1957 Chevy 3100 – Dennis D.

It’s Meant To Be

25yrs ago, I sold this 57 3100 to my neighbor’s brother that just started a body shop.  I only had for 6 months and sold it for what I paid, $2500, to help a family member.  I’ve always had trucks like it growing up on a farm.

Now, 25 years later, I’m doing good, close to retiring, money saved.  I’m starting to look at replacing the one I sold 25 yrs earlier.  Now, prices have gone up and the popularity.  It was hard.  In northern California, I found one in san Diego.  I was going to get it for $35k, but decided to look in the local paper and there’s a ’57 3100 big window for sale close by, so I go few miles north at an airport used for parachute jumping.  The owner had purchased this truck from a gentleman in the same town I was in.  He had owned it for 10 years and didn’t drive it much but kept it in one of the air hangers.  It looked like the stance of my old truck that I once had, but newer paint job (very well painted), and put together right piece by piece.  I told the gentleman I had a truck similar to it but it was all rustic-looking and I had black and yellow plates.  He had replica yellow plates and he told me the black and yellow plates were behind the seat.  Lo and behold, I lean the seat forward and there is my plates off of my truck from 25 years ago identifying it as my old truck.

I had to have this truck.  It was meant to be back in my hands, so we struck a deal and now I’m retired, and I’m a happy camper that is my baby.

I replaced stuff for it.  Thank gosh you still can get parts.  I do like LMC Truck.  They’ve helped me a lot to get it to where it is today.  It’s a driver.  It’s not a trailer queen, and I’ve had offers you would not believe.  If there was a hundred thousand, I still couldn’t sell it. It’s meant to be in my family and thanks to people like LMC Truck for helping me keep it the way it is.  I get thumbs up every time I pull it out.  Thank you.