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Old March 6th, 2017, 02:44 AM
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Default Re: 1967 GMC Pickups

And now for the rest of the story.

The guy from Montana never called back. That's OK though -- I didn't really want to travel all the way to Montana unless it was the perfect truck for the perfect price. Nothing against Montana -- just drove across it on the way back home last summer after visiting DAC in Rapid City and taking our 11 year old granddaughter to Mt. Rushmore there.

I finally got another reply to my "want to buy" ad last Thursday. The guy said he had just posted an ad on Craigslist for his '67 GMC. So I pulled up his ad and I couldn't believe it! It was the same truck that John had agreed to sell me last October and then sold to someone else! I called the seller, Tom, and arranged to go see it that same day. I definitely did not want to miss out on another chance to buy it.

I played dumb while looking it over and listening to Tom's sales pitch. He said he had been trying to buy it from John for about 8 years, stopping by every year or two to try again. He happened to stop by last October while John was getting it ready for me to buy. Evidently he convinced John that he should have first rights to it since he had been trying to buy it for so long.

Since buying it Tom had installed a new radiator, had the carb rebuilt, replaced the battery, air filter, and fuel filter. He claimed his asking price was what he had in it, and was firm on his price. I didn't argue with him or make a counter-offer. After we exchanged cash and title, I confessed that I was the other guy trying to buy it from John. He laughed and said he was glad I was finally getting it. He said he needed the money to finish his '64 Impala with a 409 in it.

The photos below are the ones from Tom's Craigslist ad. Someone had hit the left side of the bed while it was parked in front of John's house several years ago. He had the whole bedside replaced which accounts for the different color. Most of the truck is the dreaded Palomino Tan which fades to pink. Although Tom's ad stated the truck has a 305, it's actually a 351. It's got the SM420 four speed and power steering. The body is pretty straight. The only rust-through I can find is a small area at the driver's door threshold next to the sill plate. Cab corners, rockers, fender bottoms are all solid. Considering that the truck has sat outdoors for probably its whole life, it's in pretty good shape. Having only 60,574 miles on it helps too. It's a keeper!
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1962 1000 Pickup 401M & Muncie 318 with overdrive
1962 K1000 Suburban 401M & SM420
1965 2500 Suburban 351C & SM420 with Watson overdrive
1967 CM1500 pickup 351E & NP435
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