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Re: Is this a good choice? Truck Purchase
I see rust and bondo on the DS door, bring one of those soft flexible magnets.
You don't exactly live where nice trucks are and the black primer is even more suspicious. Check the door bottoms, above the rear fender wells, the fender bottoms front and back, inner and outer rockers, and even pull the top of the windshield rubber down (this isn't anywhere near a show truck, but ask the owner first) to look for rust. Open the cowl vents inside the cab and look inside them, they will be coated in surface rust, just look for holes. For some reason he shows a ton of pics of what looks to be a slightly pitted frame (normal for your location) with likely some kind of rust converter coating on it, but leaves out all the typical body rust areas. Check where all the cross members meet the frame for rust and look over the rear trailing arms at the top, they are two pieces and will start to separate from rust.
I grew up in NY. I hated trying to find a decent vehicle up there. The older I get, the more I'm willing to wait and pay more $ for a classic that needs almost no bodywork, than a cheap truck that needs everything.
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