I have just came acrost a 72 Ford ranger hi boy with a 4spd traney and had a 390 in it but it now hav the engine out of it and the front clip is off and the radiater suport is gone(rusted bad) the rest of the truck is prety bad the floors are half thare and the corners are getting bad and it has the usual rust for the years of minnesota driving. But any idea of a price would be helpfull.

 

Sounds like a lot of work. I'd say less than $500.

 

I'd say very little. If you own a trailer visit the person selling it with $200 cash and the trailer offer to take it away as is at that moment.

Person might be pumped just to have it gone - no hassles. From what has been described the truck sounds beat.

 

I am with blu on this one. If the interior is good, maybe 300, but dont buy a truck that you will pour cash into to make it look like a truck you could have bought for less.

 

Check ebay and you local truck trader. These trucks are still plentiful and very reasonably priced. You can find a pretty decent one for a couple thousand dollars. If you drag home a piece of junk you will have many times that into it before it ever sees the road. Consider it good for parts only.

 

Well I bought the truck for $200 it doesn't have a motor or bell housing but it does have as I am told a good drive assembily with a trans and I have the 390 and a bellhousing for it and I dont plan to fix it up to be purty it will be ugly and full of mud for the farm I hunt at. Thank you for the advice I will be asking for more advice on it down the road.

 

Hi
I have a 1970 Ford Ranger pickup. 360 motor swb including a toolbox. Runs great. In good condition. I want to sell it but am having no luck. Any ideas on what I should ask as a reasonable price for it

 

Hogwild, I tried to e-mail you but you have that blocked. How much are you asking and where is the truck? Why don't you advertise it on this FTE site with some pictures and let us bluebloods have a shot at it.
As far as a price, it could be worth only a few hundred or it could bring several thousand. I just saw a low mileage 2 owner truck that didn't make reserve on ebay, with a closing bid right at $3000. I have also seen pretty straight, dependable ones go for under $1000.
The last one I sold in 1994 with new paint,chrome, dual exhaust, tires and wheels brought $3000 with a tired 302 and a C4 that had morning sickness.

 

Willowbilly3
This is my first experience with selling an antique truck. Several local people tell us it is worth $2000, while some say we will be lucky to get $1800. I have advertised locally but I stumbled on this site by accident. How do I advertise on this site. I have no picture of it and no scanner to put it on the web. We are asking $2300 and it is at my house in Ripley,Mississippi. It has been used for general travel by my husband and is in good running condition. It could use a paint job and has 1 rust area on the side of the hood to the right. He is letting the tool box go with it. We would not be selling if it wasn't that we need the money. Neither of us are able to work and we still have a child in school. You can guess that money is not abundant with us. Anyway if you can help us then we would appreciate it. Later.

 

I haven't advertised here but it looks like you just click on the classifieds in the upper right hand corner and then that part of this sight will walk you through. I think you can advertise without a picture but you will not get any one to pay you what it is worth without pictures. Maybe you have a friend with a digital camera that will help you out.

 

Thanks
I am not sure if that is a price that is too much or not. I really don't think it is but I am not an expert on the subject. We have a friend that goes to auctions a lot and he told us not to sell it under $2000, that it was worth that. Honest it is a good truck and we still use to haul things around our place. It hauled a cord of wood from the man we bought it from to our house which is about 25 miles. I will have to think on who might have a digital camera. Well again thank you for your help.
Until later

 

One of my resources for pricing is ebay. You can look on there and find the item in question then click on completed items and see what the closing prices were on comparible pickups. You may even want to give them a try although I think the prices are a bit lower than the maximum you can expect an item to fetch. Sometimes the opposite is true. You do have the whole country looking.
Meanwhile I will try to help. If you live in a region that is economically depressed you may not get all it's worth. I have found that the worse you need the money the less likely you are to get full price. On condition, Is all the trim on the truck, how straight is the grill surround? That is a very expensive part and it's hard to find a good used one. If it has anymore than very minor damage it could devalue the truck several hundred dollars. The plastic grille inserts are not as critical. I also like to see all the hubcaps on a vehicle and always considered it money well spent to make sure it has all 4 the same. You can get away with a slight mismatch from side to side. I have several places in my travels that I get them cheap. $5 each is the most I ever pay and that is for really nice ones. Actually I did pay $10 ea. for a couple of those plastic ones for my powerstroke. Ford gets $67.
Nobody wants to pay full price if it has obvious mechanical needs like major oil leaks or bad exhaust. Also it is hard to get full value with worn out tires. It should have 15" but they could be 16". This is one area that you really need to spend a little of your hard earned money on.You can find good 15 " tires cheap. Yard sales are a good place to look. I have gotten ones with half tread in matched sets for just a few dollars. Go the last day and offer them a ridiculously cheap price. They don't want to put them back in the garage and most likely no longer have the car they fit. You shouldn't have to pay more than$10 ea. and it will be money well spent.
If the paint is dull then shine it up with some wax. Shiney sells, this is an absolute and the most important part.
As for the interior just clean it up good. If the seat is real bad you may want to invest in a seat cover. I just use those cheap navaho blankets on my pickups. If the dash pad is real bad you may want to cover it up. Even if you can't completely hide something it's best if it doesn't just jump out at you every time your eyes pass it.
Remove ALL fluid containers. Nothing is more of a red flag to a potential buyer than a bunch of empty oil bottles or antifreeze jugs and make sure the fluid levels are all full. It looks bad when a potential buyer pulls the dipstick and it's on add.
One other quick note that is bound to stir up some opposing views. What color a truck is may affect it's price. Red always sells, I had a pea-soup green 79 F-250 4x4 supercab that I like to never got rid of. So if it is green expect to work harder to sell it and get less. I hope this helps. Just remember a little time spent prior to offering it for sale will make a big difference. When a potential buyer comes over you don't want to have to jump start a dirty truck with a flat tire and last weeks garbage in the back.

 

Nice writeup willowbilly3

 

I just saw a 70 F-100 Ranger XLT for sale at $2000 obo/ trade. It looked good on the drive by but when I went back to check it out it was a little rough. The trim was pretty dinged up, it was showing a little surface rust and the interior was well worn and borderline ratty. I didn't pop the hood or anything.