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Am i the only guy left in the world who bought my LUV new ????

Ike

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Only God can make a tree.......
and only Chevrolet can make a LUV !

16 years .best i can do for ya bro......sorry........has only 28 000 miles on it hehehe.........does that count?dw

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434 pushing 732 hp with no spray!!!

easy Ike you gonna let on to these young ones that your an old fart like me !!!

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if you aint skeered just a little bit THEN YOU AINT GOING AS FAST AS YOU SHOULD BE!!!!

GOTTA GET A NEW LUV!!!!!!!!!

I got mine from my grandpa, and he brought it brand new in 1980, does that count?

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

haha same here, grandpa bought it new in 1980 and gave it to me with barley any miles, but a whole lot of use.

Well as close as I could get was buying mine in 82 when it was 4 years old, I am 2nd owner, couldnt get it any sooner as I was 15 at the time. I think you are a very rare breed Ike. I know a lot of members here werent even born when the Luvs were stopped being produced.

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RIP R.J.B.

I worked for State of Idaho Parks and Rec and then Fish and Game 1978 thru 1982.
FIRST Luv I ever drove belonged to them and was brand new. I was one of 3 ppl each year to go w the big bosses to the dealership and pick up the new Luvs.And..... I was assigned a new truck for each year and it was totally mine to take care of .
I wanted one for a personal vehicle THEN but could not afford

So IKE is not alone........I'm an ol fart too LOL

Well guys, i guess i am an old Fart? I would have to be old to be an original owner i guess?

I bought my LUV on March 10, 1979 in Clearwater Florida. I paid $7,890.00 for it. It is a Yellow 4x4 Mikado with every option you could get except bucket seats. It has factory air, skid plates, below eye level mirrors, 4x4 decal package, am/fm radio, chrome step bumper, and front bumper guards.

When the 4x4 LUV first came out they were very hard to get . Each dealer could only get one truck at first. As soon as i saw the first one, i knew i had to have it! But i wanted one with factory air. I live near Cincinnati Ohio. I called every Chevy dealer within 100 miles looking for a 4x4 Luv with factory air, but not one dealer had one? And most of the dealers i called didn`t even have a 4x4 and some didn`t even know they made a 4x4 luv!

After 2 months of searching, i finally thougt of something. I said, if there is a 4x4 LUV anywhere in this country with factory air, it has to be in Florida? So i called a friend living in Florida and asked him to call every Chevy dealer he could find and see if you can find a 4x4 Luv with Air! He called me back three days later and said he called all the dealers in his area and none of them had a 4x4 Luv with air!! But, he talked to one dealer who said he knew a dealer in Miami who had a 4x4 Luv with factory air in his showroom. Well, i called the dealer and asked him if it was true and he said yes i know where a truck like you want is and it so happpens that dealer owes me a favor, so i can probably dealer trade with him and get that truck if you are serious? I said i am serious as a "heart attack" i want the truck!! He said OK,send me $100 deposit to prove you want it. I sent the money and he called me on Wednesday and said i have your truck on the lot in Clearwater. I said "great" and i will fly down there Saturday to pick the truck up and i told him my flight number and told him to pick me up at the airport. He said OK, but the sticker on the truck is $7,890.00, don`t come down here with any less than that because we will not come down one dime off the sticker!! I said thats fine with me, but if i fly down there and you tell me you sold the truck to someone else, you got an "ass kicking" coming!!

Well the rest is History, i flew down to Florida and drove my shiney new Jasmine Yellow 4X4 LUV back home to Ohio! And i have been in "LUV" EVER SINCE!!

Ike

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Only God can make a tree.......
and only Chevrolet can make a LUV !

"sniff" "SNIFF" "sniff"

that was so touching....how you and your luv started this life long journey half a country apart... musta been true luv to have lasted all this time ... all the faster, sleeker, shinnier, newer rides that have tempted you ....but you still got your LUV...


WAY COOL !!

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if you aint skeered just a little bit THEN YOU AINT GOING AS FAST AS YOU SHOULD BE!!!!

GOTTA GET A NEW LUV!!!!!!!!!

