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[Dan in Pasadena]

1955.1 Jimmy. VERY nicely done already. Personally, I'd put different wheels and tires but otherwise it's very nice. I suppose $27,500 is a lot in other parts of the country but not so much in SoCal.



https://losangeles.craigslist.org/la...568361250.html

[mr48chev]

That is a nice truck but as you said, the trailer wheels and the wrong tires really degrade the truck.
To me "restored" means stone stock all the way through including the wheels, hubcaps and tires all being proper. I'd have to figure what a proper set of stock style wheels, correct hubcaps and a lot closer to "original looking" tires would cost and factor that into the offer.

[leegreen]

its purdy, but those loose wires hanging from dash .....

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by leegreen

its purdy, but those loose wires hanging from dash .....

Little details that possibly show lack of attention to detail.

The Cheezy wheels and tires and wires hanging down aren't deal breakers but are things that put you on notice to inspect it closer to see what other corners they cut or things that they didn't take care of.

[daveshilling]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8069589591799/

Dont all rush to buy at the same time, now! A steal at $55k

[mr48chev]

If that one was for the 15 K it is maybe worth you could take the pieces that don't belong on it off and maybe make an interesting truck out of it. Not as gaudy but interesting.

[leegreen]

That is a little over the top for my taste, but kudos for the amount of work that went into it. I'd like to see the balance between metalwork and bondo sculpting, but it is clear someone with some skill spent some time building what they wanted to have.

[dsraven]

yep, many things are not stock and could easily be overlooked at first glance. lots of those little items would be a major job for a lot of fellas. bumper, headlights, shaved handles, not to mention the crewcab and box. too gawdy for my tastes but lots of work went into it for sure

[mr48chev]

That truck is The poster truck of the concept of "i gotta stick____ on because someone else stuck it on their truck and then I have to make it more radical than other trucks so it will draw attention that it might not otherwise get. if it was priced right it would be fun to take it and descab it and turn it into a real nice truck. The potential is there.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

1955.1 Jimmy. VERY nicely done already. Personally, I'd put different wheels and tires but otherwise it's very nice. I suppose $27,500 is a lot in other parts of the country but not so much in SoCal.



https://losangeles.craigslist.org/la...568361250.html

Wonder why OP deleted it so fast???

[mr48chev]

It may have sold rather quickly. A lot of people in California are into these trucks right now and many of those want them pretty well stock. Plus it is a pretty nice truck that doesn't need a lot to be a really nice truck.

[mr48chev]

50 Chevy flatbed dually close to Yakima Wa 2K https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks


It looks like it has been sitting for a while but looks like it is pretty solid. The bed would work pretty nice on the 1-1/2 ton I have.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

It may have sold rather quickly. A lot of people in California are into these trucks right now and many of those want them pretty well stock. Plus it is a pretty nice truck that doesn't need a lot to be a really nice truck.

Just glanced at the newest online catalog from Brothers. Sheesh!!! I now agree $27K nowadays might barely cover parts much less base price of vehicle itself. Surprised to se the steering wheel painted to match.

[mr48chev]

As Dan is very familiar with Southern California prices are often higher than rust belt prices for AD/TF trucks and parts. It may be a supply and demand issue as guys from back east and up north used to go to SoCal to find clean rust free trucks to build back 40 years ago. I remember a lot of stories on nicely finished cars and trucks 40 years ago where the owner went to So Cal to find the car/truck to build. Friend of mine in Texas in the mid 70's sold his 55 Chevy 2 door post to a guy who rolled into town in a Convoy truck looking for mid 50's cars or trucks to buy to haul back north and sell. The guy offered him way more than guys in Texas would at the time and he sold it on the spot and regretted it every since. Sweet little yellow car with a nice interior and a 327 and 4 speed that just needed detailing.

It probably comes down to how much extra toy money folks have in a certain area and what the popular big folk toys are in that area. Guys in The Coos Bay region who wouldn't pay 27 K for a nice AD will pay the same for a tricked out drift boat to float past your house without batting an eye. https://pavatimarine.com/product/pav...CABEgJpNPD_BwE

That is just a glorified rowboat.

[vintovka]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

It probably comes down to how much extra toy money folks have in a certain area and what the popular big folk toys are in that area. Guys in The Coos Bay region who wouldn't pay 27 K for a nice AD will pay the same for a tricked out drift boat to float past your house without batting an eye. https://pavatimarine.com/product/pav...CABEgJpNPD_BwE

That is just a glorified rowboat.

