If a Nova wasn't bad enough......

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Was helping a friend in a parking lot repair his headlight switch, when a guy walks up and askes whose grey truck, mine was the reply, nice looking C10 he said......What was my reply. Nice C10, hard to come by he says. Yes a Dodge C10 is very hard to come by. I thought my Dart being called a Nova was bad enough, but a square body Chevy is confused with a rounded Dodge, Are you kidding me?
 
Had someone call my '66 a Studebaker... fer cryin' out loud, it says "Dodge" in 12" letters across the tailgate... :BangHead:
 
spl440 said:
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Was helping a friend in a parking lot repair his headlight switch, when a guy walks up and askes whose grey truck, mine was the reply, nice looking C10 he said......What was my reply. Nice C10, hard to come by he says. Yes a Dodge C10 is very hard to come by. I thought my Dart being called a Nova was bad enough, but a square body Chevy is confused with a rounded Dodge, Are you kidding me?
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The “C” in C10 indicates that the truck is a two-wheel drive model. The Chevrolet C/K series consisted of two-wheel drive trucks, labeled with a “C”, and four-wheel drive trucks, designated by the letter “K.” The C10 was the half-ton, two-wheel-drive model within the C/K line of trucks. He was confused lol.
 
A56 said:
The “C” in C10 indicates that the truck is a two-wheel drive model. The Chevrolet C/K series consisted of two-wheel drive trucks, labeled with a “C”, and four-wheel drive trucks, designated by the letter “K.” The C10 was the half-ton, two-wheel-drive model within the C/K line of trucks. He was confused lol.
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Gotta say , who the hell cares ??!!
 
Some people try. They don't try hard enough.
 
A56 said:
The “C” in C10 indicates that the truck is a two-wheel drive model. The Chevrolet C/K series consisted of two-wheel drive trucks, labeled with a “C”, and four-wheel drive trucks, designated by the letter “K.” The C10 was the half-ton, two-wheel-drive model within the C/K line of trucks. He was confused lol.
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You've not lived until you've gotten into an argument with a Chevy guy so stupid he doesn't even know what he has. I worked on a mid 70s K-10 years ago at a local shop where I worked. We were talkin about what a nice K-10 it was. ....and it was a nice one, too. He overheard us and said, "it's a C-10" we went round and round with me even showing him the K designation in the VIN AND in his owner's manual IN THE GLOVEBOX. He still was never convinced. Some of these guys are truly stupid.
 
RustyRatRod said:
You've not lived until you've gotten into an argument with a Chevy guy so stupid he doesn't even know what he has. I worked on a mid 70s K-10 years ago at a local shop where I worked. We were talkin about what a nice K-10 it was. ....and it was a nice one, too. He overheard us and said, "it's a C-10" we went round and round with me even showing him the K designation in the VIN AND in his owner's manual IN THE GLOVEBOX. He still was never convinced. Some of these guys are truly stupid.
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Hah, I worked for Harley for 15 years and met the equivalent.
 
A56 said:
Hah, I worked for Harley for 15 years and met the equivalent.
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They are almost as bad as some of the customers I waited on at O'Reilly. "I need an oil filter" "Sir what vehicle do you drive?" "There it is right there in front"

I always just shut down and move to the next person in line or answered the phone or went to the bathroom. Screw those kinda people. Dumbasses.
 
RustyRatRod said:
They are almost as bad as some of the customers I waited on at O'Reilly. "I need an oil filter" "Sir what vehicle do you drive?" "There it is right there in front"

I always just shut down and move to the next person in line or answered the phone or went to the bathroom. Screw those kinda people. Dumbasses.
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Lol,
 
A56 said:
The “C” in C10 indicates that the truck is a two-wheel drive model. The Chevrolet C/K series consisted of two-wheel drive trucks, labeled with a “C”, and four-wheel drive trucks, designated by the letter “K.” The C10 was the half-ton, two-wheel-drive model within the C/K line of trucks. He was confused lol.
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Uh, WHUT!!?? in the e'l are you talkin about? WE are talking about a D100
 
RustyRatRod said:
Chevy guy so stupid
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And now it's time for another annoying story from the old days

Guy comes into the parts store, this is ?? 80'ish. Has a 62 Corvette and wants some of the big vent hose under the hood for the heater system. He didn't know about size so I went outside with him. A small crowd had gathered, and I measured the hose.

Voice from the peanut gallery: "Izzat ah 327?"

"Yep"

"Yeh ya can always tell those Corevette engines 'cuz THEY ARE JUST A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE REGULAR CHEVYS"
 
My brother worked at pep boys while he was going to school. He had a lot of good stories like this all the time. The best was when he asked what size engine and the guy asked to borrow a tape measure. Of course he gave him one and watched as the guy measured the dimensions of his engine.
 
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Was helping a friend in a parking lot repair his headlight switch, when a guy walks up and askes whose grey truck, mine was the reply, nice looking C10 he said......What was my reply. Nice C10, hard to come by he says. Yes a Dodge C10 is very hard to come by. I thought my Dart being called a Nova was bad enough, but a square body Chevy is confused with a rounded Dodge, Are you kidding me?
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Obviously not a C10. So what year is your Scottsdale ??
 
