Your First Truck

[lakeroadster]

1985 GMC S15, ordered it new from "Mose Wampler" GMC in Troy Ohio. Black bucket seats, 5-speed manual, analog gauges, V-6, posi rear end.

Installed Cragars and 60's series Radial T/A's, made a roll bar and a hood protector.

I bought the complete Ziebart rust proofing system and a Ziebart bed liner. Man, I tell ya, those guys learned to hate me. They lost their butt, I took it back every year and they had to pay for numerous rusty door panel and tailgate repairs. And the bed liner wore the paint off the bed rails, so they paid to have that redone also. But it was a great deal for me, years of maintenance free rust repair, which in Ohio, for a daily driven vehicle, was a big deal. They ended up doing a buy out in 1993 (???) and they installed a really nice high end sunroof for free (not shown in the photo).

It was the first new vehicle I owned and it was a great truck! (the V-6 was totally gutless though). And I used it as a truck too. Hauled firewood every fall, dirt and gravel in the summer and my "under construction" Model A Hot Rod parts pretty much all year. When I sold it to a friend in the mid 1990's it had over 130,000 miles on it.

I can still rember driving it home from the dealership... I was king of the world! You never forget your first truck you know!

Good Stuff!

[butternut1972]

Here's mine. My dad brought it home when I was 14 and it has been a constant work in proress since. We put it together originally in 1987 ans I drove it a little in high school. It has been put on the back burner several times over the years but I never thought about selling it.I am currently giving it a re-do and hopefully it will be done for next summer. I also have a 68 SWB that was one my dads old trucks. I want to put it together for my son next.I really have enjoyed reading everyones stories on here, great thread.

[63 & 64 Bowties]

My first: a 53 Stude. I think this was around 1966 or so.

[djinva]

I got my first truck in the fall of 1980, I got my driver's license that summer and bought a 68 Nova 4dr 6cy 3 on the tree, rode it a couple months and traded it for a 1972 Chevy C-10. It was a little rough. Black but the hood and left front fender where red. 307 v8 with a 4 sp Muncie out of a car. It had a vertical gate shifter (anyone remember those). It was load and would spin the tires forever. I had a lot of fun in that old truck. I have owned many trucks since then but you always remember the first. I wished I had a photo.

[cam.man67]

First truck I learned to drive (at 12) was my dad's '86:



but my first truck is my only truck:

[jitteryguy]

my first vehicle ever was '64 F100 that my Dad gave me when I was 14, my dad drove it for yrs, when I was bout 12 Grandpa rebiult the engine, Dad had it paint'd bright yellow, install'd crome wheels and '65 pony interior buckets. when I got it I about wax'd the paint off of it and drove it around the neighborhood . right after I got my licence Mom left Dad and I move'd to Tn. with her and my little brother. My Dad call'd me bout 4 yrs later and ask'd if I care'd if he gave it to his girlfreind . last I ever heard of it.
when I was bought 30 I got another '64 F100 and began fix'n it up. '73 Cadilac front frame section graft'd to the truck frame. 455 Caddy and auto tran's. I got as far as the roll'n chasis, motor, and trans paint'd bright yellow, all the body work done and was ready to put it together when my first wife left me with 3 hungery boy's ! the truck and 7 motor cycles got sold soon after !
since then I have had several truck's and X wive's ! still miss my F100's .

[pritch]

My first truck was a '63 ford unibody. I think it was a '63-I've heard ford only made these one year and I've also heard everything from '62 to '65, so I'm not sure. The guy I got it from said '63. I got it when I turned 16 back in '75. I didn't have it for very long-traded it in on a '68 Nova.

[unreconstructed1]

wow... me and trucks.... a love story.
kinda like Earnhardt and Daytona...
(a little backstory, if ya'll don't mind)
when I was 16, I got a job at a moving company, which was technically illegal, but my uncle got cheap labor that he could work like a borrowed mule and still call "part time"

when I got the truck, my intention was to buy my first vehicle, which I wanted to be either a 4x4 Chevy truck or a Camaro. Whatever it was, it had to be a chevy with a V8.

