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That is a nice truck. How thoroughly it was restored is questionable. Somebody spent a lot of time in the engine compartment and under the truck with spray cans of paint without disassembling anything. Looks like the motor, suspension, and drivetrain were degreased, repainted with spray cans, and nothing disassembled and rebuilt. I don't mine the use of spray cans of paint. But, components need to be disassembled and rebuilt as well.
That's not a bad looking truck. It will be interesting if it meets the reserve.
But, Why, and I've seen this in other restored trucks, didn't they buy a new hood crest for $40 instead of keeping the old faded one?
At first, I'd say it's an attempt to keep as much/many of the original parts as possible. But then you see they've added amber park lamp lenses and that horrid chrome bumper, which looks totally out of place on an otherwise restored truck, imho. It kind of throws that theory out the window.
That is a nice truck. How thoroughly it was restored is questionable. Somebody spent a lot of time in the engine compartment and under the truck with spray cans of paint without disassembling anything. Looks like the motor, suspension, and drivetrain were degreased, repainted with spray cans, and nothing disassembled and rebuilt. I don't mine the use of spray cans of paint. But, components need to be disassembled and rebuilt as well.
‘That’s why I’d never buy a car without having a close look with my own eyes or at least the eyes of a very thrust worthy person. Pics never show the real conditions. To be honest, I’d rather buy a truck in original conditions and restore it by my own, knowing all the bad points instead of getting a car in ‘restored’ condition, thinking you get a good deal and waking up badly later.
I didn't look at the pictures too close before, but after some of the comments I went back and had another look. Yeah, it's not all it's cracked up to be.
Nice looking truck, but holy smokes on that stop light switch. I know wiring can be a pain, but good grief.
I wouldn't mind having it even with these issues although I would check it over closely.
Notice the two tone u-bolts on the rear. Also, is the spring pack only held together by the u-bolts??? I would think that would be dangerous.
Yeah, for sure, the more you look, the more you see. That's the problem with "rattle-can restorations". Once you realize they're hiding something, or being less than truthful in the description, it makes you look even deeper. IMHO, for the condition, at $15K, the money is all in. There's too much that needs redone if one wants to make it as correct as they're claiming it is. The engine, said to be pulled and rebuilt, doesn't appear to be the case in this pic.
Yeah, for sure, the more you look, the more you see. That's the problem with "rattle-can restorations". Once you realize they're hiding something, or being less than truthful in the description, it makes you look even deeper. IMHO, for the condition, at $15K, the money is all in. There's too much that needs redone if one wants to make it as correct as they're claiming it is. The engine, said to be pulled and rebuilt, doesn't appear to be the case in this pic.
Nice looking truck, but holy smokes on that stop light switch. I know wiring can be a pain, but good grief.
I wouldn't mind having it even with these issues although I would check it over closely.
Notice the two tone u-bolts on the rear. Also, is the spring pack only held together by the u-bolts??? I would think that would be dangerous.
Leaves have been added to the spring pack. but what's frightening is the U-bolts, take a close look at them. They appear to have been cut and extensions welded onto them to compensate for the extra leaves. If this is indicative of the thought process behind this truck, I wouldn't take it if it was given to me. (I hope there is a center bolt in those spring packs).
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