67Dart273 said:
And now it's time for another annoying story from the old days

Guy comes into the parts store, this is ?? 80'ish. Has a 62 Corvette and wants some of the big vent hose under the hood for the heater system. He didn't know about size so I went outside with him. A small crowd had gathered, and I measured the hose.

Voice from the peanut gallery: "Izzat ah 327?"

"Yep"

"Yeh ya can always tell those Corevette engines 'cuz THEY ARE JUST A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THE REGULAR CHEVYS"
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Oh good grief. lol
 
RustyRatRod said:
They are almost as bad as some of the customers I waited on at O'Reilly. "I need an oil filter" "Sir what vehicle do you drive?" "There it is right there in front"

I always just shut down and move to the next person in line or answered the phone or went to the bathroom. Screw those kinda people. Dumbasses.
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I worked at Western Auto (Now closed Auto Parts and service chain in the Midwest) for 5 years after getting out of the USAF (93-98) while going back to school for an MBA. What I really liked was when people asked for starters, fuel pumps, alternators, motor mounts, etc for a small block Chevy. I'd ask year make and model, and they'd say, "They are all the same, just give me one." They'd come back half the time because guess what, not ALL small black Chevys took all the same parts.

Princess Valiant said:
Back when I had a 67 barracuda notchback, a guy asked "what year is that corvair."

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Wow! Those cars do look exactly the same, don't they. LOL, I have had so many people ask me what year of a Camaro my 69 Barracuda Fastback was, I have lost count. BARRACUDA on the rear decklid panel, Barracuda on both fenders and PLYMOUTH on the front.
 
harrisonm said:
I worked at Western Auto (Now closed Auto Parts and service chain in the Midwest) for 5 years after getting out of the USAF (93-98) while going back to school for an MBA. What I really liked was when people asked for starters, fuel pumps, alternators, motor mounts, etc for a small block Chevy. I'd ask year make and model, and they'd say, "They are all the same, just give me one." They'd come back half the time because guess what, not ALL small black Chevys took all the same parts.
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That's exactly right. I've told this before, but we had this one customer was a real jerk. One day he came in askin the young girl that I trained for some small block Chevy valve cover gaskets. She asked the usual questions, to which he replied "they're all the same, don't you idiots know that?" At that point I looked at her and said "I got this, I'll look um up". I looked up up for a 79 Chevy Malibu 305. Still 4 bolt valve covers, but the top rail they offset for some unknown reason......it might have to clear the EGR valve. Anyway, we had the dedicated offset hole valve cover gaskets in stock, much to my surprise. So I sold them to him. An hour or so later, he came back in raisin hell about the gaskets bein made wrong. I said "no, they are for a specific application that had offset bolt holes. Next time you come in here, answer my employee's questions and stop bein an asshole". I exchanged the correct gaskets.
 
Obviously not a c10. It isn't on air bags, has a LS swap and 50 more just like it at the show.

Besides, that's obviously a Big Ten.
 
dano said:
Obviously not a c10. It isn't on air bags, has a LS swap and 50 more just like it at the show.

Besides, that's obviously a Big Ten.
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Ain't that the truth? I really love the old school Gen1 small block Chevys. They are super cool. But this LS thing. I don't get it. I mean......I do. 700HP with a stone stock junkyard motor and a cheap eBay turbo. I do get it. But the thing is, all those type guys treat all that stuff like it's worth zero. They blow it all up and just go get more. Dumpin tons of nitrous in um, bunched of boost....they don't care. I got a guy lives right down the road. Has a Camaro with a big LS and a large by HUGE turbo. The thing's 3000 plus HP. He's (or the guy driving for him) has run low 4s and they're lookin for 3s. 1/8 mile of course and they DON'T care how much stuff they tear up to get there. Here it is. This is like last year when they were still workin the bugs outta the then new motor. They were runnin way low boost on it compared to what they do now.

I actually think this is TnT at the Silver Dollar in Reynolds.....so that would be a 1/4 mile track.

 
RustyRatRod said:
That's exactly right. I've told this before, but we had this one customer was a real jerk. One day he came in askin the young girl that I trained for some small block Chevy valve cover gaskets. She asked the usual questions, to which he replied "they're all the same, don't you idiots know that?" At that point I looked at her and said "I got this, I'll look um up". I looked up up for a 79 Chevy Malibu 305. Still 4 bolt valve covers, but the top rail they offset for some unknown reason......it might have to clear the EGR valve. Anyway, we had the dedicated offset hole valve cover gaskets in stock, much to my surprise. So I sold them to him. An hour or so later, he came back in raisin hell about the gaskets bein made wrong. I said "no, they are for a specific application that had offset bolt holes. Next time you come in here, answer my employee's questions and stop bein an asshole". I exchanged the correct gaskets.
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............Or give 'em a set for the early 58? earlier
 
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