My real first truck cost me $75.00 in '72. It was a 1958 Simca pick up. It was a work truck though,so I'm not counting it.
The next truck was a couple of summers after that;I paid $50.00 for a '53 GMC half ton back in 1974.Ran,but burned LOTS of oil.It used to foul the #3 plug about 4 or 5 times a week. Belonged to a retired trucker,who had systematically rebuilt the brakes,starter,generator,interior,carburetor,distributor,front end,and had just put 4 new 7.50-16 bias ply hwy treads on it before he biffed a power pole and crinkled the left front fender and broke the headlight. He parked it and 5 years later I bought it.All it needed was a set of shocks and the engine gone through. I never did either of those,just fixed the fender,replaced the doors with a pair that had glass and good latches and regulators and drove it. Finally sold it to a friend for $150.00 and he overhauled the engine in auto shop class. I sure miss it!
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