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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 04:38 PM
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My wife has a friend whose husband just passed away, and she has his truck that she wants to sell. It's a '53 F100, flat head V8 and It appears to be a driver. From the photos that I have seen, there is no visible rust, the seats have been reupholstered, and the interior looks clean. It has been painted pale blue. She doesn't need any lowball offers, she is in her 60's and needs a fair price. She has been offered $60K for it. She also has several firearms that she would like to sell, all of them are pre 1964. Firearms include a pre 64 Winchester 45/90. She, and all this property, is in the Texas Panhandle. My wife has photos of the truck, and as soon as she can transfer them to my phone, I will attempt to post them.


 
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Jul 21, 2025, 05:04 PM
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Must be a real nice 53 F100 if she's got an offer of $60K..... take the money and run.
 
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Must be a real nice 53 F100 if she's got an offer of $60K..... take the money and run.
 
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Must be a real nice 53 F100 if she's got an offer of $60K..... take the money and run.
I concur. Take the 60K and run
 
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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 06:17 PM
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Agreed. There's no average driver truck worth anywhere close to 60k. Even above average ones might only bring 25. 30 if it's amazing. It would have to be a full blown custom show truck at Barrett Jackson on Saturday afternoon when the buyers are drunk and a bidding war is going on to reach that kind of money. If someone really offered 60 for it, I'd check their cash to make sure it's not counterfeit and run to the bank.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 07:44 PM
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Another violent agreement here. Don't dither as there isn't another driver quality '53 priced anywhere near 60K.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2025 | 11:06 AM
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Sounds like a fishing expedition. If she has received an offer like that she should take the money and run! There is about to be a flood of vehicles like this for sale and the market is about to disappear in equal proportion. The boomers are on their way out and the kids are cashing in as fast as they can. There will soon be no market for thousands and thousands of these gems. If I could 'short sell' classic cars and trucks I'd be the next billionaire.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2025 | 11:34 AM
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you must be kidding $ 60,000.00 for a original OLD ( DINASOUR )--what is the problem it should be gone asap-- I would say IT IS A $ 25-$29,000.00 TRUCK NEVER $ 60K

---------------------------------------- THE TRUCK MARKET IS VERY SOFT LATELY CAN NOT GIVE THEM AWAY----- YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS HOBBY IS A DINOSURE NO YOUNGER GENERATION IS GETTING INTO IT--
 
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Old Jul 22, 2025 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by J Persons
My wife has a friend whose husband just passed away, and she has his truck that she wants to sell. She, and all this property, is in the Texas Panhandle.

Just curious, if the truck is in Texas, why does it have Washington license plates in front of what appears to be possibly a Western Washington neighborhood? (the trees don't look like anything that grows near me) The for sale/sold sign in the front yard is from a western regional brokerage franchise, Windermere, that doesn't have offices in Texas. Is this not a current photo?
 
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If that thing has black wall tires on it I'll give you 65K for it!
 
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60k is resto-mod territory, and a fairly well built one.
 
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