I memory of my 1989 Chevy 4X4

[Timber]

I brought my old Chevy in for a sticker this week and as usual it needed a bunch of nuisance work. The exhaust system rusted out again and there were a few other minor things that needed attention. It has over 130,000 miles on it & I know that the Transmission will need to be rebuilt this year. The drivers seat is ripped, the headliner is coming down, The radio stopped working years ago. It never had AC but it never bothered me. It has been a very reliable truck, It never left me suck anywhere ever. The battery died once on me coming out of the mall in front of sears. Never a warning or a low charge, Just came out and it was flat and tested as junk. I guess she decided she wanted a new Diehard while she was sitting there looking at Sears.

So we are at the dealer that I bought the truck at all those years before & so many trucks since & my wife says to me enough of putting more money into the old girl. I was heart broken & I'm like your out of your mind! I have had it so long that it never crossed my mind that the day would come when I had to give her up. So we go looking around and this Little Red short bed 4X4 catches my eye. Its a nice 2006 the last year before Chevy ruined the truck. It was short money and very low miles with a new truck warranty. So we make a deal and then they want my old Chevy too, I'm like no way it can sit in the yard and I'll use it around the farm. My wife is , honey you have 2 pickup trucks a tractor and 7 Semi rigs you don't need to keep the old truck & let it go.

So hear I am missing my old reliable Chevy pickup that served me so well over the years. I guess it is a guy thing to become so attached to a piece of Steel & project personality onto it as if it were a pet. I had to have my wife clean it out because I couldn't bring my self to do it. How stupid is that? The guys at the Dealership that have known me for years said to me that they can't believe that they finally got me out of the old girl. I have had 8 other trucks along with this one. This truck was special to me and I have no idea why, I just know I liked it a lot. It has been 3 days now & I guess it is just separation anxiety, I'm sure it will pass. I know you all think this is foolish & maybe it is. I miss the old girl, It is so odd to not see it in the yard where is always is parked. I think I am writing this just to say goodbye to an old friend. Stupid Truck
Charlie

 

[gsganzer]

Timber,
How funny to see this post. It's 6:00 am and I've been sitting up for the past 2.5 hours fretting about what to do with my 1989 K2500. I bought a new 4Runner last weekend and I figured I'd just get a 10' trailer for the back of the 4Runner and get rid of my old pickup. I can do just as much with a 10' trailer that I can do with an 8' pickup bed.

The old girl has about 230K miles and although it still runs fine, I don't feel comfortable going any great distance from home (like 4.5 hours to the deer camp) at risk that she'll just give out and leave me stranded. Plus the 13 MPG is making it awfully expensive to go hunting for a weekend or run errands around town.

So I'm stuck in the same quandary as you. My neighbor offered to buy it earlier in the week and he's waiting for me to get back with him . I can't even figure out what to sell it for (feel like I'm selling one of my kids). $1750 seems reasonable

That old pickup was the first new vehicle I ever owned. I bought it right after I graduated from college and had my first real job. It moved my stuff to Texas, it took me hunting, it moved my wife into our home after we were married etc. etc.

It's funny how you get attached to something. It never crossed my mind that I would part with it someday. I guess I figured I'd buy some acreage out in W. Texas someday and I'd leave it out there as a ranch truck. That doesn't seem likely for the next 10 years or so and the old truck will surely be dead by then anyway.

So, I'm sitting here thinking about the old truck and wondering if today is the day I finally part with her.

 

[Ductape]

Timber,
I'm sure the old girl is going to a good home with a guy who is willing to put a new exhaust on it and run it a few more years. He can't afford the newer truck you purchased, and will love and respect your old friend as much as you did ! Rest easy !

 

[LBrown59]

I still have the 2 1989 pick ups I bought new.
89 Nissan
89 Dodge Ram 50 /D-50.

They just don't make the new ones like the old ones.

 

[cperky]

I know you all think this is foolish & maybe it is.

