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cerberus
PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:08 pm 
I'm thinking about getting an older LUV and was wondering if any of you drove yours daily? I know they're usually meant to be our "toys" and played with on the weekends or for racing but wondered if anyone used it as their primary mode of transport. :?:
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I've been driving one every day pretty much for the last 17 or 18 years. Even when I've had another rig I have had a LUV insured and ready to go or my wife was driving it. Right now I'm using the 77 LUV that was my first rig as a daily driver, still running the same motor, clutch, trans, pretty much everything just as it was when I first put it together.
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my 80 4x4 was my fisrt truck. I have daily driven it since i was 16 except for one winter where i daily drove my 82 F150. They are great for DD purposes, stupidly reliable and tough as nails. You just need to watch some of the vidoe of me wheeling mine and see some pics to see that. The fact that an owner would do that whith his daily driver on the weekends and then drive it to work on monday says alot.

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I drive my 76 to work and back everyday. Pretty much original minus smog stuff and plus a webber.

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I drive my '77 every day, it has a buick 3.8L V6.

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drive my 79 longbed everyday also its my only means of transportation so i dont really have an option.
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Daily driver, unless its icey out!
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My '80 4x4 is my dd, and will continue to be until I get a 'Yota or a Trooper, I'll still keep it though, let my brother drive it maybe

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my 76 is my daily driver, completely stock. :)

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I also drive my luv daily to the gas station :P
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I used to use mine as my company car...I built a tonnau cover out of plywood so I could secure computer parts.

At times I would have $10-20k worth of stuff back there and park in all the worst areas of Oakland, CA. Never had anyone mess with my little POS...LOL, nobody would think its worth a damn. Why would they? It only cost me $15 when I bought it.

It never let me down, hell, I don't think I ever had as much as a flat tire in it. Great on gas too!
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LUVNIT wrote:
I also drive my luv daily to the gas station :P


wow, ive found myself doin the same!! lol.

the pups been my daily for a while now. i love it. it runs like a champ, and gets me everywhere i gotta go!! :lol:

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Everyday, unless I decide to tear something apart and upgrade or something has to be fixed.
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I drive a 1980 luv it is my only at this time so it does gfreat around town it is a 2wd 1.8 with header and exhaust and it is lowered as low in the front with torshion bars and the rear i have 3" drop blocks and i have a blast sliding around all day since i have 225/50/15 in the rear puts some nice fatty drifting
but it is great
get one run it!
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day after day for the last 30 yrs
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The first vehicle I owned was 1980 2WD Longbed Luv. I bought it in the evening, then looked under the hood the next morning and said "I thought I bought a Chevy?". It ended up be a favorite vechile to friends that borrowed it to haul dirtbikes around.

I want to finish my 80 4x4, and make it my dailey driver. =-P
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yup i drive mine all the time ok this is my 3rd luv 1st was 1974 it was my domino's pizza truck and one day smash byby luv my 2nd truck was 79 cali step side and my new luv is a cali step side i got it 12 days ago its a 1975it has the stock motor with a weber
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I drive my 80 shortbed almost daily and it has around 250K on it now. Far as I know original motor and tranny. Runs like a champ and has good power still.
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My son drives our blue 78 to school every day.

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as soon as i get it threw emmisions i will drive it as much as i can never thought it would be like restoring a old cag though
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