Hmmm...I'm seeing some common threads here ! Truck ownership history, Toyotas, and the USAF !!!
I'm in !!!
My first truck ? A Ford F-100, 6th generation...as near as I can tell !!! My first truck "buy", when I was a brand new USAF butter bar at Edwards AFB in CA, circa 1978 ! Maybe a 1974 ? Bought from the old CMSGT, who also sold us our first horse !!! He was retiring...
Bought a Jackson horse trailer, and another Appaloosa horse...hauled those horses down to Griffith Park, in LA, and up to Tehachapi with that old truck !!!...good times !!!
Alas...separated in late 1980, at the end of my AF ROTC obligation, and AF career ! "She got the goldmine....I got the shaft !!!" Gave her the horses, trailer, and truck...I traveled back, across country, in a Dodge (Mitsubishi) Colt, with 2 big dogs, and a nasty cat (and her litter box !) !!!
Because I LOVED that Dodge (Mitsubishi) Colt, I bought a Plymouth (Mitsubishi) Arrow compact pickup...that was a GREAT compact truck !!!
Remarried, moved to Maryland in 1984, and eventually bought a 1991 Ford Ranger...loved THAT truck, too !!! Drove it to death !!!
Bought a brand new 2004 Tundra when the Ford finally died...that was before the Tundra was a big honkin' truck...it was called a "7/8 size", at that time ! I think the new Tacomas are probably the size of that Tundra now !!!
SR5 access cab (suicide doors !), 4WD, 4.7 V-8 engine...It was my "daily driver", from Bel Air into Baltimore City and back, to work !!!
So I STILL own that Tundra !!! LOVE my truck ! A.R.E. color matched cap ; Bed Rug bed liner ; but it's showing its age...heater cable broke ; door panel upholstery came loose ; replaced the head unit with a new fancy one from Crutchfield (bluetooth, etc) ; trying to decide if we want to fix it, or go "new"...don't drive it much anymore, but damn !!! A GREAT truck !!!!
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