What made you guys pick chevy trucks

[fastwillie 696969]

my uncle had one a 69 black with red interior ,us mags deep dish ,it was badass truck ,he used for his painting business ,then cancer kick him in his gut ,the truck sat for years ,then my aunt sold it when she moved ,well she traded it for labor to clean and move her things across the state . i always like the look for these body over the fords ,expect for the 55 56 fords
my dad was a ford man ,but he bought a chevy 3100 apache truck like the looks of them better

[pritch]

And besides, you sit on a ford seat, but you sit in a Chevy seat.

[prostreetC-10]

Seriously.....what were we going to pick? Ford? Dodge? Ford looks like ass and the dodge looks like ultra "we don't own toilet paper" ass!!!!

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by prostreetC-10

dodge looks like ultra "we don't own toilet paper" ass!!!!

[Slowtruk]

Born and raised Chevy thats what

[67chevy1series]

well grew up around a 70 2wd longbed and a 68 suburban learned how to drive in the 70. when i was 4 we moved from our house and the guy that bought it has a 67 lwb c10 fleetside, ever since then i was destined to buy a 67 smallwindow

[special-K]

I liked the AMT model kit when it came out in '67 so much I couldn't stop building them. I finally got to where glue isn't coming out the seams. Bolts are much neater.

[dbstepside]

mine was because i had already had plenty of s10's and 88-98 chevy trucks and wanted something different. i like going to the goodguys shows and other shows around that have to be 72 back to get in and my favorite thing that fit in these years was a truck. plus if you look into it you can build a truck alot cheaper than any chevellee, camaro, or other gm car and in the long run unless you have a rare #'s matching car it isn't going to be worth anymore than my old truck. there's so much aftermarket and then places like this forum to find parts, i mean right now between me and my dad we have 4 complete trucks and enough parts to build 1 or 2 more if we had frames. but they might be on hold he just bought a 67 camaro. but i just love these trucks.

[Ironhorse]

Years ago when I needed a truck I found what I could afford at the time, a
'65 Chevy long bed, wood floor, v-8, 4 spd. Kept it several years, sold it, regretted it and bought a '71 Chevy long bed, wood floor, 307, 4spd. Kept it several years, sold it, regretted it and bought a '72 Blazer, 350, 4 spd, sold it, regretted it, and bought my current '71 4x4 long bed, 350, 4 spd. I've had it since early '83, this one I'm keepin' !! Just really have always liked the Chevy, GMC designs better than Fords and WAAAYYYY better than Dodge.

[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by Slowtruk

Born and raised Chevy thats what

Me too... as a tot I rode in the bed of my Dad's '70 C10. Memories of my brother and I horsing around back there on summer days while the old man drove down country roads are good ones.

Then I got a '67 cC0 stepside, and now a 1972 GMC... love 'em.

Gary

[big bad orange]

Thanks for the input, I see that many of yinz have a one or more trucks which is cool. I am over the ford thing, I have regain sanity. To be fair until 1985 and up dodge has not bin a real "player" in the truck market and is still not. Nothing looks as good as the c10's

I am sorry if I offend anyone by saying F**d on here

[1972RedNeck]

I can't really say what made me get mine. It just showed up in the shop one morning and the checking account got low.

Originally Posted by big bad orange

To be fair until 1985 and up dodge has not bin a real "player" in the truck market and is still not.

The ONLY reason to own a dodge is the Cummins. If I were to buy an '89 + truck it would be a Dodge.

[odog]

Well I cant say as I did pick one over the other. My 1st truck was a 78 GMC 2wd that I treated like a 4x4. But then I got a 78 Bronco when I was 16 and I fell in love with it. I still have it and Im 33. A few years ago I rescued a 67 chevy 4x4 k20 from the bone pile and since have gotten a 69 chevy 4x4 k10. I still love my Bronco because its tough and goes anywhere I want it to, but my 69 is what I drive every day. SO I guess I havnt and probably couldnt choose between the two.

[ges55]

I had a Chevy van back in 1974, but my 1st truck I bought from my wife's family when her father was dying. I got my 2nd one from my body man. The 3rd one is 18 yrs newer; it is an 85, but has power steering and automatic transmission. I just like the body lines of a Chevy truck, the older ones, anyway.

[allchevy58]

Just always been a GM guy. My dad and both grandparents own GM. My first was a 1964 C10, only owned one Ford, 1959 Ranchero and misc. foreign vehicles. Easy to work on, parts cheaper and interchangable. My dad bought a brand new black 1972 C10 stepside, my favorite, I had a 1969 K2500 GMC and a 1970 K10 with 3/4 ton running gear, the 1972 K2500 GMC I own now isn't going anywhere. My wife is a GM gal too. 1954 Bel Air, 1963 Impala, 1971 Cadillac and 1973 K10.

[LEX]

My dad used to have '72 lwb growing up. He had a pretty big camper on the back so my siblings and I would ride in the back during road trips and enjoyed it so much. Good times. I loved that truck. I was about 6-7 years old and would always want to wash it. I was also really into monster trucks at the time and I would grab hands full of mud, rub it around the fenders and say "look dad, you went monster truckin!"

