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Imacarguytoo · 12-06-2006, 07:54 PM

How many guys on here drive there trucks every day? Im curious? My wife thinks im nuts for wanting to drive my new to me 67 c20 small window every day. Yeah its going to kill me in gas but i really dont care!

Slammed70 · 12-06-2006, 07:58 PM

I drive mine everyday, in all weather conditions. I fill it up 2-3 times a week.

71chevytruckguy · 12-06-2006, 08:07 PM

i drive my 69 every day. only runnin truck i have. put 30 miles on it a day gettin to school. fill up about every 3 or 4 days. hate payin for gas but love driving it. chris.

extd56 · 12-06-2006, 08:12 PM

I drive my 69 extended cab truck every day, came in handy with the grandkids in the back seat.

Moneypit · 12-06-2006, 08:18 PM

I drive mine everyday it is too cold to ride my bike or I am running late to work and don't have time to put all my riding gear on.

underdog8704 · 12-06-2006, 08:24 PM

Drive mine every day too. You can't beat cruisin around in an old chevy truck. Gas is a killer but it's all worth it.

6977chev · 12-06-2006, 08:28 PM

i drive my 69 to school everyday yearround. the gas kills me but whatelse do i got to spend it on?

bgangsta999 · 12-06-2006, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by extd56

I drive my 69 extended cab truck every day, came in handy with the grandkids in the back seat.

Thats awesome!!!!! Until I sold my truck for a new project, I drove mine everyday! WORTH every penny in gas!

Willy Prost · 12-06-2006, 08:29 PM

My 71 shortbed stepside is my daily commuter vehicle...

except in summer when I drive an old convertable to work.

Has been that way for the ten years that I have had the truck.

bowtiehotrodder · 12-06-2006, 08:30 PM

i drive my at least 5 times a week. gas ant to bad my is only a six banger

Longhorn Man · 12-06-2006, 08:45 PM

my truck is my only vehicle.
You drive a new car, you lose your identity. You just blend in... become a nobody.
It'll take a LOT of gas and repairs to cost more than a new car + full coverage ins.

blacktruck · 12-06-2006, 08:53 PM

i drive my '72 everyday. it's the only vehicle i own. gas mileage sucks, but i have learned to just deal with it.

gator2511 · 12-06-2006, 08:59 PM

My truck is my only set of wheels. (My wifes Yota is HERS) I drive it to work (when I work), tow my 6000 pound travel trailer to the woods and go in the woods hunting with it. Plus I haul whatever needs to be hauled for family and friends. Every where I go people are talking about my truck, honking the horn and giving me the thumbs up, wanting to buy it, and just generally smiling and enjoying the old truck. After all that, gas is very cheap! My Son swears it gets more attention than my 64 Vette! I've had a lot of vehicles in my day but I get more pleasure out of this one than any I've ever had!

CPNEJR · 12-06-2006, 09:08 PM

when my 67 is done i'll be driving it everyday except in the winter because of all the salt the use around here and it's a short bed two wheel drive which wouldn't be much fun with the hills and back roads around here

bad68bowtie · 12-06-2006, 09:09 PM

Until I came to school I drove mine everyday, granted I didn't log as many miles as most folks do but it got me back and forth to school and work everyday and then wherever I went to on the weekends.

timcos · 12-06-2006, 09:12 PM

I drive my 72 K10 every day. I have no payment and the insurance is cheap.

Yeah that gas is about $30 a week...but no biggy. Will be cheaper now since I just installed an HEI dizzy last evening. So all is will cost me is insurance and gas.

Of course I am restoring mine while I drive it so I buy parts too. But if I had to I would not have to buy parts. But i have to...it is an obsession.

Tim

corn · 12-06-2006, 09:24 PM

Kudos to you guys that get to drive yours everyday. Id be happy to drive mine anytime but Im getting there....

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 12-06-2006, 10:28 PM

I drive mine every day and fill it up once a week. I'm always hauling stuff in it and pull a 24ft. trailer every once in awhile. I can get away with two weeks if I don't keep that Quadrajet chugging gas with all four barrels open.

I just got a full dual exhaust put on it today. When it had a single exhaust I got 12-13MPG on a 200 mile round trip, it should get maybe 14 at the most now.

powell72 · 12-06-2006, 10:44 PM

I drive mine everyday, 30 miles a day Monday thru Friday. I fill up once a week.

