What's it worth? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

pmkrew · 12-13-2010, 05:03 PM

Ok guys I ran across a truck sitting on secured private property. It's a big back window Swb fleetside v8 auto in "decent" shape with rust in all of the usual areas and likely not running.
This truck has been sitting I know since '06. There is no phone number, it is not easily accessible and I will have to research an find the owner since there is no number on the for sale sign.
What is the average value for a truck like this one?
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**Clyde65** · 12-13-2010, 05:05 PM

You will have to make that determination actually, since it doesnt run, has some rust, been sitting since 06, I would go under $1K.

Oh, BTW, can ya get some pictures? Pictures always help and serves our prime evil need for visual stimuli. OK, we like pictures, there I said it!

jimmydean · 12-13-2010, 05:21 PM

Tree fity.

463 · 12-13-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pmkrew

Ok guys I ran across a truck sitting on secured private property. It's a big back window Swb fleetside v8 auto in "decent" shape with rust in all of the usual areas and likely not running.
This truck has been sitting I know since '06. There is no phone number, it is not easily accessible and I will have to research an find the owner since there is no number on the for sale sign.
What is the average value for a truck like this one?
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FYI Form rules http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a....php?f=50&a=17 You will not have the ability to offer items "For Sale", "For Trade", or make a "Wanted to Buy" or "What's it Worth" post.

sailed2japan · 12-13-2010, 09:45 PM

I think those rules are there for those looking to sell things through the forum, not to prevent us from giving advice to someone looking to buy a truck and wanting to make sure he doesn't get ripped off.

That being said, I'd say anywhere from $300-$1500. There are alot of variables that you don't know yet. Like what engine/trans it has, can you toss some gas in it and fire it up, how many patch panels it would need. If it turns out that it needs rockers, floors, doors, hood, tailgate, cab corners and doesn't run at all, $300. If it only needs 3 or 4 patches and could be drive without them, fires right up and has a title $1500.

pmkrew · 12-14-2010, 10:27 AM

Thanks for the advice guys! I have never run across a big window truck in this condition before so I was looking for a little advice. I have bought a running long wheelbase with less rust buy small window for 850.
If this thread is against the rules then by all means have it removed...
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63 & 64 Bowties · 12-14-2010, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pmkrew

If this thread is against the rules then by all means have it removed...
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No, you're good. The "what's it worth" threads that ARE against the rules are the ones that are; "what's my truck worth? I'm thinking about selling it." Those are obvious attempts to skirt the rules.

463 · 12-14-2010, 01:00 PM

thanks Bill for the clarification on this wiw form rule. it cleared that rule for me. my intention of my post was a fyi post and not to rub any one the wrong way. to me this is why this site is the best

seasons greeting and best wishes

**dtkarst** · 12-14-2010, 03:28 PM

Well In my opinion, if it needs rockers, hood, tailgate, floors, corners, etc etc and it does not run then 300 but if it does run and needs all of those components own it for maybe 5-600. Like said before if it doesnt have extensive rust in it and you can get it to run then 900-1000. That could be around here in kansas though. i bought and sold a 63 big window short bed fleetside that needed rockers, supports inner and outter fenders and a bedside sitting in a barn since 1978. Bought it for $500 got it running drove it for awhile then sold it to my brother. But make sure the motor is free and all that jazz. Hopefully you can get a hold of it!

Allensracing · 12-14-2010, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dtkarst

i bought and sold a 63 big window short bed fleetside that needed rockers, supports inner and outter fenders and a bedside sitting in a barn since 1978. Bought it for $500 got it running drove it for awhile then sold it to my brother.

thats a steal!

pmkrew · 12-14-2010, 10:29 PM

Thanks for the clarification of the forum rules!

sailed2japan · 12-15-2010, 02:07 AM

So, how about some pics of this find?

McC_65_91 · 12-15-2010, 09:59 PM

its worth is a direct relationship to how bad you want it.... how high do you wanna go?? its very dependant on location too, stuff by me is way more

pmkrew · 12-15-2010, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by sailed2japan

So, how about some pics of this find?

As soon as I am back around that part of town I will snap some pics of it. I don't know why I didn't the day I looked it over???

BarnFind · 12-15-2010, 11:57 PM

You guys must get things real cheap back there. Just a short fleetside bed goes for 500.00 plus. A big window cab and doors with rust, 400.00. A 63-66 short bed frame 250.00. Heck i've sold just the back half of a big window cab with glass for 200.00. A motor and trans is the easy part. Sean

pmkrew · 12-16-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by BarnFind

You guys must get things real cheap back there. Just a short fleetside bed goes for 500.00 plus. A big window cab and doors with rust, 400.00. A 63-66 short bed frame 250.00. Heck i've sold just the back half of a big window cab with glass for 200.00. A motor and trans is the easy part. Sean

Parts are worth more than the whole... I was expecting to see suggestions as high as 2k, last one I bought was 850 and was running, barely...
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DRUMWAGON · 12-16-2010, 05:45 PM

$300 you guys are nuts! Im in Virgina, The current buying price for scrap steel metal is $10 per hundred lbs. So what im saying, The truck is + or - 4000lb = $400 worth in any condition at the CRUSHER!

BarnFind · 12-16-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pmkrew

Parts are worth more than the whole...
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That may be true in some cases but, not as a rule. I just sold a very nice unrestored, fleetside shortbed for 8k. I couldnt have made more by parting it out.

