Comments on: Forgotten Chevy Truck http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/ Everything but the same old cars Wed, 17 Nov 2010 19:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: geoffrey cecil http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-948 geoffrey cecil Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:52:20 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-948 This was just the shot in the ass i needed. I yarded a similarly patina-ed '64 international pickup out from behind a pole barn 2 weeks ago and need all the encouragement I can get to put the old binder back on the road. New year, new life for some dormant steel/rust. Keep up the great work. This was just the shot in the ass i needed. I yarded a similarly patina-ed ’64 international pickup out from behind a pole barn 2 weeks ago and need all the encouragement I can get to put the old binder back on the road. New year, new life for some dormant steel/rust. Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Mike Bumbeck http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Mike Bumbeck Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:42:40 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-936 The truck still wore an old dymo plastic tape label on the speedo glass that said "NO DRIVERS EXCEPT EMPLOYEES", so retirement is well-deserved. Some time and it will probably join the other far older contraptions seen running around that ranch. The truck still wore an old dymo plastic tape label on the speedo glass that said “NO DRIVERS EXCEPT EMPLOYEES”, so retirement is well-deserved. Some time and it will probably join the other far older contraptions seen running around that ranch.

]]> By: KJ http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-935 KJ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:20:08 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-935 This is in just better shape than my '64 which I still use occaisionally. Mine's a 283 and 4 speed w/granny low. C-20 longbed small window cab, no options except the 4.10 rear and a heater. 140k miles, aftermarket wheels and bigger tires and needs exhaust pipes. This is in just better shape than my ’64 which I still use occaisionally. Mine’s a 283 and 4 speed w/granny low. C-20 longbed small window cab, no options except the 4.10 rear and a heater. 140k miles, aftermarket wheels and bigger tires and needs exhaust pipes.

]]> By: Brian Driggs http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Brian Driggs Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:50:44 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-934 Talk about character. There's just something about 60s-era trucks that endears them to people. I'm not so much a fan of the polished, show truck scene, but seeing old trucks (and cars) in situations like this one make me a little sad. It's like I want to adopt them all. The frustrating thing is, the people who actually own them and let them rot like that are often unwilling to sell them cheap. "Oh, this is a classic, I couldn't let it go for that amount." Yet, their actions reveal that they're doing even worse. They're just letting the vehicle go. Exposed to the elements, obviously uncared for, slowly fading into a scarcely recognizable heap of oxidized waste. It's a shame. I hope that truck, and others like it, meet with new owners who will return them to the road. This little light (truck) of mine. I'm gonna let it shine... Talk about character. There’s just something about 60s-era trucks that endears them to people. I’m not so much a fan of the polished, show truck scene, but seeing old trucks (and cars) in situations like this one make me a little sad. It’s like I want to adopt them all.

The frustrating thing is, the people who actually own them and let them rot like that are often unwilling to sell them cheap. “Oh, this is a classic, I couldn’t let it go for that amount.” Yet, their actions reveal that they’re doing even worse. They’re just letting the vehicle go. Exposed to the elements, obviously uncared for, slowly fading into a scarcely recognizable heap of oxidized waste. It’s a shame.

I hope that truck, and others like it, meet with new owners who will return them to the road. This little light (truck) of mine. I’m gonna let it shine…

]]> By: Dan http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Dan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:54:44 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-933 Dude, on your way back East for Christmas next week, just clean that up and bring it along for me, will ya? Thanks. Dude, on your way back East for Christmas next week, just clean that up and bring it along for me, will ya? Thanks.

]]> By: Pixel http://clunkbucket.com/forgotten-chevy-truck/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Pixel Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:57:27 +0000 http://clunkbucket.com/?p=2711#comment-932 And that's exactly what I'd do if I could buy it. Make it go & stop safely, clean out the interior. Job done, time to get to work. And that’s exactly what I’d do if I could buy it. Make it go & stop safely, clean out the interior. Job done, time to get to work.

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