Anyone ever bought a truck from RustFreeClassics.com?
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anyone who thinks those trucks way overpriced have never worked on something that has been in minnesota for 10 years. i moved from minnesota to western north dakota 3 years ago. i bought my 75 supercab this past summer and my first maintenence task was changeing out the license plates, so i get out my socket set and the PB blaster and a map gas torch and my cheater bar all rounded up and slid under the bumper where they would be handy. and i crawl under there and put the wrench on there said my usual prayer that the bolt would snap off and save me hours of fighting with it and the damn thing just came off.... i just layed there and stared at it in wonder for a good ten minuets. a 70's ford that is truly rust free in mint condition is worth just as mutch as a brand new pickup, an unrestored example is worth about half that. and i will never live in minnesota or anywhere east of there ever again not for a million dollars a year.
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I have a couple of buddies that have bought trucks from Rustfreeclassics.com Here's the deal, the guy buys trucks/broncos out west that are "pretty" much rust free and ships them back to Indiana. Most of these trucks are on CL, and thats how he finds most of them. He is a guy that is in business to flip them, bottomline. He doesn't do anything to them besides detailing. He is a good guy as far as "used car salesman" goes, but he is trying to make a few grand on selling the "rust free" claim and around here thats a pretty good selling point, regardless of the true background of the vehicle.
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I wouldn't feel bad about paying $5000-$6000 for a truly rust free unmolested truck. Figure I could find a half way decent local truck for maybe $3000-$4000 that still needs the usual cab corners, floor pans, doors, and bedsides. Factor in my time and money for repairs and the higher buy in price for a rust free truck doesn't sound bad.
Like I said I only live a few hours from this guy so I'd like to be able to drive the truck home solely because I don't know anyone that has a trailer wide enough to haul a truck on ( just found out my father in laws trailer is about 3" to narrow for a full size) I know this guy just buys them to sell so I don't know how much seat time he spends in these trucks. Would be cool if he would let me talk to the previous owner to find out the history on the truck.
Like I said I only live a few hours from this guy so I'd like to be able to drive the truck home solely because I don't know anyone that has a trailer wide enough to haul a truck on ( just found out my father in laws trailer is about 3" to narrow for a full size) I know this guy just buys them to sell so I don't know how much seat time he spends in these trucks. Would be cool if he would let me talk to the previous owner to find out the history on the truck.
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anyone who thinks those trucks way overpriced have never worked on something that has been in minnesota for 10 years. i moved from minnesota to western north dakota 3 years ago. i bought my 75 supercab this past summer and my first maintenence task was changeing out the license plates, so i get out my socket set and the PB blaster and a map gas torch and my cheater bar all rounded up and slid under the bumper where they would be handy. and i crawl under there and put the wrench on there said my usual prayer that the bolt would snap off and save me hours of fighting with it and the damn thing just came off.... i just layed there and stared at it in wonder for a good ten minuets. a 70's ford that is truly rust free in mint condition is worth just as mutch as a brand new pickup, an unrestored example is worth about half that. and i will never live in minnesota or anywhere east of there ever again not for a million dollars a year.
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