What did you do to preparing your truck for your girl friend..

[classicchev]

I think actually know my wife would just like me to finish one. She will ride in the motorhome just because, in the Jimmy cause its going to so damn cool, and she actually had to drive my 72 work truck one day ,THATS A STORY IN ITSELF.
She just thinks Im nuts go figure.

Darren

[rgray71]

My wife doesn't mind driving it or bein seen in it. Her first car was a 66 chevelle. My oldest daughter and her get a kickout of burnin the tires off and racing the boys every chance they get. The oldest thinks it will be her's when she turns 16.

[FirstGen]

Originally Posted by 68cajun

She hated it when I bought it, hates it when i spend money on it, Hates the fact that it takes up so much room in the garage, hates it when i spend time working on it, and not with her. No way i'll let her ride in it.

BAAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!

[67_C-30]

I guess I'm lucky. My wife doesn't give me too much trouble about mine. She's rode in everyone of them at one time or another. One factor may be that my little girl loves Daddy's BIG TRUCKS as she calls them. It's funny, I have a much harder time getting my daughter to ride in my 2000 Z71 than I do in my 67-72's. I say she has good taste in trucks!

[subtle71]

Guys, LMAO when I starting reading this thread! I can remember when I moved back home to Mississippi from Virginia back in 1995, I had a '95 Impala SS and a '70 K5 Blazer. I had a on again/off again relationship that needed to be "defined" in my mind. (he he he) I had just begun the process of updating the interior, but it was functional. The outside was primer gray and sitting on 35"s. We went out in the Blazer and I found out how shallow she was.

Oh well, seven years later married my wife who knows that the '71 stepper is a topic that is off limits. She is quite patient considering that I now have a little over $30K tied up in it.

Here's a pic of the 1995 options! (Which would you choose?)

[lloyd k]

she wouldnt know how and she dont care,cleaning up the interior helped i think,im to the point i dont care if she goes,she just dosent understand

[Brainchild]

Wife won't ride in the truck.It's her choice,and my preference

She can't drive a standard

[classicchev]

Is this the Jason with the 65 with the tuned port?????????
If it is , Id put a little paint on it. At least it runs, sounds and starts very nice.

Tell your girlfriend that your not paying a HUGE lease/ mortgage payment, and probably not a big insurance payment; therefore you can spend more money on her.

Darren

Originally Posted by JasonT

So your girlfriend/wife hasn't gotten a ride in your new old truck yet. You know its loud, smells, the interior is a little ratty, and maybe looks a little rough in general and you dont care... but will she?

what have you guys done to prep your baby for your significant others first ride?


I for one will start by installing seatbelts.

[al's71gmc]

the wife doesn't get it. no ac, poor gas milage, no power windows or locks, or other amenities. she'll ride in it when she needs to, but prefers her own ride( a 2000 f350). that works for me!!

[jakeslim]

I took my girlfriend for a drive in my 69 k5 today. Stopped at 7 eleven(i needed a slurpee). I casually reach down to the floor, pick up my gas pedal and set it between the seats. I told her it fell off, but I should be able to drive without it.
She was not too please. Damn reproduction pedals...just won't stay seated.

[BowTieMan]

I don't have a girl friend, but my friend who is a girl said she loved my truck. let me tell you my truck is beat. But she said my seat was so comfortable and she liked the was it sounded (flowmaster). But my seat is the original with nothing but the padding and one of those old ass walmart seat covers. But she said she loved my old truck. hhhhhhhmmmmm....... maybe I better give her a call.

[masterbeavis]

Originally Posted by BowTieMan

I don't have a girl friend, but my friend who is a girl said she loved my truck. let me tell you my truck is beat. But she said my seat was so comfortable and she liked the was it sounded (flowmaster). But my seat is the original with nothing but the padding and one of those old ass walmart seat covers. But she said she loved my old truck. hhhhhhhmmmmm....... maybe I better give her a call.

ITS A TRAP!!!!

