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[tucsonjwt]

An engine and drive train that has not been used regularly likely will need work. I would rather spend that kind of money toward a new (or newer) truck.

[BigBlocksRule]

I'm gonna retire in a few years, I think I'll make more just hauling straight rust-free sheetmetal to you guys up north and east. We have tons of squarebodies on the road every day, still a lot of 'em working daily and in good shape.
We might not mind dealing with some rust if we could just get some rain...

[old Rusty C10]

lol well i finally found a 1982 with my color scheme.. i like that truck but not $13K worth

[riz]

I'd rather spend my 13K on building a truck instead of buying bone stocker with high miles. Just my opinion.

I could do a lot more than that for 13K.

RIZ

[esbstuff]

Originally Posted by 355bullet

Converter and muffler look stock. Two years ago I had the exhaust replaced on my 86, it had the same style. But you never know.

Yea your right. I looked at the Ebay pictures and it looks like the orginal exhaust. Also based on the Ebay pictures I will say its an acutal mile truck. There are tags and other items that can't be bought that that truck has...

On the tires, all 5 should match. The spare looks orginal. I'm sure someone has an orginal brochure to match the tire tread to.

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by tucsonjwt

An engine and drive train that has not been used regularly likely will need work. I would rather spend that kind of money toward a new (or newer) truck.

Depends...I've got 3 older muscle cars here, all of which have been sitting in the garage since the mid 80's. None have even been started since then, just covered and stored. I've recently gotten them all road worth again.

I've had to do simple things like water pumps and fuel pumps (mainly for piece of mind as they weren't leaking) 2 of them needed master cylinders but the rest of the brakes have been fine after a fluid flush. Rebuild carbs, fresh gas, and they fire to life and purrr. Not that big of a deal, and really not much cash outlay either. They all have been running flawlessly for the last couple of years.

Honestly there is nothing like driving an unrestored vehicle that hasn't been screwed around with. They drive different, tight and rattle free. Just a completely different experience that is very hard to duplicate when you restore one now. Which is the reason why survivor cars have really taken off in the last few years of the collector car market. People are starting to realize that. I'll take an unrestored survivor any day over a restored vehicle hands down. After too many concour restored cars I've really changed my taste over the years for a little bit of original patina so you can actually enjoy the cars.

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by riz

I'd rather spend my 13K on building a truck instead of buying bone stocker with high miles. Just my opinion.

I could do a lot more than that for 13K.

RIZ

Depends on what you start with

[vegas80step]

You can build a truck for 13K...? damn.. wish someone would have told me... lol....

[Firebirdjones]

Originally Posted by vegas80step

You can build a truck for 13K...? damn.. wish someone would have told me... lol....

I restore for a living and can't do it that cheap for myself either.

[riz]

I said building a truck, not a built truck.

I'd still rather have 13K to put towards my pile project.

RIZ

[Keith Seymore]

I did mine for about $4500, including paint:



Mechanicals were fine, just a cosmetic restoration -

K

[riz]

Exactly ! Could you imagine if you could put another $8500 into it?

RIZ

[Firebirdjones]

Like I mentioned, it depends on what you start with. Kieth didn't mention his purchase price. That's part of the figure too.
Gotta find a good one to keep restoration costs down, problem is, that better example costs more initially than that rough one down the street

It's almost damned if you do, damned if you don't.

A simple cosmetic refurbish is rather cheap if the rest of the truck is good enough.

A complete restoration on a well used example, modified or not, will cost much more than the asking price of the truck in question here. But I think that comes down to personal taste and what is "good enough" for any certain individual. There aren't that many "good ones" out there anymore.

Being involved in restorations, I'm still of the mindset that, you just simply can't beat and unrestored, original paint, unmollested vehicle. I'd pay more for a survivor than I would a completely restored car. Once you start messing with them they are never the same.