Teenager rant (long winded, sorry)

[LongNLowGMC]

Here's my take on this (my first post here as well, hello everyone). I had a hot rodded '70 CST10 my junior year of high school, was not my first vehicle or truck but was the first vehicle I really fell in love with (and also started my affinity with these trucks). Mine wasn't put together that well by it's previous owners and constantly had issues. It got to a point where it was costing me nearly a grand a month to keep it running, which for a 17 year old kid washing dishes part time and going to school full time was impossible to afford. After a few months of this (and selling most of my guitar collection ) my father convinced me I should sell it and buy something more reliable which I did, and I regretted it instantly. Fast forward 14 years, I've finally bought another truck like it and I intend to give it the treatment I had dreamed of with my first C10. I can relate to your situation and would understand completely if you did wind up selling. But for me, if I could rewind time I would have found a way to keep mine, to this day I still miss my first one.

[MARKDTN]

I'm 44 and I have sold a bunch of cars over the years and I miss them-some more than others-but you can't keep them all. When I graduated high school I had a '64 Impala SS with a 307 4-sp. Built a 327 that summer. The next summer I bought a '69 Camaro body and put the motor and trans into it. Sold the Impala body for peanuts, and still regret it, but what can you do? If you have a place to park it for 5+ years then do that. If you don't, then let it go and buy something reliable. You should be able to get a '95-99 pickup for under $3000 and have something relatively reliable and still be in the same vehicle type. My .02