the first week of December. Bronze/Highlander/CustomCamper. There are your clues LOL! Meanwhile.... Here are a couple of pics of the 71 inflation fighter with a coat of Meguires on it. How about the upper part of the front bad panel??? Never seen that before. I love the survivors! Attached Images

11-19-2012, 07:46 PM	#25
motorcritter Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 350	Re: Stumbled on to a little 71 Inflation Fighter last Thursday with 86k miles Meguiar's can do a bit of a miracle with beat-up paint. I resurrected the finish one of my Benz diesels with it, but totalled it a couple years later. Looked darned good, heading to the 'yard, though! That truck looks almost set-and-forget! Well, it could use a little massaging- don't they all. Posted via Mobile Device

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