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iluvmy72 · 10-15-2002, 04:16 PM

I know I'm not alone......who else on here has a spouse that does nothing but B.I.T.C.H about your truck?....I hear it at least 3 times a week.

**COBALT** · 10-15-2002, 04:19 PM

She doesn't really ***** about the truck, but she does carry on about how much time I spend on it. She gives me crap about the fact that it's an old truck. She hums the Sanford & Son theme song every once in a while, in which of course I correct her by telling her that was a different era of truck...

No, she's wondering right now when she gets her husband back from all of the trips out to my dad's to work on the truck.

jmil1974 · 10-15-2002, 04:25 PM

I hear this one with both ears. Like COBALT said, it's more a time issue than anything. But I get anxious and have to finish it ASAP. I doubt she'll complain when I take the same approach to our bathroom remodel . . .
Not to mention my interaction with my truck is more predictable, if you know what I mean.

70c10 · 10-15-2002, 04:28 PM

Join the club guys!

GMCjunkie · 10-15-2002, 04:33 PM

Shoes on the other foot here, I love doing STUFF to my truck, HUBBIE gets a little irritated with me sometimes, but he knows that messin with my burb puts me in my "happy place"

Besides,,, he knows that when Im at a stand sitll with my Burb and have the "truck tick" Ill go mess with his step side, LOL

:p

Chevy Punk · 10-15-2002, 04:41 PM

My mom loves our burb and my truck!

Project1970 · 10-15-2002, 06:16 PM

My girlfriend calls my truck "the sexiest vehicle on the road."

Keeper.

Stepside · 10-15-2002, 06:32 PM

My wife asked me, "You think more of that truck than you do me".
I said, no, not more. But the truck stays.

**COBALT** · 10-15-2002, 06:36 PM

Ha! Yeah, my wife recently said I "Abandoned" her for the truck. I didn't mention that she could come out with me on the weekends, but for some reason I doubt that would help the conversation.

**Palf70Step** · 10-15-2002, 06:50 PM

Mine is neutral....Like most of you said it's a time thing... her biggest thing is she doesn't understand why I care top drive the old beat up UGLY truck. She like old cars, but just doesn't get that I don't care what it looks like...I want something to tinker with. Looks will come...but even if they don't I can play.

But I'm starting new with this with this wife..soooo...the conversations do tend to go...what you doing this week end...the truck again?

She does help once in a while...mostly because my son wants to be there.

Right now though to ride in it to here is...

**Desert Rat** · 10-15-2002, 07:24 PM

Guess i should consider myself lucky mine enjoys swapmeets,carshows,and would rather drive my truck to work than her Nissan she did for a while but 60 miles each way at 9 mpg sucked,her 27 is much better.shes begging to get rid of her truck and drive the Blazer.but it wont be much better it has a .030 402 with some goodies,and 3.42 gears,so it wont be much better besides i want to drive with the top off,and smoke vettes,when i hit the NOS switch.

srhart71 · 10-15-2002, 07:51 PM

I guess I am the lucky one of the bunch. My wife *****es when I don't spend enough time working on the truck. I once threatened to sell it since I wanted a 4wd instead, I am now in the midst of a conversion to a swb K20 with a bigblock and OD trans. I was informed that she would leave before the ink was dry on the title if it was sold. Something about her dad having the 1941 Pontiac that was their honeymoon vehicle, and now she wants to carry on this tradition.

Crank · 10-15-2002, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Project1970
My girlfriend calls my truck "the sexiest vehicle on the road."

Keeper.

Does she have a younger sister??? Maybe a neice that thinks like that??? Everytime I go spend the weekend or something with my Baby(I call her my baby because I don't have a wedding ring. lol) She will say "can you go five minutes without talking about something that has to do with cars?" but then again she wants me to do some show and GO work on her newly aquired Cavalier(she's older than me, so SHE can drive ME around

) She'll be 16 in December! Man I love that girl!!! And the best thing about her is that her dad doesn't hurt me when he catches us sleeping together when he leaves for work. And we talk about cars and trucks together. About 5 years back he redid a 72 lwb. Man, I gotta get in this family.
Brandon
P.S. I mean sleeping not sexing! So be nice, we'll keep our sex lives to ourselves shall we. I don't wanna make anyone blush.

lofly'a · 10-15-2002, 08:16 PM

my wife loves all my rides, every one i ever had. thats why i married her.......oh and she does'nt b!tch if i spend money on it. she always says that i work for the money so i can spend it if i want to. then again, she knows where my priorities lie.

mikep · 10-15-2002, 08:23 PM

Wives come and go . Sometimes they stay gone. Sometimes it good riddance.

