This truck is listed on Ebay with a buy it now for $199,000.00 dollars

Ford : F-100 Ford : F-100 | eBay

 

His Ol' Lady probably told him that he had to sell it. "I put it up for sale honey, but nobody wanted it"

 

Man! I gotta admit that thang is Purdy with a capital "P".

This is one you'd want to hang on the wall, not ever drive, though...slim

 

This part had me rolling -

"Please note that all sales are binding and final. Our cars are sold "as-is" with no warranty expressed or implied."

Heck, my used truck from the local stealership at least had a 30 day power-train warranty and my truck has rear view mirrors. For $199,000 I better have a warranty for the Cheby motor. Really, couldn't find a nice 460 Ford to put in it? Had to commit unspeakable horrors and put a Cheby in it? (That comment is not directed at those in real world that either had no choice, no budget for something different or had one sitting around)

 

They probably have that much in it. Does anybody actually ever get what they have in one? And spending that kind of money I wonder why, like teardropty, why didn't they put a Ford in it. I have an excuse - a Cheesy came in mine and I can't afford to change it out right now, but when you have a budget that they had, why?

 

P.S. I dare someone to make a offer of $500 for the truck.

 

I think it's a pretty clever idea; why put a limit of say $100k on offers? Heck, put a million dollar B-I-N and let people figure out what it's worth to them. And since offers are only visible to the seller, no one knows what they have to beat.

 

I second that.....

 

He has that much in it. If I had that kind of money I would want it but I would not be able to buy it from fear of a rock chip.

 

IMHO that truck is beautiful, but it's just basically a very well done but typical build worth maybe 1/2 that much, rest must be the seller's commission.

Anyone remember what they wanted for the Tim Allen F-100?

 

Here is the conversation at my house if I were to buy the truck:

Me: Honey, I have some great news....

Girlfriend: Yeah, what's that?

Me: We are moving into a nice new place.

Girlfriend: Huh? Really?

Me: Yeah, I got it for a steal, only $199,000.

 

Very good! I needed a good laugh today, thanks!

 

Seen the truck at the 2006 Nats . Looked at it for a while .It is Bad A$$ .

 

Glad I could provide you a laugh. Truthfully, I respect anyone that works hard to make something special, whether it is a daily driver or a work of art like the truck mentioned here. The hard part for me is seeing something that someone put some much time into but needs so much out of it to break even or make a profit. That is why I believe our trucks MUST be a labor of love and sacrifice otherwise the true cost would overwhelm us. I remember my first restoration when the girlfriend asked me how much money I had into it. I lovely looked her in the eyes and lied. The truth would have caused problems and frankly I couldn't bear the thoughts of the true cost. We only begin to recoup our time and expenses by driving these old trucks down the road again. I always tell people my payback isn't having grown men pick over the minute details of a custom restoration job but seeing that 6 or 7 year old kid waving and smiling as I drive by in the old girl. That, my friends, is why I work on the truck.

 

As mentioned, this seems to be a consignment seller trying to see how high an offer it brings. He can turn down too low an offer without incurring any costs from ebay and/or do an outside private sale to a high enough offer.