HeloCrewChief-
I agree with you too...but there are a lot of trucks just like that on Craigslist that sit. He probably already tried that (like Dano said above). My guess is the registration was out a few years, and the back fees were well over $1000. NOBODY here is going to buy a truck with those fees attached (unless its a SWB big block, etc, etc, lol) There could also be a city ordinance where he lives and he needed to get rid of it, or face fines.
The reason you see cabs cut up in the yards is that the truck is being sold for "parts" (not reconstruction) which is why they cannot sell them whole. The guys who cut them up aren't idiots, that's just how they have to do it to get the piece they want...otherwise it would make a whole lot more sense to just buy the complete cab. This situation is not unique at all...it happens here just as you witnessed every single day.
Here is a truck that has zero rust and zero dents in the cab and doors. They are in mint condition. The back fees are huge, and the engine is blown (double whammy here). If it moved under it's own power, I would have bought it and driven it home just for the cab and doors for a future build. That sheetmetal is scuff and shoot, it needs NO bodywork. If you wanted to keep the original silver, you could just polish it up. It's been on C/L for almost two weeks, and it isn't going anywhere. If he doesn't sell it soon, it will end up in the same place you saw that one.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv...653884080.html