My newest and perhaps greatest truck score to date
 

My saga with this truck started earier this year when I was out for breakfast with my family and spotted a truck parked outside. Even though it was pretty far away with an obstructed view, I immediately recognized what it was.

After a few days I worked up the courage to knock on the door. I talked with an older gentleman who was a die hard chevy truck guy. His collection was mostly square bodies at one time, but he also had this truck. It appeared that his better days were behind him, but he had fond memories of his vehicles. He even put a washer and dryer in his garage to wash the towels he used to keep his collection looking nice. I would guess it had been a better part of a decade or more since he was active in the hobby.

The truck I was interested in was parked outside with garbage in the bed, full of leaves and tree debris in every nook and cranny and looked like it had been there for a while. I asked if he would sell it. I thought I would get one over on him, but he was a sharp old guy and a brutal negotiator. I left defeated.

I went back a few times over the next 6 months to talk with him which I think he liked, but I could never budge him on the price. Eventually I got him down a few thousand off his asking, but it was more than I wanted to spend so I walked away.

After thinking about it literaly all year, I decided I was going to give him what he wanted. I couldn't reach him and to my surprise he passed away just a few months ago. He reminded me of my father so I was a little more upset then I expected to be.

This is where my story starts with the truck. I was able to purchase it from the family whom I have met throughout the year. I gave them what the owner had negotiated with me months back, at this point I wasn't letting someone else get it.

I have uncovered some of the truck's history through original paperwork and previous bill of sales, registration etc. Along with some detective work on the current state of the vehicle as it sits, and what has and has not been done to it over time.

I highly doubt this vehicle has made it to the internet so I am reluctant to post pictures of it, but figured I would share on this site only.

Can anyone guess what this truck is? With some detective work on this site you can somewhat figure it out.

I have a bunch more pictures I have to save and change file size. I promise more pictures and story to come.

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I'll say a 72 Cheyenne Super short bed??

Haha, yep. I’ll post some more pictures later today.
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Long bed 71 2wd - :chevy:

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Man ! What a story and you did the right thing. If it were me , I would have done the same. It is only the right thing to do.
Good save .
Vic

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Ooops!
Wrong place, wrong thread, wrong forum!

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Green Super shortbed
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“I’ll take it”
:barn:

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great work and a great story.i'm glad it made the truck made it to you.sometimes the story is as valuable as the truck.take care.

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Here are a few pictures. More to follow as well a some original documentation I stumbled across in glove box.

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It is in desperate need of a scrubbing but appears to be in pretty respectable shape. Interior is better than I could have hoped for.

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I dug through the glovebox and found the build sheet, protecto plate and warranty card, dealer paperwork and previous for sale information and a reciept for when the previous owner purchased it in 1995. I've got a bunch more info to share but I am out of time for the day.

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WOW
Congratulations
For me, that is the funnest part of this hobby
“Finding them”
Which isn’t so easy anymore
.
Great score
Great story

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That's a sweet find.. Congrats!

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Awesome find, and a great story. Looked like some solid options were ordered with it as well.

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Great find perseverance paid of nicely

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Score!

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Great find

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Well.

Done.

Congrats!

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I like it

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congrats! and a 557 custom two tone to boot! (I'm partial...) Great find :)

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That is a nice score. Great color, great options, super nice truck!

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Wow that brings back memories, a guy I worked with most of my career bought a used SWB Super with the same color combo and about the same options around 75-76 from Chase Chevrolet in Stockton Ca.

Good Score!

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Excellent truck. Just goes to show patience pays off. Congrats

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Awesome!!!! 557 is the best!!! You really don’t see them much. I’m a bit partial I guess as mine was originally a 557. Can’t wait to see what you do with it!

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This truck also has the strange PA1 wheel covers. I’ve seen them on the highlander but not this style. I think they were basically the same as the Monte Carlo wheel covers? Long gone but interesting.

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What a great story and find. I look forward to reading more as this build progresses.

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Have you sorted through there yet ?

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Super find and for me would be a definite keeper. Love the story and the hunt is always fun. Shows DG4 exterior mirrors on the spid butthey aren't on the truck and can't see evidence of the boltholes for the DG4's.

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I’ve got some documentation to share plus some hand written things from the 90’s. It’s had a partial respray sometime before 1995. I really couldn’t tell at first until I did some closer inspection. No common respray characteristics like too much texture in the paint, body panel replacement etc.

The truck is a pretty solid North Carolina truck that spent the majority of its time down there and I believe was well taken care of until semi - recently.

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Excellent find, and a great color combo. Congratulations

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"Perhaps"? What other fantastic finds have you had? Whoowee! What a truck?

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Thanks, this is probably my best 67-72 find to date. A close second would be my other '72 - which I paid a lot less for so it depends on how you rank them!

I've had some great luck and special finds of the mopar variety as well. Most of those I still lose sleep over having sold them for about half the price they go for now.

Here are some of the documents I pulled out of the glove box after I got it home.

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SO cool. Thanks for sharing the story.

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Congrats, great find. Keep us posted on updates....

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I have gotten the truck running in the last few weeks. Had to clean about half of a yard bag worth of acorn shells, leaves, etc from under the hood and cowl area.

Fired up and ran good. Smoked a while but eventually cleared up. It was down several quarts of trans fluid so once I sold my kidney to buy some trans fluid it moved on it's own.

I even used it to do truck stuff! Picked up a set of tires I had mounted for my Suburban.

My 3yr old daughter helped me put some rally wheels on it - my GMC centers are super nice so I had to use them. And then finally got it in the garage for the first time in a long time.

Found the missing Super glove box emblem inside the glovebox with the barrel nuts still attached so put that back on for a finishing touch.

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thats one SUPER truck. thx for sharing

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That's VERY interesting indeed! I've never seen PA1s on anything other than a YG6,7, or 8. You have the most solid proof one could have. So are you going to find a set and stick em on there?

I think we need an "unexplained truck phenomena" thread for stuff like this(!) :)

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Soak the paint in this. Everyday put another layer on it. Leave it on for a day. Then another and another. It will bring back a shine.

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Definitely a super nice truck. Like also has been mention a really good color combo.

Unexplained truck phenomena would be a very interesting topic. Should I start it??

So there was a mint set of PA1 wheel covers locally for $40 right before I bought the truck! Called after I bought it and they were of course gone. Don’t know if I love them enough to go through the hassle. Might if they fall into my lap but until then will stick with the rally wheels.
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