You can't knock someone for whatever way they chose to use their truck today when they are decades past what the general age-span of practical use as a daily vehicle. What's so great about these, and one thing I love bout them, is you actually still can work one daily in spite of their age. Now back in the early to mid '70s the way so many use their trucks now would have been considered used as a sissy truck. The only pampered ones (there were few exceptions) back then and into the '80s were the campers/camper haulers. That is why I focused on Custom Campers once i started buying these to baby, preserve, or even put to work. By the end of the '80s I had a '71 Custom Camper/20 (Cheyenne) with matching slide-in for the family RV, a '70 Custom Camper/30 (CST) 157" cab & chassis (former Winnebago) I installed a new Reading low-profile utility body for a work truck, and a '72 Custom Camper K/20 (Cheyenne Super) for my nice 4wd toy. I got that because I had a fleet of three 70-71 K/20s dedicated for work and wanted one nice one. I also had a '71 Custom Deluxe/10 Suburban (former camper tow vehicle) for the family wagon, and a '68 CST/10 396 SWB for the nice 2wd toy. The very nature of a truck, vs cars, is multi-use from utility to passenger. They didn't make short little 1/2t pickups with big blocks, bucket seats, tilt, A/C, posi rear to be work trucks, but you could haul/tow with one if you wanted to. That's why I fell for trucks. Trucks can do what cars can do but cars can't do what trucks can do. And, I'm the kind of guy who doesn't like to be caught ill prepared if I can avoid it. I don't wear shoes I can't run in (well, flip-flops. But they're not shoes) or step off the pavement with, clothes too good to tear into whatever in, I'll always own a hammer/ladder/wheelbarrow, Always have a knife, keep gloves/jacket/first-aid kit/good flashlight in truck (roll of TP in old coffee can
), etc. Trucks fit my creedo/lifestyle. And even in a show truck, I can be handy in a pinch. When I need less than a truck I ride my Harley. Cars are alright, but I don't need one. I've had some really nice ones, but haven't owned any for 20 or more years. My X bought a '96 Cavalier to save gas going to work, still had the '90 Blazer we bought for the family car, but by '99 we got rid of it to buy a ZR2 ext-cab. People who tell me my short bed is a worthless truck because it won't even haul a sheet of plywood with the tailgate up get to hear, "That's when I use my K/20. That short bed is my car".