How long have you owned your square body
 

25 years
1979 Stepside Sport
I purchased mine in the summer of 1994
Drove it through college
Parked it around 2006
Started the build in Aug 2008 and completed in May 2016
5,000 miles on her today

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Bought my 77 plow truck on Friday before memorial day 1983.

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My Dad got our 1977 GMC in 1978 and we owned it a rebuild it 4 times the last time was a rust free cab all new gm front fenders and doors and all steal stepside fenders . Only parts on it when it was new was rad support and hood and front panel in the box. I drive it every nice day in the summer

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the two i have now one i have since 2016 completeing as we speak the other i got from a member here a year or so ago and thats almost done too the first one i did i had over ten years

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Chris, your Blue Stepside reminds me of the truck my Dad had when I was a child. We called her Ole Blue.
My 86 SWD C10 I have, is going on 6 yrs now. First 2 photos are the day I got it. The next 2 photos, are my changes:
Interior color change
New wheels & tires
Swapped out the Billet grille to a Stock Grille
Swapped out Cowl Induction to a NOS hood, and got it painted last year. And added a New Hood Emblem.
Last photo, is at the present time. The interior is going thru a few changes, again. I found some OEM seatbelts, so out with the aftermarket belts. I’ll be installing one of my “restored seats”. As you can see the seat have gone thru a few changes. And new Door Panels.

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I bought my 86, december 1985,it still runs good, its udergoing restoration right now

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All started in 1989 now its just piles of parts collected over the years, current project came in my possession in '97 or so.

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First one, 87 3+3 r30 (454/th400) SRW, I had for 4 years.

Today's 87 V20 (350/th400) I've had for 5 so far...

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Bought my Silverado new in June 83, she was originally a 2 tone but put fresh paint 5 yrs ago, still my DD. :metal:

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Its been in our family since 1975 it’s a 1973. I received it 2 years ago when my father passed. It’s never been restored.

So 44 years!

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my dad got his first square 1983 k10 305/700r4/208 long bed used in the late 80's when i was a kid . i later got it for a vehicle to drive and turned it in to a mud / snow truck with a built 400 sbc/th350/205 and 1ton axles 4.10 with 9" lift total and 38" swampers . had lots of fun in the old girl .

then since that truck left i have had over a dozen of them and they have only ever left in pieces never whole . my last square i had the longest was a 79 k30 c&c flatbed i used / fixed / body swapped / plowed and played with as well as d.d. use for years stock to 38" tires to 35" tires and back to stock . after 13 years with me she was finally done frame and 2nd body gone .

current truck for d.d. / work / plow is half of the old trucks drive-line / suspension / plow / and its also a k30 long bed .

i have 2 other k30 projects and a c10 project to finish yet so i am good for now .

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sorry no stored pic's of dads old k30 .

few of the rest .

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I just purchased a C10 Silverado same color. PO had it for 43 years.

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first truck i remember with me and dad as a little kid was this old girl . . . r.i.p old k20

1969 or 1970 GMC k20 sbc/465/205 married / 44 open knuckle drum brake front / 60 rear power-lok posi / 4.56 gears / old myers 8.5ft snow plow on full custom frame and tow truck push bumper combo . plow lights had RED jewel's in the back of the turn signals to show the driver there working .

i still have the bumper and hood . would LOVE to re-make v2.0 of the old girl . she was a custom color re-paint before my dad got her . copper / bronze mix and white top half .

funny story on this old girl . . . . i scrapped here in early 2000 and kept the bumper and hood . the hood sat in the field for years with grass all over it and in 2015ish i got the place i live now and the shop needed a awning over the entry door so i said to my self i wounder if the hood is still there and good . ? ......... see pic to know if it was :smoke:

2nd funny story my last boss when i was towing for a living was a great old school guy . . . well one night it was slow just me and him chit chatting on old weird and funky stuff we have worked on or towed with over the years . i was describing this truck as i had no real good pics of her . he said WAIT JUST 1 MIN ........... out the office and down the basement . . .. heard some stuff getting tossed around in the basement ......... BAM back in the office and small box in his hand FULL of old pics . . . . he went threw them and pulled out THESE 3 PICS and said HIS TRUCK ? .............. i said YES THAT TRUCK ! ! ! .......... he said he painted it for the original owner WAAAAAAY back in the day . what got him thinking was the custom copper / bronze mix color . . . he never did or saw another like it since then . he gave me them 3 pics and i still have them and scanned them in to my computer .

i miss this old girl :metal::metal::metal:

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I have had this ol' truck for over 15 years. I let my daughter drive it to school when she was 14-her first vehicle, and she is 27 now. I have most everything to get it back to the condition it deserves, but I really like driving it and hate to give it up for that long. It has never sat for more than a few days without being driven, and it has always been a daily driver and still is-I drive it 25 miles a day 5 days a week. And I originally paid $800 for it. Still has the same engine in it. I will go through it and present it to my daughter-some day...

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Since Sept of 1986: 33 years.

K

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My Dad or I have owned my 86 since 1990

My Dad Bought in 1990
I bought it from him in 1997
He bought it back from me in 2003
I bought it back in 2016 and 1 day later it was stolen
Now it is in line for a rebuild.

first pic the day I bought in 2016
second pic is when i picked it up after being stolen
third pic current condition
last is about 1994 when I was driving it to high school

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This one, my 81 GMC, I have had 2 years now.

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My dad bought mine brand new, he passed in 2006 and I've had it since.

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Cool. Never seen it around Reno. I be owned my square 2days! And not delivered yet. I’m 50 and it’s actually my first pick up truck. Always had blazers and such.

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Bought my 1981 C20 in 2004 for $800 so 15 years. Converting it to 4wd the hard way. Just got the front axle bolted in today.

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My wife and I bought it in 1994, our first vehicle
Last time I drove it in 2006
https://i.imgur.com/KWmhAm7.jpg

Last week in my shop getting the tear down
https://i.imgur.com/Y67Flax.jpg

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I don't know why that pic is so damn big, taken with the same phone and both loaded straight to imgur :confused:

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I don't drive it enough, tucked in the corner of the shop. Drive my 64' and 72' more.

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My 81 I just finished restoring. My Dad ordered it new in 1981. Sold in 1986. I searched and found it in 2017. Restored it this year. Not going anywhere now.