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Auto Ambush: 1978 Chevy 4X4

Auto Ambush: 1978 Chevy 4X4
SHOWING NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN. WE BOUGHT IT AS UTA ILITY TRUCK. TO GO HUNTING AND FISHING BECAUSE I’D LOVE TO DO THAT. SO HERMAN GRIEGO SPECIAL ORDERED THIS CHEVY TRUCK IN 1978. IT HAS TO BE A SHORT BED PICKUP. I WANT A HALF TON 350 A V8 AND I WANTED FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE WITH THE STICK SHIFT. I IDPA $7,000 LITTLE DETERMINE. NO, THE SQUARE BODY DESIGN WOULD BECOME SO PUPOLAR DECADES LATER TRUCKS LIKE THIS ARE SUPER HOT RIGHT NOW AT CAR AUCTIONS. HERMAN’S WOULD PROBAYBL SELL FOR WELL OVER 25,000. A LOT OF OFFERS TO BUY THE TRUCK. I WOULD NEVER SELL THAT. I MEAN, WHAT WOULD IO D WITHOUT MY TRUCK? IT’S PART OF ME. DON’T LET THE LOOKS OF THIS TRUCK FOOL YOU HERMAN USES IT FOR MORE THAN PLAY TOOLBOX IN PTHE BED MUDDY. OWSNY AND ICY ROADS AREHE T PECOS WILDERNESS AREA HAVE BEEN CONQUERED MANY TIMES. I’VE HOW WOOD FIREWOOD IN THERE. I’VE HAULED GRAVEL. I’VE HAULED BLOCK. I’VE HAD SHINGLES. I PROTECTEDHE T BEST WAY I CAN BUT I BELIEVE IN UNGSI IT AS A PICKUP ANDY HAS FOR 400,000 MILES. ISN’TN O THE ORIGINAL MOTOR NOW A REPLACEMENT G50M3 HAS CAREDRI THIS TRUCK 100,000 MORE THE FACTORY. HOLLY GENRE PAINT WASEDON RE IN 2001. HE ALSO REDID THE CARPET AND THE SEAT UPHOLSTERY ON THE INSIDE. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANOTHER TRUCK LIKE THIS? HAVEOU Y EVER TAKEN THIS TO A RCA SHOW AND DISPLAYED IT? NEVER NEVER THINK YOU WILL MEDASOY? WE CAN ONLY HOPE HE RECONSIDERS ONHE T AUTO AMBUSH ERIC GREENE KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS BEFORE YOU RUSH TO GIVE HER WNHE HE SAYS HE DOES PLAN TO PASS HIS CLASSIC CHEVY TRUCK DOWN TO HIS GRANDSON ONE DAY REFERS HIS GRANDSO
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Auto Ambush: 1978 Chevy 4X4
For a long time, trucks were considered work vehicles, but that's changed in recent years. In the collector's marketplace, classic trucks are hot items right now.Watch the video above as Eric Green shows a work truck that has not only taken on collector status after 40 years but also shows no signs of slowing down.

For a long time, trucks were considered work vehicles, but that's changed in recent years. In the collector's marketplace, classic trucks are hot items right now.

Watch the video above as Eric Green shows a work truck that has not only taken on collector status after 40 years but also shows no signs of slowing down.

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