Were you raised in a truck driving family?

[msgross]

Raised on a farm in Indiana...

Had 79 or 80 3/4 Chevy 4x4 w/400 SBC & mid 70's Ford crewcab with 460? (some BB engine) long bed 2WD. Dad use to travel the country showing cattle in it...

The chevy burnt one day in a fuel leaking incident (wasn't me but I was there).

[Bishops Trucks]

I grew up in construction so trucks were always around.

[babyblue69]

Grew up farming Dad had a 78 F150 straight six 300 awsome!! rust bucket but still could haul anything you put behind it. When he died it had 300+ thou on it rebuilt it had 274 thou. My cousin now drives it on his farm in Ga. I have a 97 ford f150 daily driver with close to 250 thou. same motor. But the looks of the 67-72 I just love. My 69 was a one owner farm truck when I bought it and can't wait to get it finished.

[TP from Cntl PA]

Grew up on a farm here...........Family always had larger trucks here, IH Loadstars mostly, my grandpa's had Chevy pickups, while my dad bought cars, then little trucks and was on a Chevy Luv kick for a long time. Had Fords for a time too. In the early 90's we wanted a truck to beat around in on the farm and we found a rusted '68 C-10, had a 250 and a non-syncro 3spd.............Had a ball learning to double clutch A year or so later, we bought a '69 C-10 that is in my avatar. Again 250/3spd. Bought it from a farmer north of us, who really racked up the miles on it. We run it from then until 2 years ago doing everything on the farm. It donated its chassis,to my brothers restoration, and I put the 250 in my K-20. We stopped farming on our own, although we never farmed full time, always working in town too. But I started working full time for my neighbors on their farm, and in time will probably be part of the operation. But my trucks are still the main transport on the farm even today. I was drawn to the '67-'72's because I have never seen a truck that had 100,000's of miles on them, you could abuse them to no end, and they just didn't quit. I've always said, if the bodys didn't rust out, they'd last forever.

[redneckgirl]

I wasn't raised on a farm...at least not past the age of 2, but we always had trucks around. Actually, we always had Chevrolet trucks around. We used it for daily transportation, and for hauling junk out and firewood in....we had some cars too, we couldn't all fit in the truck and in the winter it was too cold to ride in the back...course now that's not exactly legal, either....
We had some pretty cool cars over the years too a 57 Chevy Sedan Delivery that Dad & Mom built from the ground up and a 70 Caprice with a 454....
but none of them (except those two) stick in my mind like my dad's old trucks. the 67-72 were his favorite, and I guess that's why they were my favorite....Dad never bought a new truck past 1972.....the newest he ever owned was this 1971:


She was the one he kept the longest...right up until he died and it passed on to me.

[brak]

I grew up in the hills of San Diego (east county), my dad was a pastor, but he drove a truck, and used it for it's intended purpose, Hauling gear for youth group activities, dragging softball fields, and plain old horsing around in 4 wheel drive, at the churches new construction site

In the early 80's my dad sold his 69 GTO and 67 Mustang (bought new when he was in High School), and bought a 72 dodge 4x4, and it was his daily driver until the early 90's.

I grew up in that truck (being born in 78), and it's responsible for my love affair with trucks in general. I used to dream of the day that it would be mine, but through some shady dealings, my uncle got ahold of it, and my cousin drives it to this day.

It wasn't until much later in my life (early 20's late 1990's) that i discovered my true love for the 67 - 72 chevy everything.

[ETsC10]

What a great thread! Until now I hadn’t realized how strong an influence trucks had made in my history.
My dad had a ford pickup way back when and moved onto a 1962 Ford Country Sedan in ’64 (believed the best value was with 2 year old vehicles). When I was 14, I learned to drive the wagon on the power lines and to drive a manual in a huge old pipe hauling truck in the middle of a 10 acre horse pasture. Stalled the brute a million times, scared the daylights out of a few horses and fell in love with stick-shifts when all was said & done.
Dad traded the well worn wagon in for a 1971 GMC (3/4 ton) in ’73 and that was in the family until 1981.
During the 70’s & 80’s: ’62 Econoline, ’52 and ’54 Willies P/U’s, 2 ton-18’ Ford (ex-U-haul) box truck, ’73 Dodge 12’ step van, ’62 1-ton Ford step van, ’54 Stude 1-1/2 ton w/ no bed.
Since then I've down-sized and gone through (3) ’68 C-10’s, a ’67 C-10 plus 4 or 5 auction trucks and currently own a ’68 C-10 (for 13 years as of this summer) & a ’68 GMC.

