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MACKL · 08-27-2004, 11:20 PM

My Truck is a 1970,
I was 9.
Dad had just bought a brand new 1970 SWB step side.
It was the ugly green my current truck used to be.
He installed a home made camper shell on the back. He did a good job but it was still ugly.
I can remember him letting me ride on the steps.
That was the first vehicle I learned to drive.
It broke my heart when he sold it and bought a F@&# station wagon.

Gary · 08-27-2004, 11:54 PM

I was being made and born the year my truck was built

1972

Shy-n · 08-28-2004, 12:29 AM

in 72 I was on board the cruiser oklahoma city off the coast of viet nam

**COBALT** · 08-28-2004, 12:44 AM

In 1969 my parents were about to have their second child, another girl. Unknown to them the baby girl would have Downs Syndrome, and even thougth the doctors said she wouldn't live past the age of 10 and should be institutionalized she managed to live to the age of 26 before she passed away from heart failure.

In the fall of 1970, 8 months after my sister was born my future wife was born in Kansas. Two years later she and her family would move to Texas.

My biological mother was just entering her teens in 1969 - probably still in the 6th grade - 4 years before she decided to baby sit for her sister's kids and get tangled up with her sister's husband to produce yours truely - an embarassment to the family. Her pregancy was blamed on her boyfriend, and decided to put me up for adoption.

In 1972 fearing that they may have another downs syndrome child my parents decided to adopt a boy. After two foster homes and 8 months of life I went home with them.

...and all the while my dad's 1968 Chevy C10 sat in the driveway. He'd had it for a year.

Warbones · 08-28-2004, 01:31 AM

~~GMC Junkie~~

Is that Mrs Beasley?

blue72stepside · 08-28-2004, 02:17 AM

I was going to high school 11 th grade and drive my 72, racing motorcycles,
chase girls, working to pay the truck off and add all the extra's. carb header's Chrome, wheel tires they only last about 2000 or 3000 Miles. u know the race once in a blue moon or when the sun comes up. This is what i look like then and what it looks like now.

Blue85 · 08-28-2004, 04:34 AM

I would say i was a gleam in my dads eye, but mine was built 10 years before i was even born.

Bleach · 08-28-2004, 08:35 AM

Made in 69, concieved in late 78, hatched in 79..... We landed on the moon though...even though I wasn't around for it. Kinda like Woodstock.

GMCjunkie · 08-28-2004, 08:41 AM

Warbones...

.. Yes that is Mrs. Beasley. She was my best friend!!

grayw0lf · 08-28-2004, 11:20 AM

I really can't remember that far back....??? Probably b/c i was still 8 years from being born.

imdarren · 08-29-2004, 12:01 AM

I was born the year my 67 was made.
When my 72 was made, I was in Kindergarten.

cochran63 · 08-29-2004, 12:18 AM

My 63 c-10 is 3 years older than my parents.

teamharvey · 08-29-2004, 12:22 AM

Let`s see..............I have a 72 Blazer.
I was 9 and if I remember right Speed Racer, Schwinn bicycles, and Converse ( Chuck Taylors ) were about the coolest things around.

72c10step · 08-30-2004, 12:32 PM

Considering I was born in 1982, I guess I wasn't even a glimmer in my parents' eyes! Heck, my mom was just graduating from high school in 1972!

**COBALT** · 08-30-2004, 12:38 PM

You were born in 1982? Wow I feel old all of a sudden. I heard that "feeling old" moments just increase the older you get. Ironic.

chassispro · 08-30-2004, 02:49 PM

72, I was being born.

68w/sbc406 · 08-30-2004, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by COBALT

You were born in 1982? Wow I feel old all of a sudden. I heard that "feeling old" moments just increase the older you get. Ironic.

i have noticed that there are a lot of us youngins on here (I too born in 82) but we are all asking you 'OLD' people how to do things.

Lobo'74 · 08-30-2004, 10:11 PM

I was a sophomore in high school. Mom just sold her 1965 Plymouth Fury ex-state police cruiser with a 383 before I got my license (it was @ 15 yrs 9 mos back then in New Mexico). She then got a '62 f**d Falcon station wagon with a small six and an automatic. UGH! But I was glad to get to drive it when I could. The next year I got my first set of wheels, a Harley Davidson Sprint 250. Well used, it cost me $75.

I started to keep writing . . . this really brings back memories, but they are most likely not as entertaining for y'all as they are for me.

**JQ-72** · 08-31-2004, 10:00 PM

On August 18, 1972 I was at Decatur General hospital saying hello to the world.

Joshua

gonebad2 · 08-31-2004, 10:17 PM

1967......I was two....Probably giving my Mom an aweful headache.

hobby67stepside · 08-31-2004, 10:23 PM

I was in my second year of college. That was just before I got sick of college, enlisted in the Army and had some interesting experiences in Vietnam. A couple years later I bought a new '72 4X4. Was a good pickup, but I traded it 2 years later for another new one.