after saving about 800, my papaw took that money and bought a little mazda POS, since he worried that I'd "kill my danged fool self"

again, I saved up some money after finding a nice little mid eighties V6 4x4 chevy. as part of the deal, I had to get the thing running. I did, and then the guy sold it out from under me and offered me a chevy luv. I took the deal, since I needed a vehicle and came back the next day to pick it up, only to find out that he had sold it out from under me as well... he refused to give me back my money, told me that I "didn't need" a truck and told me I could drive away in a little Mitsubishi POS he had, or I could walk away empty handed. since I had no legal leg to stand on ( I was 16, stupid, and the guy was the dad of a friend of mine, or at least I thought he was a friend)

finally, my boss (also my uncle) had a 74 F**d F100 that he wanted 1000 for. I made payments, kept receipts, etc. then with 3 payments left, the truck was "stolen", and he offered me some old POS 78 Chevy c/10 that wasn't worth scrap prices. It had no floor pans at all, the passenger side of the bed was 3/4 of the way gone from rust. the windshield was spider webbed from one post to the other, and the straight six spat and sputtered and smoked like a coal stack. He said that there would be no price difference, because "it's a truck, and they always hold their value". That was the last straw. I threatened him with OSHA, child labor laws, a consumer fraud lawsuit, and then with mysterious fires breaking out in each of his moving trucks, one by one. I left that day, and the next day I received a call. the F**d had been "recovered" and I could come by and pick it up at any time. 20 minutes later, I was standing in front of my first truck, a 1974 F**d F100 with a 302 from a Boss Mustang. that thing was ugly as home-made sin, 6 different colors, a baseball sized hole in the exhaust, and enough rust to make any rat rod guy drool, but it had three things going for it... good heat, a good radio, and it ran like a scalded dog. fastest I ever clocked it was 120 ( according to one of those roadside "your speed" things, the factory tach only went to 80 or 100 or something like that) I had to back out of it after that because the rear end got wobbly and I started to fishtail a little...

anyway, that's the story of my first truck, and incidentally the story of why I'm such a cynical person now. sorry if it got a little long...

[BarryB]

My first truck was a 1967 C10 Long bed. It came from the Chesapeake bay area, so it was pretty rusted. Don't have any pics of it, It ended up going to the crusher because bad situation at the time. No money or time to fix. neighbors complaining about it sitting in the yard.

[longhorn396]

1969 chevy cst20 longhorn 396/400. My gpa gave it to me when i was like twelve and he signed the title over to me the day i got my license.

[silverado383]

this is my first truck:
1977 Silverado. my dad bought this truck new, it was a direct order from GM, has a factory tack, blue interior, 4 spd mannual. this truck brought me home from the hospital the day i was born. the day i turned 16 he gave it to me. i have put a ton of time and money into it, i will never sell this truck.

it now has a new 383 stroker, 4" pro comp lift with air ride suspension and a ton of other up grades.......man i love this truck

[longhorn396]

Nice truck silverado

[Altec]

My first truck was a 1981 Chevrolet K10 Custom-Deluxe Long-Bed. I was about 12, or so. At the time it had a bunch of Repo parts, like the doors. Had a 454, and a 700R4. It was given to me as a part of a father-son project. Over the years we changed the front clip to a '91 'Burb, same for the doors. Changed the rusted bed for another. And it sat for a little while. When I was about 14 we noticed the frame was pretty shot from years of plowing, and sitting. So the hunt from there turned into one for a new frame. That took forever. Which after a long time, it turned into my build thread in my sig.

At a high...


At a low...

[Billybob13]

heres picks of my first truck when now after slight work

[pat 70/71]

My first truck was a 1970 chevy 1/2 ton/long bed. orange/with white cab/ 307 /three on the tree. It cost my dad $1,500.00 in 1976. he taught me how to work on that truck we did transmissions/motors starters/brakes etc.I miss my dad and that old truck.If your dad is still with us let him know you love him. and thank him for your life with him. cheers, Pat

[Z16]

First one was a 71 Sierra, air/tilt/tach longbox half ton bought in 83. Bought it from a place called "The Cadillac Ranch" He had a small sales office on skids with a the back end of a pink 59 Caddy sticking out the roof. He wanted 1500, but I talked him down to 1200. It spent the first ten years of its life in California with a camper on it, so it was in fairly good shape. Did the usual hot rod stuff, too big cam, headers, intake, Holley carb, Grant GT wheel, and Monster Tach on the dash! Bought Weld Draglites and Radial T/As. It had all the cool stuff the magazines were doing in those days. We cut one coil and heated the rear ones and it dropped 3 or 4 inches, and we thought it was SLAMMED! Should have kept it. Traded it for an S15 cause I wanted to do one with a V8! Had a GMC ever since, except one short stint with a crappy import!

