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SEVEND2 · 05-01-2003, 03:58 AM

Do you use it as a Work Truck, Week-end driver, Play toy, show, cruizer, being restored, Tore apart, etc??

Just curious, Also if you have a pic of you Truck post it too, Some info about it (highs and lows) etc.

I think this will be a enjoyable Thread :p

Thanks

SEVEND2 · 05-01-2003, 04:04 AM

A little about mine,
I have a 72 chevy long bed, C-10
It was my Parents, and given to me as a First car.
It was a work truck and abused.
I had it for a while, I started about 1 1/2 years ago tearing apart the front end and restoring it, I almost finished the Engine and have the front end put back together. I got custon licence plates (SEVEND2) I cant wait to put the bumbers on to put the plates on!
I have been working on the inside, Right now i just have a seat cover and for carpet i got some Temp, blue indoor out door stuff, till i can get it done right. well its White paint, red and gray primer and rust, I am really hoping to enter it in a show at the end of June, as under contruction.
I dont have any pics scanned yet, but soon as i do i will try and post.

Thanks

68CST327 · 05-01-2003, 04:56 AM

I mainly use mine as an ego booster, making me think that I look bad ass in it, and that it will help me get some off of chicks that are into guys with old trucks... just kidding.

Right now I'm trying to clean my truck up; most everything works and it runs good, but I'm prepping it for a paint job and it needs some minor detail work, but nothing major.

My parents bought the truck in 1977 from a guy that was an avid camping enthusiast. He ordered it from the dealer with the camper and dual saddle tanks installed, along with the CST package and a bunch of other options. My parents rarely used it as a camper, and it was basically sitting in our driveway for over 20 years just deteriorating and rusting away. So around Feb. this year I started work on restoring it. I started by removing the camper (I have to thank my uncle for letting me store it on his property in the desert) and then I began work on sanding down the body and primering it. I'm not too far into it right now, but the work is slow and steady.

There is a link to a picture of the interior in my signature; it shows how well preserved it was because of being shaded by the camper, despite being parked outside for 35 years.

Right now I'm using it mostly to just cruise around town at the end of the week, even though it looks pretty ugly with grey primer on the bedsides and hood, and the red primer showing through the paint on the cab on the areas where I sanded it down, and then the black primer showing through the original paint on the front fenders

chevypete396 · 05-01-2003, 06:19 AM

The 68 was my daily driver for a long time but I bought a new car a while back so now I use the 68 when want I want to hear a real engine and feel what 400 hp is like... Pete.

mrein3 · 05-01-2003, 07:14 AM

Mine is for pulling my boat and hauling stuff.

**Palf70Step** · 05-01-2003, 07:34 AM

Right now my 70's primary use seems to be yard art and stimulating intellectual question from the wife like...will it ever run again.

The 70 is mainly therapy and a fun truck. I have my 96 for daily driver and haul what ever needs hauling besides me and my backside. Neither are show trucks, so both will always be used for some sort of truck thing

69c10stepside · 05-01-2003, 07:55 AM

I bought my 71 to be able to get something going for this summer to cruise in, I got it done just in time for my daily driver to crap out on me, so its going double duty

Have to get my '89 done though.. it has a/c and Im a fat boy... enough said

6869704X4 · 05-01-2003, 08:39 AM

I use mine mine for breaking spring perches.hehe
Work and play truck.

*Shane* · 05-01-2003, 09:02 AM

mine is used to clutter up the shop ....

**CPNE** · 05-01-2003, 10:07 AM

Take a guess!

bobs409 · 05-01-2003, 01:42 PM

My 69 short stepside has an easy life with me. 99% cruising and 1% hauling. Can't haul much in these anyway.

Im building up a 71 C-20 that will be my mule. I refuse to perfect the inside of the box on this truck for this very reason! Once you make them nice, it's hard to put anything in it.

68CST327 · 05-01-2003, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by CPNE
Take a guess!

Umm, there are a couple of spots on the ground you're shielding from the snow?

O'l Buck · 05-01-2003, 01:54 PM

I pull my boat with mine, haul wood, pull stumps, pull sleds at the tractor pull, drive it to work, play in the mud, play in the snow, push cars around in the pasture. It's got a pretty easy life now compared to what it had before I bought it.......it has been a coyote rig most of its life.

SEVEND2 · 05-01-2003, 02:06 PM

Heres the only pic i got so far of mine, its almost together now in the front end.

I know how you all feel, I seen a Comment on here, some one called it a BEAST ON A BUDGET

that about sums it up.

