should i ??
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Mountain Pass
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From: maynardville
should i ??
a guy i know has a 56' f 100 in his barn that i can get for $2500. im in the middle of restoring a 66 f250 and i dont need more projects but..... i havent seen any of these trucks surfacing around here.. 15 years ago he set a lincoln front end in it so it is not original, the body has limited but the usual rust. small back window...it is all there as far as body panels. to be honest i think they are ugly as sin but the look is growing on me...and what can you get for $2500 nowadays?? not alot... question is, is this a good deal, a great deal or boarder line? help a brother out..
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Depends, will you be buying it because you believe you could profit from the deal OR because you are a car guy and after you get you 3/4 ton done you would like to play with it.
The whole problem with this hobby was prices shot up , mostly because of investors who bought for profit. I don't care how much a 65 mustang went for on that televised auction the majority of the 65 mustang's aren't worth that much.
buy it because it feeds the heart...find a buddy that has been interested for years if it doesn't.
The whole problem with this hobby was prices shot up , mostly because of investors who bought for profit. I don't care how much a 65 mustang went for on that televised auction the majority of the 65 mustang's aren't worth that much.
buy it because it feeds the heart...find a buddy that has been interested for years if it doesn't.
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
Abe brought up probably the most important factor you can provide to the board, we need pictures.
That being said the '48-56 board is probably the best board on FTE with one major flaw, we are a bunch of enablers. If someone comes here with a question like yours you'll surely get numerous replies of encouragement to buy the truck
If the truck isn't a total heap $2500 doesn't seem like too bad of a price. If you really don't like it do you have a younger family member or friend's kid that would like to have an old truck? This hobby has gotten really hard for the younger people to get involved in. Without new blood this hobby is doomed to die off.
That being said the '48-56 board is probably the best board on FTE with one major flaw, we are a bunch of enablers. If someone comes here with a question like yours you'll surely get numerous replies of encouragement to buy the truck
If the truck isn't a total heap $2500 doesn't seem like too bad of a price. If you really don't like it do you have a younger family member or friend's kid that would like to have an old truck? This hobby has gotten really hard for the younger people to get involved in. Without new blood this hobby is doomed to die off.
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From: Burbank, WA
My only concern would be what this means- "he set a lincoln front end in it". ? At $2500 someone will buy it, but it wouldn't be me, today. Not without looking at it and giving it a true evaluation of what's there, what's not there, and the condition of the pile of parts that is.
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Mountain Pass
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From: maynardville
he cut the frame to set the front end in so really we are talking about the body as far as im concerned... the flareside is in good shape as are the doors .. im not scared by patch panels as i do them all the time on my projects.. my gut tells me it is worth it
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Mountain Pass
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From: maynardville
if i go see the truck again it will be to buy it, if i buy it i will post pics. my feeling is it is too good to pass up even if i move it from his barn to my shop's storage ...as far as the younger folks getting involved, i have a daughter in law who has a really nice 67 f100 that her dad bought when he got back from nam in 68' and she wants to drive my 66 bad...lol..my 66 is a f250 4x4 army truck, the 4x4 gets alot of kids going here in the hills of tn..
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I buy trucks, 53-60 ford trucks, good bad and the ugly. Failed projects too. I dont build trucks, I sell parts, yes for profit. I'm the guy who will cut up a truck to satisfy a customers needs. I always say, "where do you think that rust free door came from?" It came from a truck! Sometimes a nicer truck than people are working on
" Some trucks must die for other trucks to live "
one truck helps countless builds, but the guy needing the part is ok with what I do because he NEEDS the part.
it's your money, buy it, sell it, part it out, save it for your next build, whatever you do WE NEED PICTURES!
" Some trucks must die for other trucks to live "
one truck helps countless builds, but the guy needing the part is ok with what I do because he NEEDS the part.
it's your money, buy it, sell it, part it out, save it for your next build, whatever you do WE NEED PICTURES!
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Mountain Pass
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From: maynardville
no original running gear except the rear.. it has been set up for a bigblock ford and a c6 but i didnt pay that much attention to the way it was rigged in there.. i dont know alot about these trucks so i was taking in the body and what was needed there..