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indymachinist · 07-10-2015, 07:53 PM

This is not mine.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5116159441.html

Someone buy it before I make a 9 hour drive there in the morning. Sounds like it needs some work but it is a running 5.3 ls swap for 4k.

slowcpe · 07-10-2015, 08:01 PM

I say buy it and enter it in the show on your way home

indymachinist · 07-10-2015, 08:03 PM

If it was 4 or 5 hours away I would have never posted it. I would be getting ready for a dawn departure right now. 9 hours is a long haul though. I have no copilot to go along and I would have to tow dolley it home behind my wagon.

**RenoKeene** · 07-10-2015, 08:14 PM

Sunroof is kinda scary

hotrodder · 07-10-2015, 08:54 PM

I live in Bloomington, In. If I had seen this sooner I would have told you to pick me up and I would drive something back for you!!

indymachinist · 07-10-2015, 09:36 PM

I now have access to a copilot and new gmc diesel truck. Pondering.

**GOPAPA** · 07-10-2015, 10:27 PM

Is it my eyes guys? looks like it is bent in the middle of the frame right about where the bed meets the cab..hope I'm wrong

flashed · 07-10-2015, 10:37 PM

Too close to me ,need to not look any further ,already 2 in the shop now .

70' · 07-10-2015, 11:37 PM

I agree. Looks like the frame is arched in the middle? Could be the camera lens I suppose, but it looks bent to me too.

indymachinist · 07-11-2015, 01:06 AM

How would it get bent in the middle? Is that common?

70' · 07-11-2015, 09:27 AM

Could have been rear ended? Or a bad conversion to a short bed? I don't know, just saying something doesn't look right.

Dburger · 07-11-2015, 09:45 AM

I love the wheels.

**BlueBullet** · 07-11-2015, 02:29 PM

Could it be the way the box is sitting on the frame not familiar with stepsides

**slomotion** · 07-11-2015, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueBullet

Could it be the way the box is sitting on the frame not familiar with stepsides

This is my guess too. Just not shimmed/leveled before bolting down.....come to think of it, it may have been installed level and the natural rake of the truck not considered.

ho70 · 07-11-2015, 02:52 PM

doesn,'t look like the cab is up at the back ,so it may just be the bed misaligned

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 07-11-2015, 03:21 PM

'69 doghouse.

indymachinist · 07-11-2015, 04:55 PM

This truck was in horrible condition. Don't do it.

hugger6933 · 07-11-2015, 05:23 PM

I love how the ad says it is going up to 5k on Monday. If it were worth 5 k on Monday wouldn't it be worth 5K on Saturday? I think that is almost as bad as you had better hurry and pay me I have someone else coming at [fill in blank time here] to pick it up. Those are the ones that turn me off and I say well I guess you'll have to wait on them then.

**slomotion** · 07-11-2015, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by indymachinist

This truck was in horrible condition. Don't do it.

Did you do the nine hour trip?

indymachinist · 07-12-2015, 12:18 AM

Yes this trip has not yet ended. Pretty rough.

sawman · 07-12-2015, 12:45 AM

not to much stock on it,thats ashame,i think it might have been worth more left alone,but I am a stock type of guy,nice truck,

70' · 07-13-2015, 12:36 AM

Well, I gotta know......was the frame bent?

Hdogkuvachio · 07-13-2015, 02:21 AM

Haha big back window all 1968s came with big back windows,

indymachinist · 07-13-2015, 10:42 PM

The frame was "bent" but not in the fashion that caused the bed to not sit right. The frame horns or tips or whatever were all bent up on the back as well as the front. The rear was worse than the front. Also the rear most cross member in the frame was bent badly like someone used a winch to pull on it and it couldn't take it.

I would say the bed looks funny mostly because it was barely even resting on the frame with maybe a bolt or two holding it down.

The truck had crappy bondo work all over the cab. The dash was a mess with almost none of the parts left on it. No glove box, no climate control, broken windshield, wiring was a total train wreck, battery was literally thrown in corner of engine bay, trans was missing mist of its bolts, shifter was a total hack job.

I knew it was a project that needed quite a bit of work but it was just such a mess... so far gone. You would absolutely need a parts truck to try and bring it back. Likely a new cab and I don't know how extensive the frame bending was but a new frame might be in order also.