[19673ontree]

my dad bought a brand new 1969 short bed stepside it was $1600.00 buck's I loved it as a kid but sadly because we live here in virginia the truck was falling apart from rust by 1978 or so , I think dad traded it or sold it along about 1980 the guy that bought it drove it for ten year's after that I new it was dad's long after because of the wire clothes hangers that were holding the stepside fender's on !! I have a picture of it somewhere will try and finf it , I love where I live but man you talk about rust ,,,,,ANY car truck or van or vehicle that was bought new and lived here is toast !!!!!!
they used to always say it was the road salt but that was not it ,,,, it was the coal truck's that did it they used some kind of chemicals and it just ate metal for lunch !! a shame too they were lot's of great truck's here ,,,

[GMCMAX]

I grew up on farm/ranch we always had trucks from 2 ton on down, mostly GM, dad bought the 69 C10 in 72, I drove it, and now it's waiting for my son to get his license in 3 years; he can't wait.

[Fred T]

Mom and dad both grew up on farms, I grew up in a small town. When I was 8 dad bought a used 56 F-100. He traded for a new 64 C-10. I wrecked that, he bought a used 68 C-10. He also bought a 69 burb, a couple of Chevy vans. His last truck was 1 ton pickup.

I drove trucks for a living in the early 70's. Bought my first pickup, a new 74 C-10, the only new vehicle I bought for myself. I've since owned an 80 Chevy van, an 86 Nissan, and now have a 69 C-10 that I'm slowly repairing. I've been driving a 52 3/4 ton. My wife just bought a 06 Nissan Titan. Nothing but trucks in the drive now.

[70cst]

Great Feedback!!!
From reading these replies one can see what an important role our trucks played in the lives of the American family. I read somewhere that it was the 67-72 model years when the truck transition took place. It was this generation of trucks that car like options became available and it became more of a daily driver than the generation before it. Think about it, was ac, power steering, tilt wheel, big blocks, am-fm radio, bucket seats, automatics, fancy trim, etc available on the 50’s and early 60’s trucks? These are great bits of information as to how these trucks played a role in the lives of Americans.

[williamt]

We have always had trucks but my dad was employed buy Chevrolet Lakewood plant he started in 1969 building guess what these awsome trucks we all love so much I the last one they built rolled off the line in 1976 if I remember correctly so if you have a 69 to 77 truck with an A code for the plant my Dad may have built it. also if you watched the Barret Jacktion Auction he worked on the 57 chevy that was rebuilt there in the mid 90s.

[chevyboy55]

Always been a truck family for me.My earliest & fondest memories were of riding in my dads 52 chevy truck (only a couple years old at the time) standing on the seat next to him & when we came to a stop his right hand went out to hold me in place while the left arm went through the steering wheel down shifted & off we'd go. That's about all I've ever owned is trucks & now my son is into Chevy trucks. Life is grand

[67arch]

Grew up riding either standing or sitting on the folded down center console of some buddy buckets in a 68 gmc, also had a 68 chevy, 72 chevy. Learned to drive in the field hauling hay. I would stand on the seat and drive, then if they yelled whoa I would jump to the floor and hit the brakes. Loved every minute in those trucks.

[TruckinDaddy]

I grew up in Texas. Always at least one truck around, even though my parents live in town.

63 F*ord that was one gradfather's shop truck, , then 76 Chevy Siverado, then 90 F*rd F 150, then 2000 Ranger, Then 02 F150.

Now Dad is still stuck in a F*rd, but at least I have the 68 c10, which was my other grandpa's farm truck.

[Stocker]

Raised in a small Oregon town, Dad only had cars. I learned to drive in a '56 Chevy 4 door (Biscayne, I think) in 1964. I got my first truck (the '72 that's still my DD) in 1977 when I bought a house & needed a truck for -- well, for everything we need trucks for!