My 1st Truck (in 1993)

KSims1868 · May 25, 2010

This is the 1st truck I ever owned (at 16 yrs old). Yes - I think my parents were crazy buying me a truck like this, but dang if I didn't love it when I was in highschool. Can't believe I sold it (hind-sight is always 20/20). I can't imagine what it'd be worth today if I still had it.

She had 500 miles on it (full restoration) when I received it.

It was restored by the Dallas Cowboy's superbowl committee and raffled off to raise money for the club. My Dad's buddy at work bought 1 ticket to the raffle ($150) and he won the truck. Didn't need it, didn't have kids, so my Dad got it pretty cheap ($4,500 I think).

Had a GM 350 "crate motor" and ran like a top.

This had to be within a few weeks of me getting the truck because the 1st thing I did was remove those cheezy "turn downs" under the bumper and had some big chrome "echo tips" installed. Man that was cool back in the early 90s.

rodram · May 25, 2010

Very nice truck.... yes this '66 step side was the truck I wanted when I was in high school .... took me until '76 when I finished university before I could justify/afford to buy a truck...

KSims1868 · May 26, 2010

I later traded it for a 1971 long-bed with a 400 pontiac motor (.40 over) that ran like a scalded ape.

Had a tubbed rear end and was fully restored (custom restore) bumper to bumper. It ran a 12.1 to 12.3 quart mile consistently - pretty dang fast for a long-bed chevy. Wish I had a pic of that truck.