Age catagory of board members-circ 2003

[jlaird]

Wow, I haven't seen a thread this old in a long time. I'm 38. My current build is my first. Anything I've done, I had to learn myself...no prior experience. My father is unfortunately not mechanically inclined. He says I "got it from my grandfather."

[LockDoc]

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I'm 71. I notice that some of the older guys that posted here haven't been on the board for quite a while....

LockDoc

[Sklptrljay]

I'm 38. Learned how to wrench with friends and my brother. Still have a lot to learn,

My first car and still my favorite of any vehicle was a 69' Camaro. Bought that car with paper route money when I was 14, rebuilt the motor with my brother and finally drove it half way through my senior year. Then like a stupid kid I sold it .

I've had others along the way, one of which was my dads 71' LWB I drove when I was 19-21. Sold it . I had to sell a 66' SS 396 Chevelle when I got married/bought a house , then came kids and no cars.

I'm finally back in the game now, and I love my truck. In fact I plan on getting another one within the next year.

Here is my truck and one of my little curtain climbers.

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[RussTburb]

Well I'm 41 now and just starting to think about the ole Russtburb again! Time has just slipped by and the ole girl hasn't seen the road in 4-5 years! Nothing really wrong with her, just been driving the '06! Its good to be back.

[Fitz]

I'm 66. I've been wrenching on cars , building cars and racing cars since I was 12. My 67 Stepside is an ongoing project but I have a 500 HP LS powered Mazda Miata track day car under construction too.

[Already Gone]

I joined the site in November 2003 and first posted on this thread in December 2003 when I was 54. Still here and learning and will be 65 on the 18th of this month.

[ETsC10]

Originally Posted by trkfrk

I somehow stumbled across this old thread. The last post was over 10 years ago. I thought it would be cool to resurrect it��
I am now 45 years old and have owned these trucks on and off since I was 21 years old. I am curios if the poll will change after 10 years.

Thanks! Resurrection of the thread is appreciated! ...youngster!!!
Good point on the poll. Be a good time to take a screen shot and see how it changes.

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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I'm 71. I notice that some of the older guys that posted here haven't been on the board for quite a while....

LockDoc

Holy cat chow...I love you Leon! You make me feel super young!!!!!!!

Me?
I'll be 62 August 25th and this thread just made my day! Think I'll go shopping for a bathing suit! (not).
Love hanging out with the old codgers and hope to catch me one someday!

[ho70]

gonna be 50 next week. Midlife crisis was 70 Challenger and now 72 Chevy lwb. Took mechanics in teens and am now into my 30th year as a firefighter (captain) . First truck was 68 GMC-had it for 15+ years. Love this forum



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[Palf70Step]

I joined in 2002 and I am now 58 so I was..?&%$# (ahhh heck you figure it out ) when I first posted in this thread.

[Keith Seymore]

I do not like being one of the "old guys"....



53 years old.

Been playing with cars and trucks for almost 50 of those years.

Dad raced professionally from 63-69.

I graduated from General Motors Institute and have been with GM for 35 years in assembly and product design/development (with Full Size truck Engineering all of those except 4 years).

Starting my 36th year of NHRA drag racing in my Chevelle, which was my first car.

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[slomotion]

Looks like Leon (LockDoc) and I will be the standard bearers until some OLD folks show up!
71 here as well. The truck has been "done" for several years, which is a good thing. I still tinker on it, but it's more fun to just drive it. I subscribe to the "...if it ain't broke, don't fix it..." group.
When I was building the truck I used this site as my total resource. Excellent information, and everyone was tolerant of even the most basic questions.
It's really hard to believe so much time has passed!

[In The Ten Ring]

I am 39. I've held a variety of jobs, some quite varied. A few for the reader: ultrasonographer, armed guard, exterminator, tutor, teacher, ski instructor, lawn mower, bartender, car salesman, cleaning supplies salesman....I could go on and on. Now I own some rental property and hope to expand that.

I learned some things from my dad but most of my (limited) mechanical ability came from renovating this one rental property I bought in 2010. When I first thought about getting my truck going last summer none of my plans included most of what I've done just thus far! I feel that what I am doing is going to save me a lot of hassle on down the road and fix some of the things that should have been addressed with this truck as far back as the 1980's.

