How Many Use their Truck for the Daily Grind?

[Cue-Ball]

Originally Posted by CoggedBelt75

My '75 that hauls me around, rain or shine but never on the ice.

Never seen a roots blown C10 daily driver before. Kudos to you! That thing looks bad ass!

Originally Posted by tobytuttle

good lookin little pick-up

Thanks! It's not as nice as many of the trucks on this site, but it's slowly getting nicer, a bit at a time.

[Slonaker]

I have had my truck 11 years this month. It was my daily until 3 or 4 years ago when gas prices went nuts. I don't have overdrive, so it drinks a lot of gas. After gas prices went up, I couldn't afford to drive it daily any more.

Since that time, I have moved out to the country, and have a 30 mile drive to work each way. There's no way I could do it now.

Slonaker

[INSIDIOUS '86]

No overdrive and a 400with a cam that dumps the fuel at idle lol. Let everybody else save gas...I could use the extra lol been drivin it for daily for three years



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[CoggedBelt75]

Originally Posted by djunkie

Now that's a bad ass ride. I like it.

Thanks for the words!!

[QUOTE=Cue-Ball;5280366]Never seen a roots blown C10 daily driver before. Kudos to you! That thing looks bad ass!

Thanks for your words as well!! That was my intentions when I built this engine combo over 4 years ago, to be a little different. Really nothing more than a glorified intake swap, except instead of just inhaling the air it is stuffing it in. The computer helps keep things street friendly. Obviously I wasn't concerned about mpg when I did this. But on the highway, even with the rear gearing, I can knock down 10 mpg. In town tho, never been able to figure that out since the weight of my right foot varies so much.

[CoggedBelt75]

[QUOTE=INSIDIOUS '86;5280420]

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Nice shot of your truck INSIDIOUS. I'm curious about the "4" on the tailgate.

[8swbk10]

1986 scottsdale small block 350,sm465 3speed with low,np208 transfer case,stock 10bolts with 3.08 gears on 33x12.r15 bfg allterrains also has dual exhaust with magnaflow glasspacks

[77chevyinline6]

its a cover that was on the truck when i got it. i was going to glue it down because when you pull out fast it likes to go in the floor lol. but the sun got it over the summer and warped it so now its sitting in the garage collecting dust

[1tonchevy]

Originally Posted by esbstuff

DD... It's day started 4:25am this morning because a Jeep layed down and died, literally. Both front tires broke at the axle and went in opposite directions. Only the brake lines held the wheels to the Jeep...

LOVE your truck more pics and details?

[mattpiotr]

This is my daily driver its a 1986 GMC 2500, it has a 1 ton rear end in it, powerful rebuilt 350 and a turbo 400 tranmission with shift kit i bough this truck 2 years ago on my 15th birth day for $800 the floor boards were shot and the rockers were shot, i put new floor boards, rocks pannels and cab corners, rebuilt the motor in my fathers shop and took the tranmisison to a friend of mine and he watched me rebuild it not to many 16 year olds that can say they did that. i beefed up the suspension a little bit adding 2 leaf springs to the back on each side and 2 on the front on each side. and added a western ultra mount 8 foot snow plow. it has flowtech headers and true dual exhaust with flowmaster orgional 40s to chrome tips. i painted the truck the paint code of International Harvester Red and rhinoed the bottom and the floor inside the cab and in the motor camparent. When the truck is not getting drove back to school its working hard pulling a 5th wheel trailer for my Fathers Excavating Company, Its been to Indianapolis, Chicago, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Its A Truck I will Never Get Rid Of Because its my first truck and the first truck i restored from the ground up

[Zane M]

I drive my '87 V20 for work purposes. Unfortunately that has slowed the restoration to a crawl since I need it to make money.

[sethv]

Between me listing it on Craigslist and trying to trade it for a 4 cylinder, it's my DD.

'78 K10. 350, SM465, NP205. 12 mpg.

[355bullet]

I rotate mine to work. I drive 15 to 20 minutes there. I'm fortunate that i live close by.

[killthewabbit]

Driven to work every time I go, but I live pretty close.

[yousesteers]

Mine gets used if I need to pull the trailer or go some where but it is only a mile for me to work and I drive my JD Gator every day. I went 2 months and never started the truck from January to March.

1984, Crew Cab, 1 ton, 4X4, 5.9 Cummins, NV4500, 4:56 gears, 22mpg last time checked

[bagged74]

my daily driver for just over a year now.
bottom pic is with the new wheels I just put on

[TIM86]

Yep! school 5 days a week and work 6!

[1BadAction]

Originally Posted by TIM86

Yep! school 5 days a week and work 6!

I've seen you up there and was wondering if you were a member. Not many clean squares running around that area, lol.

[HotRodScottsdale]

Used mine as a daily except for winter it got put away untill three years ago the trans crapped out and it sat untill last year.I got the 700r4 rebuilt in it and now today now that the sweepers hit the road I'm getting insurance and it's coming out
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[KMK454]

Daily driven, rain or shine. Currently at 39k original miles. It had 18k original miles when I bought it new 5 years ago.

[redneckchevy]

I have DD mine for over 5 years, Rain, Snow or Shine!

[INSIDIOUS '86]

Nice shot of your truck INSIDIOUS. I'm curious about the "4" on the tailgate.[/QUOTE]

The 4s are in all my friends trucks. We all have CB and use channel 4. There is a long story behind the four though
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[Fan2zee]

Work, Kids: Soccer, Baseball, Softball..., EveryDay Honey-Due grind!

[Dalaigh]

I will be once it's done, but it's a little hard to right now, it's in pieces.

[1BadAction]

Originally Posted by KMK454

Daily driven, rain or shine. Currently at 39k original miles. It had 18k original miles when I bought it new 5 years ago.

Sweet jebus, I gotta go get myself a towel. BEAUTIFUL truck!

[rwhit57]

After seeing the trucks of killthewabbit and fan2zee my mind is made up! I am putting all the trim back on my truck after I paint it. I always thought I would but now I'm positive. Those trucks are beautiful. KMK454's truck is unbelievable!