Solver · 12-06-2006, 10:53 PM

I use my truck for work everyday. I pull a trailer for work sometimes also. My old truck is starting to rust in the corners and box wheel wells pretty bad now. I keep building other 68-72 trucks to replace it with but by the time I am done with them I hate to think of all the salt and wear and tear on one I have just put back together. So I just keep driving the old yellow truck. She uses some oil and the wind really circles up from behind the seat from the holes in the rear floor but she never fails me . Maybe this next truck I am working on will finally replace old yellow-----------------or maybe not

nic · 12-06-2006, 10:55 PM

I drive my '70 LWB every day.

kyull67 · 12-06-2006, 11:07 PM

I used to drive mine everyday for about a year. Then one day I got the crazy idea to tear it apart and do it all over!

This is how it looked when I bought it.

Elsie72 · 12-06-2006, 11:14 PM

I've been driving my '72 every day since June to get across town to the bus stop. I put about 20$ in fuel every 2 weeks, and couldn't even think about replacing this truck with anything else.

I just hope I can make enough money some day to do all the things I've been dreaming of doing to it

dave2953 · 12-06-2006, 11:17 PM

I drive mine to work everyday, and will drive 70 miles round trip to school three days a week. The gas costs a little, but she's worth it.

Bishops Trucks · 12-06-2006, 11:20 PM

Before I moved to Austria I drove mine every day. Used it to haul construction supplies to my jobs. Anybody can drive a new truck and they all look the same. I like to be differant.
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12-06-2006, 07:54 PM	#1
Imacarguytoo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 306	Who drives there truck every day? How many guys on here drive there trucks every day? Im curious? My wife thinks im nuts for wanting to drive my new to me 67 c20 small window every day. Yeah its going to kill me in gas but i really dont care!

12-06-2006, 07:58 PM	#2
Slammed70 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cheney, KS Posts: 669	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive mine everyday, in all weather conditions. I fill it up 2-3 times a week.

12-06-2006, 08:07 PM	#3
71chevytruckguy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kernersville, NC Posts: 599	Re: Who drives there truck every day? i drive my 69 every day. only runnin truck i have. put 30 miles on it a day gettin to school. fill up about every 3 or 4 days. hate payin for gas but love driving it. chris. __________________ its a work in progess. 71 c-10 lwb, in the middle of frame off restoration. 69 c-10 swb, drag truck, 406 sbc, balanced, comp 292 cam, ported, polished, gasket matched, and bowl blended pro comp 210cc heads, 2.02/1.60 ferrea valves,1.6 roller rockers, re curved hei with msd 6al box, 2-step rev limter, accel 300+ wires, ported victor jr intake, holley 750 double pumper carb, dynomax 1 5/8 headers, 4 spd munci m-20 with super case and iron midplate, mr. gasket vertigate shifter, 5.38 pro gears with full spool, 33 spline moser axles and c-clip elimators, line-loc, 5 gal fuel cell, holley blue pump. 7.807 @ 88.37mph 1.60 60FT 80 g-20 van, tow rig, cammed 305, th350, 10 bolt 88 jeep wrangler, dd, 258, ax-15 swap, 4.5" lift, 33x12.50's, lockers, 3.55's Last edited by 71chevytruckguy; 12-06-2006 at 08:07 PM.

12-06-2006, 08:12 PM	#4
extd56 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vacaville, CA Posts: 2,272	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive my 69 extended cab truck every day, came in handy with the grandkids in the back seat.

12-06-2006, 08:18 PM	#5
Moneypit Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Alpine,Texas Posts: 129	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive mine everyday it is too cold to ride my bike or I am running late to work and don't have time to put all my riding gear on. __________________ 1968 Chevy C10 1967 Mustang 1976 Honda XL350 2006 Victory Vegas 8-Ball 2012 Ram 1500 4x4

12-06-2006, 08:24 PM	#6
underdog8704 NCStroker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: NC Posts: 89	Re: Who drives there truck every day? Drive mine every day too. You can't beat cruisin around in an old chevy truck. Gas is a killer but it's all worth it. __________________ 1971 Chevy C/10-Built 383 Stroker

12-06-2006, 08:28 PM	#7
6977chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Oldenburg, Indiana Posts: 199	Re: Who drives there truck every day? i drive my 69 to school everyday yearround. the gas kills me but whatelse do i got to spend it on?

