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'71 Chevy 1/2 4x4
I've been eye ballin' '67-'72 trucks for a while now and today I finally got one:metal:.
I was talking to Oldiron after I got it and he said that I've finaly gone to the dark side. So I guess that makes him the emperor and I'm Darth Vader?:lol: But anyway I think it was a heck of a deal. I got it for $650. He had it listed on craigslist once before and he said that this time he lowered the price. Here is what I know about it so far: It's a 4x4 350 350 combo the body is in really good shape, though there is the "normal" rust here and there the original wheels are in the back of the truck also:metal: they are definitely going back on Here are some pix that I took with my cell phone. Not that bad if you ask me for how old my phone is. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/d...1018091433.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/d...018091433a.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/d...1018091436.jpg I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet, but I'll keep posting as I do stuff to it. |
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Looks good. And you passed on the orange one in the back ground?
Good going oh prince of darkness.:lol: |
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Actually I was eying it when we pulled up. I guess the guy hardly drives it. It's to bad that one wasn't for sale.
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Congrats! Uh-oh. It ain't a step side. What's gonna happen?
Looks nice. Now you and I can fight over the same parts. |
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I think I'm gonna keep it the way it is. I'm looking forward to a good fight, it's been a while. ;-) Thanks. I'll have to try to get down there some day.
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I've secured a trailer to go pick it up. I can't wait to get the ol' girl home.
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Sweet deal! $650 what a bargain!
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I'm getting a trailer from my buddy today. I'm going to pick up the truck tomorrow. I can't wait. Pictures will be taken and posted.
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Got her home tonight. What a trip. I'll tell all about it tomorrow, and post pix then.
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Looking forward to it..
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Yesterday was the big day, I went to get my truck. Everything was going well with the trailer that I borrowed from a buddy until we started to load up the truck. The guy I got the truck from said that one of my tires on the trailer was flat, and sure enough it was FLAT. Luckily he had an air compressor and we filled it up and finished loading up the truck. Unfortunately the tire had a small leak in it. He told me that there was a Les schwabs just in town, so we drove for it and the tire held. We get there, have them look at it only to tell me that they can't fix it and I need to get a new tire. Imagine that. I call my buddy that I borrowed the trailer from and he said just to try the fix-a-flat, that's what I was thinking also. So I did and it held for about 10 miles of a bumpy under construction road.
The tire blew out in front of a used car dealership. I walked over there to see if they might have a spare tire that I could buy from them. They didnt have an exact match, but it was close enough to use and only $10. Next challenge was finding a place that would mount it for me, and I mean challenge. I went to 4 or 5 different places to find someone that would mount the new used tire. Finally at around 5:30 pm I got to Midas and they hooked it up for FREE. Ya F les schwab. So after running around trying to get stuff figured out we were on the road again. I think that we finally got back to my house around 7:30 pm. Since the truck wasn't running I had to think of a was to get it off the trailer. My drive way is a slope, so I hooked a chain and come along up to my '51's axle and set the breaks on her. Good 'ol Agnus. Got the back wheels off and set some blocks and pulled the trailer out from under the front tires. That was the only thing that night that worked out smoothly. Of coarse I forgot to bring my camera and remembered after I got up there. But I did take a picture with my phone. I will take more pictures tomorrow and post 'em up asap. I know that my buddy that came with me to help doesn't get on here much but I'm gonna say thanks to him regardless. Thanks Josh for all your help. |
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looks like a good start.
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sweet good deal wish i could find that for 650$
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Looks like a great start. I be you could be driving that one pretty quick if you wanted to. Nice pictures keep them coming.
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What kind of holley is it? I can't find any numbers on it.
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Well it is a 4 barrel carb. Looks like Holly's version of a Q-Jet.
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It's not stock is it?
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Does it still have the tow hooks, it's hard to tell. Nice truck btw.
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Yes it does. Thanks
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Looks a little weird with that 73-80 front bumper, is this your first 67-72? Nice score!
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Ya it does look different; to say the least. This is my first 67-72.
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Congrats! I remember when I got my first 67-72 :rolleyes:, now Im addicted to them, dont let that happen to you :lol:
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I think I already am, although it's to Chevy trucks in general. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about all of them, mostly the kind that I have now though.
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Great!... dont forget to show us some pics of your other trucks, specially the 51.
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Duh, I just notice the link for the 51 pics. Cool.
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I cleaned out the cab last night. Took the seat and gas tank out. Cleaned out all the crap in there.
Found some rust spots that will need attention, but I don't think it's that bad. I'm going to get some hoses and engine parts to see if I can get her running. I'll put some pix up later. |
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I put the gas tank and seat back in today. I also changed out the spark plugs. I went to turn over the engine and the ignition switch was stuck. Once I got some guidance from my master, Oldiron, :lol: I was able to take out the tumbler and try to start it with a screwdriver, but the battery that I have was to dead to do anything. Although the starter did click once, and the vent fan was running.
Here are a couple pix of the floor boards. Kinda rusty but an easy fix nevertheless. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/d...y/DSC05543.jpg http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/d...y/DSC05544.jpg |
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Goodluck with your new toy! definitely well worth the price.
Ray |
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Thanks 72 Super. I'm still trying to convince my wife of that.
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I've got some good news and some bad news. I guess the bad first; I asked about getting a '71 or vintage plate and the lady at the DOL said that I wouldn't be able to drive it only to shows and parades. I didn't want to do that.
So the good news now; on my way home I stopped at NAPA and got me a new battery. Well, I plunged it in to the truck, and she started right up and stayed running :metal: I'm super excited about that. I still need to rebuild the carb and a few other things, but I'm well on my way. |
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I started to change out the fluids in the engine on saturday and I noticed that there was a water leak coming from the freeze plug behind the motor mount. Fun right?
So today I changed it out, and boy that was fun. I haven't been that greasy in a long time. I got one of those rubber expanding plugs. It was kinda hard to put in. Well some time during the put back together process oldiron showed up. I thought he was one of the guys from the home owners association, he was about to get an ear full. So after I got it in and everything put back together and fluids back it I started her up so oldiron could hear it and give me his expert opinion. He didn't have anything negative to say. After I got the engine wormed up we took it for a little drive, up and around my cul de sac (court). Not very long but her first drive in 5 years regardless. And I still need to do some more stuff before I can make her my daily driver, but I'm well on my way. |
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It's been a while since I've posted about the truck and its coming along, but that's not entirely true. I've been having some engine troubles. I knew that the engine was missing on a cylinder, but I wasn't 100% on which cylinder it was. I suspected #6 because the plug that I took out was real clean. I did a compression test on the block and #6 had 0; ZERO psi. After finding that out I started posting in the engine section about it. Last night i took the head off and found that the intake valve for #6 was bent. I took the head to get a new valve installed, I hope to get it back some time today. Here are a couple of pix of what I found. And here is the thread that I started about the engine troubles: http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=370643
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I got the head back today and got it installed. She runs great now. Tomorrow I will have to take her out for a short drive around town.
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So it looks like that book helped out.
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