1986 GMC1500 – Valentin S.

DREAM COME TRUE

MY NAME IS VALENTIN AND IM THE PROUD OWNER OF A 1986 GMC C1500.

I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START CAUSE AS I’M WRITING I FEEL LIKE CRYING OUT LOUD BUT MY GRANDPA HAD A 1982 C10 HE BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW FROM DEALER AND HE USED TO HAUL DIESEL AND CHECK THE LAND I ALWAYS WANTED TO RIDE WITH HIM IN THAT TRUCK BUT NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO DO. SO I NEVER GOT IN THAT TRUCK . IN 2001 HE GOT REAL SICK AND PAST AWAY IN AUGUST OF 2001. I WAS HEARTBROKEN TILL THIS TIME I REMEMBER HIM AND TEARS COME DOWN WITHOUT ME NOTICING. AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS MY GRANDMA STARTED GIVING AWAY MY GRANPA’S HATS, SHIRTS, WATCHES, AND ALL HIS STUFF I TOLD HER I DIDN’T WANT ANY OF THAT. BUT IF ONE DAY SHE WANTED TO GIVE ME SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE HIS 1982 C10. I WAS 13 YRS OLD AT THE TIME SHE SAID THEY WERE KEEPING THE TRUCK SO SEVERAL MORE MONTHS PAST BY AND MY GRANDMA GAVE THE TRUCK TO ONE OF MY COUSINS, AND AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS HE SOLD THE TRUCK I FELT LIKE KILLING SOMEONE THAT DAY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT IT. GRANDPA’S C10 WAS GONE SINCE THAT DAY I PROMISED I WAS GOING TO BUY ONE.

IN JULY 2019, I SOLD MY 2000 SILVERAD.O I HAD SEVERAL CHANCES TO BUY A NEWER BETTER TRUCK THAN MY 2000 SILVERADO BUT FOR SOME REASON I JUST DIDN’T. ONE OF MY COWORKERS WAS LOOKING AT TRUCKS ON FB AND TOLD ME ABOUT A 1986 GMC C1500 SO I LEFT EARLY FROM WORK THAT DAY TRAVELLED ABOUT 2 HRS TO GO SEE IT AND BORROWED SOME MONEY FROM MY SISTER.  THE SELLER WAS UNABLE TO GET IT TO START BUT I REALLY LIKED THE TRUCK AND SO I GOT HIM TO GO LOWER ON PRICE THAT WAY I DIDN’T HAVE TO OWE ANY MONEY TO MY SISTER. I KNOW IS NOT THE SAME YEAR AND IT WILL NEVER BE LIKE MY GRANDPA’S TRUCK BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I JUST DON’T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX IT THE WAY I WANT IT BUT I PLAN ON KEEPING IT TILL I CAN GET IT THE WAY I WANT. WHENEVER I DRIVE THE TRUCK I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT MY GRANDPA DRIVING HIS 82 EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T GET TO RIDE WITH HIM I LOVED THE TRUCK[lmc_story_gallery]