Is there any cure for our affliction? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Stover93 · 05-09-2022, 08:52 PM

The one in primer followed me home a few weeks ago. The PO had a really good start on it. 71 K10 no spid.

Stover93 · 05-09-2022, 09:11 PM

Tach was fried and needed left side ball joints… so far

Dmoore · 05-09-2022, 09:50 PM

I hope not!

**68bowtie** · 05-09-2022, 10:34 PM

The only cure for c10 fever is more c10’s.

**cwcarpenter98** · 05-09-2022, 10:40 PM

I think the cure is just one more. You've got the best of both worlds now

**Sheepdip** · 05-09-2022, 11:17 PM

No Known Cure!

57taskforce · 05-09-2022, 11:48 PM

My driveway says “no cure”.

mr.mud1 · 05-10-2022, 06:08 AM

i hope not too,if some is good,more is better,too much is just enough.

**Ol Blue K20** · 05-10-2022, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

No Known Cure!

Where have I heard that before?

Stover93 · 05-10-2022, 08:24 AM

I thought I was done after the GMC was finished but it seems like I just have to have a rig to wrench on. I was only able to hold out for a year!

So here goes… Hi, my name is Stover and I’m a 67-72 addict.

body bolt · 05-10-2022, 12:01 PM

I didn't know where my next 67-72 was coming from and I didn't give a damn.

KW5413 · 05-10-2022, 05:02 PM

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Death...the only way out. And I hope to drive right up to the pearly gates...or...wherever.

CastIron · 05-10-2022, 09:37 PM

I would say it depends on what the affliction is... Is it just owning and driving one or more? Or is it buying more? Or buying projects so you have something to work on?

For me, I enjoy owning and driving the one I have. I have spent a lot of time improving it, but I started with a fairly decent example. I don't have the urge to go buy another one, or spend a lot of time working on it. I work on other peoples cars for a living, so I get sort of burned out on that. So I guess working as a professional automotive tech is a cure for me wanting to work on more trucks. But that's just me. I do enjoy owning one and enjoy talking about them and looking at them. I don't think anybody can be cured of that.. I don't think a cure is necessary though. There's nothing wrong with having hobbies!

**special-K** · 05-11-2022, 06:47 AM

Nice find on truck number 2! One problem with these trucks is there are all the configurations and then a few different styling changes and then there are colors and base vs loaded. I find it easiest to buy one of each than decide on only one

I found the formula for at least bringing it under control. Divorce. But it takes more. First you have to be about 50 years old ready to get out of the business, sell off properties, and move to the mountain home you bought in the last year. Then you have to find out your wife has debt greater than the balance on existing home, refinance into mortgage (till it sells), wife leaves months later, and the bottom drops out of the economy. It takes a while to work, because the summer she left I bought a '71 C/30 tow truck I always wanted and a '71 SWB K/10 I always wanted. Bought a '69 C/20 Stepside for parts, too. Full-time truck play now that I'm single!! Recession gets worse, money gets tight, forfeit that mountain home, and start selling trucks off. It's a long drawn out process I wouldn't recommend trying. I'm down to two, which I'm pretty good with. But I still get the cravings. So it's not really a cure. Just a way to better manage the affliction, if you consider less trucks as being better

toolboxchev · 05-11-2022, 06:54 AM

Wow Special K! I thought I was alone in this quest to be myself and let the world be the world so to say.

Right now I torn between selling mine and making that lifelong commitment??? Well gunna run over to the guy with the temp issue and see if I can be of service.

SCOTI · 05-11-2022, 03:09 PM

Death seems to stop it. Extremely poor health slows it down. Not sure those would be considered as a cure

67C10Step · 05-12-2022, 10:50 AM

Controlable? Yes. Curable? No

Had my first as a teenager and managed to stay in the just lusting for another until my wife got involved three years ago. Now, the fever is burning as hot as it ever was.

TALLone71 · 05-14-2022, 12:08 AM

no cure! I grew up with my fathers 69 gmc, and my grandfathers 69 c10, and bought my 67 at 16 years old, and have had many other vehicles and classic cars over the years, but never been without at least one or 7, 67-72 gm trucks at any given time, and i never get tired of them, or stop looking for the next candidate or parts for them...they get into your blood.

