Actual Miles Driven

[VWNate1]

I hear many here say they put on a hundred miles over the winter etc. and i was checking my '69 C/10 ~ since I bought it last August , it has logged over 16,000 miles , mostly working .

Not bad for an unrestored survivor with a bad engine .

Your rig may be forty years old but don't let that dissuade you from driving and enjoying it ~ grease it regular , keep it in sharp tune and DRIVE it as it was meant to be .

[RenoKeene]

Your survivor truly is a survivor. They don't build em like that anymore.

[VWNate1]

Sadly you're right .

This is why I do not own any modern vehicles ~ SWMBO let me re spray the hated Toyletta Corroded and we gave it to Grand Daughter as a H.S. Graduation present , as it works *perfectly* in every way , she loved it , i wanted to bash it with a sledgehammer then burn it to a crisp.....

Even considering the cost and effort to rebuild an old worn out truck , I feel it is money well spent .

I live in Southern California , land of more cars than Detroit ever had (and Buick sized pot holes) and few actually DRIVE their oldies , this is sad and wrong IMO .

[bubbaj]

Bought my 70 lwb 350/350 in January and have put a little over 5k on it since then and it's not my dd either
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[TobyArnot]

23,000 miles on my DD since June 1, 2011 - Documented

[Stocker]

Less than 370 miles in the past year. Since I retired, it mostly sits unless I need to haul something.

[hopped up]

i drive my 64 everyday. 70 miles a day during the week, usually more than that on most weekends.
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[PAWS 72]

Since 2010 when I started having health problems I started driving mine alot more.Somewhere around 7000 miles last 2 years.

Thats alot of gas but no truck payment anymore

[pritch]

I put around 3500 on my old green '68 in the last year, maybe a few more because I had the speedo unhooked for a couple weeks.

[Already Gone]

Bought mine in 2001 and only drive it in the summer. I've put 5000 miles in 10years and haven't taken it out yet this year.

[mr48chev]

My 71 serves as my daily driver and has for most of the last seven years. If I don't do anything but go to work it gets 200 miles a week put on it.
I was checking the receipt the other day and since I put the aluminum wheels on it six years ago I've recorded close to 70,000 miles on the truck. I do have a box with wheels that is supposed to be my daily driver economy rig but it is sitting in the yard with a vibration problem in the trans-axle.

[Hubscrub]

don't know my odometer don't work anymore but the speedo does i should drive it more though you only live once

[pat 70/71]

My avatar truck has 8,670 since total restoration. Drive her 5 of seven days to the shop and to lunch every weekend with the wifey. So It's my daily driver. Cheers, Pat
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[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

~ SWMBO let me re spray the hated Toyletta Corroded

What in the wide world of sports is a SWMBO???

Gary

[madchopper]

Drive my 67 GMC 3/4T 2-3 times a week to work and then trips to town and back somewhere in the neigborhood of 50-75 miles a week, love a every minute i'm in that rig, excpically hearing the flowmasters humm when a rice box with a tard muuffler pulls next to me, hehe!

[long69]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

What in the wide world of sports is a SWMBO???

Gary

can't remember it all but SW= she who ----thats all i remember.

[VWNate1]

She

Who

Must

Be

Obeyed



I'm pleased to see many here are driving them , no point in waiting , to - morrow's not promised you know .

[70STOVEBOLT]

Mine had 122k and change when I bought it back in 2000 and now it has 207k and change, so about 85,000 in 12 years. It is my daily driver six days a week back and forth to work, but rarely on Sunday unless there is something to haul.

[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

She

Who

Must

Be

Obeyed

Yikes! Probably why I'm divorced!

Gary

[VWNate1]

Maybe so......

I don't miss my ex atall , she gave me my best gift ever , my son .

OTOH , my current sweet , is a very special lady indeed ~ she doesn't need me nor take any crap from anyone , she allows me to be with her and I love her very much .

Who else would suggest we drive my old noisy 6 Cylinder Pickup to Las Vegas in AUGUST because the previous visit , I had to leave some hard to find European Spec. Mercedes bumpers in the junkyard due to lack of carrying space ? .

She never complains about me finding (and crawling through) old junkyards no matter where we go ~ East Coast , Jamaica , everywhere .

Whatever she asks , I try to do for her .

[Rob H.]

I put mine on the road around the middle of Febuary and I've put somewhere around 4000 miles on with very little problem. I'm currently having some radiator problems again, but hey it's nearly as old as me!

[50bomb]

Once my 67 c10 lwb is ready to hit the road it will be my DD for the rest of my life. No more vehicles for me but this old rusty truck. Plans are to keep the l6 250/th350 and just rebuilt it whenever it needs it later down the line.

[Dunenutt]

2500 miles since 8-2011. But only because of of some cranky parts In two weeks I'm loading up the credit and AAA card and driving it to Anahiem Ca. Looking foreward to some serious seat time Insurance wont let me drive it every day.

[Lee H]

I average about 10K a year on my 72.

[big mike71]

So far this year I drove mine three miles to the paint jail.