[knsmodels]

Funny when my now wife first met me I was driving an 87 Monte SS....when I picked her up for our first date I drove my 72 K10 which at that time had around 140,000 PA miles on her.....needless to say she was not impressed but never complained.....she never understood why I would drive the old truck when I had the Monte sitting in the garage all clean under a cover....now that it is restored she says she really likes the 72 and might not have minded driving in it so much if it looked the way it does now...she does wish it had A/C.....I really cant complain she has always supported my projects even though she doesnt understand the rationale behind them.... go figure

[Gary]

I bolted the bench back down (to the bare metal floor since I'd ripped all the carpet out) and I pulled the lap belt back thru so she could have a belt.

She was cool with it until I stomped down on it and left a "single wheel peel" that stopped about the time we hit the tail end of 2nd gear. She commenced to *****ing and griping at me till we got back home. Much to my 4 year old son's dismay he's not allowed to ride in it since it only has lap belts and "daddy can't behave in that damned truck". We sneak out once in a while anyway.

[Huck]

When I was but a Lad-----condoms in the glove box, beer in the console with lots of ice and some weed stuck between the seat-----with music to win her over! Of course it kid of depended on which girlfriend as to what to go after first!!! It some cases, it was all of the above!! As my buddy used to say, if you go uguly early, you save money as "they" appreciate the attention and you don't have to use lot of other things!HEHEHEEHHE

[motocrosschump]

Originally Posted by 68cajun

She hated it when I bought it, hates it when i spend money on it, Hates the fact that it takes up so much room in the garage, hates it when i spend time working on it, and not with her. No way i'll let her ride in it.

are you sure you aren't living my life?

[67ChevyRedneck]

My truck was my daily driver in college when I started dating my current gf. She didn't want to ride in it at first until she realized all the attention it got (and it's only in black primer). I let her drive it around a parking lot at school. She almost shat her pants at the power, my head just about slammed into the back windo when she hit it.... I was SO proud! She's a keeper!

[phlegm]

She has always ridden in it, but I did get a center seatbelt (GM button I might add) off the board so she could sit up close to me.

[farside847]

My wife tolerates it. She really only likes riding in it once a year - to get a REAL christmas tree!

[70GMC_BOB]

My wifejust see's my old trucks as a POS. she never rides in my truck. Although before we were married she didn't mind shagging a few times in my old 71 burb. the first time she said " wow, there is so much room back here!" Now my 2 year old son loves to ride in the truck. when we go to the store in it he makes engine noises the whole way!!

I just washed the outside and vacummed inside!

[lowrider79]

Does it matter what she thinks? Do you care about her sewing machine?

[tnblazerk5]

Originally Posted by lowrider79

Does it matter what she thinks? Do you care about her sewing machine?

[JasonT]

Originally Posted by classicchev

Is this the Jason with the 65 with the tuned port?????????
If it is , Id put a little paint on it. At least it runs, sounds and starts very nice.

Darren

Na, different Jason, Im a newer member out of Calgary Alberta, my trucks paint is pritty decent actually. I think its called endura paint? more of a plastic type single coat paint rather then the standard 2 stage. Similar stuff that they use on semi-trucks. It seems to last for ever and be very durable but because of the lack of a clear coat its pritty hard to do spot fixes.

My problem is that whenever you close (slam) the door the door handle falls off. There is no seatbelts. The exhaust exits right under the cab so it smells and is super loud. Oh and I almost left out how nasty the seat is...too many years as a work truck.

Im affraid to even show my new girl friend :P






... as last note: I thought about onl adding a center belt so she would HAVE to sit all close like

[raggedjim]

When I first told my wife I was thinking of buying a Blazer she had a fit, but said go ahead... I got it home and she liked it...

When I told her I was thinking of selling the Blazer, she said "NO WAY". I guess it grew on her and in the summer she picks my son up in it every Friday after school.

Hopefully one day we'll have His and Hers 2wd Blazers (well, mine will be a Jimmy...)

Rg

[Longhorn Man]

"daddy can't behave in that damned truck".

Hmmmm...I KNOW i've heard that somewhere before.