What should I offer?
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What should I offer?
Found a 79 F-150 regular cab 2wd on a farm near me. Truck is complete, but the 300 in it has a blown piston according to the owner, caused by the air cleaner screw getting sucked in through the intake.
He says the truck ran when he parked it several years ago, though obviously not really well.
As I said it appears to have all the parts, though the green paint has mostly been replaced by a coat of surface rust. Wish I had taken pics, but I didn't, sorry.
When I said, "Hey, I have a truck that same year!", the owner replied, "You want it?"
I'm sure I could get it for little or nothing, but I happen to know the guy needs money - he's currently got his farm up for sale to try and raise $$ to care for his wife who's in the hospital - so I''d like to give him something for it.
What would you guys think would be a reasonable price to offer considering it's currently in what I would call "non-running" condition?
I'm thinking at worst it would be parts for my other '79, and if I could get it back in running condition without too much expense, it would be cheaper to drive than my other truck when I just need to grab a couple sheets of plywood or something.
He says the truck ran when he parked it several years ago, though obviously not really well.
As I said it appears to have all the parts, though the green paint has mostly been replaced by a coat of surface rust. Wish I had taken pics, but I didn't, sorry.
When I said, "Hey, I have a truck that same year!", the owner replied, "You want it?"
I'm sure I could get it for little or nothing, but I happen to know the guy needs money - he's currently got his farm up for sale to try and raise $$ to care for his wife who's in the hospital - so I''d like to give him something for it.
What would you guys think would be a reasonable price to offer considering it's currently in what I would call "non-running" condition?
I'm thinking at worst it would be parts for my other '79, and if I could get it back in running condition without too much expense, it would be cheaper to drive than my other truck when I just need to grab a couple sheets of plywood or something.
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: Indiana, PA
Back to being serious though I`d think mabye $1,000 or whatever you think the parts you might need off it are worth to you.
