What does $3,000 get you?

[TwoFiftyShifter]

I usually mess around with 73-87 4x4s but have been looking for a LWB C10 driver. I am looking for a truck to drive now, and fix and improve as I go. I have looked at a half dozen trucks on Craigslist. All of them misrepresented. "Minimal rust" trucks without a single good panel on them, "good tires" that are dry rotted and so on.

I found a 72 that I actually like. It's a long fleet and a 350 3OTT. Runs strong and smooth with new headers and duals, good brakes. Body is pretty good for an East coast truck - solid cab with some pinholes on the floor near rockers. Cab supports and the rest of the floor is good. Rockers welded in, not too bad. Bed is pretty solid. The interior needs work in the way of a better seat and a steering wheel. All gauges work. The truck could use a paint job pretty badly but that doesn't freak me out in the least.

Couldn't get the seller below 3,000. I agreed and went to drive home and the shift linkage binded up. I couldn't get it out of first. We messed with it for a bit then decided to hold off. The seller does a lot of work on the old stuff and said he'd work on adjusting the linkage and would drive it to my house (45miles) for the agreed price, or if he can't get it right we would renegotiate.

How does that sound to you all? What do you normally expect for 3K?