Gene · 10-15-2002, 08:58 PM

I think we should start a club for the husbands of wives who hate 1967-1972 chevy trucks! LMAO. Mine gets po'd when I spend 20 bucks to change the oil on an old truck that I drive more than my new one:p

**Bowtie468** · 10-15-2002, 09:21 PM

I guess im one of the lucky ones also. Shes been giving her input on wheel selection and paint color. Also, my next project after the truck is done will be a first generation Camaro. She loves these and cant wait to have one.

Hmmmm...... Maybe that's why she wants the truck to be finished

Oh well.. I cant wait for the camaro either!!

JJ · 10-15-2002, 09:36 PM

My brother in law catches it for any hobbies he starts, which is kind of a bummer for him. On the other hand, my wife had some stock options she'd gotten from her company, when she sold them she came home with an envelope and said here's your new engine. And she's been saving money for the paint job when the 4x4 is done, she says it shouldn't be primer gray forever. These women are sisters!!! Glad I got to pick first!!!!

Spoof · 10-15-2002, 09:42 PM

My wife knows damn well if it's not the truck it'll be something even more expensive or time consuming, at least with my truck she knows where I'm at. The best thing is she has no desire to tag along and help (no,no you go ahead, I'll see you when you get back)

buckiken · 10-15-2002, 09:53 PM

Mine is very agreeable but it helps that I got her an anniversary gift to cruise herself. The only problem is I find myself spending time with it and negelicting my truck.

Hooter · 10-15-2002, 10:48 PM

My girl loves my truck (in fact thats why she fell in love with me minus the hair) My grandparents on the other hand never shut up about it, always asking why i even put money into the jellopy. Frankly its getting quite annoying, now they are telling me to get a damn haircut too!

*Shane* · 10-15-2002, 10:52 PM

SWEET Speedster buckiken..... My video card seems to be on its last leg and the pic is kinda blurry for me...is it a 356?

I love those "bathtubs!"

oldcarbuff · 10-15-2002, 11:04 PM

My wife talked me into buying my truck. I was too cheap. She isn't wild about me spending the amount of time I would spend on it, but she did spend all weekend outside helping me put siding on my new barn. Wouldn't trade her for anything.

OCB

1-PU70 · 10-16-2002, 12:29 AM

My wife has her own coveralls and safty glasses for wen I ask her to help with something on the truck. She never minds helping with anything. She can even rebuild a Q-Jet on the kitchen table with just a little help. She never complaines about going to car shows nomater how hot or cold it is outside or how far away it is. The only thing she complaines about is the truck doesnt have air bags. I love my wife not my truck.

junkyardjohn · 10-16-2002, 01:22 AM

MY EX-WIFE USED TO B!TCH ABOUT MY TRUCKS..... SHES LONG GONE..... BUT THE TRUCKS ARE STILL HERE!!!!!! LOVE (FOR ME) IS JUST AN EMOTION OF THE MIND.... BUT THESE OLD TRUCKS ARE FOREVER

10-15-2002, 04:16 PM	#1
iluvmy72 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Springville, UT, USA Posts: 1,010	Spouse hates my truck!!! I know I'm not alone......who else on here has a spouse that does nothing but B.I.T.C.H about your truck?....I hear it at least 3 times a week.

10-15-2002, 04:19 PM	#2
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	She doesn't really ***** about the truck, but she does carry on about how much time I spend on it. She gives me crap about the fact that it's an old truck. She hums the Sanford & Son theme song every once in a while, in which of course I correct her by telling her that was a different era of truck... No, she's wondering right now when she gets her husband back from all of the trips out to my dad's to work on the truck. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

10-15-2002, 04:25 PM	#3
jmil1974 Ain't we cute? Join Date: May 2002 Location: Friendswood, TX Posts: 700	I hear this one with both ears. Like COBALT said, it's more a time issue than anything. But I get anxious and have to finish it ASAP. I doubt she'll complain when I take the same approach to our bathroom remodel . . . Not to mention my interaction with my truck is more predictable, if you know what I mean. __________________ 69 C10 2WD LWB Fleet 350/350 power front disc conversion (6 lug disc kit from gmcpauls) and new engine, PS, A/C, fresh fluids, SHE DRIVES! FOR SALE $3900

