It's an older chevy plow truck that was an extra vehicle for us. Lots of memories and stories and neat things we did with it, especially back when we lived on the farm.
What year is it Formflier?
I remember my very first vehicle… it was a 1980 Chevy, custom deluxe, fleet side, short bed, with a "straight six"… it was an automatic, although I wanted "three on the tree"… I put chrome rims and street tires on it (watermelon and tobacco $)… and a front and rear (step) bumper, when I traded it in, it had an eight track player in it (spring 1983)… I had put a CB radio in it, and it had one of those "whip antennas"… with a short length of water hose on it so it wouldn't smack against the cab… it was a second hand basic truck… I had payed it off… when I traded it in on that 1984 Z28 Camaro… five speed 305, 4 brl carburetor… I drove that car for 23 years!… and I sold it to a dude that wanted to "restore it"… back in 2006.
Yes, we do get attached to our vehicles… I sometimes wonder what if anything is left of that old pickup…
All these years later, I became an SUV man, couple of Blazers, a Tahoe, and now two Jeeps… but several years ago, I got it in my head that I wanted a pickup, not a new one… a used one, just to have a truck around… to haul off things ot the dump, and back form Lowes' etc… and to pull my boat… so to ensure I didn't buy a rust bucket... my wife got involved … and I found a 2006 (well my wife found)… a nice used high mileage Silverado 4x4 crewcab, it was lifted, and had great big tires on it, think of the old Lee Major's TV show "The Fall Guy"… it was loaded, leather, cd player, heated arse warmers and all the "bells and whistle's"… it was a "sight to see" !
Seems some young Marine had gotten himself married, and then a baby on the way .. and the wife (his) said, you got to get rid of that thing .. and get me an "grocery getter"… so Red5 swooped and grabbed it up, it wasn't even out on the lot yet… down at the "Kia" place in New Bern…
I remember the wife saying… "its got dents, and I think its overpriced"… and that "you should shop around"… "its got too many miles on it"...
Keep in mind she is the one who spotted it…
I fell instantly and deeply in in love with this truck… and I told her… "I'm done shopping"… "I'm buying this truck!"… "and that's that!"…
She didn't speak to me for a week !…
That was back in 2013, I paid it off last winter… its still a strong truck… I named it "Thor" : )
Thor has hauled all manner of cargos, and pulled many thousand of pounds of "what ever" in the trailer… it even served valiantly in the hurricane relief efforts round here last September…
Every Saturday, me and the boy, load up Thor with the weeks recycle, and trash, and down to the county dump we go : )
Yes, "you need a good old truck around" !
Sorry for your beloved old truck breaking down Formflier… maybe there is a magic junkyard somewhere, with the right parts (replacement engine +) so that you can get it back into commission again…
Red5
