wheres the oldies????

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:25 pm

just got back from St. Louis, MO. i was there the whole week of thanksgiving... i saw 3 oldies

!!! there any sweptliners in that area??

Red · Post by **Red** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:53 am

Im about 50 mi west of there. Just south of I-70 near a small berg called Wentzville

wide65 · Post by **wide65** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:59 pm

I hear ya man!!!!! I have a few uncles/Aunts in St.Louis....I never see any there!!

cudajimmy · Post by **cudajimmy** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:00 pm

MG, you'd be surprised how scarce swepts are in the midwest. You think I'm just talking smack about how all the good deals are in the northwest, but these trucks are HARD TO FIND through the mid section. I can tell you where almost every single swept is in a 20 mile radius from me is.....BOTH of them.

66patrick · Post by **66patrick** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:07 pm

There's actually more around than you may know of. Around me, there are at least six within a three-mile radius that ate driven daily. I know of a Power Wagon about 20 minutes north that is disassembled, but the guy is doing it up with a 383 auto and getting rid of the 225/auto that was in it. It may see the road this Summer

cudajimmy · Post by **cudajimmy** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:15 pm

66patrick wrote:There's actually more around than you may know of. Around me, there are at least six within a three-mile radius that ate driven daily. I know of a Power Wagon about 20 minutes north that is disassembled, but the guy is doing it up with a 383 auto and getting rid of the 225/auto that was in it. It may see the road this Summer

WOW. That DOUBLES the number of swepts I'm aware of locally.

hemithekid · Post by **hemithekid** » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:29 pm

cudajimmy.there are few here in the westtoo.there are 4 in casper that i know of.

caleb

soopernaut · Post by **soopernaut** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 3:49 pm

cudajimmy wrote:MG, you'd be surprised how scarce swepts are in the midwest. You think I'm just talking smack about how all the good deals are in the northwest, but these trucks are HARD TO FIND through the mid section. I can tell you where almost every single swept is in a 20 mile radius from me is.....BOTH of them.

At least you have 6 members of this site in your state. I seem to be the only one in MN.

In the past 10 years I have seen just under 30 swepts in the Twin Cities area. Some of them I have only seen once. There are some that are always in the same place but probably aren't driven. There were about 4 that I used to see but they all disappeared around the same time. They are getting pretty scarce.

I saw 2 in Des Moines plus 2 trailers, 2 in Kansas City, 1 in Indianapolis, 1 about 40 miles from Chicago,1 in Waterloo, 0 in Omaha and 0 in St. Louis, although I saw a medium duty 70s dodge when I got across the river into Illinois.

I also saw 2 swepts when I went to pick up the truck I got on ebay recently. I was really suprised about that. I was thinking it would be neat to see one while pulling mine back. About 10 miles up the road one was going the other way pulling a mopar muscle car.

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:35 pm

we have alot around here!!!!! i just spotted 3 new ones cruisin around. that puts my count up to around 25

66patrick · Post by **66patrick** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:53 pm

Jimmy, I just found five more Swepts in Midwest City, Del City, and Choctaw. Counting my three, I have close to 20 within a 5-mile radius. Get out there and start looking! They're there!

Hemikuda71 · Post by **Hemikuda71** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:25 pm

You counting my four?

R/T

mr440 · Post by **mr440** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:31 pm

I have 10 sweplines now , I just found 2 more I am going to buy, a71 shorty wide box w/6 and a 70 W100 4x4 with a 383 auto for 1200 dollars.

Floorguy · Post by **Floorguy** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:40 pm

Here in California(Central Valley) I see them every day. They're all over the Modesto area. The tough ones to find are the short beds. Especially the Power Wagons. They're here, but not as much as the 2wd long beds. Today I saw a 69' short bed Power Wagon in a K-Mart parking lot. It was oxidized Red with decent mud tires. No rust. If only it was for sale........

wide65 · Post by **wide65** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:13 am

There are a good amount here in Colorado!

MountainMoparRobin · Post by **MountainMoparRobin** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:12 am

Wide65 is right there are lots, and lots, did I say lots of OLDIES here in Colorado, my neighbor across the street has a 67 Sweptline and a 67 Dart.

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:44 am

Almost everything you find in this part of the midwest is rusted to the point of salvage only. Its rare I get a truck in that dosnt need extensive repairs to floorboards and rockers, most of the time the cowls are shot rendering the cab junk. Every rust free truck Ive seen in this part of the country has been brought here from warmer drier climates.

soopernaut · Post by **soopernaut** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:02 pm

Red wrote:Almost everything you find in this part of the midwest is rusted to the point of salvage only. Its rare I get a truck in that dosnt need extensive repairs to floorboards and rockers, most of the time the cowls are shot rendering the cab junk. Every rust free truck Ive seen in this part of the country has been brought here from warmer drier climates.

I have seen quite a few decent looking ones here. I have no idea where most of them came from though. My 68 was an original Missouri truck that I got in Columbia,MO. It had been stored indoors for a long time. The floors aren't too bad but the rockers are terrible. The 70 I got in Iowa was originally a California truck and is virtually rust free. The parts truck I had spent most of its time in Rapid City; not much rust on it either.

Red · Post by **Red** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:57 pm

Do they salt the roads in the winter there? Thats the biggest problem here.

trucknut · Post by **trucknut** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:32 pm

I have the only one RUNNING around here

MountainMoparRobin · Post by **MountainMoparRobin** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:21 am

no salt, sand, plow, magnesium chloride sometimes not at all some years, there are a few dealerships that only deal in oldies, and you see people driving them daily

almost 80% of the population has an oldie either being driven or in progress!

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