10-15-2002, 04:28 PM	#4
70c10 67-72 Addict! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The TAX State! Posts: 7,856	Join the club guys! __________________ Jim 1970 C/10 Fleetside w/Ghost Flames Lowered 4.5" front and 4" rear (Raked) 355/350 Turbo w/shift kit 10" Redneck Performance Verter w/2500 stall Hooker Super Comps part#2808-1 Performer RPM Air-Gap 12 Bolt w/3:73 gears- Eaton Posi Comp Cams XE262 with 1.6 Crane Energizers, Road Demon 625 and Brodix IK 180 heads

10-15-2002, 04:33 PM	#5
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Shoes on the other foot here, I love doing STUFF to my truck, HUBBIE gets a little irritated with me sometimes, but he knows that messin with my burb puts me in my "happy place" Besides,,, he knows that when Im at a stand sitll with my Burb and have the "truck tick" Ill go mess with his step side, LOL :p __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

10-15-2002, 04:41 PM	#6
Chevy Punk Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Blaine WA Posts: 455	My mom loves our burb and my truck!

10-15-2002, 06:16 PM	#7
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	My girlfriend calls my truck "the sexiest vehicle on the road." Keeper. __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

10-15-2002, 06:32 PM	#8
Stepside Gasser Join Date: May 2000 Location: Thomasville,NC USA Posts: 456	My wife asked me, "You think more of that truck than you do me". I said, no, not more. But the truck stays. __________________ :thud 70 sstep tubbed, Muncie, double hump, snowflake,

10-15-2002, 06:36 PM	#9
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	Ha! Yeah, my wife recently said I "Abandoned" her for the truck. I didn't mention that she could come out with me on the weekends, but for some reason I doubt that would help the conversation. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

10-15-2002, 06:50 PM	#10
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,216	Mine is neutral....Like most of you said it's a time thing... her biggest thing is she doesn't understand why I care top drive the old beat up UGLY truck. She like old cars, but just doesn't get that I don't care what it looks like...I want something to tinker with. Looks will come...but even if they don't I can play. But I'm starting new with this with this wife..soooo...the conversations do tend to go...what you doing this week end...the truck again? She does help once in a while...mostly because my son wants to be there. Right now though to ride in it to here is... __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

10-15-2002, 07:24 PM	#11
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	Guess i should consider myself lucky mine enjoys swapmeets,carshows,and would rather drive my truck to work than her Nissan she did for a while but 60 miles each way at 9 mpg sucked,her 27 is much better.shes begging to get rid of her truck and drive the Blazer.but it wont be much better it has a .030 402 with some goodies,and 3.42 gears,so it wont be much better besides i want to drive with the top off,and smoke vettes,when i hit the NOS switch.

10-15-2002, 07:51 PM	#12
srhart71 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: China Grove, NC Posts: 147	I guess I am the lucky one of the bunch. My wife *****es when I don't spend enough time working on the truck. I once threatened to sell it since I wanted a 4wd instead, I am now in the midst of a conversion to a swb K20 with a bigblock and OD trans. I was informed that she would leave before the ink was dry on the title if it was sold. Something about her dad having the 1941 Pontiac that was their honeymoon vehicle, and now she wants to carry on this tradition.

10-15-2002, 08:16 PM	#14
lofly'a Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Alexandria, LA 71301 Posts: 1,451	my wife loves all my rides, every one i ever had. thats why i married her.......oh and she does'nt b!tch if i spend money on it. she always says that i work for the money so i can spend it if i want to. then again, she knows where my priorities lie. __________________ -02 avalanche (daily driver) -66 gto ragtop 389/400 (garage queen, hand-me-down from dad) -72 Tribute Trans Am (6.0LS/T56 6-speed) in progress -2003 YUKON (Wife's) -71 gmc swb fleet (current project, gonna shave everything, bags, stuff w/ 20's, gen III powertrain) -48 3100 SWB - 12/31/23 LONG TERM Project

10-15-2002, 08:23 PM	#15
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	Wives come and go . Sometimes they stay gone. Sometimes it good riddance. __________________ No truck :-(

10-15-2002, 08:58 PM	#16
Gene Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Muskogee, Oklahoma Posts: 2,914	I think we should start a club for the husbands of wives who hate 1967-1972 chevy trucks! LMAO. Mine gets po'd when I spend 20 bucks to change the oil on an old truck that I drive more than my new one:p __________________ 1971 SWB 4X4 Build BOARD MEMBER #5448 BOOMER SOONER!!!!