[Sicklajoie]

I had a 79 Jeep Cherokee from 1986-92 then had this 86 C/20 from 1992-99. I finally got rid of it (donated it) after 247,000 miles.

[waynep]

My earliest memory of a truck was a Blue 1972 swb that my father bought new.In 1979 my dad wanted a customized van and sold the truck to a very close family friend. He regreted selling the truck till the day he died.The memory of the truck stayed with me through the years.I knew one day I would own a 1972 truck.In 1985 I was a sophmore in High School, dad came home and told me a guy he worked with had a truck for sale and did I want to go look at it.I bought the truck(a 1972 swb gold ps a/c a/t and drove it for several years.My dad loved the truck also. It brought back sooooo many memories for him.I still have the truck and I have it stored in my garage along with dads 55 chevy belair and my 1987 Buick Regal t-type that I bought new.

[waynep]

I will get some pictures tomorrow and post them.

[treveiger]

Here is my first 69 c20. I grew up ridding in a 71 an my grandpa had a 72 so these trucks run in my family. It's been a love/hate relationship so far with her.


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[hgs_notes]

My first truck is my 71 C-10 longbed. My grandpa bought it around 72-73. My dad bought it from him around 75. I started driving it when I got my license around 83, then my parents gave it to me later. It was originally a bare bones 307 v8 with a 3 on the tree. I changed engines in highschool to a 283. After I joined the navy and got some money in my pocket I bought the wheels that are on it now and new tires. Over the years it has been upgraded with power steering and brakes, and now it is EFI on my old 283, electric fans, HEI, ceramic coated headers, (soon) dual stainless exhaust, etc. The only original body panels are the doors, hood and tailgate. I am using the cowl cover on my Jimmy. The rest of the body was scrapped.

Pic from back in about 84...


About 1987...


I think this was 1988 when I stored it at my parents place...


Then I got it hauled out to Bangor, WA where I was stationed and kept working on it...


With my dalmation...


And finally after I got it restored and painted up nice. It was a long time coming.

[alsriv2]

1st truck was a 1970 Dodge D200 short bed. 3 OTT, slant 6 225CuIn. Beat the tarnation out of that thing, had lots and lots of fun in high school with it, never let me down. My Dad bought it for me when I was 14 to keep me busy and not be bored growing up in Maine. It had rust that wasted everything from the floor boards down (including the frame). Dad never expected me to get it on the road, but 2 years later, tons of sheet metal, welding rods, angle iron, fiberglass, and replacing cross members, it actually passed inspection. His gift to me for my efforts was a new set of tires and insurance.
Drove that truck regularly for nearly 3 years.
I have some pics somewhere, but will have to post them after I find them.

[dieseldawg142]

^^^same here, '66 fargo, slant 6, 3 ott.
1980 i was 13, my dad & his friend were getting drunk, & i managed to persuade his buddy to sell me his truck for $75.
'cause i was too young to legally drive, it became my riverslashjumping machine. there was a berm at the river used to launch off. nothing too radical, unless we snaked some of dad's booze, then that ol beast would fly. after about 6-7 mos, frame was bent, couldn't open the doors, busted leafs, bent I beam, old slant ran like a charm though. traded what was left for some white spokes for my next truck, '70 chev 1/2 ton.
never looked back

[MYBAD66]

first truck was a 94 k1500 z71 Loved her too death bought her mid softmore year for 1000 me and dad built her up some and then he passed away and I couldn't pull myself too get more owrk done on her sadly(that and money issues) then the 350 basically was dieing coolant would pool at the bottom of the engine so I just recently sold her. Shed a tear for dad and my baby driving away. Hopefully she will be well taken care of by the new owners..

[Zach B]

My first truck was and still is a 1947 chevy half ton. It's the one I use as my profile pic. My dad and uncle gave it to me about 3 days after I turned 14 They owned it together and only paid $500 for it. It sat in our field for 15 years before they gave it me. All my friends have seen the truck and all have been sad to see that I can't drive it. She is going to be factory original. I'm not going custom because of the half year production and overall rarity. Everybody thinks it's funny I love the truck that does not run more than the Civic that gets me from point a to point b.