I want to thank everyone for their help and support.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Wow, I was 22 when this thread was started... I've moved up 2 age groups

[Low Elco]

I'm 42, Married for 19 years this year, 2 kids 14 and 12. I get accused of being an oversized teenager a lot. Joined in the mid 2000's, didn't get active until 2010. I'm a Gage Technician, rebuild and certify precision instruments. I've been the dude at the Gas-n-go, a carpet and air duct cleaner, built industrial trucks, R&D Fab & Development for concrete form companies, CNC and manual machining, and car painter.

I'm a member of a lot of forums (I'm a compulsive reader, and forums are a self-writing book!) and this one is by far the best, and I owe a lot to it. Also a proud member of the Lockdoc Fan Club! Checking in here every morning is like being at a campsite and rollin' out of your tent and seein' what everyone's up to today!

[meter swinger]

I'm 43. It all started when I was around 9. I would get my dads tools out and disassemble my bicycles and attempt to "customize" them like the model car kits I got from the toy store. This always got me in big trouble with the old man but i couldnt help myself. When i got my first car i did the same thing, usually just making things worse. The years went by and I got involved in other things but I was always in love with older GM trucks. Mostly the 55-59 variety but the other years also. I moved from florida to washington in 1998 and the bug for an old truck was haunting me. I bought a house and one of my new nieghbors had this 59 fleetside for sale in his driveway. My wife and i would pass it in the evening taking our boys out for a walk. I talked to the seller and bought it after a high rpm drive down the freeway.
Ive bought and sold a few since but i think this one will remain in the stable for awhile.
The other pic is one of myself. I'm a health physics tech ( meter swinger) employed at a dept. of energy site. Currently trying to dismantle an old plutonium processing building with minimal success.

[boatpuller]

I joined in 05. I had lurked for a couple years and was scared to join and post because of my lack of computer skills.

I'll be 55 this summer and I been playing with trucks since I was wearing 3 corner pants.
I got a kick outta looking at how many guys have had there accounts suspended. I'm not gonna lie some of them were friends on here that I enjoyed typing with. They just couldn't conform I guess.

[dmartin1]

im 20, almost 21. i work at an electrical distribution/wholesale house that my girlfriend of 4 years dad owns.pretty sweet. trying to save to get a house sometime, but this siter and these trucks just kill me(lol)
when i was 12-13 i used to drag home weedeaters and lawnmowers from the trash, fix them and make them run then sell them.

believe it or not i actually made money.i proceeded to work on gocarts that me and my dad(mainly him,haha) built. i wanted to fabricate and customize anything and make it awesome

well i turned 15 bought a 78 4x4 3/4 ton silverado and fixed it up quite nice and extensively, i still have it.
i now own a stable of crap and my neighbors hate my entire family because our backyard has a row of old rusty vehicles.
i am going to school for emt/firefighting and pursue that. who knows where the future takes it?
but anywho, awesome board and a hell of a group of guys and gals

[71K20chevy]

I'm 15 (almost 16), got my '71 K20 when I was 8. I have a passion for engines.

[hotstuff]

I'll be 65 this year ,32 years at GM, managed and owned my own service garage . Now I just play with carburetors and trucks . retired am loving it

[john]

Originally Posted by slomotion

Looks like Leon (LockDoc) and I will be the standard bearers until some OLD folks show up!
71 here as well. The truck has been "done" for several years, which is a good thing. I still tinker on it, but it's more fun to just drive it. I subscribe to the "...if it ain't broke, don't fix it..." group.
When I was building the truck I used this site as my total resource. Excellent information, and everyone was tolerant of even the most basic questions.
It's really hard to believe so much time has passed!

I must be one of the OLD folks at 76. I was 60 when I joined the board. My first chevy pickup was a 1938 in 1959. There are older members than me on the board, but I don't see them post much anymore.

[trkfrk]

Originally Posted by john

I must be one of the OLD folks at 76. I was 60 when I joined the board. My first chevy pickup was a 1938 in 1959. There are older members than me on the board, but I don't see them post much anymore.

What a great thread! It's really nice to hear everyone's stories (especially from the senior members) and the love we all have for these trucks.

[71swb4x4]

The great thing is that I selected my age in the poll over 10 years ago. So I am choosing to keep that age

[Livrat]

I'll be 60 in a couple of months. I grew up around airplanes and started holding wrenches at the age of 4 for my dad, Pushed my first car home in 1967 at age 13, its been an addiction to hod rods and custom cars ever since.

[motornut]

I'm as old as my fav coffee,kinda stares ya in the face at times lol

[truckdude239]

27 soon tobe 28 joined the site in 2005