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Old 10-18-2011, 10:30 AM   #5
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Re: C10 daily drivers

1967 Short Stepper is a driver that is getting it done. I never have a problem with using old vehicles for daily drivers, I mean at one time they were just regular vehicles that were carrying people to work, school, and on vactaions. The newest vehicle I have used as a daily driver in the last 18 years was my 1974 C10 SWB. I have only had one late model car in my life (it was 3 years old when I bought it) and that was an 86 Monte Carlo SS (traded it for a 1971 Monte Carlo in 1994). My 68 Chevelle that has been driven hard on the road course and autocross has carried me to Florida from Cali and back.....twice. My only piece of advice to keep an old car as a driver, you must be able to do the work on them yourself and have to pay attention to all the things that vehicle is telling you. Hear a small noise, find it and fit it! Something looks strange, find out why and make necessary repairs! When these problems are small will make life a whole lot easier, you cannot put them off till the truck lands on its knees and then drop it off at the moron in the corner repair shop.
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