Don't kill me but...

[fitz]

  So your looking for honesty?
  I think you will regret selling it.
  A while back you posted a thread looking for info on how to find your old 77 so you could buy it back. You didn't want any 77, you wanted Your 77. Completely understandable.
  I just think with the family history of your 78, if you sell it, you will regret it.
 

[VileZambonie]

I would think so as well but you need to do what makes you happy. That vintage Camaro is probably my least favorite so obviously our opinions are greatly different. I have looked and always kept my eyes open for my first C-10 often wondering where it ended up and if it's still out there somewhere.

[78 Chevyrado]

When I feel "compelled" to purchase something I really want - something I can't get my attention off of - something I agonize over and think about constantly, but procrastinate on acquiring... I usually discover that not purchasing the item was the right thing to do.  When a purchase is logical and logistically realistic for me, I have no hesitation, no second guessing, and no regret.  Life is good.

If you're sentimental, parting with your granddad's truck, now, might bring some regret down the road.  You can always get another truck, but will you always be able to recover your granddad's truck and the memories it represents?  It strikes me that you need to be comfortable with this specific point not to have latent regrets.

Would it be possible for you to take your granddad with you once you've narrowed it down some, and include him in a test drive for some feedback before you lay out any cash - watch the expression on his face for clues?

By the time of the test drive truck would be gone...

yeah granddad may be ok with it or so he says, he seams like the type to sacrifice everything to make someone close to him happy. but once hes gone you will want your truck back. there's plenty of songs out there about a brother driving his brothers truck or a son driving a truck that has his and his dads memory.

 i think most of the younger people on here me included love these trucks because its what we grew up with. i went out and bought a strangers truck cause it was the closest i could have to my memory. you have your grandfathers truck there's no closer than that. its kind of like my wifes 94 1500. its only 2wd it only has a v6 but it was her first truck a birthday gift from her parents. and i plan on fixing it up here soon but not till im dont with my crew cab. but that truck is something i dont see her parting with nor will i let her

No If he says he's fine with it, he's fine with it, he'll tell you what he thinks, no matter who likes it or what...  even if it gets ugly, he'll be like so, i think this... 

This truck is special to me, but my first one was his too, his old '62 C10.  Just to keep this C20 I have to drop $5k into it minimum, to make it new but as it is now...  carbed three speed.

  So your looking for honesty?
  I think you will regret selling it.
  A while back you posted a thread looking for info on how to find your old 77 so you could buy it back. You didn't want any 77, you wanted Your 77. Completely understandable.
  I just think with the family history of your 78, if you sell it, you will regret it.
 

I agree, but tho this is grandads truck, it wasn't my first ride ever like my 77 was.    My 77 was my first tase of freedom, we went to beaches n parties n mudbogs n stuff in it when i was 16...  no vehicle ever can compare to my old beatup 77...  no matter how nice it is...  ss camaro isn't crap compared to that old beater truck...  ya know relatively speaking...

I would think so as well but you need to do what makes you happy. That vintage Camaro is probably my least favorite so obviously our opinions are greatly different. I have looked and always kept my eyes open for my first C-10 often wondering where it ended up and if it's still out there somewhere.

Well that's okay, i value your opinon my friend!  You think that and I think that, still wanna know what yall think...  I think if my truck still exists, it'll be a $25k basket case...  I don't know but i got the feeling it is...

But I always loved fast cars.  I don't have to have the baddest thing in the world, just something makes me smile daily.  I quit on my old 77 cuz if i found it, i'd likely be enraged po'd somebody let it get to this state, or it'd be redone up to a place i don't wanna pay for it... 

[78 Chevyrado]

I don't even know if i'll get that car or not.  may keep the truck and get a nice tiller for the tractor and a new pulverizer...  never know.  im mulling things over, may be months before i decide, i certainly cannot just right now.  thinkin too hard...  thats the smoke ya smellin 

[fitz]

Any chance that I can convince you to put an LS1 6 speed into your 78?
It will be the best of both worlds.

[Irish_Alley]

Do it get the camaro, put a couple grand into it and be happy for a little. yeah you pay 14-15k for a 13-14 year old car. but heck you can spend half of that and get your truck looking and running just as good. plus you still have your truck

[ck80]

I'll give you my take for what little its worth. Now I'm new to this site, but I've been around cars, working on em, rebuilding em, since my first ever car was hit/totalled in an accident back in the 90s and I learned to work on it after buying it back for $200 from the insurance company. Since then I've owned somewhere north of 80-90 cars and trucks over the years. Made a list that was in the upper 70s about 5 years ago and its only gone up since then.

As concerns the camaro: Prices are down, but, I think you will see them fall a bit further yet to come. Lots of people were hoarding these cars when it looked like the end of the production run, wondering if they would ever come back. there are still TONS of them that are garage queens, ultra low mileage, still sitting in someone's garage driving once a week, once a month, or even just a few times a year that aren't for sale right now. I don't think it is a do or die situation for you, that if you don't get one now, you won't find one or they wont exist anymore. As much as you like it, and it was a popular style, I think the demand side of things is not going to keep as strong as the supply as more people decide to let them go.