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10-15-2002, 09:21 PM	#17
Bowtie468 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Cecilia, Louisiana Posts: 1,638	I guess im one of the lucky ones also. Shes been giving her input on wheel selection and paint color. Also, my next project after the truck is done will be a first generation Camaro. She loves these and cant wait to have one. Hmmmm...... Maybe that's why she wants the truck to be finished Oh well.. I cant wait for the camaro either!! __________________ Chris click here to see my buildpage http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=394656 ---------------------------------- 1979 C10 Silverado Big10 SWB Factory 454/400 Cardinal Red/Santa Fe Tan (original paint) 1969 Camaro X44 LS swap 1968 C10 SWB Fleetside (SOLD) 468BBC MultiPort TPI / Dynamic EFI P4 Black/Black 1963 Nova SS convertible (SOLD) 194 I6/ PowerGlide

10-15-2002, 09:36 PM	#18
JJ Lurking Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Forest Grove, OR USA Posts: 196	My brother in law catches it for any hobbies he starts, which is kind of a bummer for him. On the other hand, my wife had some stock options she'd gotten from her company, when she sold them she came home with an envelope and said here's your new engine. And she's been saving money for the paint job when the 4x4 is done, she says it shouldn't be primer gray forever. These women are sisters!!! Glad I got to pick first!!!! __________________ JJ 72 GMC 1500 350 4 Speed, stone stock baby!!!!! 72 GMC K-2500 350TPI 700R4 For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.

10-15-2002, 09:42 PM	#19
Spoof Registered User Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Victoria,BC, Canada Posts: 1,300	My wife knows damn well if it's not the truck it'll be something even more expensive or time consuming, at least with my truck she knows where I'm at. The best thing is she has no desire to tag along and help (no,no you go ahead, I'll see you when you get back) __________________ 71 GMC 1500 LWB

10-15-2002, 09:53 PM	#20
buckiken Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Trenton, Ohio, USA Posts: 42	Mine is very agreeable but it helps that I got her an anniversary gift to cruise herself. The only problem is I find myself spending time with it and negelicting my truck. Attached Images __________________ 67 C20 327ci Trenton, Ohio

10-15-2002, 10:48 PM	#21
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	My girl loves my truck (in fact thats why she fell in love with me minus the hair) My grandparents on the other hand never shut up about it, always asking why i even put money into the jellopy. Frankly its getting quite annoying, now they are telling me to get a damn haircut too! __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-15-2002, 10:52 PM	#22
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	SWEET Speedster buckiken..... My video card seems to be on its last leg and the pic is kinda blurry for me...is it a 356? I love those "bathtubs!"

10-15-2002, 11:04 PM	#23
oldcarbuff Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Muncie, IN U.S.A. Posts: 60	My wife talked me into buying my truck. I was too cheap. She isn't wild about me spending the amount of time I would spend on it, but she did spend all weekend outside helping me put siding on my new barn. Wouldn't trade her for anything. OCB

10-16-2002, 12:29 AM	#24
1-PU70 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 1,036	My wife has her own coveralls and safty glasses for wen I ask her to help with something on the truck. She never minds helping with anything. She can even rebuild a Q-Jet on the kitchen table with just a little help. She never complaines about going to car shows nomater how hot or cold it is outside or how far away it is. The only thing she complaines about is the truck doesnt have air bags. I love my wife not my truck. __________________ 1970 CST/10 402,700R4,3:73 posi,AC,PS,PB,TLT,PW,Buckets with heaters

10-16-2002, 01:22 AM	#25
junkyardjohn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SOMERSET KY. Posts: 6,425	MY EX-WIFE USED TO B!TCH ABOUT MY TRUCKS..... SHES LONG GONE..... BUT THE TRUCKS ARE STILL HERE!!!!!! LOVE (FOR ME) IS JUST AN EMOTION OF THE MIND.... BUT THESE OLD TRUCKS ARE FOREVER __________________ junkyardjohn 69 1 TON TOW TRUCK // 84 4WD CUCV BLAZER// 85 1 TON 4WD STAKE TRUCK// 86 M1031 5/4 TON 4WD CUCV// ALOT OF OLD TRUCKS FOR ONE OLD MAN TO DRIVE. THERES ROOM FOR ALL OF GODS CREATURES RIGHT NEXT TO MY MASHED POTATOES// LIFE MEMBER OF P.E.T.A (PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS) DON'T RENT U-HAUL ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH IT WILL AMAZE PART OF THE PEOPLE & ASTONISH THE REST

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