When my grandfather brought his LUV in Sept. of 1980, it took Chevy forever to get his order right, he went to Cake Chevrolet, in Winslow, AZ, ordered a 1980 LUV 4x4 w/ buckets, air and every option avalible for that year, and he wanted it that Orangey-Red color . 2 weeks later he got a call from Cake that they had his truck, he went down to the dealer to get his truck, well they had "a" truck there all right but not the one he ordered, the one there was a Blue one w/ a bench seat, my grandpa said "screw that, get me the truck i ordered!" (note: my grandpa had already paid the full purchase price of the truck, which = $8000, Cake Chevy tried riping him off by giving him a less valuable truck) So another 2 weeks went by and he got another call from Cake saying they had his truck, he gets down there for the second time, and they accually have the right truck. right color, all the options, the buckets, and factory a/c, but then he looked at the odo, it had 500 miles on it, the truck had been driven from a dealer in California, all the way to AZ, so as you can imagine my grampa was pretty pissed, second time Cake had tried screwing him over!!!! 2 weeks later they finaly get the right truck, with no miles on it , needless to say my grandpa is never gona buy a Chevy from Cake Chevrolet of Winslow, AZ. and so 197,000 miles, and one rebuild later the truck has become mine, starting back in the state were the whole adventure begain. ( my grandpa moved from AZ to OK in 1983, the truck went with him, and stayed there up until this past summer when he gave it to me and I drove it back to AZ)

well hope you all enjoyed the story, now i must excuse myself and finish putting on the 3" lift (grandpa would be proud!!!)

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

I think I would have titled that post........"The icing on the cake or not" LOL

Best I can do is 29yrs. bought a 74 in 75,now have five, two 80 4x4 0ne for parts the other I drive every day,one 80 long box for parts and to 78 shot boxs for parts

Chapter 2: The drive back to Ohio!

Up until the time i finally found my 4xi4 Luv in Florida, I had never driven a Luv or even rode in one. The salesman picked me up at the airport and drove me straight to the dealership where i paid for the truck, looked inside it, but never drove it until the next morning when i started home in it. I checked into a motel close to the dealer but i was so excited i couldn`t sleep and should have just started home the day i got the truck.

But anyway, i was up bright and early and couldn`t wait to get started home in my new Luv.

When i arrived at the dealership that morning, i threw my things in the cab, shook hands with the salesman, climbed in the cab and fired her up for the first time.
Now, up until this time, i had never owned a truck or any other 4 cylinder powered vehicle. I had always owned 396 Chevells, one 427 Corvette and other high performance cars. No four "bangers"!!
I pulled out onto the 4 lane in front of Jim Quinlan Chervrolet and hammered down on all 80 horses under that big 4x4 decal on the hood!
Wow, was i sick! I said to myself, my god, what have i got here??? I will never get home in this damned thing!!l lol!

But, other than the power, i loved everything else about my shiney little LUV. Besides, it was too late to back out now, so i just settled back, turned the "air" on and watched the nearly 1100 miles go "slowly by!

The 4xi4 Luv had only been out for a short time when i got mine and very few people had seen one at that time. I was amazed at the how people looked at the truck and waved and smiled and gave me a "thumbs up" when they passed me. I don`t think i passed one vehicle on I-75 all the way home!

I never got over 55mph all the way home. And i stopped many more times than i needed to and it took me nearly 24hrs. to get home. So , the engine in my truck wasn`t completely cooled down for the first 24hrs. i owned it.

As the miles and the years rolled by, i got used to the 80hp and fell deeper and deeper in love with my LUV. Now 26 years and 165,000 later, i still have my LUV. But, sadly i will probably never drive it again. Even though it still runs, it is so rusty that it is not safe to drive and is beyond restoration. But i will probably never get rid of it? I just can`t do it.

Stay tuned for Chapter "3" The Truck pull!!

Ike

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Only God can make a tree.......
and only Chevrolet can make a LUV !

my truck was 12 years old before i was even born

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That's a lot of parts. Are sure your not in amarillo Tx?
Just kidding.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

Am I still the only original owner here ??
There were only 125 members here when I first posted this. There are over 1,500 now ??

Ike

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Only God can make a tree.......
and only Chevrolet can make a LUV !

I talked to the orginial owner of my Luv a few months ago and am hoping to meet him next Sept.

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Life is a DRAG RACE!!!
I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
http://www.wildluvracing.com

I'm almost there. My dad bought my LUV new in '76 and gave it to me in '88. I didn't own it when it was new, but I rode in it.

We're waiting

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I cant say i am the original owner but my mom baught my LUV brand new in 79 i think it had 50 miles on it or 5 not too sure, but I am the second owner of my LUV and over the past few years I have learned one thing about these trucks... And that is that "my LUV is the only love that will never leave me" kinda pissed of my ex-girlfriend but i guess thats why shes my ex huh?

-Dustin

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My LUV - R.I.P. 1979-2009, you will not be forgotten...