been thinking about putting the shop truck/ ornament up for sale as i cant justify keeping her cause i only drive her on the road 3 or 4 times a year. all the other times shes sitting and grabbing attention for me. my question is how much is she worth?
1977 c600
361 manual trans
2spd rearend
she has about 34k on the odo motor was put in around 10k miles ago
i have the marker lights up front, i just took the out to rattle can the bumper and grill black.

 

I love the old trucks. I can't put an amount on it, but it is not as much as you think. These old fellas seem to have limited appeal.

 

yea, ive had some old timers come around asking if she was for sale and at the time i declined. most offers were for around the 3/3500 range. knowing the history of her and me being the second owner is pretty cool. but that doesn't add to value lol

 

A couple of things kill the C series, based on what I've read here. No repro'd sheet metal, door or window stuff, no new brake drums (all mediums), most are worked to death. Except fire trucks, which, are fire trucks.

Yours is one of the nicest non fire trucks I've seen here.

I tried to search for C series on Truck Trader. I got several F series, a couple LCF and a '67 with no picture and no price.

We have a tree trimming service here with a dozen or better C series trucks. It appears they are buying non-runners and using them for parts. I've seen trucks there with several old cabs on them.

 

Lack of parts is why I passed on buying one i found last year. I picked up the N series, Parts are somewhat scarce for these too. But there are a lot of parts from the F series that inter-change. Good luck with your sale.

 

Before I bought mine I found quite a few decent C series for sale at $3k or under. I picked mine up for about half that.
The most expensive one was a freshly retired 1980's fire truck with a low mile 3208 Diesel for $5k.
The low price was part of the reason I went with the C as well as the short nose.
Maybe it's because they've grown on me, but I think they are undervalued. I have no idea if that will ever change though.
Honestly as long as it's attracting business I'd keep it.

 

Hi
When I bought my c800 last month, I didn't know the following ,interest and respect these trucks get!

I CHOSE a 391FT 67 as I have FE's and a race 67 Fairlane.

Since buying I have found 3 C750-950 ranging from 3 to 5K. (And one I would never consider for UK under 2000.00)

I THINK it comes down to "style" (fire/dump/flat) as well as year - seeing they made for over 20 years.

Proximity needs to be looked at as towing IS an expense.

MARK
PS For me the value will be when I show up at an even with a rig!

 

thanks for the input guys, this was a contact truck (mechanic/welding truck) for a buddy of mines family farm. we did run into issues with the brakes but found that most everything can be found at NAPA, so long as you know what axles you have. we were going to throw a set of axles from a 2006 f450 under her with a remote brake booster setup so we can have disc brakes all around, and cummins/allison swap but shes really taking up space and really would like to see her go to a good home not a salvage yard.