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1) 43
2) Boeing QA
3) Bought my 48 in 1984 rebuilt engine and drove it till a year ago when I got the wild hair to paint it. It's a work truck.
Hope to have it done in the spring.
Had a 1960 in high school.

44 for another month.
I was a general contractor for 20 years and now I am a domestic engineer and stay home with my twin girls and run an online tropical fish business.
When my last Fhord (sorry) truck blew up I needed a play truck. I had noticed an AD at a burger joint like 10 years ago when my dad was visiting from Europe. That is what I wanted. I found one on the Stovebolt in 2001 10 years after seeing that truck at the restaurant. On my dad's most recent visit we went to the same burger joint and the same truck was there again. By now it was all painted and nice. I parked mine right next to it.

1)44 years old
2)911 dispatcher
3)37 Chevy pickup w/56 235 engine, owned since July 2001, mechanical work done, runs! Now doing body work & getting ready to paint and put back together.

1) going to be 53 soon

2) Retired firefighter, 30 years, now doing Fire
Pension Adminstration

3) Got the '36 in Feb of this year, had a 1922
American LaFrance for twenty years, too big
and too heavy!!!!!

1. 50 just happened in September
2. Safety Director for a local trucking company
3 Bought my 50 3600 'bout a year & 1/2 ago. Currently filling both sides of my garage with lotsa pieces

1. 47
2. jet engine fluid tubing welder
3. this will be the third winter i will have to say that my 55 first series will be done in the spring!

1. 29
2. Warehouse manager for local utility
3. 1953 1/2 Ton 5 window have owned for 3 years.
Putting original bed back together for spring of 2004.

1) 24
2) Aircraft Engineer
3) Vehicles owned:
71 Chevy 1/2 ton (age 14)
68 Chevy 1/2 ton stepside (age 15-18)
57 Chevy 210 Sedan (age 19 - present)
50 Chevy Loadmaster Semi-tractor (age 21)
69 Chevy 1/2 ton (age 23 - present)
46 Chevy 3/4 ton (age 24 - present)
46 Chevy 2 ton (age 24 - present)

Cheers!

Age: 30
job: repair and service medical and oxygen equipment.
I have owned my 47' for 4 years (not yet done)
my 58' I have had 2 years and it is fully restored,
and my 53' I have had for one week
And more to come in the future! (just don't tell my wife)

1. 38
2. Probation/Parole Officer
3. Had my 39 for 2 years now, but only worked on it for the last year, maybe in 2 more it will be on the road.

1)36
2)service tech for local utility
3)had the 39 for 3 years now,hopefully only 2 more to get her up...................

1. 46, but I really feel only 36...

2. Writer

3. 18 mo.s on the '47 One Ton. Towed it out of the farmer's field, now it's a daily driver (try not to notice the smoke). 14 yr.s on the Toyota (it smokes a little too).

I worked on a golf course in high school and drove around their '54 1/2 ton. What a great rig! Came in one day and found they had junked it because it wouldn't start! Took me a long time to track down another one.

43
builder
5 years for the '61 K10
6 months for the '45 GMC 1/2 ton
haven't seen the latest, but I'm told it's nice. (It's in the '50's somwhere but it is a GMC)
88 K1500 converted to dump bed (awesome)
90 K1500 Sportside plow truck GMC
91 work truck K1500 Chevy
94 work truck K1500 Chevy xcab
02 Envoy
03 K1500 GMC xcab
Oh yea, my brother hasn't paid me for the 95 Jimmy I sold to him, So I guess that's still mine too!
65 parts truck 61 cab(those are going to be fused together someday on a stretched chassis.)

So if it ain't a Bowtie or a GMC, it don't belong in my garage.

1. 59.

2. Chem Prof at the finest university in the Big Sky State (Go Griz)

3. '48 Chev truck bought in '92. Driven daily until 12 mos. ago when I decided to adjust the valves.

Also have owned:

'39 Chev Master Deluxe
'51 Chev Master (my 1st car in '62)
'65 Chev Impala 4-dr Hardtop with 283/OD
'68 Chev Impala 2-dr Hardtop Fastback
'70 Chev Nova (wife's favorite)
'75 Chev Nova

1) 54
2) Electrical Engineer
3) 1 1/2 years, still apart but working on it.

1. 52 and 3/4
2. President, Temperature Control Contracting Co.
3. 3 1/2 years and still having fun!

1: 41
2: Commercial Pilot. (Real pilots fly Boeings!)
3: 49 GMC 3/4T. Had it for 1 year. Not certified yet.

1. 51
2. Civil engineering designer (I do the work & the registered engineer signs the plans. No liability that way
3. Had my 46 for about 4 years. Hopefully it will be done by spring

Age: 48

Occucation: Technical Writer (I write the instruction sheets and service manuals that nobody reads. My daughter refers to instructions as "packing material".

Truck: 1946 Chevy 1/2-ton that I have owned for 30+ years.

1. 31
2. shipping clerk
3. First- 1948 1ton since April, second-1951 1.5ton dump since September, third (and last I hope!)-1966 3/4ton paid for last week & will pick up in 1 or 2 weeks.
I know I will be needing lots of help from you guys. Thanks,
Scott

Ha Ha you guys are old. Im just funning with you guys, you are all great people.

1)Im 18, turning 19 December 31st
2)Full time College student, Full time Computer Technician
3)Since 2000 I have had my truck, bought it at a public car auction for $127 big ones, running mind you.

Comon we need sum youngins like me around heres.

