GMCDAC's GMCs

[GMCDAC]

I have held off posting anything to speak of about my GMCs since I don't currently have a 60-66, but a 60 GMC Burb is why I have the addiction and someday I will own a truck from this era again!

Our first GMC was the '60 Suburban in my avatar and the first pic. That's Mom with it Christmas day, 1963, 50 years ago.

In 1971 Mom bought a 1970 K5 GMC Jimmy which I now have and it is my primary project. Mom drove it until 2001. That's the second pic Mom and the Jimmy in 1977.

In 1979 my wife and I bought a 1972 C2500 and we still are using it to this day. 3rd pic was from that year, and the 4th pic is 2012.

When Mom passed away in 2009 it was too hard to work on the Jimmy so a co-worker gave me a '55 GMC that was destined for the crusher and that gave me a project to do until I could face the Jimmy again. 5th pic is the '55 in 2009 the day I got it, and the 6th pic was taken last September.

I did have a very ugly but great running '62 K2500 GMC from 2006-2007 but had to sell it when Mom's health began to fail. Needed the cash for her. That was when I joined Jolley's yahoo site and never lost interest but lurked since I had to sell that truck.

Here's some pics. Hope it's ok with everyone to post this.

DAC

[Ed Snyder]

I can't imagine that anyone on this forum would object to a post like yours, Doug, especially with those photos. I love seeing old photos like those. I had hundreds of old GMC photos posted on the now-defunct Webshots site. If I ever get energetic enough, I'll post some of them to our new forum here.

[Funky61]

Thanks for sharing the history and photos DAC; I love looking at vintage pics like these.

[GMCDAC]

Originally Posted by Ed Snyder

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I can't imagine that anyone on this forum would object to a post like yours, Doug, especially with those photos. I love seeing old photos like those. I had hundreds of old GMC photos posted on the now-defunct Webshots site. If I ever get energetic enough, I'll post some of them to our new forum here.

Thank-you Ed! I wish I had more pre-1972 pics but we lost everything in a flood, including that pic of Mom with the '60 Burb but the pic was found in a field along with some other stuff of ours. She wrote on the back "found week after June 9 1972 Flood".

I lost a lot of pics when Webshots went down too, including the ones of the '62 GMC I had. Fortunately I had posted them in an album on the '60-66 Yahoo site and was able to get them back even though they were a little smaller before they disappeared there too. I would dig seeing your old GMC pics. I have posted a few I have in the GMC's in history thread on this site.

Originally Posted by Funky61

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Thanks for sharing the history and photos DAC; I love looking at vintage pics like these.

You are welcome Funky61, history behind just about anything is interesting to me, especially if it is family related. It shouldn't bother me but not knowing any background about my '55 really bothers me sometimes. You would think I would get over it-LOL!

Here are a few more.

pic 1 is a pic of me about the time I got my first drivers license with the Jimmy winter-spring 1972. This is a flood damaged pic also.

pic 2 is Mom with the Jimmy in 1980.

pic 3 is our '72 1980 in Scottsbluff, NE where we built the '70 Monte Carlo remains into a stock car.

pic 4 The '72 with another stock car chassis in the box, 1983.

pic 5 The '72 after helping to pack in a very muddy race track in 1981.

pic 6 The '72 again also 1983, my sign shop truck.

Hope you all like them.

DAC

[BarryGMC]

Doug this is great stuff. Keep it coming. We all have a reason for loving this stuff. BLC .

[fyrboy]

It's more than "OK" to post stuff like this. We're to worship God, love people, and use things. Your "things" had to sit a'spell because of your love for mom. Sounds to me like you have priorities worked out just fine.

[GMCDAC]

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Doug this is great stuff. Keep it coming. We all have a reason for loving this stuff. BLC .

Hi Barry, good to see you posting again! Thanks, I don't want to be too overbearing with this stuff, but those are the best pics I have from the past days of our trucks. I have a few more but I will give it a break for a couple days.

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It's more than "OK" to post stuff like this. We're to worship God, love people, and use things. Your "things" had to sit a'spell because of your love for mom. Sounds to me like you have priorities worked out just fine.

The support is very much appreciated Fyrboy! (I have an old "Fyr Fyter" extinguisher hanging in my shop and your spelling reminded me--LOL!)
Yeah I probably get too hung up on the "things" but as the memory fades, the material stuff helps keep some of the people who have passed alive in a way for me. Mom had a pretty turbulent life and still managed to do an awesome job of being a Mom and a Grandma.

Thanks everyone---DAC

[FetchMeAPepsi]

Dac that's a great bunch of photos. What's in the background on the 3rd pic? A volcano? I'd like to see more of that 55 too as you put it together.

For the if its ok remark, this forum is called "Other Rides and Projects Chevy, Dodge, F*rd, or refinishing cabinets? Share your progress or start a build thread and track let members follow along!"

The "track let" part is probably a messup but to me it looks like anyone that doesnt like it can pound sand. Heck I posted about a wood splitter in my thread. Let the pics roll and share the history! I'll read every one of em!



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[GMCDAC]

Originally Posted by FetchMeAPepsi

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Dac that's a great bunch of photos. What's in the background on the 3rd pic? A volcano? I'd like to see more of that 55 too as you put it together.

For the if its ok remark, this forum is called "Other Rides and Projects Chevy, Dodge, F*rd, or refinishing cabinets? Share your progress or start a build thread and track let members follow along!"

The "track let" part is probably a messup but to me it looks like anyone that doesnt like it can pound sand. Heck I posted about a wood splitter in my thread. Let the pics roll and share the history! I'll read every one of em!



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Hello Pepsi, nice to hear from you and thanks! Yeah I know the title of the this part of the forum, but the word "Other" kinda had me in a grey area since I don't have a 60-66 GMC. That makes these trucks my "Only" projects for now. My wife complains that I take things too literally but I just try to respect the rules----

I was definitely a fan of the woodsplitter thread and would like to see it after you touched up the paint and all.

The object in the background of that 3rd pic is Devil's Tower, Wyoming. It was formed by volcanic activity. One of my sisters was a historian at that national park for a few years and the pic was taken when we helped her move there. You are probably too young to know the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" from the later 1970's starring Richard Dreyfus. A lot of that movie was filmed on location there and the climax of the movie was all at that location with a lot of at the time very high tech animation and graphics.

I'm not really working on the '55 much right now, just driving the heck out of it. There was a lot of blood sweat and tears getting it running and many doubts wether all the time was worth it. It was a pretty cheap build so far and I have an awful lot of pictures getting it to be a good, reliable driver.

Between keeping the kids vehicles running ok and my job, the '70 Jimmy is getting most of my attention and available finances right now and I need to keep that focus.

Thanks again everyone---DAC

[GMCDAC]

These are the pics I rescued from the 60-66 yahoo site before they vanished when webshots bit the dust of the '62 GMC K2500. I had to sell it in July 2007. It had a Chevy cab and hood stuck on it at one time, maybe the whole box too. A guy in Gillette, WY bought it that already had a '66 Chevy K20 that he had rebuilt and hot rodded up the 292 I-6 in it. He wanted this one as his project to build for his young son and give to him when he was old enough to drive. He should be darn near that age by now! He was definitely keeping the 305E V-6 as he wanted both GM six variations. He also intended on putting it back GMC on the outside as parts became available.

DAC