truck search frustration thread &#$%@&*

[cincytrucktp]

Guess I'm impatient but I've been looking for a nice 67-72 short bed for the last 2-3 months. Well the search is not going to good and I'm really starting to get frustrated. Living here in the Cincinnati Ohio area all you find is either show trucks for 30k or bondo bucket trucks. Everything I've gone to look at have been in the 8k range and to be honest I wouldn't have given them 3k for their junk. I guess that's just what I'm going to have to deal with if I try to find something local. Now the story even gets better. I decided to venture out and look on the web pretty much anywhere in the 48 states. Well I found one really nice truck in richmond VA but it sold before I could either fly out or drive to see it. Nice hugger orange/white 9500.00. Well wouldn't you know I see that same truck on ebay 2 days later now in N.C for 15k. NICE! Looks like that buyer is just trying to make a buck. Next I found another nice blue 72, pretty much exactly what I wanted for about 15k. Next day SOLD. Then two days later same blue truck now in Missouri on ebay for 19995.00. Ok, I'm seeing a pattern here. Don't get me wrong I know there are people out there making a living buying and selling vehicles and I normally don't mind it but come on, don't try and ask 5,6,7k more than what the truck is worth. And I thought someone told me the economy was bad, bad time to invest and that cars (old classics) values were down and it's a good time to buy but not to invest. Anyway pretty frustrated. You'd think for 12-15k I could find something nice out there that wasn't a rust/bondo bucket.

Please make me feel better and tell me your sob story on trying to find a truck!!!