**special-K** · 05-14-2022, 08:40 AM

That's it right there. They get into your blood. I can not imagine living life without at least one 67-72. I sincerely mean that. It's been since '82 (IIRC) that I have owned at least two. I had a few before that, beginning in '73, but there were times I went astray a year or two

. I have people offering to buy and I always say "This one's my keeper". But what I'm really thinking is if I sold and didn't have one anymore I'd expect to die within a week!

best view · 05-15-2022, 09:05 AM

My personal doctor Pete says no

Stover93 · 05-16-2022, 10:47 AM

I agree with all of the above! I was looking for a square body when I ran across this K10 and just couldn't pass it up. The style and lines and general badassery of these trucks can't be topped.

**michael bustamante** · 05-16-2022, 01:22 PM

my cure.......the wife.. "three is enough!!!" lol

best view · 05-16-2022, 09:49 PM

It’s a good thing my wife doesn’t tell me to buy all I want

Stover93 · 07-23-2023, 04:11 PM

Anther one almost saved!

I know it’s a 71 with 68 trim but I love the 68 side molding!

**Rust_never_sleeps** · 07-23-2023, 04:20 PM

On the one-step program:
1. "yes, I have a problem"

05-09-2022, 08:52 PM	#1
Stover93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 127	Is there any cure for our affliction? The one in primer followed me home a few weeks ago. The PO had a really good start on it. 71 K10 no spid. Attached Images

05-09-2022, 09:11 PM	#2
Stover93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 127	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Tach was fried and needed left side ball joints… so far Attached Images

05-09-2022, 09:50 PM	#3
Dmoore Registered User Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Exmore, Virginia Posts: 293	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I hope not!

05-09-2022, 10:34 PM	#4
68bowtie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Turlock, CA Posts: 8,343	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? The only cure for c10 fever is more c10’s. __________________ I live in California, but identify as a Texan "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well" Project "Little Sister" (70 c10 blue original paint refresh) Project "C10 Fever" (68 factory black 396 swb) Project "Blue Bomb" (70 c30 blue original paint refresh) Project "Vitamin C" (71 c10 orange original paint refresh)

05-09-2022, 10:40 PM	#5
cwcarpenter98 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Hickory Flat, GA Posts: 4,421	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I think the cure is just one more. You've got the best of both worlds now __________________ Christian Carpenter 1963 C10 - Frankentruck 283, 3 speed with overdrive Overdrive wiring here 1963-ish truck bed trailer - Half-Wit 1981 C10 - Penny 305, th350 1995 Dodge Dakota Sport "I'll put it simple: if you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right." - Doc Hudson

05-09-2022, 11:17 PM	#6
Sheepdip Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Waterford California Posts: 2,377	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? No Known Cure!

05-09-2022, 11:48 PM	#7
57taskforce All about them K’s Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Farmington, New Mexico Posts: 6,232	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? My driveway says “no cure”. __________________ Tyler '57 3100 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=813888 '72 K20 Cheyenne http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=662879 ‘69 K10 SWB http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=805206 '98 Silverado LT K2500HD ECLB Vortec 454/4l80E: 6" lift 315/75/16's ‘87 IROC-Z all original 50K mile survivor TPI 305 IROC Blue ‘10 Camaro 2SS/RS Aqua Blue Metallic #93 -version 2.0

05-10-2022, 06:08 AM	#8
mr.mud1 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Joggins Nova Scotia Posts: 1,599	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? i hope not too,if some is good,more is better,too much is just enough.

05-10-2022, 08:24 AM	#10
Stover93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 127	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I thought I was done after the GMC was finished but it seems like I just have to have a rig to wrench on. I was only able to hold out for a year! So here goes… Hi, my name is Stover and I’m a 67-72 addict.

05-10-2022, 12:01 PM	#11
body bolt Registered User Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 475	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I didn't know where my next 67-72 was coming from and I didn't give a damn.

05-10-2022, 05:02 PM	#12
KW5413 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 494	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? . Death...the only way out. And I hope to drive right up to the pearly gates...or...wherever.

05-10-2022, 09:37 PM	#13
CastIron Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Oregon Posts: 326	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I would say it depends on what the affliction is... Is it just owning and driving one or more? Or is it buying more? Or buying projects so you have something to work on? For me, I enjoy owning and driving the one I have. I have spent a lot of time improving it, but I started with a fairly decent example. I don't have the urge to go buy another one, or spend a lot of time working on it. I work on other peoples cars for a living, so I get sort of burned out on that. So I guess working as a professional automotive tech is a cure for me wanting to work on more trucks. But that's just me. I do enjoy owning one and enjoy talking about them and looking at them. I don't think anybody can be cured of that.. I don't think a cure is necessary though. There's nothing wrong with having hobbies!

