Over $100,000.00 invested.Two men worked on it full time for 12 months.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-F-100-1955-Ford-F100-Show-Hot-Rod-Pick-Up-Truck_W0QQitemZ250165387745QQihZ015QQcategoryZ3941 4QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

...and they're going to take a minimum of a $25k hit on it after 2 years. It looks like 100's of other trucks I see at shows. I'm surprised it's at $58k; maybe a shill???

 

In this week we have been exposed to the "rat" type of truck and now the "queen." Anyone who would buy an old truck of our vintage for almost 60k would be seriously lacking in some facet of their life... all but the discretionary fund facet.

No doubt, the amount of effort and money that went into the truck probably would work out to this outlandish figure... but then, after all is said and done, it is still just an old truck. More accurately, looks like an old truck.

The drivetrain precludes the notion of authentic "honest to Pete" type of restoration. The silly wheels make it look like everyone else's current interpetation of cool.

Sorry, I found something interesting in the tedium of ratrodism, but this is just another nice truck.

disappointed once again, himmelberg

 

Looks just like a multitude of "RED" effies to me. May be a nice truck and they may have invested a large sum of money into it, but I don't think it will ever bring the asking price of $75K

 

nice i geuss , but definetely won't see that rolling down a pothole strewn road , and it dont do diddly for me .

 

I'm betting that that $100k figure includes their time at $50/hour. If I counted my time on my truck like that, it would be worth a million bucks by now!

 

That much money I could pay off my house. Finish my truck, and have a daily driver. I looked real close, I don't think it even has AC.

 

That could be said for most owner built trucks. We have to make mistakes and then try, try and try again. Needless to say, we end up with many hours invested in our toys, but we get to enjoy them and can even answer a question when asked about them, unlike most who have them built or buy a complete truck.

 

Better than putting 100K in some Rice Burner..... God Bless 'em - Nice Truck

 

I would be proud to own this truck. I love the wheels!

 

Well it ain't the only one with a 400 in it, lol. Certainly ain't the only red one. Nice though, but for $75,000 you could buy 300 of those Vanderbrink auction trucks.

 

What Himm said, he's such a wordsmith.

 

Is it all really about dollars? Not to me.

 

so let me get this straight .. . that dude (probably the seller padding the price through another name) just payd 58k for a truck just like everyone elses (you know what i mean) and he has to reach over in his hot(no a/c) truck as he is driving down the road at night to TRY and find the remote for the radio under the dim light ofthat door marker they used as a dome?

wow

 

It seems to be for this Dude.
He starts off by saying his Dad gave him the truck (Tons of sentamental value) Then he desides to make it the Perfect 1956 Ford recreation (With tons of non 1956 Ford era parts) built by two of the hardest working builders in the business (Inference boocoo bucks) And after its completed SELL it for 100K.

Ain't no way compareable to what you're doing, our's is worth at least 350K