Any daily drivers?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by 68longhorn

My 86swb is my daily. I drive 12 miles each way to my current job. Previous job was 24 each way. Its been mine since August 2008 and has 185xxx miles on it. All original but lowered a little and LED lights. Im also not afraid to drive it anywhere. Just got back from a 150 mile each way drive getting almost 18 mpg

Very cool, and 18 MPG is excellent assuming its a 350 SBC under the hood, so stock exhaust?

[68longhorn]

305. 700R4. 2.73 rear. Exhaust is manifolds to cat to dual exit muffler. For a carb'd truck i am pleasantly surprised

[ShinyC10]

"Black Betty" has been my daily driver since sophomore year in highschool. I'm going into my senior year in college down in kingsville Texas (~260 from Htown) Freshman year I used to make the trip home ever weekend

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by ShinyC10

"Black Betty" has been my daily driver since sophomore year in highschool. I'm going into my senior year in college down in kingsville Texas (~260 from Htown) Freshman year I used to make the trip home ever weekend

Mad props!

[BB72CHEVKT]

I have using mine daily for the last almost 5 months. I do 50 miles a day.

[Axle]

I daily drive mine. I have taken it on 1200 mile round trips more than a few times in recent years. Granted, my daily commute might be 5 miles now, but if I need to haul something, distance is not a deterent.

Alex.

[gafiredog]

Originally Posted by grancuda

Got my '74 SWB Stepside for daily driving 70 miles a day & for the weekends going on trips with the family, put 400 miles going to KC 2 weeks ago. My wife will use it this fall to take my son to/from school, it will give the '80 Power Wagon a break. I just need to get the motor in my '67 Barracuda so she can start driving it.

Ours is the stripped model, manual brakes, manual steering not even a dome light or cig lighter. 350 w/EQ heads, Comp Cam, Bowtie high rise steel intake, headers, 3 speed manual & 3.73 in a 12 bolt.

got a 75 model just like yours, except mine has a 250 six in it. its crying to die with over 275k miles. I got tired of standing on the brake pedal with both feet, so I got a vaccum assembly from the local pull a part and put it on. now just touch the pedal will send you through the windshield.

[MF Doom]

daily drove mine since 11th grade. so about 3 or 4 years now.

[stacey_65]

I drive my 1985 Silverado everyday. My commute is not that far but I will stretch its legs every chance I get. In the process of a new engine rebuild and just ordered new 20" wheels and hope to get it a little closer to mother earth soon.

[burban nate]

I won't have anything but a square as a daily driver. It sucks up here because WI winters kill 'em. I like to keep a rusty beater Suburban around for winter. Right now I'm driving my '87 GMC R2500 Suburban 454 every day to and from work, about 12 miles each way.

Nate

[stacey_65]

I also have a 88 GMC R3500 crew cab dually 454 fuel injection 4 spd that I will jump in from time to time.

[meatwagon83]

Been my daily for 9 years, I've driven it to North Dakota twice, Minnesota twice, Texas and south Carolina, I very rebuilt everything on it and turned pretty much every bolt on it, recent improvements during my last rebuild have got me 12mpg, 83 c30 454/th400/70hd 3.73, nv4500 swap starts next weekend oh and it's 20 miles round trip to work

[PAWS 72]

I want to daily drive my 86 but at 10 mpg i cant stand it every day. 305 TH350 273 gears. Ssupposed to have a lock up converter but doesnt. Cant figure out the problem.

[junkman]

had a 07 gmc I sold a couple months ago and mine has been primary transportation since. 78 miles round trip to work. I did have to get the a/c going when I started driving it daily. Cruises right along 70-75 305/th350c, not sure on gears but they set aren't fun ones.

[dieseldawg142]

i have daily driven all my chevy trucks, from a '68 to an '85.
for the last few yrs i was using my '90 k1500 because my square ('85 crew on 38's) is horrible on gas, every 3 days i was putting 50 bucks in it to get to my old job, that stopped after a couple months....now i got a new job in town, less than 5 miles, & i get the pleasure of dailying the crew again. no matter how hard or crappy a day, when we get back to the shop & i see it sitting there...it's like , yup, cool
the '90 has hardly moved in the last 2 months...

[Nodnarb76]

I daily drive my 87 R20 Suburban about 70 miles per day to work.
Recently swapped the 454/TH400 for an LQ4/4L80E for the extra power, reliability, and fuel economy.