71-longbed · 09-01-2004, 12:27 AM

patiently waiting in the spirit realm to be born .... born May of 81 ... 10 years

Zonaman · 09-01-2004, 11:50 AM

OK this is a pretty big group. I just wanted reassure myself I wasn't the oldest guy on this list. The oldest person posting enough actual numbers to calculate was 49. But I stopped doing the math after the first page or so. I think some of our Vietnam Vets

beat that. I'm almost afraid to guess the age of the youngest pup behind the wheel, but I'd start the "bidding" at 16. So what about it? Who's the Oldest; who's the youngest?

Lobo'74 · 09-01-2004, 01:21 PM

52 next week.

1972Supercheyenne4wd · 09-01-2004, 02:58 PM

1972 that was 7 years before my time

08-27-2004, 11:20 PM	#76
MACKL Almost done! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Woodstock GA Posts: 193	My Truck is a 1970, I was 9. Dad had just bought a brand new 1970 SWB step side. It was the ugly green my current truck used to be. He installed a home made camper shell on the back. He did a good job but it was still ugly. I can remember him letting me ride on the steps. That was the first vehicle I learned to drive. It broke my heart when he sold it and bought a F@&# station wagon. __________________ The 1970 SWB Project Removed 6cyl manual trans, manual everything V8-350 Auto/PS/PDB Blazer Fuel Tank Behind the Marker Light Fuel Fill

08-27-2004, 11:54 PM	#77
Gary Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Harvest, AL Posts: 545	I was being made and born the year my truck was built 1972 __________________ Gary Harris 85 Silverado - 87 Grand National 2007 Ardmore Car Show

08-28-2004, 12:44 AM	#79
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	In 1969 my parents were about to have their second child, another girl. Unknown to them the baby girl would have Downs Syndrome, and even thougth the doctors said she wouldn't live past the age of 10 and should be institutionalized she managed to live to the age of 26 before she passed away from heart failure. In the fall of 1970, 8 months after my sister was born my future wife was born in Kansas. Two years later she and her family would move to Texas. My biological mother was just entering her teens in 1969 - probably still in the 6th grade - 4 years before she decided to baby sit for her sister's kids and get tangled up with her sister's husband to produce yours truely - an embarassment to the family. Her pregancy was blamed on her boyfriend, and decided to put me up for adoption. In 1972 fearing that they may have another downs syndrome child my parents decided to adopt a boy. After two foster homes and 8 months of life I went home with them. ...and all the while my dad's 1968 Chevy C10 sat in the driveway. He'd had it for a year. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA. Last edited by COBALT; 08-28-2004 at 12:46 AM.

08-28-2004, 01:31 AM	#80
Warbones Navel Inspector Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wichita, Ks Posts: 1,373	~~GMC Junkie~~ Is that Mrs Beasley? __________________ 1948 Chevy Aerosedan GONE! I think. 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Coupe WANTED 1967 IMPALA 1967 CST C10 Long Bed with a 283 Last edited by Warbones; 08-28-2004 at 01:36 AM.

08-28-2004, 02:17 AM	#81
blue72stepside Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Morgan Hill, California Posts: 309	I was going to high school 11 th grade and drive my 72, racing motorcycles, chase girls, working to pay the truck off and add all the extra's. carb header's Chrome, wheel tires they only last about 2000 or 3000 Miles. u know the race once in a blue moon or when the sun comes up. This is what i look like then and what it looks like now. Attached Images __________________ 72 Cheyenne Stepside 357/TH350 3.07 Posi 379HP@5500 412FT#@4000 96 1500 Work Truck 88 Chevy Van 3/4 97 Tahoe 8.5 Lift (Sons) 00 1500 LT 4x4 (Sons) 98 Ford Cobra (Wifes Car)

08-28-2004, 12:29 AM	#78
Shy-n Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Southwest Washington State Posts: 35	in 72 I was on board the cruiser oklahoma city off the coast of viet nam

08-28-2004, 04:34 AM	#82
Blue85 Oilfield Trash Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Raymore, Sk, Canada, Earth Posts: 3,171	I would say i was a gleam in my dads eye, but mine was built 10 years before i was even born. __________________ 14 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 08 Dodge 3500 Mega Cab 87 Chev 3+3 4x4 80 GMC K10 High Sierra bone stock 70 Chevelle 350SS long term project 68 GMC 3ton Grain Truck/Garbage wagon 50 Pontiac 2 Door Coupe Project "I've got a shotgun rifle and a 4 wheel drive and a country boy can survive" Hank Jr.

08-28-2004, 08:35 AM	#83
Bleach this guy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Southwest VA Posts: 122	Made in 69, concieved in late 78, hatched in 79..... We landed on the moon though...even though I wasn't around for it. Kinda like Woodstock. __________________ Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

08-28-2004, 08:41 AM	#84
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	Warbones... .. Yes that is Mrs. Beasley. She was my best friend!! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

08-28-2004, 11:20 AM	#85
grayw0lf Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Clanton, AL Posts: 1,253	I really can't remember that far back....??? Probably b/c i was still 8 years from being born. __________________ 85' CUCV M1009!!! The newest addition! 6.2diesel, Th400, NP208, & only 36k miles! 70' C-10 LWB Fleetside - Looking good these days! 05' Dodge Neon 88' Winner Escape Sport 1750 - 4.3v6 94' Seadoo SP 84' Honda TRX200, bare nekkid. Just a frame & tires. Always looking for another project or any good deal!

