original '64 short stepside on CL

[likaroc13]

http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/2039544960.html

pretty cool truck...hard to find them around like that anymore, and still in the same family...don't expect he'll get that kinda money though

[61_FL_Apache]

not 14k. maybe 8k.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Not anywhere near 14K and how does he figure it is worth more than 14K? Where is coming up with that number?
KIDS!

[Clyde65]

I hate to break it to him but even fully restored it wouldnt bring $14K. I wish him good luck and it would definitely be a nice truck to build but I wouldn't go more that $4-5K.

[bobcostas]

Man, if that sells, with that family history, he's gonna regret it.

[gulffishin]

Originally Posted by bobcostas

Man, if that sells, with that family history, he's gonna regret it.

Yep, especially after he has to settle for $4K

[jchav62]

Originally Posted by bobcostas

Man, if that sells, with that family history, he's gonna regret it.

I was thinking the same thing but if he's firm on his price, he won't have to worry about that...

[QBA]

Originally Posted by jchav62

i was thinking the same thing but if he's firm on his price, he won't have to worry about that...

exactly.....

[geezer#99]

It's got 10000 miles more than mine. Guess mine is worth more. Maybe 20000. Nice looking truck though.
LOL!!!

[60apache]

yeah but he is looking for a quick sale so he is going to settle for 14k

[fryer1979]

That right there is exactly why I would never leave a car to a kid I didn't feel had a 100% appreciation for cars (trucks included), and family. I understand it belongs to the kid, so he can do what he wants, but man that's messed up. Go get a school loan boy, they're cheaper and you'll get more money than you will for that truck. Some people.....

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by fryer1979

That right there is exactly why I would never leave a car to a kid I didn't feel had a 100% appreciation for cars (trucks included), and family. I understand it belongs to the kid, so he can do what he wants, but man that's messed up. Go get a school loan boy, they're cheaper and you'll get more money than you will for that truck. Some people.....

I agree.
This kid thinks that his Poppaw's truck is worth $18K but $14K should bring a quick sale.
Doing some quick searches, I can't find any original virgin truck of this trucks condition selling for more than $8K anywhere in the continental US.
That's the problem with ignorant sellers that get a case of the greed after placing completely unrealistic sentimental value on an item that has a very limited base of interested buyers.
Any thing is only worth what someone is willing to part with to make it theirs.
He should consider an offer of $7K very generous as the truck will soon need to be restored.
This is only a logical conclusion for an untouched vehicle of that age.

[iiizman]

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[duallyjams]

Maybe the seller is forced to put it up for sale due to the greed of others but does not want to sell so just put a unrealistic price on it.

[markeb01]

I hope duallyjams is right and he really wants to keep it. If not, it’s too bad it wasn’t inherited by his dad instead. Maybe then it would have remained in the family long enough for the next generation to mature into appreciating the true value of the gift.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Good point.
Maybe that is what he is doing.
He won't get what he is asking for the truck, that is pure and simple.
Looks like a nice project, I would convert it to a fleetside. Step sides aren't my preferance in the 60-66 body style. The 59 and older trucks look better with the step sides.
Wonder how many hits he has had on the add if any at all.

[oem4me]

Fellas, fellas .... I'm not so sure who the fool is here... The kid that wants a bit more than his truck will fetch in a buyers market, or the guy that thinks a restored/modified truck is worth twice what an original is.
The collector car/truck market has matured some in recent years. Original, un-restored cars and trucks are bringing more money than the hot pink billet specials are. Untouched cars and trucks are up, neon striped restomods down.
So ease up on the poor kid. He's got a nice unmolested family truck, and he wants all he can get from it. It's just too bad the economy went to s--t, and fewer people are spending money. I for one would be a hundred times more likely to buy his virgin truck than anything that ever came off the set of Overhaulin'.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

oem4me,

Your truck is a rolling piece of history and we have all marvelled at what an original piece it is. It's the exception, not the rule, that's why we all like it.

But to say original un-restored cars are bringing more than originals is an over simplification. It depends on the vehicle, and a bone stock six cylinder granny tranny truck quite simply isn't a sought after vehicle by most of the high dollar buyers. And Barret Jackson is proving that people are buying "clones" that bring big money that have no originality whatsoever.

The trucks that are the age of ours and older that are bringing the really big money have modern drivetrains, all the creature comforts and updated suspensions. They cost what they do because there is a lot of money invested in them to bring them up to "the big money buyers standards".

There are guys that will buy an original for way more than current value though, but I don't think many of them are hanging out here.

It's all good, and there is room for everyone here. But for most of us on this site this youngster trying to sell a family heirloom truck for twice of what its worth is more than a little off the wall.

Junior should get a student loan and keep the family heirloom for future generations. Or sell it to Uncle Eddie for a reasonable amount and let him do it justice.

Very well said,
But,
I would bet dollars to donuts that there is no collage fund or Grampa's grampa and that this is just another Craig's lister trying to dupe some poor unsuspecting sap out of his hard earned money.
FAR too many people throw unrealistic value on something they inherit that they think will bring them some $$$ and big fat payday at someone else's expense.
I think it is disrespectful to a family members memory and intensions to just "cash in" on old Granddad's death.
Here is an example;
I have an all too nice, gullible friend that bought a 67 GTO with an ultra rare, all aluminum 326 race motor and lenco 4 speed transmission.... It was old uncle Bob's race car... left to old redneck Gomer Pyle
Of course, he never investigated, never called me (I have been restoring GTO's for 30 years), he just bought the guys BS lie and picked up a 67 GTO with a 68 350 beater motor (spun rod bearing and all) and a Saginaw 4 speed for $6500...... Looked original... New paint job....and a little checking would have saved him from buying a nicely disguised POS rust bucket...
BEWARE the CraigsLister......

[1LOW4X4]

Well I agree, I'd much rather buy something like that, but no way I'd pay that much. I'd go 4K for it, judging by the pics....

I actually prefer the "weathered" look over a shiny new paintjob.

But this kid is an idiot either way. You dont sell something like this. Something that was purchased by your great grandfather NEW? And passed down? And in such good condition?

If it sells he will regret it something terrible.

[Chevy Fleetside]

It is a truck not a Hemi Cuda.

[BarnFind]

This is a ruff crowd. I personally like the untouched originals. I can buy a resto-mod on just about every street corner but, the untouched originals are getting harder and harder to find...............I better just keep on walkin. Sean

[Chevy Fleetside]

I like original. I want to restore a truck to originality.