I drove all the way down there for that after talking to the guy multiple times on the phone about the trucks condition. I don't feel like it was represented acurately at all. I left quickly and without even making the guy an offer of any kind. I just had no interest in bringing that basket case home.

alsriv2 · 07-14-2015, 10:42 AM

Sorry you made a trip like that for a tuck that wasn't well represented. I did something similar on flea bay years ago. Bought a truck in Nebraska and didn't get a chance to talk to the owner until I had closed the deal. That owner had a jewel he didn't know how to describe. When I flew out to Nebraska to close the deal, I discovered the truck was in good condition under all the dirt and neglect of sitting. That truck was a barn find that was given to a ranch hand after the owner passed away. 71,000 original miles with a nice camper still on it. I sold the camper off of it, installed new brakes, belts etc and drove it back to Maryland. That truck had been sitting over ten years when I got my hands on it. I no longer have it as my wife gave me the choice between that '69 GMC 3/4 Longhorn and the '69 C10 396BB I had as well.

Hopefully you can find a truck that will meet your needs and will be the thing you are looking for.

07-10-2015, 07:53 PM	#1
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	CL: someone buy this truck! This is not mine. http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/5116159441.html Someone buy it before I make a 9 hour drive there in the morning. Sounds like it needs some work but it is a running 5.3 ls swap for 4k.

07-10-2015, 08:01 PM	#2
slowcpe Registered User Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 1,774	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I say buy it and enter it in the show on your way home __________________ Ryan 1967 Red Stepside..."Laymond" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...40#post6441840 1972 Medium Olive SWB-Chester http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=759628 1967/71 Blue SWB C10..SOLD 1977 SWB K10..my grandpa's.....never should have sold

07-10-2015, 08:03 PM	#3
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! If it was 4 or 5 hours away I would have never posted it. I would be getting ready for a dawn departure right now. 9 hours is a long haul though. I have no copilot to go along and I would have to tow dolley it home behind my wagon.

07-10-2015, 08:14 PM	#4
RenoKeene Florida Edition Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL Posts: 4,015	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Sunroof is kinda scary __________________ 70 GMC Short Stepside "Rose"-An American Beauty: Factory 402/TH400, AM/FM, AC, Tilt, Tach, Buckets, Posi, PS, PB, 3-5 Drop, Complete Resto-Rod 67 C-20 Slant Back Wrecker "Mad Max" 67 C-10 Ratrod "Step-N-Wolf" 71 Serro Scotty Sportsman camper "Scotty" 97 LT1 Z28 "The Hornet" Link to more pics of "Rose" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...p?albumid=1684 Check out my "Cheap Tricks" thread and add to it if you can, lots of good info there. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=489394

07-10-2015, 08:54 PM	#5
hotrodder Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Bloomington Indiana Posts: 322	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I live in Bloomington, In. If I had seen this sooner I would have told you to pick me up and I would drive something back for you!!

07-10-2015, 09:36 PM	#6
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I now have access to a copilot and new gmc diesel truck. Pondering.

07-10-2015, 10:27 PM	#7
GOPAPA "Tail Gate Best Seat In House" Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nampa Idaho Posts: 7,426	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Is it my eyes guys? looks like it is bent in the middle of the frame right about where the bed meets the cab..hope I'm wrong __________________ When you learn a thing a day you store up smart.

07-10-2015, 10:37 PM	#8
flashed Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: canton ga Posts: 12,728	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Too close to me ,need to not look any further ,already 2 in the shop now .

07-10-2015, 11:37 PM	#9
70' Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dickinson, ND Posts: 197	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I agree. Looks like the frame is arched in the middle? Could be the camera lens I suppose, but it looks bent to me too.

07-11-2015, 01:06 AM	#10
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! How would it get bent in the middle? Is that common?

07-11-2015, 09:27 AM	#11
70' Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dickinson, ND Posts: 197	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Could have been rear ended? Or a bad conversion to a short bed? I don't know, just saying something doesn't look right.

