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Originally Posted by 68Gold/white
In 1980 I was looking for a pickup, had to be a Chevrolet (captain Obvious!!!!). Just wanted a pickup. It's so convenient to own one!!!
I worked for a company that manufactured oil site tanks. My job every day was to go to the DOT office and get overload/size permits. I was talking to the gut in charge, there, about looking for a Chevy pickup. He said, Hey, my buddy has one. He told where it was. I knocked on the door to make sure everything was good, the folks at the home did not own the pickup, but knew I was coming.
It was full of construction scraps. I found out I had to take them, as part of the deal....no problem.
It was /is a dull Gold color, white trim. Man, I'm think'n is this ugly!!!
I knew exactly how to open the hood. I pried it open, first thing I noticed was the rusty chrome big block valve covers with the remnants of the Tonawanda decal on the pass side. It had AC, P/S, P/B, and a TH400, all original!!! I thought I had won the lottery!!!
Got in touch with the owner to make sure it ran and drove, he said he' guarantee THAT!!!!
Even being in my early 20's at that time, I wanted to make sure NO ONE else knew about this pickup, that could come buy it out from under me, in the one days time until I paid for it. Got the deal done!!!
It's NOT in much better shape, now, BUT I have ALL the pieces, and am gaining momentum towards its build!!!
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Nice score. My C10 came as a surprise because I didn't know what I was looking at. All I saw was a great looking Maaco
all white nothing sacred paint job, and I was prepared to buy it without even knowing anything about a BBC.
Many years passed having others do other than maintenance & simple. I realized when I tore it down it was mostly intact before my purchase, though the former owner was all things RV, front to back. Doesn't bode well for "sport truck". Bed was mostly ruined & saddle tanks. 28 years later I discovered it was t-boned
Made for a long day. I likely ended up with it because it was wrecked & painted, it was one owner less the dealer between us.
The car lot is still there, only it fell under many names over the last 32 years. It's in the center of main street, the truck was parked on the corner, my old paper route boundary
. It's still a car lot because the lot is too small for anything else. When I was a kid I ran a car wash/gas on the next smallest lot on main, just up the street. My favorite job
All that's left of it are two self-serve gas pumps & a trash can.