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Location: Northern Nevada
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Re: what would you pay for a rust-free cab
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![]() My preserved cab was $2800. Drove it home, 1989 ![]() Isn't much, but the best deal I've got was a front bumper and SWB bed for $1200, 8 miles from me 7-8 years ago. I thought the bed was 93% easy, it was stripped down to metal. But don't tell my body/paint guy that, he swears off restoring another bed.
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 Last edited by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402; 02-25-2020 at 10:39 PM. |
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Location: Saskatoon,SK,Canada
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Re: what would you pay for a rust-free cab
I think what something is worth is a regional thing. Up here mint rust free is almost non existent unless it came from down south. I know what the parts cost and how much labour it is to disassemble, blast, repair the whole bottom of a truck, prep, paint and reassemble. When you can look at a scuff and paint cab from that perspective it's worth it's weight in gold. In the dry states where they are still quite reasonable to find either as a cab or a complete truck it's a different story. If I wanted to acquire a dry southern cab I'd have to pay a couple grand just to get it here.
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Latrobe, Pa. 15650
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Re: what would you pay for a rust-free cab
My son and I got very lucky. He bought California sheet metal a couple years ago. He paid $5,000 for rust free cab, doors, fenders, inner front fenders, core support, and hood. I stripped the bottom of the cab for him. It was time consuming, but with no rust to deal with, wasn't to bad to do. My '69 truck is from Lancaster,Pa. I wish I took pictures of it before I repainted every thing 15 years ago. It's just as nice as his '72. Has all the original sheet metal. I think there is still more cherry cabs out there. Got to have patience to wait until they pop up.
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