07-11-2015, 09:45 AM	#12
Dburger Registered User Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 86	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I love the wheels. __________________ 1953 Suburban Carryall 3106, 1993 S10 4x4 ext cab 1958 Suburban Carryall 3116 ex school bus 1959 Apache 36, 1984 C30 3+3 DRW 6.2 4MT 1967 C10 fleetside LWB, 1969 Chevy Suburban C10 1972 GMC Suburban C10 1972 Chevy Suburban C10 clam shell/tailgate

07-11-2015, 02:29 PM	#13
BlueBullet Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Danvers Minnesota Posts: 967	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Could it be the way the box is sitting on the frame not familiar with stepsides __________________ 1972 K10 SWB wife's driver 1967 Pontiac GTO Big Bird - 1972 Longhorn K30 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753294

07-11-2015, 02:52 PM	#15
ho70 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Winnipeg, Mb Posts: 1,115	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! doesn,'t look like the cab is up at the back ,so it may just be the bed misaligned

07-11-2015, 03:21 PM	#16
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07-11-2015, 04:55 PM	#17
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! This truck was in horrible condition. Don't do it.

07-11-2015, 05:23 PM	#18
hugger6933 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Marianna Arkansas Posts: 7,261	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! I love how the ad says it is going up to 5k on Monday. If it were worth 5 k on Monday wouldn't it be worth 5K on Saturday? I think that is almost as bad as you had better hurry and pay me I have someone else coming at [fill in blank time here] to pick it up. Those are the ones that turn me off and I say well I guess you'll have to wait on them then.

07-12-2015, 12:18 AM	#20
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Yes this trip has not yet ended. Pretty rough.

07-12-2015, 12:45 AM	#21
sawman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: susanville ca Posts: 1,170	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! not to much stock on it,thats ashame,i think it might have been worth more left alone,but I am a stock type of guy,nice truck,

07-13-2015, 12:36 AM	#22
70' Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Dickinson, ND Posts: 197	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Well, I gotta know......was the frame bent?

07-13-2015, 02:21 AM	#23
Hdogkuvachio Registered User Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Edgerton Kansas Posts: 13	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Haha big back window all 1968s came with big back windows, __________________ 1968 C10 SWB "Rosey"

07-13-2015, 10:42 PM	#24
indymachinist Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Indanapolis, IN Posts: 603	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! The frame was "bent" but not in the fashion that caused the bed to not sit right. The frame horns or tips or whatever were all bent up on the back as well as the front. The rear was worse than the front. Also the rear most cross member in the frame was bent badly like someone used a winch to pull on it and it couldn't take it. I would say the bed looks funny mostly because it was barely even resting on the frame with maybe a bolt or two holding it down. The truck had crappy bondo work all over the cab. The dash was a mess with almost none of the parts left on it. No glove box, no climate control, broken windshield, wiring was a total train wreck, battery was literally thrown in corner of engine bay, trans was missing mist of its bolts, shifter was a total hack job. I knew it was a project that needed quite a bit of work but it was just such a mess... so far gone. You would absolutely need a parts truck to try and bring it back. Likely a new cab and I don't know how extensive the frame bending was but a new frame might be in order also. I drove all the way down there for that after talking to the guy multiple times on the phone about the trucks condition. I don't feel like it was represented acurately at all. I left quickly and without even making the guy an offer of any kind. I just had no interest in bringing that basket case home.

07-14-2015, 10:42 AM	#25
alsriv2 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formerly MD and San Diego, now loving life in Arizona Posts: 1,636	Re: CL: someone buy this truck! Sorry you made a trip like that for a tuck that wasn't well represented. I did something similar on flea bay years ago. Bought a truck in Nebraska and didn't get a chance to talk to the owner until I had closed the deal. That owner had a jewel he didn't know how to describe. When I flew out to Nebraska to close the deal, I discovered the truck was in good condition under all the dirt and neglect of sitting. That truck was a barn find that was given to a ranch hand after the owner passed away. 71,000 original miles with a nice camper still on it. I sold the camper off of it, installed new brakes, belts etc and drove it back to Maryland. That truck had been sitting over ten years when I got my hands on it. I no longer have it as my wife gave me the choice between that '69 GMC 3/4 Longhorn and the '69 C10 396BB I had as well. Hopefully you can find a truck that will meet your needs and will be the thing you are looking for. __________________ Alan 2012 Ram 3500 Dually Crew Cab 6.7 Cummins 2014 Palomino Columbus 340RK 5th wheel '69 Chevy C10 396BB

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