Now that's what I would call a great, old truck, at a great price. Can't
recall if that series still had the metal dash, something I prefer to the
padded, vinyl dash coverings that dry out, discolor and crack with age.
Does it have coil springs in the rear? Seems to me that Chevy/GMC used coil
springs on both ends of those trucks before switching back to semi-elliptics
in the rear in '73.
When I started getting company pick-up trucks provided to me, in '73, our
company still had one '72 Chevy, which the port engineers refused to give up
in favor of the "new" series. I drove several of the "new" Chevy trucks
('73 thru...what was it...'80-something) as company vehicles. All but two
were '8 foot beds and all but three had the 350 four barrel engine, and
Turbo-Hydromatic. One, a 3/4 ton model, had a/c, dealer-installed dual gas
tanks (my service area responsibilities included the Upper Mississippi River
from Cairo to LaCrosse, Wis. during the arab oil embargo era), which I
almost lived in for a couple of years. I have to say that it was my
favorite. My least favorite were a couple of 1/2 tons, with 6' beds and the
(by then) very anemic 6 cylinder. They were never made to carry the load of
tools, trash pumps and spare cargo pump parts I needed to carry around.
But, until the '82 model, I never had a problem with any of them (the '82
needed an engine rebuild at relatively low mileage).
My oldest son drives a new ('06 I think) F-150 and has already had the
transmission crap-out on him at 40,000 miles, along with some other, minor
problems that an older truck would NEVER have. He's like to just get an old
truck, from down south somewhere, and be done with truck payments and
expensive repairs & maintenance. But, since he doesn't have time to restore
a pre'75 truck, he's stuck with the new stuff.
BTW, for those of you who like old trucks, there's an excellent magazine,
called Vintage Truck, dedicated to old, light trucks, vans & station wagons.
Check it out.
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
To: "'Billy Zoom'" <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>; "'Edmund Conen'"
<conen@bellsouth.net>; "'Spridgets List'" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:54 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] trucks
> I'm driving a 1970 GMC 2500 Custom Camper. It's a 3/4 ton truck, with a
> one
> ton (8 lug wheel) rear axle from the factory. It has non assisted drum
> brakes, and manual steering. It's a 3 speed Turbo hydramatic and 350 V8
> with
> factory 4 barrel. It had split rims on it originally. It has factory "west
> coast" mirrors. It has aftermarket under dash AC cold enough to hang meat.
>
> I paid $400 years ago. It needs rockers and cab corners, and minor repair
> in
> the bed. What's nice is its straight, as it had a camper in it, was never
> used as a work truck.
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