Awesome truck keep us posted.

 

It sure seems like a nice clean restored truck. If it isn't filled with bondo then I think it is well worth $8500.

Chuck

 

I'd have to agree w/ the rest of the FTEr's price wise, but cheque her over real well for Bondo covered rust areas.

 

My 54 came from South Africa

8 years ago it cost about £2000 but was not nearly as nice as this one
I would say if you can get that truck for $8500 you have a bargain but the market will be different in SA.
If it was in the UK it would easily make twice that

The tailgate on my truck looks like yours, I had thought that it may have been modified during its lifetime but seeing this truck makes me think they may have been built that way

Good luck with your purchase

Steve

 

I'll have to go back through the Blue Book of Options to see if I'm able to locate this one, I like it & the concenience w/ be fenominal.

 

I agree, Nice truck!

 

I've seen just a few Old Fords posted from people in South Africa, none as clean looking as that one.
As stated before, if it isn't made of bondo or fiberglass it is worth the asking price or more.

 

Welcome to the board! Its always fun to hear from folks from different corners of the world.

Ok, here's my 2 cents. the truck looks pretty solid, I would definately look it over carefully for bondo in the noted areas. If its bondo free I think the asking prices is fair. Of course you should try and talk him down a bit, just because. Heck, I think its probably against the rules to buy and old truck without haggling over the price....lol

Keep us posted if you buy it. I'd like to see some different pictures of those tailgate handles also. I've never seen them before either and they look interesting.

Good luck
Bobby

 

That is a great lookin truck. I wish Mine was some wheres close to the good of shape !

 

Check out this web site, under the "classic cars" section. This assumes a US truck, but it will give you a ball-park idea of what this truck could sell for. It looks really clean to me, and in Southern California at least, $8,500 would be a bargain. Good luck.

http://www.nadaguides.com/home.aspx?l=1&w=28&p=0&f=5000

 

Even with some bondo I think it's a pretty decent deal. Good deals don't stick around. Grap it now if you can.

I suspect that tailgate option may have been unique to South Africa but I like it a lot bette than the chain/hook set-up we get tuck with here. PErhpas they were figuring that all that Safari driving would tear up the tailgates and developed this option. If you buy the tyruck, I would really be interested in getting a better look at the tailgate and tailgate latch set-up. I suspect I'm not alone. For a semi-purist, you could rationalize doing something like this to one of our trucks since it would technically be a stock set-up, just happpens to be that it was stock in Africa.

 

Great website jreilly, I did know they had a classic car and truck section.

 

Thanks guys. Told the guy I would buy it. He will have it checked by the SA version of AAA (called AA, Ha!). Will wait for report. Will have to travel to it (will bring my magnet....) and than drive it home. About 900 miles....

 

Congrats and good luck.

 

What supports the tailgate when open? Are there chains inside the bed? I've been looking at different options for my '60 to avoid the chain 'n hook, a stock look might be nice.

Great looking pickup!