05-11-2022, 06:47 AM	#14
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Nice find on truck number 2! One problem with these trucks is there are all the configurations and then a few different styling changes and then there are colors and base vs loaded. I find it easiest to buy one of each than decide on only one I found the formula for at least bringing it under control. Divorce. But it takes more. First you have to be about 50 years old ready to get out of the business, sell off properties, and move to the mountain home you bought in the last year. Then you have to find out your wife has debt greater than the balance on existing home, refinance into mortgage (till it sells), wife leaves months later, and the bottom drops out of the economy. It takes a while to work, because the summer she left I bought a '71 C/30 tow truck I always wanted and a '71 SWB K/10 I always wanted. Bought a '69 C/20 Stepside for parts, too. Full-time truck play now that I'm single!! Recession gets worse, money gets tight, forfeit that mountain home, and start selling trucks off. It's a long drawn out process I wouldn't recommend trying. I'm down to two, which I'm pretty good with. But I still get the cravings. So it's not really a cure. Just a way to better manage the affliction, if you consider less trucks as being better __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~ Last edited by special-K; 05-12-2022 at 08:06 AM.

05-11-2022, 06:54 AM	#15
toolboxchev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: 2nd left past the stump on a dirt road. Posts: 2,629	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Wow Special K! I thought I was alone in this quest to be myself and let the world be the world so to say. Right now I torn between selling mine and making that lifelong commitment??? Well gunna run over to the guy with the temp issue and see if I can be of service.

05-11-2022, 03:09 PM	#16
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,910	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Death seems to stop it. Extremely poor health slows it down. Not sure those would be considered as a cure __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*



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05-12-2022, 10:50 AM	#17
67C10Step Registered User Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: Beebe, AR Posts: 2,406	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Controlable? Yes. Curable? No Had my first as a teenager and managed to stay in the just lusting for another until my wife got involved three years ago. Now, the fever is burning as hot as it ever was. __________________ 1967 C10 1980 Jeep CJ5 2020 Toyota 4Runner 2020 Toyota CH-R 2020 Acura MDX

05-14-2022, 12:08 AM	#18
TALLone71 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Richmond va Posts: 179	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? no cure! I grew up with my fathers 69 gmc, and my grandfathers 69 c10, and bought my 67 at 16 years old, and have had many other vehicles and classic cars over the years, but never been without at least one or 7, 67-72 gm trucks at any given time, and i never get tired of them, or stop looking for the next candidate or parts for them...they get into your blood. __________________ :chevy

05-14-2022, 08:40 AM	#19
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,863	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? That's it right there. They get into your blood. I can not imagine living life without at least one 67-72. I sincerely mean that. It's been since '82 (IIRC) that I have owned at least two. I had a few before that, beginning in '73, but there were times I went astray a year or two . I have people offering to buy and I always say "This one's my keeper". But what I'm really thinking is if I sold and didn't have one anymore I'd expect to die within a week! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-15-2022, 09:05 AM	#20
best view Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: newbury new hampsire Posts: 1,986	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? My personal doctor Pete says no

05-16-2022, 10:47 AM	#21
Stover93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 127	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? I agree with all of the above! I was looking for a square body when I ran across this K10 and just couldn't pass it up. The style and lines and general badassery of these trucks can't be topped.

05-16-2022, 01:22 PM	#22
michael bustamante Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,814	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? my cure.......the wife.. "three is enough!!!" lol __________________ 1967custom

05-16-2022, 09:49 PM	#23
best view Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: newbury new hampsire Posts: 1,986	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? It’s a good thing my wife doesn’t tell me to buy all I want

07-23-2023, 04:11 PM	#24
Stover93 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 127	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? Anther one almost saved! I know it’s a 71 with 68 trim but I love the 68 side molding! Attached Images

07-23-2023, 04:20 PM	#25
Rust_never_sleeps Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2022 Location: San Ramon,CA Posts: 398	Re: Is there any cure for our affliction? On the one-step program: 1. "yes, I have a problem"

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