Cool thread topic. The closest I ever got to driving on of these "new" was in about 1981 my Dads cousin who was also a neighbor had a still original 71 C20 custom. 250 six cylinder with the 3 on the tree. I had my license but my car was a 65 bug and was broken a lot. Ken (our cousin)was an ironworker and had a company truck to drive so the Chevy was around most of the time. He let me drive it as long as I left gas in when I was done. It was sure nothing special but at the same time it was you know? I was so happy getting to drive that truck around . She drove great ,handled great ,ran great except that 3 speed on the column would get jammed up between 1st and second sometimes. I felt like a million driving that truck around. He sold it that same year and I wanted to buy it so bad, it went for only $800, which was a lot more money in 81 especially when your in the 11th grade. I've had a lot of Chevys since , cars and trucks. That's where I came up with my Handle, I'm that "old Chevy" guy. My current Project is a 71 C20 that has been sporting a flat bed dump for about 15 years. started as a $500 beater pickup that I took on a bad debt. Was going to flip for a few bucks but it drove and ran so sweet I kept it for a work horse. Bought the dump hoist for $150 off a former employee and worked her harder. I started fixing her up just to keep her on the road but as these thing often do, things got carried away. Now she's almost in mint condition and I haven't gotten to drive her further than out on to the garage apron . I want to get it all done before she goes back to work cause I know it wont get done after. So I'm anxiously waiting to drive a freshly restored truck but haven't yet. I wont lie , even though I know she will be so much better I m worried it wont be everything I'm imagining. Here's a shot from a few years ago in all her ragged glory getting the snot worked out of her (that's about 3 + tons of gravel in there) and then A shot from a few weeks ago as close to new as she likely to ever get again. She's not a C10 or a big block but she's as fresh as a daisy in Springtime.
