That is the same one I posted the ebay link too. Guy is NUTS. Acts like he built it. When all he did was buy it for 12k and now is trying to make 8k profit

 

Ah, I missed your link. Yea he is crazy, unfortunately he might get it selling it around here. He is lucky to be around a military installation. Some private will see it and just HAVE to have it. Probably go get a loan with %25 interest making $500 a month payments and be perfectly happy with it. I see it all the time, I've had soldiers do similar crap.

 

I have been through this before. In my neck of the woods, those OBS trucks are practically given away if they are banged up, I had the chrysler dealer offer me a one owner f250 4x4 reg cab 460 5spd with 36000 original miles on it for like $2500. Noone wanted it because it wasn't nice at all. I have seen nice 460 trucks and PSD trucks sell for the $10k range though. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks all that matters is what people are willing to pay for something. If people are paying a certain price for something then that is what it is worth. PERIOD. If you won't pay it, someone else will be happy to. I have seen the dealers price obs PSD trucks that are clean with high mileage for $12k+ and they won't even sit on the lot.

One dealer said that he would buy all the clean ones he could find and keep jacking the price up till they would set on his lot for more than a week or so. My boss at work had a f350 reg cab, 460 5spd 4x4 BEAT TO HE//. Bought new as a construction fleet truck, 160k miles. Bare truck, no AC, no cruise, the lowest truck you could buy. He said book was $1700 he priced it at $1500 and it was sold in hours. All he could say was "I guess those trucks really don't follow book value"

I am not saying pay an arm and a leg, but if you find a 1 owner low mile 4x4, especially a 5 spd, and it is an xlt and nice, anything under 10k is a steal. My brother and I have 3 of those, 1 460 5spd, and 2 psd 5 spd trucks, all 4x4s. People try to buy them from us prettty regular. Just last weekend we were in office depot and a guy walked up to my brother and asked if that was his truck in the parking lot and said he had been looking for that exact truck for months and he coiuldn't even find one than was worth owning, but he wanted to know what my brother paid.

My brother said "Well, It has under 100k miles and it is a 4dr short bed with a 5spd, I paid $10k" The guy was amazed that we baught it that cheap. So just to put it out there people will pay that for a nice one.

Used cars are a premium due to the fact that the 6.o sucks and noone wants those, the v10 hogs a ton of gas and makes no power, and a new one is really expensive. I personally feel that when chrysler and GM filed bankruptcy ford got some more fans, therefore driving the price higher and the dodges and chevs lower.

 

Your boss better look up book value again. There is NO WAY a F350 4wd 460 truck is only worth 1700. Easily 3000+

 

Well that was book value. Look it up in poor condition, no options, 5spd, 160k miles. My xlt only books out at like $4000.

Kelley Blue Book

 

you can say what you want but here is the kelley blue book. You don't have to even banter words with me. I am reluctant to bracket that truck at fair condition, it is really really beat up. I am more to the side of poor. He baught 2 of those form the fleet for $600 each and one went to scrap. Not even repairable. bad engine, badtranny, ruined body, seat wore down to the springs, rusted, absolutely terrible. I wouldn't call anything about those fleet trucks fair. But the blue book is NOT $3000. Not even close. Barely half of that, and that is hoping that fair is a reasonable place to bracket a truck that has not one strait body panel. Say what you want, A buyer can have access to the same information I have.

 

The truck that started this thread is not in EXCELLENT condition as the title says. There are a few dents. EXCELLENT by the book is only 5% of vehicles fit that. That to me means showroom almost new condition. I assure you, you you buy that truck & turn around & try to trade it in the dealer will price it in GOOD to FAIR condition.
People are crazy & the people that pay these prices need to committed to a mental hospital.
Craig

 

I had a guy that wanted the truck in my truck in my sig. He offered 10000.00. Turned him down

 

my truck is the stock version of the ebay one with high mileage but had 5k worth of trans front end and other misc work. Bought it for 6500. Did have minor body damage but no real rust

 

Look up NADA

 

good luck selling a truck based on those numbers lol.you would never pay those numbers when buying a truck Brad.come back down to reality with us.


to get a "real" value of what a truck is worth,search your local ads for trucks comparably priced.see what your dollar can "really" buy you.nothing beats that.a book doesn't compare to whats really going on,on the street.often it's worth it to travel.i had to.sell the same way.keeping in mind many will list high at first and re-list latter until it sells,and many don't actually really want to sell at all,so they don't price them to move.this doesn't mean the truck is worth it because someone asks it.there are suckers born every day.don't be one of 'em boys.these are all old trucks which require constant repair and maintenance.the ones left sitting with low miles suffer their fair share of problems.

 

It doesn't matter what book value is or what anyone has an opinion about what condition it is, all that matters is what people are willing to pay. Think about it. If someone wants a new truck, for work or play, The 6.0 is a wrench magnet, the 6.4 has way too many problems, the superduty 7.3 is a decent truck, but nothing it can do that an OBS can't. Why are people paying higher prices for these trucks? I think it is simple. New cars are a premium and aren't lasting like the older ones, especially if they are worked hard.

At work we have a fleet of 1 ton trucks, everything from a 92 f350 to a 2012 3500 gmc duramax. I will affirm that when it got -20 and the temp never reached above freezing this winter for 35 days strait, The old fords 97< (all have 460s) never left us. The superduty fords all have 7.3 diesels and 6 spds. They neverleft us, one of the 4 didn't start one morning. 3 of the gmc 3500 duramax trucks threw belts, started leaking stuff from underneath and had to be towed. Now, The one old ford didn't start, but it didn't leave anyone stranded, the gmc trucks were flying apart on the highway, flying apart in the peoples driveways, and 2 of them did it on multiple occasions.

This made me glad that I drive a ford. every truck has between 180000 miles and 220000 miles. They were all baught new by the same company and received the exact same fleet service regiment. You tell me why people don't want to pay more for a newer work truck. It is obvious. People want what they want and need it to last, not fly apart on the side of the road. If I needed a new truck for say a farm, I don't want to go down and buy a brand new f350 reg cab xl powerstroke 4x4 at a cost of $40000. (this was the sticker price a year ago at our local ford store for a white XL f350 powerstroke reg cab. rubber floor, power windows and locks, A/T, 4x4, cruise and air) I am going to be way more likely to go across the street and buy a 97 f350 for $12-14 with 50k miles. It will do the exact same thing at 1/3 the price. Licensing is less.

Now the one thing I have seen in the last year in my area is a higher demand for the 460 trucks. Seem to do same on gas as the v10 and I like the power better than that of the v10. Seeing diesel pump prices at $1.00 higher a gallon than unleaded and the lower maintenance costs, Noone wants to buy the diesels like they used to.

 

So you are saying your truck is only "worth" 3000? Because that is what KBB lists it as. I would say it would be worth closer to 5,000 like NADA put is

I dont but trucks I am looking to resell of any book value. I buy them for a cheap as I can to then list them for book value(or more) and make profit

 

sorry Brad.no.you can't have her for 5k.
this one was by far not setup for resale value.

 

1997 F250 4x4 Powerstroke

This has been on the local CL for a few weeks now, It looks nice but I haven't seen it, It is low miles if the odometer is original, But it also hasn't sold yet, due to the fact of we are in the mountains and it is an auto. I bet if it were 5 spd truck or a 1 ton or both it would be gone quick, but being a 3/4 ton auto, It might hang around a few more weeks, but It will sell.