Does $5k Buy anything decent these days???? - Page 2 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**special-K** · 03-08-2008, 03:04 AM

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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.

nds1968 · 03-08-2008, 03:19 AM

$5K is not a lot of money these days. It took me over a year to find a clean truck. I'm doing a total resto on mine. I paid $6700 for mine but it is pretty clean. I didn't want to fix a bunch of rust.

arkracing · 03-08-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

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.

It would probably be cheaper to have someone haul it back east, but I still would be leary of buying something without physically looking/touching it.

Guess I'm going to start looking to piece one together as it is probably the only reasonable option @ this point.

dan42 · 03-08-2008, 09:09 AM

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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.

That's a pretty truck - I don't care for lift kits, but yours looks nice-.

dan42 · 03-08-2008, 09:27 AM

here you go - http://slo.craigslist.org/car/597791209.html
http://slo.craigslist.org/car/597550538.html

72freak · 03-09-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

That's a nice truck, is it yours?

NO........I just started looking when I saw this thread

CG · 03-09-2008, 10:31 PM

Well I spent 4.5k on all this and a bunch of other tools and "garage" type stuff not pictured. Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time

03-08-2008, 03:19 AM	#27
nds1968 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,694	Re: Does $5k Buy anything decent these days???? $5K is not a lot of money these days. It took me over a year to find a clean truck. I'm doing a total resto on mine. I paid $6700 for mine but it is pretty clean. I didn't want to fix a bunch of rust. Attached Images

03-08-2008, 09:27 AM	#30
dan42 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cali Central Coast Posts: 5,191	Re: Does $5k Buy anything decent these days???? here you go - http://slo.craigslist.org/car/597791209.html http://slo.craigslist.org/car/597550538.html __________________ '67 SWB Fleetside ZZ4/350/Tremec 5-speed/4link/Scott's IFS - and fun as heck! SOLD Click here to support the board Philippians 4: 6-7

03-09-2008, 10:31 PM	#32
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,021	Re: Does $5k Buy anything decent these days???? Well I spent 4.5k on all this and a bunch of other tools and "garage" type stuff not pictured. Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time Attached Images

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