Look at the new car trends... for 17k you can buy a brand new 305hp mustang, and a couple grand more gets you a similar camaro or challenger. What seemed like a ton of horsepower in 2002 doesn't stack up to what they build now, technology got that much further. Not saying its not an awesome car (I think it is) but your average thrill seeker who doesn't have a particular attachment to that year/make/model that you do will not be pushing its desirability going forwards is all.

In fact, I'd compare that car somewhat to the Buick Grand Nationals of the 80s, which I am very familiar with and still follow. End of an era, end of body style, best styling and performance of its time, so on so forth. Prices on those are creeping back up now, but went way down from where they were as a 14 year old car when they became 24 years old...

As the demand for them as a performance car goes down due to newer more powerful cars at a similar price, I think you still have time to get the car, and it wont be do or die.

On the other side of things: I'm obviously not as familiar with your truck as others here, don't have a clue what you put into it or what its worth. For my $.02 the avatar picture looks pretty sweet. BUT, even if we put aside the "it was my grandfather's" bit for a second, good clean 70s squares are getting harder to find. They built millions so its not impossible, but, they are harder than they used to be if you want no rust, and you don't want to basically build a truck from nothing. A good solid truck that hasn't been worked to death, well.... those are probably a little harder to buy off the shelf in nice shape than a camaro. You will always be able to build one, true.

But if you sell it you will miss it. you will be back eventually and you will be wanting another. so the real question is, for the amount you expect to get out of the truck, isn't it better to let it sit, use it as is, and save up that extra bit of cash? Sell the other stuff if you want to, but make up the truck value somewhere else?

[78 Chevyrado]

Main problem is i can't find ANY CAR OR TRUCK I like, at all...  newer than 2008 or so.  I refuse to buy anything new GM just because of how they screwed me on my impala...  so whatever it is it cannot and will not be GM.  Gubmint shouldnt have let them keep the words general or motors when they regrouped.  so no more gm for me ever...  but my truck isn't gm anymore, ive done so much to it and my way, other than the stampings, its kenny built. 

Ive been all over the place as far as what to buy, but there's no hurry, but i will have my truck.  thanks for your input fellas, i'm going to keep it, in any case. 

Pretty much decided, whatever I do I just cannot and will not part with my truck.  I just can't do it...

Have been looking at this though...  matches my truck pretty well...

http://www.victorymotorcycles.com/en-us/cruisers/gunner-titanium-metallic


I can't get rid of the truck...  I got close and no no no ....  eh eh  aint happenin son...


So besides that car and van are going soon as they sell...

Either a bike or a sporty car to haul booty in.

[78 Chevyrado]

So trucks safe, ima keep it, just gotta find out what i wanna do with the cash bump.  have no idea.

[fitz]

Glad to hear your keeping it.

[zieg85]

What about a 3rd gen Camaro Kenny? 

[78 Chevyrado]

What about a 3rd gen Camaro Kenny?

I used to have a 91 RS.

But really I'd like a 69 only mustang (prices are stupid)  or a 94 ford probe (if i can find one with decent interior)  or 01-02 camaro, if i can find one they don't want the moon for. 

Been looking recently at 94-96 Broncos.  I used to love that body style and grille...  I'd either have a 94-96 Bronco, or a 78 blazer...  no fudging on years for the blazer.  78 or nothing. 

Also been looking at 2005-09 Jag XJ8s.  Vanden Plas.  or sport

Maybe a V8 Ford Focus... 

Gen III camaro, I love the look and style, And I'm in a non emission place, so i could do what i want with it but the interior is quite dated...  though that doesnt preclude it...  they are sweet cars, and I'd love to have one built to my specs

[zieg85]

What about a 3rd gen Camaro Kenny?

I used to have a 91 RS.

But really I'd like a 69 only mustang (prices are stupid)  or a 94 ford probe (if i can find one with decent interior)  or 01-02 camaro, if i can find one they don't want the moon for. 

Been looking recently at 94-96 Broncos.  I used to love that body style and grille...  I'd either have a 94-96 Bronco, or a 78 blazer...  no fudging on years for the blazer.  78 or nothing. 

Also been looking at 2005-09 Jag XJ8s.  Vanden Plas.  or sport

Maybe a V8 Ford Focus... 

Gen III camaro, I love the look and style, And I'm in a non emission place, so i could do what i want with it but the interior is quite dated...  though that doesnt preclude it...  they are sweet cars, and I'd love to have one built to my specs

Reason I ask is I know of a really nice one with 41K miles 2 owner.  Moves really good without being to radical.  It is an automatic though but original #'s matching 305 stroked.  I know the guy who built it up and owns it.  PM me if you like all the specs with pictures.

[Irish_Alley]

saw a white bronco with a vanity tag that said "NOT OJ"

[bake74]

     Get a Dodge Charger.  Absolutely love mine.  Even the 06 - 2010 3.5 H.O.  V6's are fun to drive.
     The 2011 and up have the 8 speed trans which is great on gas.  Plus there is a lot you can do to modify them if you want.