[too much stuff]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Trucks in that yard look better than a lot of ones for sale up here

They are. Down south if they don't run, they scrap them. Where i am, they still run but the body is falling off...

Originally Posted by MikeB

So sad to see trucks in such bad shape. Looks like lots of donor parts, though.

My 69 has a power steering box, pump, and brackets that I pulled out of a junkyard 71 or 72 back around 1990. Both still work fine! Also a front sway bar, power brake booster & brackets, and gauges from a complete instrument cluster. Probably didn't pay more than $100 total, if that much, for all that stuff back then.

I still remember jacking up the front of a donor truck with a bumper jack, and pushing old tires/wheels under the frame until it was high enough for me to crawl under the front. Had to use hammer and chisel to get the sway bar. Ah, youth!

I hear ya. Been in some sketchy situations myself pulling parts.

Originally Posted by Old_Gold

Wow, it's amazing you can still find that many parts collections out there. That's definitely what keeps our hobby supplied with parts to keep our trucks on the road. Still, I kinda root for some of those in the pics to make it back on the road too!
Looks like another great road trip!

Jim

There are still parts out there, but getting tougher all the time.
Was a fun road trip...


For anyone interested, i add ALOT of pics on the abandoned square body thread.