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I would be wary of buying any so-called restored vehicle. That's why I am building my own, because that way I know my quality of work and how i did it. Many vehicles I've seen look great, but after you look really close, many corners cut and alot of "shady" work. I once saw an old mustang at a car show For Sale and it looked great. But then I got down on my knees and looked under the rear fenders and felt around and someone had blown foam insulation in the fender rust holes and bondoed it to make it look good. Funny, how they did a really good job making such a repair look good.
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Originally Posted by liljon
the condition is prime. there is no rust its only a 2wd i bought it fot 2500 and put close to 5000 into it, the 7000 i said before included the truck when i bought it. its fairly plain it just has some accissories added onto it. the interior is pretty much changed but that stuff can be taken out and the original stuff can be put back in if whoever bought it wanted it. it looks great on the exterior to all redone mint condition and alot of added chrome. and sorry master i have never seen Barret-Jackson auctions on TV, i have pesent vision only 5 chanels lol. Number, it sounds like you know your stuff what do you think i can get out of it???
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From: St George, SC I-95
liljon,
Id say a good rule of thumb (and has been my experience several times) is that you usually get half of what you put into it. IE $7500/2 = $3750. Being a 79 F250 2wd with a 351M and the only options you listed are "alot of chrome" Id be suprised if you got $3500 IF it has a super nice paint job/body work and you have put everything together neatly. I dont mean to discourage you but 73-79 just arent "get rich quick trucks" regardless of how nice they are. The most Ive ever seen this era of truck sell for was around 16k and that was a less than 20k mile lariat truck with ALL the options and some rare stuff that was sold on Ebay a year or so ago. Ive got close to 20k and 800 hours in my truck and I doubt Id get 12k for it.
Id say a good rule of thumb (and has been my experience several times) is that you usually get half of what you put into it. IE $7500/2 = $3750. Being a 79 F250 2wd with a 351M and the only options you listed are "alot of chrome" Id be suprised if you got $3500 IF it has a super nice paint job/body work and you have put everything together neatly. I dont mean to discourage you but 73-79 just arent "get rich quick trucks" regardless of how nice they are. The most Ive ever seen this era of truck sell for was around 16k and that was a less than 20k mile lariat truck with ALL the options and some rare stuff that was sold on Ebay a year or so ago. Ive got close to 20k and 800 hours in my truck and I doubt Id get 12k for it.
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