08-29-2004, 12:01 AM	#86
imdarren Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: SW Washington Posts: 1,006	I was born the year my 67 was made. When my 72 was made, I was in Kindergarten. __________________ Washington State 1967 Chevy C10 LWB Rodstoration In Progress. 1972 K20 Cheyenne Super

08-29-2004, 12:18 AM	#87
cochran63 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,057	My 63 c-10 is 3 years older than my parents. __________________ Youth soon passes away, but immaturity can last a life time.

08-29-2004, 12:22 AM	#88
teamharvey Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Turlock, Ca Posts: 579	Let`s see..............I have a 72 Blazer. I was 9 and if I remember right Speed Racer, Schwinn bicycles, and Converse ( Chuck Taylors ) were about the coolest things around.

08-30-2004, 12:32 PM	#89
72c10step WHYBYNU when old will do? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Loudon, NH Posts: 876	Considering I was born in 1982, I guess I wasn't even a glimmer in my parents' eyes! Heck, my mom was just graduating from high school in 1972! __________________ -72 Chevy C10 Stepside -2002 Chevy Silverado 2500HD 4x4 -1984 Jeep CJ7 -1995 Polaris XCR600 Custom -2003 Honda 300ex

08-30-2004, 12:38 PM	#90
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	You were born in 1982? Wow I feel old all of a sudden. I heard that "feeling old" moments just increase the older you get. Ironic. __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.



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08-30-2004, 02:49 PM	#91
chassispro Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seneca, SC, USA Posts: 52	72, I was being born.

08-30-2004, 10:11 PM	#93
Lobo'74 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 404	1967 . . . I was a sophomore in high school. Mom just sold her 1965 Plymouth Fury ex-state police cruiser with a 383 before I got my license (it was @ 15 yrs 9 mos back then in New Mexico). She then got a '62 f**d Falcon station wagon with a small six and an automatic. UGH! But I was glad to get to drive it when I could. The next year I got my first set of wheels, a Harley Davidson Sprint 250. Well used, it cost me $75. I started to keep writing . . . this really brings back memories, but they are most likely not as entertaining for y'all as they are for me. __________________ "Truck" '67 small window '79 350 .030 over, LT1 "clone"

08-31-2004, 10:00 PM	#94
JQ-72 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Killen, Alabama USA Posts: 3,574	On August 18, 1972 I was at Decatur General hospital saying hello to the world. Joshua

08-31-2004, 10:17 PM	#95
gonebad2 Merciless Butcher Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: CC Nevada Posts: 1,447	1967......I was two....Probably giving my Mom an aweful headache. __________________ Your Bought And Sold....I Got Your Soul!

08-31-2004, 10:23 PM	#96
hobby67stepside Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 952	I was in my second year of college. That was just before I got sick of college, enlisted in the Army and had some interesting experiences in Vietnam. A couple years later I bought a new '72 4X4. Was a good pickup, but I traded it 2 years later for another new one. __________________ '05 2500 HD Silverado 6.0 liter '97 2500 4X4 454 eng '92 2500 4X4 350 eng '78 K20 4X4 400 eng '70 Boss 302 (owner for 27 years) '57 Ford shortbox 383 stroker TH350 tranny '23 T-bucket (built in '78) '02 Explorer '67 C-10 short step NW Iowa Last edited by hobby67stepside; 08-31-2004 at 10:26 PM. Reason: addition

09-01-2004, 12:27 AM	#97
71-longbed Its Magically Delicious Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oregon Posts: 2,398	patiently waiting in the spirit realm to be born .... born May of 81 ... 10 years __________________ 71 C10 LWB 350sbc -TH350 12 bolt 3.42 Posi Of all my favorite things to do, The utmost is to have a brew. My love grows for my foamy friend, with each thirst-quenching elbow bend. Beer so frosty, smooth, and cold it's paradise pure liquid gold. Yes beer means many things to me that's all for now cus I gotta pee.

09-01-2004, 11:50 AM	#98
Zonaman Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Chandler, AZ Posts: 519	Oldest? Youngest? OK this is a pretty big group. I just wanted reassure myself I wasn't the oldest guy on this list. The oldest person posting enough actual numbers to calculate was 49. But I stopped doing the math after the first page or so. I think some of our Vietnam Vets beat that. I'm almost afraid to guess the age of the youngest pup behind the wheel, but I'd start the "bidding" at 16. So what about it? Who's the Oldest; who's the youngest? __________________ 69 C-10 LWB, 350, 700r4, 3.73 posi-traction, front disc brakes. Built for the desert- She can take the heat! Vivat Rex Chevus!

09-01-2004, 01:21 PM	#99
Lobo'74 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 404	52 next week. __________________ "Truck" '67 small window '79 350 .030 over, LT1 "clone"

09-01-2004, 02:58 PM	#100
1972Supercheyenne4wd Have another!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 81	1972 that was 7 years before my time

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