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09-05-2013, 02:38 PM | #1 |
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My First C10 (72' fleetside) - 2,100mi drive home - Photos
My Dad has a black 72 big block. I fell in love with it years ago and have been looking for a C10 of my own since the start of 2013. I had my heart set on a 2 tone one, ideally red and white, but I wasn't able to track one down in the condition and price range I wanted. If finally found this one in Palm Springs, CA.
I just got back Sunday after driving 2,100mi back to Houston, TX. The plan was to avoid I10 which is boring and full of big rigs. My fellow Canadian and friend who lives in my Houston community with me shared the driving, and we saw a lot of the US including 3 boarder guard stations where they were all friendly and asked more questions about the truck then us. Average fuel economy driving 65-75mph: 12.1mpg. Best tank was 13.5mpg. Worst was 10.1mpg. Top speed: 97mph (gps) for a few seconds. The truck: 1972 Super Cheyenne FleetsideThe planned route: The actual route after wandering around: Pic Shuttle meeting us at the airport in California to head to the dealership king it up Driving at dawn Happy mofo Making miles I've been *****ing about how ugly Houston is (damn it is), but west Texas is a lot nicer. This is Big Bend National Park. We hugged the TX/Mexican boarder for hundreds of miles. Texas on or left, Mexico on our right, running into a ton of boarder guards/trucks/ATVs. This is looking back (Mexico on the left of this photo). Somewhere in Arizona One the way into Big Bend Park, TX The Rio Grand river separating Mexico and the US. Old ass diner. We had lunch there. I was told these buildings were sold as kits for a 'dinner in a box' promo. There were a ton of them across the US way back when, apparently. Night driving My co-pilot Texas park guide showing us some road options within Big Bend Park It rained a lot actually. Retired aircraft carrier in Corpus Christi, TX. I've been on it before and it is freaking massive Finally home on Sunday. 3lbs of dead bugs on the truck. Chevy Cruize is tucked in begin the truck. Up early Monday morning to start cleaning. The result. Paint is awesome Miles Good example of the color in full sun. |
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Thanks. The vette felt like a rocket ship after getting out of the truck. Here's a vid at the drag strip: http://youtu.be/PS53i_h9ggQ Quote:
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09-14-2013, 01:42 PM | #3 |
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Re: My First C10 (72' fleetside) - 2,100mi drive home - Photos
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I want to protect the paint so I tried 3M's spray on protection kit. Unfortunately, it didn't dry evenly. The good news is I can just pull it off without harm. 3M will be getting an email asking how to avoid this in my second attempt. I suspect they'll say "don't put it on so heavy". |
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Yea, that's my road course/drag race/piss the neighbors off loud Z06. 11.39 at 124 so far with CAI and catback. Love these cars. Quote:
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Thanks for the tip about the 3M alternative. |
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12-22-2015, 06:38 PM | #6 |
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Update: I moved back home to Canada (Calgary) from Houston, after 4 awesome years in the USA.
My Canadian buddy also living in Houston (ex coworker) was also planning to move back to Canada, so we each rented the biggest UHaul trucks we could, sold each of our houses, and towed 2 of my cars (C10, Z06) up to Canada. We each flew down a friend to co-drive. Our call signs were Idaho (my buddy) and my UHaul was Sea-Cow because it was slow and felt overloaded. It was quite a trip. We were all ready, up bright and early to get some miles under out belt. However, our UHaul would not start. 6 hours later, it was running after a mechanic replaced the starter on the engine, and a flat tire. Finally hitting the road with our 2 UHauls, we made it 200 miles before the transmission on our 2nd Uhaul overheated and stopped working. 2 hours later, a mechanic showed up, did not know what the problem was but the transmission had cooled down and we were able to limp both trucks to a town with a hotel. Making preparations. Loading up the vette. I actually like these UHaul trailers. Built some wooden risers to let the bumper clear the front of the trailer. The morning we were trying to leave. Dead starter right as we were about the start the trip. Discovering it was not a dead battery. A couple hrs, later waiting for a mechanic to fix the trans. There was not enough room in the UHaul. After letting the trans cool and limping to a town. Waiting for it to cool again before driving 1/2 mile to a hotel. The next morning we got up, the air was cool and we managed 150 miles before the transmission in the 2nd truck overheated and quit again. Now we were stuck in a little town called Quanah, TX feeling the 100F heat. Uhaul agree to send another mechanic (2hrs away). This is us waiting for the UHaul mechanic in Quanah. It was hot. Not surprisingly, this new mechanic also couldn't find a solution. At this point, we've been fighting with UHaul to send us a replacement truck. They finally agreed, and said they'd have one to us the next day, to Quanah. So, we had a second night to spend there, waiting. So, we first tried turning the key on the trip at 6am the day prior. So far, we'd only knocked off 350 miles into our 2,300 mile trip. We were still in Texas haha. The next morning, we decided to unload all the contents from the broken UHaul ourselves, into our hotel parking lot. This way, when the replacement truck arrived, we could load it and get on our way. Little did we know, some of the 2,600 total population of Quanah thought we were having a yard sale, so they pulled in and starting looking through my buddy's items and asking about prices. There were at least 4 trucks that stopped in this way while we were waiting for the new UHaul to show up. We made our own fun. My co-driver shown. The new UHaul showed up, we got it loaded and the rest of the trip was super smooth. AT THE CANADA BOARDER!! In Canada Celebration in Canada. A map of our memories from the trip I Racewrapped both cars for the trip. Still, a lot of dust got in, although the paint is great. Cleaned up A photo with mine + my Dad's 71 big block. And that's my trip home! I'm living in a condo in Calgary, downtown so the truck is in a heated parking garage downstairs (with a car wash!). It'll be hibernating for the winter. |
12-22-2015, 06:53 PM | #7 |
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And a couple pics since being back in Canada (moved July 2015), because I like showing this place off.
2 days ago, "curling" on a frozen river. |
04-06-2016, 12:39 PM | #8 |
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Re: My First C10 (72' fleetside) - 2,100mi drive home - Photos
Nice thread and nice truck. Could you please tell me where this exact spot is?
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04-06-2016, 01:08 PM | #9 |
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Right here bud: https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Lon...895d27f2349637
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04-06-2016, 01:24 PM | #10 |
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And a cpl more photos from Canada, me snowmobile . Was a dangerous winter, 2 ppl I knew died in avalanches. It's been a mild winter in the city and I'll be busting the truck out very soon.
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