Thanks. My 92 F-150 gets lots of nice comments, its just a good old truck.
This new (to me) truck has some nice additions from a company in Central Washington called Trail Wagons.
We were out of town for a few days so I pick the truck up on Monday from the original owners. It spent its life parked in the garage in the background. It and the camper are in pretty stellar shape.

 

I would hate to pay 14K for an old truck, have it totaled in a crash a month later and get a nice fat check from the insurance company for 8K. A couple of months ago I saw an ad for an 01 CC lariat. It looked almost new with around 50K miles. The asking price was about $25,000. Crazy.

 

That's a super clean 91. It looks like it was parked in a museum.

 

I bought this truck because, up here, diesels are bringing way over book price. 90's models with 180k+++++ will be listed for 13 to 20k+. This truck was a fraction of that.
I'm a vintage car guy so I will put agreed value insurance on it and next year will be able to put collector plates on it (25 years and older). Both the insurance and plates are for limited use, since we will primarily drive it to car shows pulling our hot rod we should be all good. That's the theory, we will have to see.

 

I just sold a 2001 f250 Lariat super cab 7.3 4x4 that had just turned 200K for $11,000.00. I could have probably squeezed 12 K or more out of it, but the buyer was serious and it was an easy sell. I was offered 10K on trade in for a new 2015 so this was 1000 less in financing. The body had a couple on dings, but no dents or rust. The leather interior and carpet were near perfect. The truck ran perfect and everything worked. The buyers were happy to get it and I was flooded with more responses. For this area it was a good buyers price but a fair price. Some that are more worn out go for less. Some people with junk want big bucks figuring they have a 7.3 it must be one of the good ones even though they never maintained it properly.

 

Prices are dumb on the 7.3. I get lots of smaller contractors requesting a call if we get a 7.3 in because they don't think they can afford a 6.7, and they know they can't afford any unexpected repairs on a 6.0/6.4, and they typically don't really want to take great care of a truck. The 7.3 can take more of a beating than the newer trucks, but that doesn't always mean its better. Today's 6.2 puts out NA 7.3 specs at similar RPM. With the right transmission it's all that most folks will need. You don't get 400,000k out of a motor without a good amount invested in taking care of it. We service several gas motors with over 200k at our shop, and if you have to replace one it's about the cost premium of getting a new diesel up front. Unless you absolutely need the diesel, I tend to lean toward gas models myself.

 

I just sold a 2002 4x4 7.3l XLT crew with rust and been backed into something 250K miles a recent trade-in , we had it like 24hours... $9000 out the door.... gotta a good commission also