What made you buy a bump?

[OldBlue67]

I actually wanted to restore my dad's old 60s Chevy/GMC truck but we quickly realized that it was going to be a LOOOOOOT of work to get it back on the road. I was still interested in a classic truck so when I heard that my shop teacher was selling his 67 F250 that he had had for 30 years (second owner) I dropped some not so subtle hints to my parents. Sure enough they bought him for me for my 17th birthday The rest as they say is history

[cdeal28078]

Well I didn't buy mine my dad bought her new but I was in love with her from day one.
clint

[rjewkes]

My first bump. Was i needed a Vehicle for my sister to drive to get me to and from work, Didn't have my license yet. her Father in law had a 72 F100 he was selling, I bought it Sight unseen just becuase Grandpa had had a 66 Camper special F250 when we grew up and i knew it was reliable.

My second Bump was my current F100 Becuase i had done the unthinkable and traded the first for an Aspire.
My third was becuase i wanted an F250 and a 4x4 and a crew cab and it was all 3 And for sale.
# 4 was to have a cab and few other parts for the 72 f100

#1 Best rattle can job i ever did to anything.

[ford4x4fun]

I bought mine from my Dad, not that he wanted to sell it, but he needed the money and was to proud to take it. So now I have the truck, and he wont take it back. Pride is a hard pill to swallow sometimes. So now I am restoring the old girl back to her former glory, and I can't wait till it is done!

[fitzwell]

I crashed my 79, (or rather, a drunk crashed into me) and i needed a replacement. Buddy of mine had a 73 that he was in the process of building for his nephew. Nephew lost interest, and i ended up finishing the truck. Year or so later, the frame around the steering gear in that truck gave up, and i acquired a 69 bump to swap the driveline into......

[Wolf0r]

I used to help a friend of mine and his dad deliver furniture for a resale shop. He had a Green 1972 Sport Custom. We were still in high school and helped keep the old truck running. We ended up with a 302 4v and a 4 speed from a 70 mustang and decided to install it in place of ole' smokie. Later we scored some crager SS off a jeep that fit. The result was a delivery truck that would kick most cars ass in the weekend line up we did. Since then I have owned several bumps and dents through the years. I would love to have a 1940 pickup as well. I love the chevron tail lamps.

[woods]

It just seems right.

[bindernut]

My Papa (mom's father) had a '70 f100 SB since I could remember. Someone t-boned it running a red light and totaled it, Pop took the Insurance Money and bought a 71 that I own today. My Father only ever owned bumps. Swears you can't beat a 72 f250. He was a Millwright on the road and towed a 28ft nomad travel trailer down just about every piece of pavement in southern Ca.... with a 72 F250. My Dads father died when I was but a few months oldand I don't remember him at all, one of my favorite pics of him is him leaning, one arm on the hood of his brand new, fresh of the lot 1972 F100.... only new truck he ever bought.

You could say they run and run and then run somemore in the family.

[67 ford f100s rule]

Back when I was about 4 my dad bought our 67 SWB with straight six 240 CID 3 speed. It was a pair of 67s the other was a beyond hope LWB with 352 and 3 speed. My dad started a rolling resto on the SWB and snatched some parts from the long bed before taking it to the scrapper. when I was 8 or 9 we hit rough times and the shorty sat for a while before I got interested in trucks. I always appreciated the lines of the truck and I would sit in it imagining how fun it would be to build into a hot rod truck. I eventually started the dissassembly which has come to a halt while trying to find a good donor truck.

Since The 67 was in limbo I decided I wanted my own bump. So in December a month before my 17th b-day I was looking through craigslist and came across two bumps that had my attention. One was a beat up 69 red bump LWB with 360 and auto. The other was a 70 LWB with a 302 and overdrive. I emailed both guys and the 70 owner emailed me back. He sent me better pics of the truck and I was decided on the '70. I decided I would do what it takes to get it. I had about 150 bucks left from christmas. I tried begging my parents into helping me buy the old girl. They said no. I decided I would go ask my grandpa. My grampa agreed to loan the 450 I needed and on January 29, 2010. We were headed to Frankfort, IN. The PO had it sitting in the street in front of his house. I looked her over and climbed behind the wheel. When that 302 woke up I knew it was coming home with me. I offered 550 for her and she was mine. I named her Nadine.

