Several years ago, my daughter was very ill and confined to our home for months on end. Her illness lingered for years, but she is now much improved. During the time she was home bound, she fell in love with a beautiful teal 1951 chevy 3/4 ton truck. As a surprise for her 15th birthday, I drove all …

Perhaps your daughter would accept some driving instruction from a professional driving school instructor. After an orientation the instructor could teach her in her own truck. Unfortunately $3,000 doesn’t buy much and often you get a vehicle with one or more expensive problems.

I had an 03 ranger, I offered to keep for my daughter, rather than sell to upgrade for my needs. I went through the I hate that truck, I don’t ever want that truck, so I sold it. Granma gave her an 01 Saturn as she could drive no more, but critter was like I wish you had kept that truck for me, sorr…

A 1951 Chevrolet truck may be an interestig historical vehicle, but it is not a vehicle, particularly with its original engine, that is good to drive on the interstates or in traffic. It is a hobby vehicle. I owned a 1950 Chevrolet one ton pickup truck. It was great for low speed local hauling. …

Ya know Trie, each and every one of your responses is true, But at what point can we say We lived through driving these vehicles, and now what we did as youngers you cannot do because it is unsafe and we have to provide the padded protected environment so you dare not expose yourself to the dangers …

Barkeydog–conditions are different than when I was a young driver 50 years ago. The interstate system was just being built. Even the big U-Haul trucks are easier to drive with the power steering and power brakes than the 1950 Chevrolet one ton pickup that I owned. I owned the truck from 1972 thro…

Yep, not a safe vehicle for a new (or any, really) driver. Barkydog, you’re mistaking your survival for some general lesson. In fact, those who died in those times aren’t posting here very often. Car deaths have dropped 80 % over the last 50 years, largely because the cars are MUCH safer. Surviv…

texases–I’m glad you agree with me. I sometimes feel that I am becoming a wimp in my old age of wanting air conditioning, power steering, etc. in my vehicles. However, I’ll be a wimp rather than go back to driving the 1950 Chevrolet pickup that I once owned.

You won’t get much in my area for $3,000. And I agree that modern cars are far, far safer and more reliable that anything out of 1951. However, if you drove “all the the way to Chicago”, that suggests to me that you’re in the rural midwest. Her desire to be a vet sort of reinforces that suspicon o…

A quick look on line shows that a Chevy 3600 in lousy condition might cost several thousand, and one in good condition can be sold for over $10,000. Does it have a manual or auto transmission? I’d guess manual; is she afraid of a manual trans? If you aren’t going to drive it while your daughter w…

1951 Chevy 3/4 ton truck in very good condition. Keep or Sell?

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DfromSD February 7, 2012, 9:33am 9

Keep it for parades, holidays, and when you need to haul something, etc. if you like, but I would give up on the idea of using it as a daily driver or a vet’s vehicle.

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