More pics to come as I get unlazy and scan them

Just remember these to sayings

((FREINDS DONT LET FREINDS DRIVE FORDS))
and
((I WOULD RATHER PUSH MY CHEVY, THEN DRIVE A FORD))

chevy_fatman · 05-01-2003, 04:31 PM

Here's a pic of what I use my truck for.

Quote:

Originally posted by SEVEND2
I WOULD RATHER PUSH MY CHEVY, THAN DRIVE A FORD

Did that already! Literally! just the way you see the truck (pulling that car hauler), by myself.

73stepside · 05-01-2003, 04:52 PM

i use mine for a daily driver until i get the camaro back from the wife and she gets a new car. then it will be garage art and a total rodstoration.

landon4421 · 05-01-2003, 05:21 PM

mine is garage art, I have 16 years before the son is old enough to drive it. I have had the truck like for 5 years now. I got to thrash it and beat it and jump it. then I fell in love with it, and started the restore. Pic's of the progress link at bottom of my post Kevin's truck pics.

Project1970 · 05-01-2003, 05:23 PM

Mine is a daily driver (well, as daily as it gets when you live in a dorm on campus), hauler (Tucson to Phoenix and back most weekends), work truck (moving), and fun truck (15.7's at 86.6).

No wonder I'm putting nearly as many miles on it as most people do their new cars, hehe...been driving since Jan 2000, put on roughly 30,000mi since then...

72moneypit · 05-01-2003, 05:46 PM

Weekend driver, occasional work truck, and long-term restoration. Mine will never be a show truck, but I'd like to think I'll still be poking around town in it when it turns 40.

cableguy0 · 05-01-2003, 08:39 PM

i use mine to embarrass people driving rustangs and ricers because they need to be shown that there car isnt all that fast

*Randy70C-10* · 05-01-2003, 08:54 PM

Mine will be a daily driver, and hopefully worthy of winning a show or two.

Green72GMC · 05-01-2003, 09:49 PM

Mine gets me to from school/church to home, Sometimes fishin, and I like the attention I get when I drive it.

Wasted Income · 05-01-2003, 09:50 PM

One is for cruising and drag racing, one is torn apart, and one is for towing, mudding and daily driving.

Iron-Butt · 05-01-2003, 10:48 PM

everyday use. its fun to drive

Fred T · 05-01-2003, 11:23 PM

The 69 is my daily driver, the 52 is driven when the 69 is taking up room in the garage or when I need to haul stuff.

05-01-2003, 03:58 AM	#1
SEVEND2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Menifee, Calif, USA Posts: 2,145	What do you use your Truck for??? Do you use it as a Work Truck, Week-end driver, Play toy, show, cruizer, being restored, Tore apart, etc?? Just curious, Also if you have a pic of you Truck post it too, Some info about it (highs and lows) etc. I think this will be a enjoyable Thread :p Thanks

05-01-2003, 06:19 AM	#4
chevypete396 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fernley, Nevada, USA Posts: 540	The 68 was my daily driver for a long time but I bought a new car a while back so now I use the 68 when want I want to hear a real engine and feel what 400 hp is like... Pete. __________________ 1968 Chevy - 3/4 Ton - 4X4 - Longbed - 383ci - TH350 - NP205 Building the motor, painting the engine bay, rewireing everything... (775)-527-1199 / ryanspeterson@msn.com

05-01-2003, 07:14 AM	#5
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,254	Mine is for pulling my boat and hauling stuff. __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN

05-01-2003, 07:34 AM	#6
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,216	Right now my 70's primary use seems to be yard art and stimulating intellectual question from the wife like...will it ever run again. The 70 is mainly therapy and a fun truck. I have my 96 for daily driver and haul what ever needs hauling besides me and my backside. Neither are show trucks, so both will always be used for some sort of truck thing __________________ 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!

05-01-2003, 07:55 AM	#7
69c10stepside Large Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 747	I bought my 71 to be able to get something going for this summer to cruise in, I got it done just in time for my daily driver to crap out on me, so its going double duty Have to get my '89 done though.. it has a/c and Im a fat boy... enough said __________________ 1989 GMC C1500 ECSB 1972 Gmc Jimmy 1972 Chevy C10 SWB Sold

05-01-2003, 04:04 AM	#2
SEVEND2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Menifee, Calif, USA Posts: 2,145	A little about mine, I have a 72 chevy long bed, C-10 It was my Parents, and given to me as a First car. It was a work truck and abused. I had it for a while, I started about 1 1/2 years ago tearing apart the front end and restoring it, I almost finished the Engine and have the front end put back together. I got custon licence plates (SEVEND2) I cant wait to put the bumbers on to put the plates on! I have been working on the inside, Right now i just have a seat cover and for carpet i got some Temp, blue indoor out door stuff, till i can get it done right. well its White paint, red and gray primer and rust, I am really hoping to enter it in a show at the end of June, as under contruction. I dont have any pics scanned yet, but soon as i do i will try and post. Thanks