12-06-2006, 08:29 PM	#9
Willy Prost Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 398	Re: Who drives there truck every day? My 71 shortbed stepside is my daily commuter vehicle... except in summer when I drive an old convertable to work. Has been that way for the ten years that I have had the truck.

12-06-2006, 08:30 PM	#10
bowtiehotrodder SIX BANGER Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: NC Posts: 169	Re: Who drives there truck every day? i drive my at least 5 times a week. gas ant to bad my is only a six banger __________________ http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2597018(NN) 1979 chevy truck swb 454 w turbo400 with buckets 1977 chevy truck swb soon to be 454 1976 chevy dually 454 1969 chevy truck six shooter

12-06-2006, 08:45 PM	#11
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Who drives there truck every day? my truck is my only vehicle. You drive a new car, you lose your identity. You just blend in... become a nobody. It'll take a LOT of gas and repairs to cost more than a new car + full coverage ins.

12-06-2006, 08:53 PM	#12
blacktruck Super Trucker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newnan, Georgia Posts: 201	Re: Who drives there truck every day? i drive my '72 everyday. it's the only vehicle i own. gas mileage sucks, but i have learned to just deal with it. __________________ American by birth, Southern by the grace of God. ".. you aint just whistlin' Dixie..." Rebel till I die

12-06-2006, 08:59 PM	#13
gator2511 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: tampa florida Posts: 776	Re: Who drives there truck every day? My truck is my only set of wheels. (My wifes Yota is HERS) I drive it to work (when I work), tow my 6000 pound travel trailer to the woods and go in the woods hunting with it. Plus I haul whatever needs to be hauled for family and friends. Every where I go people are talking about my truck, honking the horn and giving me the thumbs up, wanting to buy it, and just generally smiling and enjoying the old truck. After all that, gas is very cheap! My Son swears it gets more attention than my 64 Vette! I've had a lot of vehicles in my day but I get more pleasure out of this one than any I've ever had!

12-06-2006, 09:08 PM	#14
CPNEJR Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Franconia,N.H. Posts: 1,029	Re: Who drives there truck every day? when my 67 is done i'll be driving it everyday except in the winter because of all the salt the use around here and it's a short bed two wheel drive which wouldn't be much fun with the hills and back roads around here __________________ (Only) Member of the CPNE Fan Club Aint that the truth 67 C-10 350 with 3-speed tranny and 308 gears swb step 82 Z28 Camaro 355 small block over 350 hp and a borg warner super t-10 (blown engine) 72 Chevy K20 Suburban (future project) 70 Chevy K20 now 68 GMC K2500 2003 Chevy 2500hd ccsb 4X4 (daily driver)

12-06-2006, 09:09 PM	#15
bad68bowtie On the college boy budget... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 370	Re: Who drives there truck every day? Until I came to school I drove mine everyday, granted I didn't log as many miles as most folks do but it got me back and forth to school and work everyday and then wherever I went to on the weekends. __________________ -'68 C10 short/step- 350/350

12-06-2006, 09:12 PM	#16
timcos Chief Honcho In Charge Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bentonville AR Posts: 970	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive my 72 K10 every day. I have no payment and the insurance is cheap. Yeah that gas is about $30 a week...but no biggy. Will be cheaper now since I just installed an HEI dizzy last evening. So all is will cost me is insurance and gas. Of course I am restoring mine while I drive it so I buy parts too. But if I had to I would not have to buy parts. But i have to...it is an obsession. Tim __________________ 1992 1500 4x4 Shortbed 1984 Ford F250 Supercab Longbed 6.9L Diesel 1972 K10 Cheyenne Super Fleetside Short Bed - 350 - A/C 1971 VW SuperBeetle 1960 Wife 1984 Son 1986 Son 1989 Son Previous Trucks 1967 C10 SWB (1980-1981) 1971 C10 LWB (1998-2004)



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12-06-2006, 09:24 PM	#17
corn Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: here Posts: 5,789	Re: Who drives there truck every day? Kudos to you guys that get to drive yours everyday. Id be happy to drive mine anytime but Im getting there....

