My honey ‘towed’ home one of these farmer trucks. It was the BEST experience of my life. Someone before we bought it tried to steal it broke the ignition and hotwired it. Well “my Boo” put me in a push button ignition. Then the neighbor kid found out and “moved” it down our drive way. So my honey installed a industrial key switch so that the button would only work with the key. Not kidding folks! LOL

We had that truck for a long time. I love to fish so my Honey installed me a nice radio and some speakers, the speakers could be pulled out from behind the seat and set on the roof so you can hear it good. He could hear me coming home from all directions with the glass packs rumbling loud, sweet! LOL

We moved to ‘the burbs’ and our oldest son joined the middle school football team. I would come rumbling up in my old rusty truck and all those boys would scramble over to see it in awe! LOL The horn didnt work so my Honey again came through, installed me a nice air horn so I could honk when the kids made a touch down.
But this gets better.
The school was new so it didnt have a sound system yet on the field so the cheerleaders had a hard time hearing their music to do their half time show. So I drove my old rust old truck on the field and pulled out those speakers and let it rip! LOL
After winning a couple games I wanted to help keep incentive going.
I told them if they won the next game I would spray paint my truck their school colors. Well they did! I dont know how many cans of paint later and snorting paint out of my noses (I forgot to where a mask LOL) my truck was the colors of the Denver Bronco’s! (their school colors) YOu should have saw their faces as I drove that truck up to their field! LOL I made sure it was washed and rolling every game night for them! home and away it was there.

They had to honk the horn or touch the truck as they walked to the field every game! They named it the ‘Hornet Mobile” after their school mascot, the Hornet.

Next game I told them if they won, I would paint all their numbers on the truck. We won!! Woo Hoo!
I was out their all day painting and highlighting their numbers.
I think I was having more fun than them!

Next promise was,, you win this next game, I will get paint pens and You all can sign the truck. It was officially no longer my truck, it was theirs.

We won again! Kids every where around the truck signing it. Players and cheerleaders, and The coaches! I was informed that the coach told ALL the players that they were to sign it for luck! LOL

We won the District championship that year and their Bowl game. Which I drove that old truck all the way to the Bowl game, transmission leaking on the muffler and it was a smoking. All those kids piled on that old truck and got their pictures taken. The “Hornet Mobile” was even written up in the local paper.

At the football banquet the Moms were trying to figure out how to take part of a door down to get it into the school. LOL I said No its draining a lot of tranny fluid now, lets keep it outside the doors. Good washing, chrome shined and some balloons tide to its mirrors, the kids stood next to it and had their parents taking pictures.

One of the little boys told his Mom “Mom can we paint our truck like theirs?” LOL She said “No Honey I dont think Daddy would like the Tahoe painted like that, plus that truck needed it.” LOL She was right!

I was a horrible time in our life right before we got that old truck. I have to say it gave us some much joy, laughter and memories to last a life time. The Hornet Mobile finally went to truck heaven a couple years ago. I can honestly say I cried. How much joy and fun that old rustly, smokey truck gave so many people.

My son enlisted in the Military this year and when he was being sworn in one of the boys from that town we lived in recognized us and my son and him sat down and talked before they shipped off to different bootcamps.

So honey, “say it with Kryon!” Just like my Dad said and make some memories!!

I’m sorry this is so long, but I wanted to share my farmers truck story with you.

Love your old truck, it will love you back!