05-01-2003, 04:56 AM	#3
68CST327 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 443	I mainly use mine as an ego booster, making me think that I look bad ass in it, and that it will help me get some off of chicks that are into guys with old trucks... just kidding. Right now I'm trying to clean my truck up; most everything works and it runs good, but I'm prepping it for a paint job and it needs some minor detail work, but nothing major. My parents bought the truck in 1977 from a guy that was an avid camping enthusiast. He ordered it from the dealer with the camper and dual saddle tanks installed, along with the CST package and a bunch of other options. My parents rarely used it as a camper, and it was basically sitting in our driveway for over 20 years just deteriorating and rusting away. So around Feb. this year I started work on restoring it. I started by removing the camper (I have to thank my uncle for letting me store it on his property in the desert) and then I began work on sanding down the body and primering it. I'm not too far into it right now, but the work is slow and steady. There is a link to a picture of the interior in my signature; it shows how well preserved it was because of being shaded by the camper, despite being parked outside for 35 years. Right now I'm using it mostly to just cruise around town at the end of the week, even though it looks pretty ugly with grey primer on the bedsides and hood, and the red primer showing through the paint on the cab on the areas where I sanded it down, and then the black primer showing through the original paint on the front fenders

05-01-2003, 08:39 AM	#8
6869704X4 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SE NM Posts: 769	I use mine mine for breaking spring perches.hehe Work and play truck. __________________ The more I learn about women, the more I love my truck.

05-01-2003, 09:02 AM	#9
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	mine is used to clutter up the shop ....

05-01-2003, 10:07 AM	#10
CPNE Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NH Posts: 6,662	Take a guess! Attached Images __________________ Currently on or near the homestead: 67 Chevy SWB 2WD stepside 350/3 on tree (Pat's) 67 GMC SWB 2WD Fleet 402/auto (Brian's under construction) 67 Chevy 3/4 ton 2WD 402/auto (Business Hauler) 67 Chevy 1 ton dually 2WD 396/4 speed (Former business hauler, Needs TLC) 68 Chevy 1/2 ton Suburban 2WD 250 six/3 on tree (Brian's Needs TLC) 70 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD 350/4 speed (Pat's - Disguised as a 68 GMC) 71 Chevy SWB stepside (Crushed by tree - parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD (Parts donor) 72 Chevy 3/4 ton 4WD Suburban (Parts Donor) 72 GMC 3/4 ton 4WD 292 six/4 speed (Mine - Disguised as a 67 GMC) 81 GMC 4WD Dually Dump Body 350/4 speed (Business Hauler) 82 Camaro Z/28 355/Super T-10 (Pat's toy) 93 Caprice 9C1 (Brian's Cop Car) 02 Toyota Camry (Reliable but a souless steel and plastic hulk) 2011 2SS RS Camaro M6 Factory Hurst Shifter Maybe I need to sell some of this crap Yet another Bozo with a sawz-all

05-01-2003, 01:42 PM	#11
bobs409 1969 Custom 30 wrecker Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Pottsville, Pa Posts: 2,611	My 69 short stepside has an easy life with me. 99% cruising and 1% hauling. Can't haul much in these anyway. Im building up a 71 C-20 that will be my mule. I refuse to perfect the inside of the box on this truck for this very reason! Once you make them nice, it's hard to put anything in it. __________________ Bob 63 Impala 283/PG/3.36 (under restoration) 66 Impala 327/PG/3.36 66 Chevelle SS 409/M22/3.55 69 Chevelle 307/PG/3.08 (future restoration) 69 C10 short stepside 454/TH350/3.73 69 Custom 30 tow truck 350/4 spd/4.10 (resto done, CRUISIN TIME!) 71 Cheyenne 20 fleetside 350/4 spd/4.10 71 Chevelle 6/PG/3.08 72 Chevelle 454/M21/4.10

05-01-2003, 01:54 PM	#13
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	I pull my boat with mine, haul wood, pull stumps, pull sleds at the tractor pull, drive it to work, play in the mud, play in the snow, push cars around in the pasture. It's got a pretty easy life now compared to what it had before I bought it.......it has been a coyote rig most of its life. __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