34

Unlicensed mech engr down the road from you at Micron in Boise.

Owned the truck for about 6 months.

34

known by many names....boss....screw....bull...
correctional officer

sold my '58 i bought in '87 to buy my '61

1) 42 yrs old 2) Self employed PDR Tech 3) Almost 2 years

1) 44 years old (1 month from 45 like tony)
2) Indepedent Corn-puter Corn-sultant - 20+ years in law firm time and billing trade prior.
3) about 3 years - the old beast was going to b my motorcycle road race rig until I got hurt (collar bone), then just decided to fix it for pleasure of ownership. Not going to give a date to run since that'll put the stink on it, but, doing the wiring now.... Truck was a Dallas Power and Light truck for about 8 years, dirt worker till 1975, then went into rot mode. My brother's neighbor gave it to me. Can't wait to give the nice old guy a ride in it (he sounds like Boomhauer's Dad.... ) I have restored numerous old cars and motorcycles.

you can see the story at: The Great Rust(less) Mountain

Great Thread.

1) 48 years young.
2) Tanker Truck driver for major oil company, 23 years.
3) Bought 62 half ton 4 years ago and drove it everyday to work and back. Engine finally quit and will be replaced with BB 454. Have all the parts ready to go. Put on hold for needed foot surgery and rehab. Like me, "we can make it better than it was before."

Rick

cheers from snowy Alberta Canada

58 years young
retired twice sold our businesses
Trained in Europe to be a fine mechanic and optics technician/ changed carrier and owned 2 marine retail stores and now back at work "BY CHOICE". Darn retirement is not as cracked up as those young kids think.
1 ton chev 1953 ex grain truck totally rebuild
and my wife and I own it for 18 month.
check the website for some entertainment

Fritz

1. 20 years old
2. Bachelor of Science - Grant Macewan College
3. 1950 1/2 purchased sept 1 '01. It was my High School Graduation present. Try to work on it as much as possible. It sits out in my dad's shop at home.

I'm 53
Semi-retired project management / supply chain consultant
My driving truck is a '50 Chev 1300 which I've owned for 4 years
My "project truck" is a '51 Chev 1300 which I've owned for 2 years.

In the interesting but useless category -
I had some time to kill and did a little analysis on the data supplied to date:
the average age of 63 respondents is 41 (thank goodness we have several university students involved here!)
the average age of our vehicles is 50.8 years old
The average year of manufacture of our vehicles is 1950.

Let's see, I'm quickly sneaking up on 32 (few weeks away yet). As for occupation, I'm a horticulturist working with Atlanta Botanical Garden as the woodland gardener and general mrfixit, as I handle most repairs on our gardening equipment. I bought my first 3/4 ton GMC truck project in 1996, but soon realized it was closer to dirt than a truck. :rolleyes: So, I bought the current 3/4 ton GMC truck project in early winter of 1999 and have been working on it almost every day since.

1. 43
2. retail management by day, bartend by night.
3. '48 1/2 t. 216, '57 1/2 t. 250, '63 1/2 t. fleetside, 350 undergoing resto, '63 falcon wagon 170. all drivers 'cept the fleetside.

1. 34
2. self-employed mechanic, full-time Daddy to 3 year old Jacob.
3. Had my 64 short fleet about a year & 9 mos, also a 79 Phord F-350 4x4 my Dad bought new I semi-restored about 2 years ago
You aren't collecting data for a marketing company are you? Brian

1) 55
2) Consulting forester, Christmas tree grower, nurseryman
3) Had my 57 for nearly 3 yrs now. Learned to drive on a 46 Chev doodle-bug

ok so i'll join in the fun .
1.53 years old
2.tile and marble setter for years
3. i bought this truck in 1970 $50 bucks . came with an extra 39-40 front end.quickly changed it. ripped it off the frame and onto 54 1/2 ton pickup with3.07 caddy rear end . attempted an install of 270gmc ,but failed .there it sta a pipe dream. now to the present .i finally woke up (i think the kids getting through school helped)it has been equipped with 70's 250w/granny box and floor emergency brake . mechanical is done ..whew...and now the body .
Chevy's rule....had too many to list!

1. 28
2. I load boxes at UPS onto the semi-truck trailers (ie: loader)
3. 1965, C10 Chevy lwb Stepside - I bought it on April 4th, 2003

My dad has a '53 chevy stepside... I help work on it... that one has been in the family since... February, 2002.

21 Years old
Small Engine Mechanic/Musician/Writer/Computer Technician/Going to College to get Associates degree in Welding/Couch Potato.

I come from a land called Cove Oregon.

I had a 1962 GMC 1000 Wideside, with 305D V6. I recentely gave it away to a nice man...

I despirately need a new project...

#1)44
#2)Dimensional Analyst
#3) I've had my 62 burb for 4 years, restoration is on going, (just ask 4onthefloor)

I'll be sixty-four years old in December. I'm an electrical instructor at the New Technology Training Center at the General Motors Corp. facility in Doraville, Georgia. I purchased my '53 Chevrolet 1/2 ton truck in January 2002. I've been working on it semi-regularly. I finally got it running. I'm rebuilding the brakes now. My next project is to rewire it. It will be a work in progress for quite awhile.

1. 45 this past October
2. Quality Assurance Analyst for computer department.
3. 1966 Chevy C10 - purchases in 1996 from my grandfather who purchased it new.

1. 58
2. Retired 1 year ago after 25 years with an oil company.
3. Got my '52 5 months ago. Learned to drive on a '47 with granny gear on the farm when I was 11.