Looking for Advice on Selling my C-10

[Coley]

Ok here is my two bits....maybe three...lol.
You've got a nice truck there for sure and no dispute.
All in all.....good condition, apparently straight and solid as far as the pics show, not hacked up and presented as very clean and ready to go...all good points.
Now one thing to consider is the $10k tipping point....and I think it is largely a psychological one.
Most guys who shop north of $10k tend to be after something that has some really strong point for them....very original condition, quality swb, high option longbed,...that kind of thing.
So you are on the cusp of this but may not have quite enough on the table to attract a lot of possible buyers in the general truck market.
So what that means is you wait it out a bit...and market your truck like heck all over the place because somewhere there is always a buyer and you might have to work very hard to find him and it might take a little while.
OR you work less hard and target the 4 figure price range a little higher up but less than $10k...maybe an option for you?
OR you invest a bit of money to attract a few more buyers and this investment (in my opinion) would include a custom sport bumper (as already stated), the correct egg crate grill...and maybe change out the wheels and tires.
Remember you can always resell some of the above parts to pay yourself back for the more standard more market friendly parts. Remember trucks (like houses) that appear to be personally customized do not get a lot of mass market attention....you almost have to neutralize the personal preference stuff to attract a bigger market....thats just the way it is. As I said, its the same with a house that has a lot of wild, bright paint on the inner walls or crazy appliances, woodwork, or orange shag carpet....the realtor will ask you to go over and paint it with eggshell white and lose the other stuff, regardless of how much you like it.
All in all...I'll close with my initial statement...that's a nice truck you've got there and you probably wouldn't regret it if you found a way to keep it.
My two bits.
Coley

[stsalvage]

One of the best come backs and mine are more of being beating on people then this guy well put thank you.

Now i will add to your statement that a lot of guys that are doing it thinking they will get the same amount of money as a factory one would get.

The first ones that are being build sure cus of supply and demand.But in the later years when people find out you have a Clone truck of what they are the market will drop from under you.

I'm talking about the guys cutting up long beds to short bed fleet sides.

Back in 1995 and 2010 hot rod did a story on clone car's Like the lemons and the GTO lots of clones out there.

But the short bed fleet side is a fad it will last for a while it was like extend cabs back in 1995 all the old chevy truck from 1955-66 where stretching cab's you see many out there to day

NO

Yes the short bed will stick around but the cheep way on how they well the beds back to gather will bleed throw the paint.

talk to any body guy a weld is hard to cover over time it likes to show its ugly head like on the 1967-69 Camaro's where the quarter panel meet the roof after some time paint cracks.shows them hidden welded spots

remember metal expands when you put a cutting torch to it an all the places where there trying to reconnect it

Me i rather by the brand new bed sides no weld marks ever.

But make sure that you know what your buying.

Some ones hack job be careful some of them job are not undo able and they wind up in my hands and i hate to do it and i get pissed but have no choise but to scrap a once Nice truck