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Corellian Corvette · 03-09-2006, 08:50 PM

Well, I was looking for a pre-1975 truck because I didn't want to deal with emissions. I couldn't find much that wasn't a total rust bucket. Most of the ones I came across were about $5K + for decent, and $3k or lower was a REAL project.

I found my ‘74 with a 3504V, 4WD, 4-spd, Long-bed fleetside with tow hitch installed and in pretty good shape. Has some rust in the rockers and around the rear wheels to be expected, but other than surface rust on the chassis and a greasy engine compartment it ran fine.

A day at the car wash (my local one DOES allow engine washing) got all the grease off to reveal a pretty clean engine compartment. Rebuilt the carb myself for a $19 kit, and $50 to have the clutch and throw out bearing adjusted (it was making some noise but shifted fine) and the thing runs awesome. All the rest of the issues are purely aesthetic and will be fixed slowly as money allows.

Paid $2500.

03-09-2006, 08:50 PM	#6
Corellian Corvette Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 51	Re: Project truck price range?????? Well, I was looking for a pre-1975 truck because I didn't want to deal with emissions. I couldn't find much that wasn't a total rust bucket. Most of the ones I came across were about $5K + for decent, and $3k or lower was a REAL project. I found my ‘74 with a 3504V, 4WD, 4-spd, Long-bed fleetside with tow hitch installed and in pretty good shape. Has some rust in the rockers and around the rear wheels to be expected, but other than surface rust on the chassis and a greasy engine compartment it ran fine. A day at the car wash (my local one DOES allow engine washing) got all the grease off to reveal a pretty clean engine compartment. Rebuilt the carb myself for a $19 kit, and $50 to have the clutch and throw out bearing adjusted (it was making some noise but shifted fine) and the thing runs awesome. All the rest of the issues are purely aesthetic and will be fixed slowly as money allows. Paid $2500. Last edited by Corellian Corvette; 03-09-2006 at 08:51 PM.