I just recently paid the loan off to my grandpa. When people ask why I picked her its for one big reason. Though she aint the prettiest truck in the world, Nadine has personality. I would take that over new crapbox any day.

[Venado82]

I learned to drive on a 69 F250 Camper Special and have loved them ever since. A few yeas ago someone decided to steal the 85 Chevy SWB that I had and so I went on the search for another truck. A church member told me that he had an old Ford for sale and asked me to come out and look at it. It was the exact color scheme of the 69 I learned to drive on, maroon and white, so I had to have it. I paid $1500 for the '72 F100 and drove her home. She's been my daily driver ever since. Last summer, I passed a white '69 Flareside on a car lot. I stopped and looked at it and found out that the owner wanted $900 for her. I went and got my son (13) and had him look at it for a father/son project. He was as excited as a billy goat in a yard full of nannies about the truck. I talked the owner out of it for $400, what he had in it. Now I've got two bumps. My daughter (14) has decided she wants the '72, so I'll be looking for another one in a year or so. It's great to have two kids that love the old bumpsides as much as I do. I'm hoping that they can pass that love on to their children when the time comes.

[towtruckerfour]

My blue 1970 was my dad's. I got it when he passed in 2004. He worked at the Milpitas , Ca plant for 19 years before they closed it. He then went to work for a Ford dealership in San Jose so I grew up around Ford. My white 70 was my Grandfathers and I got it when I turned 16. My 68 4x4 was the only one I bought and that was my 40th birthday present from my wife. I still have all three although the white 70 is in the process of going on the 68 frame. They are like chips, you can't stop at one.

[mrollings53]

Driving with my dad around the back of the island he used to live on off of the peninsula in the north puget sound when I saw this for sale sign in the window of an old truck. I told him it might be worth a look because I was looking for my first vehicle. He said maybe and we continued on to where we were going. When we got home he dropped me off and left to go talk to the owner. About a half hour passes and we here this very loud racket coming up the street. It's my dad with the truck that was for sale pulling up into the yard. I didn't know what I really had at the time but there sat my '69 F-250 Ranger Camper Special. He got it for $875, which I think is a steal considering what it has.

[jp2005]

Good question I actually was in the hunt for a 77 dent side and ended up looking into older trucks and find that the bump was nicer body and front grill.

[beaumont_68]

well like some of the others i was looking for a chevy when i found my 68 bump, the price was right and i fell in love with the lines. paid the cash drove away and never looked back that was almost 10 years ago now, i still have the truck today.

[Bama Boy]

I was nine years old when my mom married my step dad and we moved in with him there on Champion street in Montgomery Alabama. Being the born motor head that i was i happen to notice Mr. Johnson's pristine 1967 SWB that he had bought new in 67. At first I thought the ole truck was a pos but i noticed that ole Mr. johnson drove it everyday without the first sign of trouble. My family was a GM family to the core but i quickly realised how unreliable every chevy, buick, Gmc we had seemed to fail us time and again. i grew up and went off to college got married and started a family when that ole 67 finaly came up for sale. Its in my back yard right now under the ownership of my lil bro in law who bought it from Mr Johnson the day he turned 16. Well anyway I ended up buying a 68 lwb ranger knowing how relible the ole ford was for Mr. Johnson. I quickly learned how addictive these bumps are as I worked em to death. beat on em from one light to the next, and hauled every project my family had with em. I have owned a 2 68's and 2 67's and would like to get another for myself after i finish Mr. Johnsons hot rod... gr8 trucks and they do not drive "like a rock"