And put your husband on the phone…lol.
I now see why you’re posting this here…
He’s thinking logically. Present him a logical solution, give the old truck to the kid and find something nicer for yourselves.
Presume you still drive a lot of miles, or you USED to drive even way more miles, either way, you’re not mechanics, you’re presumably retired and traveling or want to travel.
Do yourself and husband a favor and a gift to yourselves and find a nice one that you can pile a bunch more miles on with less worries.