Does $5k Buy anything decent these days????

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Originally Posted by CCCC

Longhorn Man and Tonka59 give some good info and advice here. If you can spend some time in the SW, you can get almost as much truck for the $$ (mechanical and options) but - most important - with very little or no rust. Here is a pic of one I bought for $4,500 a little while back. K20, 350, 4 spd, lifted a bit - runs very strong.

A guy from the east coast would have to add travel expenses,lost wages,and driving/shipping back costs to that $4,500.It would easily be worth $7,000-$8,000 back east.