Favorite pickups?

I can never decide between the two.

#1) Well hey there, do you realize it's 32 miles to the next gas station?


#2) 1969 Ford F100



What's yours?

You might tell her that there's nothing really wrong with a nice old truck.

Mike I bought a '72 Ford shortbed, no-air, 3 on the tree some years back.
It was perfect for hauling rocks and construction type duties. Not a truck to haul
around people.
I restored it and built a 302 with electronic timing so it would run and look good.

I few months back I mentioned a guy selling a 2002 GMC (3-door) SLE Sierra with 50,000 miles in mint condition....well I got it. (cheap...lucked out with a good deal and that doesn't happen often)

Well I get to work and a peer starts telling me of hard luck case..his son-in-law and he's looking for a truck to buy for him to help out. So, yeah I pitch-in a very nice '72...lol.
The guy goes nuts...I think he's about polished off the paint lol.
Great feeling though...I got years of service from it, learning experience building motor and such, and helping some folks out with a great deal.

My wife has taken ownership of the GMC....it's loaded and has a towing package which is great for towing the Harley if needed.....so I'm left walking or asking if I can borrow her truck LOL.

After that old truck and a few other restorations and years..don't think I'll be restoring any more. Was fun though.

I grew up in that 1969 I wistfully mentioned.

My wife and I have really been enjoying driving out in the woods with  mobile phone/satellite mapping. It's been more fun than ever.

I've been thinking about an old jeep so we can drive around without a top.

:-)
 

'71 F100. Green and white. Armstrong steering. Dual glasspacks, 302. Loud as heck.
It sat dead in my dad's driveway for a while, and he said if I could get it running, I could have it.
I checked it out, and the carb was shot. Slapped on a new one, and off she went.
Man, that was a great truck.

 
MMMMMMMmmmmmmm............
 
 

That is one fine pick up truck.

My dad used to take me out on Saturdays in his aqua and white two ton version.

It had that great country music 3" mono speaker up on the dash.

Mercy.

I took it to a shop to have the brakes done. When I'd call to ask how it was coming they'd give some story about being busy. A guy told me I better go check on my truck...I get there and it's taken apart! I asked the painter what was going on and he said don't look a gift horse in the mouth...I smiled and left.

They didn't mess around either...took it down to metal and worked it from frame up. Unreal.
I couldn't use it for work around the house so it sat in the backyard for a few years. I figured there would be somebody that it would help out. Funny how something like an old truck can give somebodies life a kick-start. The guy now has a great ride and pride to get his butt to work. Cool.

I'll never forget his face after the first time he took it for a ride...we could see him smiling a block from the house..he pulled up and said, this baby will run too! We heard him...we heard blocks away too!

I think the guys at the shop new what I'd be doing with the truck...and wanted to be part of more than a brake job. They know where it went.

My son and some friends found this another similar one basically in junk piles (this was when we lived overseas.)  It took months of loving labor and fun to get it to this point.  This bright green wasn't what any of us had in mind, but we couldn't change it after it was ordered. (my part in the whole deal was to supply food and drinks...and a whole lot of sanding.)  They so badly wanted to bring it home with them, but sold it for about what they had in it.  I imagine it was worth the fun and experience and the few times they got to drive it anyway.  

(I prefer Bare Knuckle Pickups!)

I'm loving all the stories.

Keep em coming!

spacey


     

My wife has taken ownership of the GMC....it's loaded and has a towing package which is great for towing the Harley if needed.....so I'm left walking or asking if I can borrow her truck LOL.

 Walking?...and you have a Harley?   What's wrong with this picture? 

I Love My Truck



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Guitarhacker

spacey


   

My wife has taken ownership of the GMC....it's loaded and has a towing package which is great for towing the Harley if needed.....so I'm left walking or asking if I can borrow her truck LOL.

 Walking?...and you have a Harley?   What's wrong with this picture? 

LOL...well not really but ya, if there's ice hanging off the side of the house! (I have a little GT car that hits close to 40mpg to get back and forth to work...turbo 4cyl that gets it)
Just that I used to have an old truck and somehow it all ended with two other people winding up with trucks.
 
Well pictures sure don't tell it all (in the case of mine). They are fun and tuff trucks but they are also ruff.
Mine wasn't good for much other than hauling rocks and such. Sure didn't want to go cruisin' in it...no-air, no power steering, no power brakes and everybody knows thats messed with a 3 speed on the column...you spend to much time trying to get it timed and when you think you have- it locks at the light. Of course one good thing is not many people will even think about stealing it LOL. Most don't even know how to shift it!
So this last time it was restored they were nice to do it but made it of no use to me. So I parked it and let it wait for a new owner. He took a good pic too...I don't remember it looking that good lol.