12-06-2006, 10:28 PM	#18
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive mine every day and fill it up once a week. I'm always hauling stuff in it and pull a 24ft. trailer every once in awhile. I can get away with two weeks if I don't keep that Quadrajet chugging gas with all four barrels open. I just got a full dual exhaust put on it today. When it had a single exhaust I got 12-13MPG on a 200 mile round trip, it should get maybe 14 at the most now. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck Last edited by Robert1970C20rstbukt; 12-08-2006 at 09:04 PM.

12-06-2006, 10:44 PM	#19
powell72 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Loveland Co. Posts: 3,098	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive mine everyday, 30 miles a day Monday thru Friday. I fill up once a week. __________________ Chris 74 Custom Deluxe SWB 350/350/3.73’s 99 2wd Silverado RCSB 5.3/4L60/3.90’s http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...short_bed.html

12-06-2006, 10:53 PM	#20
Solver Registered User Join Date: May 2000 Location: Storm Lake, Ia Posts: 1,449	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I use my truck for work everyday. I pull a trailer for work sometimes also. My old truck is starting to rust in the corners and box wheel wells pretty bad now. I keep building other 68-72 trucks to replace it with but by the time I am done with them I hate to think of all the salt and wear and tear on one I have just put back together. So I just keep driving the old yellow truck. She uses some oil and the wind really circles up from behind the seat from the holes in the rear floor but she never fails me . Maybe this next truck I am working on will finally replace old yellow-----------------or maybe not Attached Images __________________ 1972 Cheyenne Super 20 LWB-Blue 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Black 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-Red 1972 Cheyenne Super 10 LWB-green 1972 GMC 4x4 LWB-White 1971 Cheyenne 10 LWB-Ochre 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Copper 1971 Cheyenne 20 Longhorn-Black 1969 Custom 10 LWB-lt blue 1968 GMC 3/4 ton-green 1968 1/2 ton swb stepside-silver 1967 Chevrolet CST 10 LWB-green 1967 Chevrolet custom 20 LWB-Maroon

12-06-2006, 10:55 PM	#21
nic Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle - WA Posts: 11	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive my '70 LWB every day. __________________ Nic Templeton Seattle - WA 1970 C10 LWB Last edited by nic; 12-06-2006 at 10:55 PM.

12-06-2006, 11:07 PM	#22
kyull67 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Springfield/Kansas City Posts: 1,842	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I used to drive mine everyday for about a year. Then one day I got the crazy idea to tear it apart and do it all over! This is how it looked when I bought it. Attached Images

12-06-2006, 11:14 PM	#23
Elsie72 Chinook Arch Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: High River, Alberta, Canada Posts: 218	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I've been driving my '72 every day since June to get across town to the bus stop. I put about 20$ in fuel every 2 weeks, and couldn't even think about replacing this truck with anything else. I just hope I can make enough money some day to do all the things I've been dreaming of doing to it __________________ 1972 GMC 1500 Custom - Bought used by Grandpa in '74, currently back on the road after a long hiatus. Elsie's truck 2.5" dual exhaust with Hooker Aero Chambers Holley 670 Street Avenger Edelbrock Performer RPM on GMPP 290HP 350 ECE drop 3.5/5

12-06-2006, 11:17 PM	#24
dave2953 Dave's not here, man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Winder, Georgia Posts: 2,000	Re: Who drives there truck every day? I drive mine to work everyday, and will drive 70 miles round trip to school three days a week. The gas costs a little, but she's worth it. __________________ - 2014 VW Jetta - 2015 VW Jetta - 1966 Ford F-250

12-06-2006, 11:20 PM	#25
Bishops Trucks KEEP ON TRUCKIN' Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Sterling, Va. Posts: 5,730	Re: Who drives there truck every day? Before I moved to Austria I drove mine every day. Used it to haul construction supplies to my jobs. Anybody can drive a new truck and they all look the same. I like to be differant. __________________ JIM '97 GMC Sierra K1500 '95 Chevy Silverado C1500 '71 Cheyenne Z71 / LT1 & 4-Speed SWB K/10 Father/Son Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l689JKXPnA http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/payments.php "LIVIN' FREE FOREVER"

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