Story Behind the Truck

   My story behind my truck picture, is the story of my childhood.  It is the first truck my father ever owned free and clear.  It is a 1967 Chevy C20, which used to sport white wooden livestock racks in the truckbed.  I had many days shoving seven or eight 200 plus pound hogs into the back of that old beast.  Hogs that I helped  feed and care for, but hogs that had to go to town to pay our bills.  We also used it to haul our family lawn mower in the back, to mow a local cemetery for extra cash.  I traveled many miles in the bed of that truck, just standing in the back, face in the wind, hands holding tight to the livestock racks.
  Fast forward to a couple of years ago.  The truck was worn, beat, and had been permanently parked in the back yard. But the price of steel was high, so the local junkyard  offered  $350 for the truck.  My dad thought he'd won the lottery. Until I matched the price....
   My dad thought I was a fool.  But I have a rare piece in my collection now.  A piece that I have sweat and tears in.  A piece that is so much more than monetary value.  A piece that I can truly, truly be proud of to be the main photo for my business.