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My story is a bit different and longer...
In 1986, I moved to Texas from South Dakota. I moved to Texas with my Girlfriend at the time. We graduated together same school, same year. So, we moved to the same area to attend school to be close to each other "cause we were going to be together "forever". I moved to Waco to go to Technical School. My Girlfriend moved to Denton to Attend College. One day in Denton while visiting the Girlfriend she was talking about 'when we graduate... when we live together... after we get married... kinda stuff...' It was then she pointed to a Blue '68 Shortbox Stepside 4x4 parked on the side of a residential street and commented "After we get married we could build a truck like that..."
What she saw was a BLUE 4x4 stepside... what I saw was the girl I loved interested in something I already enjoyed "Cars/Trucks". So from that day on, this body style truck (Thank God she didn't point at a import with pink gawdy flames) resembled to me my future with a woman I loved.
Fast forward a couple weeks...
We broke up.
I was seriously in love with that woman, but I don't get heart broken, I move on... (snivel, snivel)
So, being I couldn't have said girl, I could still have the dream or some resemblence of the dream, So, I pictured that Blue '68 Shortbox Stepside 4x4. I thought If I someday build that body style truck she will notice that I followed through on the dream and come running...
We'll nothing happened, there was no running in my direection on her part... although I never did complete the truck or even a Blue 4x4. I didn't even buy my first 67-72 until over 2 years later (Winter 1988) after moving back to South Dakota.
Anyway,... her and I had spoke a few times, but either I was involved with someone or she was, but either way, the dream/truck thing never came up.
So 20+ years later, I'm still building these trucks. Haven't ever completed (finished including paint) a truck. I get close (finished, still in primer) and someone buys it from me. This has happened twice.
Well, lets go forward in the story. It was January 2003, My grandfather had died. A few people at the funeral I hadn't seen since my graduation. A few asked what ever happened to that girl I was dating and moved to Texas with. I said I hadn't spoken with her in a few years and dropped to subject, you know "the love that got away feeling coming through at a grandfathers funeral" kinda thing. Anyway, so, after the funeral, I went home found and charged up the old cell phone that had her old phone number in it. I called to number... someone answered... It was her. We started talking... she was single, I was single. She was thinking about moving back to South Dakota, That's where I was... blah, blah, blah....
Anyway.... So, fast forward... she flys me to Texas to help move her back to South Dakota. Our eyes meet, we fall in love all over again, blah, blah, blah... I try to impress her by asking her if she remembers the '68 blue Shortbox Stepside 4x4 she pointed at in Denton, to point out to her I'm still following through with the dream, in hopes it will get her tears flowing and be moved to fall even deeper in love with me. Her reply was "what truck..." Oh well... She loves me anyway... Stacy and I have been married Since Nov. '03, and I'm still trying to build a 67-72 Chevy truck... But, I'm living a dream of being married to the love of my life, my High School Sweetheart and building the trucks she pointed out to me over 20 years ago.
This current build is a '68 Shortbox 2wd, I'm painting it White. Makes me think I should be painting it Blue, be putting a Stepside box on it and made it a 4x4...
Anyway, So, my Wife is who got me started on these trucks. I bet she regrets it...