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Originally Posted by babyJay
Also waiting on the story and pics on the stepside next to it in the first photo.
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Thanks, the stepside was dads first new truck. (and only new truck). He graduated in '78, and in '80 he bought the regular cab stepside custom deluxe. It had a 6 cyl i think, no power anything and 3 on the tree...He ordered the chocolate brown color, but after noticing everyone had them he went back and changed it to the metallic grey....
I think that truck cost new like a little over $5K. In time he added a 350, auto trans, power steering and windows, and in 1982 he bought the mags you see on my black truck now. He drove that grey truck until about 10 years ago when the truck basically rotted out. The cab was gone and the bed was in shambles....He salvaged what he could and eventually scrapped the truck. He said it was like losing a kid.
Anyways, dad is happy about the red 85 I swapped him, hes a big guy and needed a big guy truck! No way hes getting this 86 back! LOL