Ebay Deal? SWB Restored $12k

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I understand, and if properly inspected this truck could be well worth 12K plus and likely is...

However, if the seller doesn't know a major detail like this (or worse...knows and is being deceptive) then there are likely other issues with the build....

That is what comes to mind with me...are there quality issues? The pictures aren't very big in the ad...was the frame cut....if so, was it reinforced properly or welded and bondo'd to be hidden?

Was it really an almost rust free truck or were there a lot of repairs made with bondo? (I've seen trucks that look amazing like this and turn out to be rust buckets inside with good jobs hiding the patches... (look up project Jezebel)

How is the engine built? Tranny? Gears? Brakes? Could they be about to fail but painted up nicely?

Paint quality? I've seen paint jobs that look great but literally fall off when washed the first time because of poor prep work...plus, in the small pictures can you really tell the paint quality??? (hint: you can't )

All these questions pop into my head on any vehicle for sale...but much more so when the seller is either purposely lying or just not informed enough to know what to look for....