I agree. Many folks are unaware the dollar took an additional 25-30% devaluation hit just this last year. If you don't believe it, just go to the "dollar store".

[mr48chev]

Not cheap but for a guy in the PNW wanting to build a Cameo this might be worth investigating. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5-f6eaba3473d7

Your choice of the pair with some hard to find parts for the first buyer.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by daveshilling

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8069589591799/

Dont all rush to buy at the same time, now! A steal at $55k

Damn! What did that poor truck do to deserve that being done to it?

UGH.

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Damn! What did that poor truck do to deserve that being done to it?

UGH.

I'd say that the "builder" is a card carrying member of the I'm going to make it more radical than the other guy's truck even though it could have been a great truck if he had not tried to turn it into a batmobile. Funny part is my buddy would be telling how "radical" it is for days and probably save and print photos of it.

[1project2many]

It probably comes down to how much extra toy money folks have in a certain area and what the popular big folk toys are in that area.

This area's challenging when it comes to vehicle pricing. Folks in the Northeast are used to discarding a lot of stuff. Things rust and rot and go bad fairly quickly. But folks are also used to finding a lot of discarded stuff to re-use in some way. I believe this tends to keep prices lower for used stuff. I also feel that many vehicles restored in the Northeast will rust again in 5-10 years without climate controlled storage. Its definitely harder for the average guy to want to invest big money in a vehicle that's been redone. And honestly, folks just don't have a handle on the true cost for bodywork so they don't know how to value a truck. So folks will choose to buy something rusty with unrealistic expectations about fixing it up.

It's taken me years to convince folks above my pay grade that its better to buy used fleet vehicles from the west and midwest. In the past those vehicles might have been 20% - 30% more expensive than Northeast vehicles. But the amount of time they remain in service more than makes up for the cost. Now, with parts availability on the decline, I'm concerned older vehicles in a fleet will be tougher to keep on the road.

[mr48chev]

Supply and demand in your local area has a lot to do with it then actual condition.

The guys down in Dan's hood are paying exorbanant prices now because folks from all over the rest of the country went to SoCal 30 or more years ago and grabbed up a lot of low or no rust project trucks and hauled them back to the North East. From what I see of Texas prices, I think the same thing may have happened there. A lot of pretty decent trucks and cars got bought up and hauled north for a lot of years. Now you see cars and trucks being pulled out of Western Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana often in areas that the scrappers didn't get to back a few years ago.

We are a bit spoiled here in Eastern Washington as you can still go out and find trucks sitting on farms and ranches if you get far enough off the regular paths. It isn't as easy as it was 20 years ago though.

The rust thing I still don't get as I see trucks that are roached out worse than ones I passed up on 30 years ago for 25/100 bucks because they weren't good enough to fix up with huge asking prices on them.

[1project2many]

When I was in Montana nothing within 20 miles of the interstate was priced right. People would drag junk out next to the highway for out of state folks. If the cost was high due to supply and demand it was that the supply of dollars in Montana was much lower than states on either coast, not that there weren't enough trucks.


Reasonably priced projects from the northeast:



https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...51753265495035








https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0-78fa320777e1

[leegreen]

those would sell pretty much overnight at those prices around here

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by 1project2many

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...0-78fa320777e1

As a Californian, I get irritated when I see trucks someone pulled from California and then just on sale 2,000 miles away. If I wanted that truck, it had to travel 4,000 miles to get 200 miles, and I have to pay someone both ways. All that hassle so this guy could be first in line to turn the buck.

[mr48chev]

Awh Dave, you know that if you are in New Joisy the "California pink" slip adds 50 % to the hoped for resale price of that truck. To me that truck looks like it came from around Eureka rather than the dry part of Cali. Or spent all too many years at the beach.

I don't think it is a great loss to the truck folks in Cali.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Awh Dave, you know that if you are in New Joisy the "California pink" slip adds 50 % to the hoped for resale price of that truck. To me that truck looks like it came from around Eureka rather than the dry part of Cali. Or spent all too many years at the beach.

I don't think it is a great loss to the truck folks in Cali.

Indeed! I bought a '72 Pontiac Le Mans many years ago to fix up for my wife to drive. It had spent its life in Malibu, as I learned during the fixing up work. I sold what I could and just scrapped the rest. It was a real rust bucket, but at least I did better than breaking even, parting it out. Like everywhere, there are places where a vehicle doesn't get trashed by the weather. Even California has its rust buckets, though! I'm also a member of a Buick forum, and some of the stuff that those guys bring back to life there would be scrap, here in California.