I will be looking at a 1962 Ford F-250 4x4 manual transmission (not sure if it’s a 3 or 4 speed) 292 V8. It has roughly 10,000 miles. The truck has been a fire brush truck and has been sitting outside for the last 3 years before that it was parked indoors. The current seller has it running and driving and stoping. He has cleaned the gas tank, fixed the rear spider gears, added new driveshafts (as they were missing). The cab and utility body are weathered from sitting outside but NOT rotted, some surface rust here and there. The under carriage it’s rusted but not rotted.

The question is what is it worth? He is asking $4,800. It seems reasonable for what other trucks like this are going for. What are your thoughts?

Do not believe the miles. The odometers of these trucks read to 99999.9 then return to ZERO. So, it could have 110,000, 210,000 or gawd only knows how many miles.

I know that fire trucks don't get driven all that much, but 10,000 miles on a 57 year old truck is unrealistic.

I'd be hesitant about the replaced driveshafts, did the guy have them made, or find used driveshafts?

It's impossible to estimate what's it's worth without detailed pics. I'd say between $500/$1000 considering all the work it's going to need.

These trucks are not all that rare and rare does to equate to value, so they are only worth what people are willing to pay for them.

You can look on ebay and see what people are asking for similar trucks, but how many actually sell for these prices?

I just wanted to pipe up and say that 10,000 miles could be realistic for a brush fire truck Fires usually do not occur in the winter months so summer driving only. The bad news would be the idle time on the motor. An hour meter instead of an odometer would tell a different story.