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Old 03-23-2011, 10:48 PM
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I was going through some old photos from my first duty station for a friend and I came across these. This was my second vehicle, but was my first "New" Vehicle; I traded in my '75 VW Dasher for it.

It cost me $6,710.00 and I finance it for four years at 17.99%; the payment was $204 and some change a month and on LCpl salary it was expensive.
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Old 03-24-2011, 02:36 AM
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Big fan of the Chevy Luv trucks- that was a nice lookin truck too! Was it the diesel?
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:45 AM
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that truck evolved into the awesome s-10. i bet you loved that thing as much as i loved my S-truck.

it is very goodlooking
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:55 AM
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Good lookin pictures. One excellent little pickup!
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Old 03-24-2011, 04:56 AM
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Ahhh, the Chevy Luv - my dad had a reddish orange Luv for a long time. The speedometer/odometer quit working, the springs fell out of the seats and it developed rust spots. But it ran great until an idiot mechanic put the wrong size oil filter in. It started having problems so my dad gave it away to someone else who replaced the filter with the right one and it drove fine again!

The black looks great on the Luv. Great pics.
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Old 03-25-2011, 10:27 AM
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Thanks for all of the kind words. I would still have it today, but three of the cab to frame bolt/mounts rusted off of it and when I went around turns it would flex with the momentum; like it was going to throw the cab, so I traded it in for a Geo Metro.

I kept it twelve years and was saddened to see it go. I found pics of my first accident with it and will be posting those in upcoming days.

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Old 03-27-2011, 02:56 PM
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OK here are the pics of my first wreck and I was hit on he drivers side dead center on the left rear tire by a local cop in his cruiser. You cannot see it in the pic but all the lug nuts were smashed flat. The cop car did not fare as well as the truck did.

The last photo shows some mods that I added; nothing special, brown pin stripping and 4 KC lights on the front bumper. This pic was actually from our wedding in '84 and I just happen to notice it in the background; so zoomed in on it, hence the blurry look.
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Old 03-31-2011, 06:14 PM
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nice ! there was a yellow one running around here but i havent seen in for a few years .
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