My dad sold the truck to my uncle for $200. My uncle took it to Mexico to use as a ranch truck. To this day, that truck is still sitting at the ranch inside a barn. Now in my 30's, I've thought of trying to get that truck back, but the way the Mexican border is now it'll be close to impossible.

Fast foward, I just bought a '70 short wide project to bring back some good memories.
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[LEX]

My dad used to have '72 lwb growing up. He had a pretty big camper on the back so my siblings and I would ride in the back during road trips and enjoyed it so much. Good times. I loved that truck. I was about 6-7 years old and would always want to wash it. I was also really into monster trucks at the time and I would grab hands full of mud, rub it around the fenders and say "look dad, you went monster truckin!"

My dad sold the truck to my uncle for $200. My uncle took it to Mexico to use as a ranch truck. To this day, that truck is still sitting at the ranch inside a barn. Now in my 30's, I've thought of trying to get that truck back, but the way the Mexican border is now it'll be close to impossible.

Fast foward, I just bought a '70 short wide project to bring back some good memories.
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[502ms]

I agree with each of you above. Yes, Chevy runs deep. Over 100 million small block chevy motors produced since the beginning!

Also, I just saw a 1946 Ford pickup cross Mecum with a SBC. Haha. Yes, running deep!
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[coops714x4]

My very first 4 wheeled vehicle was a 68 had a 327 with a power glide got it when I was 15. it showed 73,000 miles 7 years later it showed 64,000 and I hadn't done anything but normal things to it, starter, water pump, and regular mant. at that time it needed a little work, ball joints,tie rods, and brakes. I fixed that stuff and drove it 3 more years before I gave it to my dad. the crank broke 2 years after that and we figured the motor had close to 400,000 on it. there tough, dependable, easy to work on, VERY stylish, what more could you ask for.. Coop

[=Sancho=]

Dad owned a 1967 chevy Impala when I was a lad, now I own a 96 Impala SS and 67 chevy C10....Born and raised Cheby!!

[nc1967]

Well I grew up with a family of GM mechanics, all worked for GM dealers and always drove GM cars and trucks. So I didn’t have choice, not that I needed or wanted one but have always owned a GM of some kind, mostly trucks. I just like the body lines of the 67-72 trucks the most.

[Ackattack]

My dad fixed up a 69 SWB when I was in middle school and sold it not long after fixing it up. A few years later when it came time for me to get my first car, I wanted an old truck like he had.

He told me no, it would cost too much to keep running and cost too much for gas, etc. So I ended up with a 4cyl mustang. After about a year and a half of driving that turd, I'd saved enough money that after I sold the "'stang" I bought my 72 GMC. Had at least one ever since.

[schwoch1]

Originally Posted by 1972RedNeck

The ONLY reason to own a dodge is the Cummins. If I were to buy an '89 + truck it would be a Dodge.

Now that is funny, I always said when I bought my '99 Ram with a Cummins diesel " I bought a Cummins diesel and got a Dodge truck with it to drive the engine the first 1/3 of it's life!!!"

I sorta stumbled onto my '71 GMC. I stared at it in our parking lot at work for 1.5 years after the previous owner could not afford to repair the engine. I had known the last 3 owners and have been around the truck for appprox. 10 years prior to me owning it, so it was just a natural thing for me to buy it! My father owned several '67-72' GM trucks back in the day, but was mainly a Ford truck man, as he puts it "because they were cheap to buy", so I can't blame him for it!!!

Mike

[Shyguy]

I guess they just chose me. My father hauled Fords and Mercurys back in the old days out of a place in St. Louis so we always had F*rd vehicles when I was growing up.

My first truck when I was 16 was a 1956 F*rd 3/4 ton lwb stepper. It worked out well on our farm. That was a great truck and I liked the lines, when I was away in the miltary it was sold.

In my mid 20's I had a 50 and 51 swb stepper, both F*rds. When I was in my late 20's I had got rid of them and lucked into a good deal on a '65 Chevy swb stepper real cheap.

When I turned 30 I sold the '65 to a friend and bought a '72 GMC 3/4 ton fleet-side to pull my father-in-laws large cabin cruiser. I guess it was about 16 years later I sold that truck to my brother-in-law and bought a '92 GMC K-3500 dually.

The '71 lwb Chevy I gave to one of my of my grandsons I lucked into, I bought it to pay off the shop that had worked on it for some one else real cheap.

The '67 swb steeper we are building for me I got from one of my grandsons that lost interest in it when he found out how much it would take to get it in great condition.

All the trucks I have owned up to the '67 did not require any work but maintenance, they were used as trucks so they were not restored.

Since I am an old guy now my son and grandsons figured it was time for me to have a pretty truck for a change. Don't worry though, I still have the '92 K-3500 for heavy hauling chores.

Now I guess that is about it.

[cerjio]

I had one in High School ! most of my friends had muscle cars ! they werent fun to take long distances ! an seemed like we were always taking my truck ! an 71 chevy c/10 , 307 3 speed ! with a two barrel , funny thing was stop light to stop light alot of the had a hard time keeping up with me, top end was diffrent ! but then speed limits was 55 !
so didnt really need speed !