05-01-2003, 02:06 PM	#14
SEVEND2 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Menifee, Calif, USA Posts: 2,145	Heres the only pic i got so far of mine, its almost together now in the front end. I know how you all feel, I seen a Comment on here, some one called it a BEAST ON A BUDGET that about sums it up. More pics to come as I get unlazy and scan them Just remember these to sayings ((FREINDS DONT LET FREINDS DRIVE FORDS)) and ((I WOULD RATHER PUSH MY CHEVY, THEN DRIVE A FORD)) Attached Images

05-01-2003, 04:52 PM	#16
73stepside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Moore OK 73160 Posts: 974	i use mine for a daily driver until i get the camaro back from the wife and she gets a new car. then it will be garage art and a total rodstoration. __________________ 04 GMC Sierra RCSS 70 CST LWB 04 HD Sportster 1200 Custom

05-01-2003, 05:21 PM	#17
landon4421 Life is Good ! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hollister, Ca. Posts: 1,992	mine is garage art, I have 16 years before the son is old enough to drive it. I have had the truck like for 5 years now. I got to thrash it and beat it and jump it. then I fell in love with it, and started the restore. Pic's of the progress link at bottom of my post Kevin's truck pics. __________________ '72 Chevy C10 4x4 shortbed "Project" '71 Chevy C10 2wd longbed "partsrunner" '91 Chevy Burb 4x4 "kidrunner" '14 Honda Accord Sport "commuter"



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05-01-2003, 05:23 PM	#18
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	Mine is a daily driver (well, as daily as it gets when you live in a dorm on campus), hauler (Tucson to Phoenix and back most weekends), work truck (moving), and fun truck (15.7's at 86.6). No wonder I'm putting nearly as many miles on it as most people do their new cars, hehe...been driving since Jan 2000, put on roughly 30,000mi since then... __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

05-01-2003, 05:46 PM	#19
72moneypit Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mesa, Arizona Posts: 125	Weekend driver, occasional work truck, and long-term restoration. Mine will never be a show truck, but I'd like to think I'll still be poking around town in it when it turns 40. __________________ Paul 72 Cheyenne Super Custom Camper greenaz@hotmail.com

05-01-2003, 08:39 PM	#20
cableguy0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Delta,Pa Posts: 14,948	i use mine to embarrass people driving rustangs and ricers because they need to be shown that there car isnt all that fast __________________ Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member.

05-01-2003, 08:54 PM	#21
Randy70C-10 Account Suspended Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A. Posts: 15,320	Mine will be a daily driver, and hopefully worthy of winning a show or two.

05-01-2003, 09:49 PM	#22
Green72GMC Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Deville, Louisiana Posts: 293	Mine gets me to from school/church to home, Sometimes fishin, and I like the attention I get when I drive it. __________________ 1972 GMC SWB, 305 powered 1980 diesel VW pickup, Needs a Heart Transplant 1997 Toyota Taco The Second Amendment is in place incase they ignore the others.

05-01-2003, 09:50 PM	#23
Wasted Income Boosted Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Mackinaw, IL Posts: 2,200	One is for cruising and drag racing, one is torn apart, and one is for towing, mudding and daily driving. __________________ 1972 2wd K/5 Blazer Turbocharged 370 LSx - 941 rwhp / 1093 rwtq 1969 Chevy K-10 L33 5.3 / 4L80E / NP241 / 4" lift 1964 Buick Skylark Twin TURBO 383 LS pro-touring project 2014 VW Passat TDI - Daily Driver Turbo diesel 2015 Sierra Denali HD Duramax Turbo diesel 2023 Ford Explorer ST - Twin Turbskis 2023 Ford F150 RCSB - Whipple Supercharged 2017 Polaris RZR Turbo 2014 Nor-Tech Center Console - Twin Supercharged Outboards *TURBO ALL THE THINGS!!*

05-01-2003, 10:48 PM	#24
Iron-Butt 454 club Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,348	everyday use. its fun to drive __________________ David 1965 Chevrolet c-10 454 automatic Custom bbw swb. 1965 Chevrolet C-10 swb (Sold) 1963 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl automatic with dual exhaust, pb, ps and 17's. R.I.P "I will miss you. 1967 Chevrolet C-10 6 Cyl Custom lwb 1939 Chevrolet Coupe, 350 v8 automatic. 1935 Chevrolet 2 Dr Standard in the works. 2015 Harley Davidson Street Glide. 2023 Chevrolet Stingray Z51 Convertible. I never want to grow up.

05-01-2003, 11:23 PM	#25
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	The 69 is my daily driver, the 52 is driven when the 69 is taking up room in the garage or when I need to haul stuff. __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

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