I don't think it is foolish at all. I sold my 95 chevy (235K miles)that I had had for 11 years this past winter and bought an 07 2500. I agonized over the decision for a week and the only agony was that I felt like I would be betraying a family friend when I sold "ole blue". It will pass, I really like my new truck with features that actually work.

Enjoy your new truck!

 

[gsganzer]

So, I'm sitting here thinking about the old truck and wondering if today is the day I finally part with her.

Well, I decided not to part with the old truck yet. The truck still runs fine and it's not costing me much. I'll hold onto it until it needs some real repairs.

 

[kongs3510]

Timber,
How funny to see this post. It's 6:00 am and I've been sitting up for the past 2.5 hours fretting about what to do with my 1989 K2500. I bought a new 4Runner last weekend and I figured I'd just get a 10' trailer for the back of the 4Runner and get rid of my old pickup. I can do just as much with a 10' trailer that I can do with an 8' pickup bed.

The old girl has about 230K miles and although it still runs fine, I don't feel comfortable going any great distance from home (like 4.5 hours to the deer camp) at risk that she'll just give out and leave me stranded. Plus the 13 MPG is making it awfully expensive to go hunting for a weekend or run errands around town.

So I'm stuck in the same quandary as you. My neighbor offered to buy it earlier in the week and he's waiting for me to get back with him . I can't even figure out what to sell it for (feel like I'm selling one of my kids). $1750 seems reasonable

That old pickup was the first new vehicle I ever owned. I bought it right after I graduated from college and had my first real job. It moved my stuff to Texas, it took me hunting, it moved my wife into our home after we were married etc. etc.

It's funny how you get attached to something. It never crossed my mind that I would part with it someday. I guess I figured I'd buy some acreage out in W. Texas someday and I'd leave it out there as a ranch truck. That doesn't seem likely for the next 10 years or so and the old truck will surely be dead by then anyway.

So, I'm sitting here thinking about the old truck and wondering if today is the day I finally part with her.

You will be glad that you didn't sell the old girl to the neighbor. I too had an 89 chevy half ton 4x4 that I bought new and drove it forever. My wife wanted to get into camping 3 or 4 yrs. ago, and we ended up with a 32' fifth wheel. Well the 1/2 ton wasn't going to do the job, so I bought an old Dodge dually to drag the camper with. It did alright, but I am a chevy guy so in 06 I bought a new Dually cc diesel in my favorite brand. Wanted one before they put all the emissions crap on it. What a great truck it is too. My old 1/2 ton was spending most of it's life parked in my pole barn. It still ran great and the body had held up well for it's age and I intended on keeping it. My neighbor was needing an old truck and stopped by wanting to buy mine since it just sat. I told him no, I would just keep it, I have a boy that was going to be of driving age in a yr. or 2 and he could drive it. To make a long story short, he kept coming over trying to buy it, and he stopped one day while I was at work and the wife told him that I wasn't using it much anymore, so she went ahead and sold it to him. I was mortified!! The worst thing is that he comes by my house every day in that old truck, pulling an enclosed trailer, and it hurts every time I see it......Brian

 

[LBrown59]

he stopped one day while I was at work and the wife told him that I wasn't using it much anymore, so she went ahead and sold it to him.

Did you ever tell your wife you didn't want to sell it?
IF the title wasn't in her name I don't see how she could have sold it.

 

[asylum575]

Did you ever tell your wife you didn't want to sell it?
IF the title wasn't in her name I don't see how she could have sold it.

Lee,
I agree with you, the wife shouldn't have sold it. However, after 14 years of marriage I've learned that I can't tell my wife to not do something because her name isn't on it. If I did that, the next thing I would get is divorce papers with both are names. Pick and choose your battles carefully.

 

[Stimw]

130,000 MILES!! It wasn't even broke in yet! My 1989 1500 Silverado had 240,000 when I sold it and still ran great.
13 miles to the gallon???? mine got 18 plus and it was a 350cuin roller motor with all emissions. Sounds like someone put a carburator back on.