1967-72 C-10 rising in value

[weq92f]

There are too many "dealers" out there listing tons of these trucks at really over inflated prices. I know some of these are selling high because I've tried to purchase a few from guys that needed to dump them off ( Example: guy paid 49k and it was nice, his low dollar was 35k, which was still too much. Verified by contacting the dealer that sold it to him -this was the copper polished floor pan C10 swb fleet ).

A buddy and I went and took a look at a truck near home that I found on eB@y. I'd already negotiated the price with the guy pending inspection so I was ready to drive it home. Unfortunately, no, this was not the right one for me: 5.? liter 1999-2000 Vortec, 4l?0e, frame cut to fit exhaust manifolds ( no boxing ), oil pan was the lowest part of the truck by 3+ inches, motor was tired, tranny was ~OK, manual 4/disc, A/C cab, black paint, no rust..

~I didn't drive it so the tranny may have also been pretty tired. It had some oil leaking underneath and the engine looked like it came directly out of a beat up old truck/van. Marketed then and still is today as a 6 liter LS with 4L80e with about 40k miles. We could not determine whether it was a 6 liter. My research found only few 6 Liter 4l80e combos there during the early LS cycles, so there were just too many red flags.

This truck is for sale today at one of the above mentioned 'dealers' for 34,999. That is a full 13,999 more than the purchase price I had negotiated, took a look and ran away!

Does this skew the market?

-klb