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All Hail!

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What a cool rig. When you went to OC did you stay at Frontier Town?
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Yes sir looking pretty sweet.

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"Looks pretty sweet all in paint."

Pretty sweet doesn't even begin to describe that truck. That thing is unbelievably awsome. You have set the bar really high. We want some daylight pics and one with the camper attached would be cool.

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Yes we were at Frontier town....Did you see us there?

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Camper is in storage right now so not pics till spring and I will try to get some day light pic as soon as I can......Now I am thinking I need to paint the camper to somehow match the truck better......

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that is freaking sexy! :D

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...dium/P1011.JPG

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Absolutely gorgeous! I just wish the bed rails could of been left full height, the squared off cut edge looks a little odd... but not bad at all! I've dreamed for years about building a truck like this. :(
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I think you should keep us appraised, with photos of course, of all operations with this truck. Even if it is only stopping at the gas station.

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Your truck is awesome. It looks like it could have rolled off the factory floor. The best part is that you did the work yourself.

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thats what i was waiting to see outstanding

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:wave::wave::wave:

Amazing!

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No, I go to OC every summer and thats the only campground I can think of in the area. Some of my friends stayed there years ago, it seemed like a pretty cool place but I remember it being kind of strict.
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It's pretty laid back now a days.....very much a family place so there really were not anyone getting too out of control.

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Yeah I think this was about 5 years ago or so. But I remember we went to visit them and you only got like one free hour to stay there and I think they said there was a security car making sure everyone was lights out by 10 or 11.

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I can't believe how awesome this thing is! Just wondering though, why did you go with a chassis with a 350 as opposed to a diesel for a tow rig?

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i want one

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I've put well over 100K miles on an Isuzu NPR with a 14 foot box during the last few years and never got over 11 MPG, and I'm a conservative driver. It had a four cylinder turbo diesel and top speed was 72 on level road. You mentioned in a previous post that you were getting 9 towing and 13 unloaded, which is about what my son gets with a late model Ford diesel dually. My point is, I don't think you would ever achieve payback if you swapped to a diesel engine, either a 4,6, or V8, considering the cost to do it and the higher cost of diesel fuel.

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Wow, Big Bertha is BADASS!!

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I'm speechless! Amazing!

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Easy answer...cost. The pay back was not there. I only paid 4100 for the 2003 gmc with only 72k miles on it.....

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you nailed it about the diesel I am very happy with the gas mileage.

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Had Big Bertha out in the sun today. there is an old mill behind where I have her right now. Thought it was a good place for a photo.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...b_outside4.JPG
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...b_outside2.JPG
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/..._outside31.JPG

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I'll bet you get the looks :jdp:


It is too bad you weren't a GM designer back in the day. I'll bet you could have sold a lot of those..

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That is one beautiful truck.
Kim

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Looks beautiful out in the sun !!! :metal::metal:

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looks great

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Fastest build I've ever seen! Started on 12-21-2012 and one month later you're finished and taking location shots. Man you're fast! :lol: Your truck looks fantastic. Great work!;)

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Awesome..do a remote mount turbo to help with tha lack of power & add to tha cool factor..

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what's ''sun''?

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Usually we do not have any sun this time of year but we got lucky.

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Truck looks unbelievable. You are quite talented.

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WOW! Beautiful job. Definitely one of my new favorites.
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Read the whole thread, absolutely amazing.

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Man that's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool.

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Really enjoyed seeing this monster in person at the show this weekend. It turned out absolutely gorgeous! Talk a out a hard truck to photograph.. there were people swarming around it!

I loved hearing the comments people were saying their family/friends.. "wow thats a big truck" "wtf would you need something that big for" and my favorite " my grand pappy had one like this back in the day" I really wanted to turn around and say yeah not even close buddy.
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The show was something else....I heard all the comments you mentioned and many more. She got an " outstanding in class" award. A radio DJ stopped by Friday night and talked to me for about an hour. Saturday morning he was back with some friends. He was on the air Saturday afternoon and talked about it. Some people came up to me and said they heard him say stuff like " craftsmanship you would find in a benz or other high end car" and "you have to get to the show and see it" Probably 10 people came up to me and said they heard about it on the radio and just had to come see it. 98layinframe, was I there when you stopped by? I received three 6 figure offers and if my wife would of been there Big Bertha would be gone......but I can't sell her. I had a great time and was very proud of the attention she received.

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Six figure offers!!?? Holy hell that should make you feel pretty good!

Im not sure, but id assume you were the guy sitting up infront of the truck? If so you were busy talking to someone.
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Big stupid money offers ?

How big was your grin when hearing these offers buggy5872 ?

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Yes that was me at the front of the truck....