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morgan in ar

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Picked this up yesterday and drove it home about 250 miles from West Plains, MO. 283 with a three on the column. Got 12.5 mpg on the trip. I'm not going to say how much I paid for it in public.....
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Bottom picture reminds me of telling my sweetie in the evening in 1964 "Step into the office, sweetie!!"
 
Most younger people wouldn?t buy them if they did,need power everything and apple CarPlay or they turn their nose up at them.
 
(quoted from post at 09:21:10 08/05/19) Nice ride, but 12.5 mpg? 4.10 rear end and a 4-barrel?
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2 barrel or 4 barrel won't make much difference, but the rear end ratio will make a BIG difference.
 
Nice, pretty clean ole truck. I have a 18yo daughter that would love to have that truck. Both of my kids like the older vehicles. My son is turning 11yo and has a 53 Massey to35. I told my daughter the older trucks don't have air conditioning and she said that does not matter, they look better! And that comes from a teenager that lives in Texas.
 
Nice truck. Around here something like that is at least $5000, usually more. I imagine it isn't much different in MO. You can find some really rusted out ones for less but you can see through the floor boards and they probably don't run very well if at all.
 
I had two of those over the years. One was a 283 with the two speed Powerglide and the other was a 283 with the three on the tree and factory overdrive. Loved them !
 
From his interior pictures it looks like it has some sort of add on A/C unit on the passenger side.
 
(quoted from post at 20:12:36 08/05/19) I had two of those over the years. One was a 283 with the two speed Powerglide and the other was a 283 with the three on the tree and factory overdrive. Loved them !
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Overdrive was the "cat's meow"...that would improve that gas mileage significantly!
 
Nice, I had a 1965 stepside longbed with 3 on the tree and a 230 straight six. It carried me a long way for a long time when I did not have much else. Rock Solid
 
Nice...My wife grew up in West Plains,MO..There seems to be lots of older cars and trucks in that area..
 
When I ws in high school I worked for the cattle feeder down the road. He had the GMC version. I'm thinking it had a V-6 Could that be right? Anyway that three on the tree linkage was worn and if you didn't shift it right it would get stuck in 2 gears. Had to pup the hood and get in there with a long screw driver and pry it out. You learnd real fast how it had to be shifted.
 
(quoted from post at 21:23:39 08/05/19) When I ws in high school I worked for the cattle feeder down the road. He had the GMC version. I'm thinking it had a V-6 Could that be right? Anyway that three on the tree linkage was worn and if you didn't shift it right it would get stuck in 2 gears. Had to pup the hood and get in there with a long screw driver and pry it out. You learnd real fast how it had to be shifted.
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Nope, straight 6 or V-8 only options at the time. Pretty common for column shifts to exhibit that problem when they got sloppy from wear.
 

Only new vehicle I ever purchased was a '66 Chevy LWB large rear window pickup with 327 4 barrel carb & 3 speed trans. It would pull very well & out run a lot other vehicles. It got better fuel mileage than the '08 GMC I drive now. So much for advanced technology.
 
If you guys want some interesting video and information on old GMCs and other stuff, check out the www.elderlyiron.com videos, especially the earliest ones. His ultimate truck (The Find) and mine are nearly identical, I just haven't found mine yet!

His restorations are a bit redneck, even for me, but there is a ton of mechanical experience
 
About 3 years ago when Ram trucks started bragging about having first coil rear springs I remembered these and how the rear was usually high or low depending on load.
 
Cool old Chevy. The emblem on the cowl is 65. Is it a 3/4 ton C20? I see 8 lug nuts in the center caps.
My first pickup was a 66 C10 longbed Fleetside. 250 six w 3-speed. Wish I still had it. Congrats.
 
Speaking of West Plains, I went on many family vacations in that area: Lake Norfolk, Mountain Home, AR, Lake Bullshoals, Theodosia, MO, had friends in Willow Springs, MO.
 
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