ok this guy wants to trade me his 79 bronco for my 90 f150 4x4.

ok this is my truck.
needs ball joints up/lower
needs 4x4 front axle work possibly hubs (still works)
needs a muffler(its not really loud but have to have one for state inspection the guy befour me just cut it off)
needs driver side window motor
needs ac compressor
needs tires (3)
needs tailgate
it has strait 6 300 4 speed with overdrive (runs good but shakes allittle and shifts fine)
167,000 miles
8 off road lights
has gun rack, cb radio, two batteries, grill guard
pretty clean interior
strait body has one bigger dent and a few smaller hardly noticable dents
alittle rust but nothing major at all
leaks allitle oil

ok his bronco
1979 351 winsor 4 barrel carb 4 speed transmission
runs petty good but motor shakes allitle
shifts fine but makes some noise driving down the road
4 new tires
needs front sway bar and maybe some other suspintion parts (shakes a lot when you jump on the brakes and when get going reall fast.)
4x4 works good new hubbs
pretty stait body no major dents paints allitle faded
didnt see any rust.
needs new carpet pretty dirty
needs some work on the blinkers
leaks some oil, transmissoin fluid, defferential fluids, power stearing fluid, nothing majoir
grill guard
he says it only has 34,000 original miles but i dont think that can be has to have at least 134,000 or 234,000

he said hed give me 400 dollars and the bronco for my truck i paid 2,000 for mine last month. if im gonna do it im gonna try to keep my offroad lights. does this seam like a good deal?
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take it to a mechanic and see what the shaking is that can get expensive really fast...

 

well the front sway bar is boken but i checked the other suspionsion parts thay look fine

 

My opinion: I wouldn't feel good about the guy saying the Bronco has only 34,000 miles. Will this be your daily driver? Which truck do you feel more comfortable working on? What do you use the truck or Bronco for? Another thing to look at is how important is Gas mileage to you?

 

this bronco and my 59 ford truck will be my daily driver more probably my 59. i fill mor comfortable working on the bronco but i think ill have to work on it more. ill use it for playing. mudding offroading what ever just for fun. gas aint inportant my 59 gets 20 miles per gallon.

 

sounds fair other than the mileage issue you could check oasis/carfax or fords service report see if anything shows up. personally im a bigger fan of the 351 than the 6 but the 6 is a great motor and cant beat efi on a daily driver...guess i'm not helping much

 

It sounds to me like you know what you want. You already have a truck, so that need is fulfilled. You are not dependent on the vehicle to get to work, pick up the kids, etc. Besides the fact that the Bronco owner is claiming it only has 34,000 miles, I say why not?

 

no your not

 

hmmm the 90 is replacable the 79 bronco on the other hand is getting harder and harder to find and their beautiful trucks i personally would go with the bronco

 

dont kid yourself i havent found 3 300 inlines in all of canada for sale and only 2 were manuals personally id keep the sixer just cuz its a little motor dont mean anything that 300 will still triple that mileage before it needs a rebuild if its been maintained and they make great little mud trucks cause you cant kill em...34000 on a 79 bronc and hes gonna trade + $400 knowing the list yours has? im gonna say its got more miles then that since it shakes and makes noise on the highway and he willing to trade like that theres a good chance something is majorly wrong with it...those who have that year of ford hold on to em unless there is alot of money to put into em

**EDIT** 34000 miles and has tranny diff AND power steering leaks I CALL BLUFF! unles it was parked since 80 and the seals all dried up

 

u need 300's theres a ton of them here in bc for sale quite often. we also have this place called pick your part and the last time i was there, i saw 5 for sure just have to go thru them but their only 170bux for a whole motor

 

see if i can help with this post, the bronco is gonna need work probably not much more than your 150 assuming mileage on the bronco is no more than 234,000 but it will need more tuning type work which you seem up to doing, if your needs are for a pick-up keep yours if not and your a bronco fan and want something to work on go for it.

i would probably trade for the bronco in your position you have a back-up vehicle to fall back on, not in need of the 150, and fan of the bronco. it sounds like its held together well and body frame and engine are known to hold up but before you do it you need to find out if the motor shake is a result of engine running rough or bigger internals issues.

 

i think it has been sitting but im not sure the guy wants to trade it for a truck cause he just started a road side assistance company and he said the broncos not working for it. plus he drove it about an hour to meat me and than i drove it about an hour and than he drove it a nother hour home so thats almost 3 hours of it running and it was fine. as far as i no. is there a way to tell if the engines just running rough or if theres an internal problem with out doing like a compression test or any thing major

 

and plus ive always wanted like a jeep but i couldnt bring my self to buy something made by crysler and i like the idea of running around with the top off

 

and if i get the shakes out of it how much would i be able to sell it four. would i be able to get 2k for it