What you get for 7K in Canada :(
 

Looked at this 67 swb in town today, totally rusted out, even the hood has a gallon of filler and rocker guard smeared on the front edge. Box floor and sides are all eaten away, can see much daylight through the holes, ugly interior, cheap no name wheels, busted windshield, etc. Well, being a swb (never see them up here) I thought I better call, and I nearly fell over when he told me $7000 was the price. 7K? For this? Sorry about the lousy pics but I thought I would share to add some humor to everyone's day.
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He's watching way too much Barrett/Jackson and has visions of granduer.

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Everyone in Saskatchewan thinks they can get silk from a sow's ear.

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Hmmmmmmmm, I should bring my 67 up there. I could get 25K for it!

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Shortbeds have 18" less rust that longbeds.

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I can get a truck restored for that.

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:haha:

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Lol!

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:haha: That's funny, I don't care who you are.

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Lets think for a minute; everything in this country is a blessing!!! People in other countries dont have the availability of products period that we do. Even if it is canada, or mexico. Be thankful we are Americans, and we have low price, AND availability on goods and services!!! Viva AMERICA!!!!

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Come to Alberta, We crush better ones than that :lol:

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Found this locally...

1972 GMC Super Custom 3/4 ton, 350 auto, runs & drives, 68,000 orig. miles, asking $1250 obo

I did not post a phone number because rules forbid it. But i wanted to post an example of what can be found here in Oil Country...:metal:

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Its crazy that you have to spend a good $15k to find a good 67-72 shortbox up here. I'm jealous of you guys south of the border for your good old metal.

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Holy Cow Batman!!!

Thats outrageous!

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I'd just about sell you the white truck for that and deliver it!!!!..:lol:

LockDoc

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Just saw a '72 chev short fleet in San Luis Obispo with a decent motor and body for $2500 - took him a month to sell it. I missed it by a day.:(

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7K is a totally retarded price, even for up here. Seeing this crap just reinforces my opinion that to buy one of these I will have to head south.

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Asking and getting are two totally different things. I'd believe it when the guy shows you somebodies 7K cash in hand. Silk from a sows ear is about right. Nobody will give you a nickel here telling you your car is a dime a dozen and in the same breath their dime a dozen piece of crap is worth a fortune and it's firm. Even crazier go to an auction here where every farm has some of those wonderful barn finds and see what people will pay at an auction. Alot of the low mileage and survivor trucks I see on the for sale board south of the border are bargains!

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That guy is crazy, I figured that I'd be lucky to get 7K for mine once it's fixed up, it is a lwb though.

Ron

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$7000 Canadian....isnt that about $32.50 in American dollars?:jest:

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Sorry. I couldn't resist. Seriously though, that's a crazy price. I'll sell ya my 68 short step for half that. You'll have to put it all back together though. :)

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mvfd70 check the exchange rate. The Canadian dollar is very strong, expect parity within the next year.

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We have the same stupid people down here,too.Then,we have the ones that won`t pay $7,000 for a solid high optioned K/20 brought 3,000 miles east from California,but they`ll pay $8500 for a local base C/10 longbed with fresh paint(over who knows what?)and shiney custom wheels,

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Really? That close? It's been a while since I've been up there. I hope you didn't take offense to that. It was meant as a little good natured ribbing. I've got nothing against anyone there. You have a very beautiful country and I loved the couple of times I was there visiting. I'm hoping that I get to go back for another visit sometime.

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No offense at all. Just an FYI. Actually in alot of ways a high dollar is not good for us. A lower dollar makes us more competative. I work for an RV manufacturer and a high dollar can hurt our bottom line. It does however make buying parts and trucks from south of the border cheaper for us!

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aha, if your gunna try to find a truck up here in canada, look in alberta, and in vancouver area. alot of our generation trucks are still working truck around vancouver, and their warmer climate over there really helps save the bodies.
looking in barns is sometimes the best way to go, all the hay and such really save the trucks, keeps em dry. Beaten and worn paint is good, becasue you always know what your buying...

on the other hand, buying in the states aint that bad.

i bought my truck outa St. Louis, Mo

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for double that ammount you could have mine.

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Well not quite!

We are creeping up on you and economists here predict that in the next 6 months to a year we will be the ones making the jokes about the lower valued American Dollar!

I think the Canadian dollar is sitting at about .94 right now.

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Buy from the Needy not the Greddy!

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My boss recently answered a ad in a local paper for this truck. He gave 600 bucks for it. SWB, 327 with a 4 speed tranny. He drove it 50 miles home. He asked me before he went and a looked at it if that was a good price. I told him if he didnt buy it, I would. So just depends on where you live on your variety of trucks and prices.

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hey MVFD70, no offense taken, a little jab here and there is good for the funny bone. Not that I'm old or anything, but in 1972 when I was kid, my family and I spent a week boating in the San Juan Islands (north of Seattle WA) CANADIAN $1 = $1.10 US greenback. Problem was that our new $10 bill was purple and nobody would take my allowance.

Al.

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$600! Looks like good deals are still to be had.

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Yea I told him the bed was prolly worth that. Hes already had someone offer him a $1000. I told him he would be stupid to sell it.

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Now I Understand Why Someone Would Drive From Saska??? Canada To Ar. To Buy My Truck

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I don't know what you're talking about. There are lots of decent shape old 60s cars/trucks in Saskatchewan. Infact I've actually found it harder to find old cars/trucks (whole or parts) in Vancouver since I've moved here. I had much better luck in Saskatoon and the surrounding area. How many wreckers in the lower mainland have cars in them that arn't newer than late 70s? If there are some please share because I havn't found any in the 6 months that I've been here.

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just take a look in the classic trader lately guys are asking insane money for just junk, makes me think im sitting on a gold mine haha

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I know where you can find one cheaper in the clasifieds on here<<<<<
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I went all the way to mexico for mine:) but, 0 rust..

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