LT1 Burb · 12-16-2010, 09:14 PM

They are worth more than that here also. I have been looking for a SWB fleetside bed for 2 years and have not been able to find a decent or even junk one here, If I did I would expect to pay 500.00 for a good one. A BBW cab would go 400 up and a good hood is gonna be a 100.00. A truck in the shape you describe would still be a 1000 or more any day of the week.

BarnFind · 12-17-2010, 01:39 AM

Here's a good example in Las Vegas. Looking at the pics, 2000.00 is a fair price.
http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/2115868504.html

**dtkarst** · 12-17-2010, 02:09 PM

Well where im from which is Hays, Kansas, they are sitting in pastures EVERYWHERE longbeds, shortbeds, stepsides and fleetsides. I even saw a really neat 67 4wheel drive a guy was restoring. Had a factory CB Radio and factory spotlight. A/C cab all the works cool little truck. A lot of them were just old farm trucks that didnt get sold and got put on death row in the trees or fence lines. most of the old farmers forgot about them haha

12-13-2010, 05:03 PM	#1
pmkrew Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Marietta, Ga Posts: 115	What's it worth? Ok guys I ran across a truck sitting on secured private property. It's a big back window Swb fleetside v8 auto in "decent" shape with rust in all of the usual areas and likely not running. This truck has been sitting I know since '06. There is no phone number, it is not easily accessible and I will have to research an find the owner since there is no number on the for sale sign. What is the average value for a truck like this one? Posted via Mobile Device

12-13-2010, 05:05 PM	#2
Clyde65 1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DFW Texas Posts: 8,546	Re: What's it worth? You will have to make that determination actually, since it doesnt run, has some rust, been sitting since 06, I would go under $1K. Oh, BTW, can ya get some pictures? Pictures always help and serves our prime evil need for visual stimuli. OK, we like pictures, there I said it! __________________ Clyde65 Rebuild of Clyde http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post8338184 69 Aristocrat Lo Liner build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...84#post7561684 *support our troops!* Last edited by Clyde65; 12-13-2010 at 05:06 PM.

12-13-2010, 05:21 PM	#3
jimmydean Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 3,728	Re: What's it worth? Tree fity. __________________ New Project: 1966 LWB C20 Plans: 1/2 ton conversion Dropmember front Dropmember rear Corvette discs Restored raised bed http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=4295210

12-13-2010, 09:45 PM	#5
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: What's it worth? I think those rules are there for those looking to sell things through the forum, not to prevent us from giving advice to someone looking to buy a truck and wanting to make sure he doesn't get ripped off. That being said, I'd say anywhere from $300-$1500. There are alot of variables that you don't know yet. Like what engine/trans it has, can you toss some gas in it and fire it up, how many patch panels it would need. If it turns out that it needs rockers, floors, doors, hood, tailgate, cab corners and doesn't run at all, $300. If it only needs 3 or 4 patches and could be drive without them, fires right up and has a title $1500. __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

12-14-2010, 10:27 AM	#6
pmkrew Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Marietta, Ga Posts: 115	Re: What's it worth? Thanks for the advice guys! I have never run across a big window truck in this condition before so I was looking for a little advice. I have bought a running long wheelbase with less rust buy small window for 850. If this thread is against the rules then by all means have it removed... Posted via Mobile Device

12-14-2010, 01:00 PM	#8
463 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sask Canada Posts: 1,666	Re: What's it worth? thanks Bill for the clarification on this wiw form rule. it cleared that rule for me. my intention of my post was a fyi post and not to rub any one the wrong way. to me this is why this site is the best seasons greeting and best wishes __________________ Trueman

12-14-2010, 03:28 PM	#9
dtkarst Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hays, KS Posts: 2,490	Re: What's it worth? Well In my opinion, if it needs rockers, hood, tailgate, floors, corners, etc etc and it does not run then 300 but if it does run and needs all of those components own it for maybe 5-600. Like said before if it doesnt have extensive rust in it and you can get it to run then 900-1000. That could be around here in kansas though. i bought and sold a 63 big window short bed fleetside that needed rockers, supports inner and outter fenders and a bedside sitting in a barn since 1978. Bought it for $500 got it running drove it for awhile then sold it to my brother. But make sure the motor is free and all that jazz. Hopefully you can get a hold of it!

12-14-2010, 10:29 PM	#11
pmkrew Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Marietta, Ga Posts: 115	Re: What's it worth? Thanks for the clarification of the forum rules!

12-15-2010, 02:07 AM	#12
sailed2japan Jonny Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Outside the Box, Austin,TX Posts: 741	Re: What's it worth? So, how about some pics of this find? __________________ 1966 C30, Cummins, stacks, and a flat bed in progress... "Honor.....simply put, A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve is someone who, at one time in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including his life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it." -AEC Hundley USNR

12-15-2010, 09:59 PM	#13
McC_65_91 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: East Quogue, NY Posts: 198	Re: What's it worth? its worth is a direct relationship to how bad you want it.... how high do you wanna go?? its very dependant on location too, stuff by me is way more

12-15-2010, 11:57 PM	#15
BarnFind Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Santa Clarita, Ca. Posts: 80	Re: What's it worth? You guys must get things real cheap back there. Just a short fleetside bed goes for 500.00 plus. A big window cab and doors with rust, 400.00. A 63-66 short bed frame 250.00. Heck i've sold just the back half of a big window cab with glass for 200.00. A motor and trans is the easy part. Sean

12-16-2010, 05:45 PM	#17
DRUMWAGON Registered User Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Chesapeake, Va Posts: 25	Re: What's it worth? $300 you guys are nuts! Im in Virgina, The current buying price for scrap steel metal is $10 per hundred lbs. So what im saying, The truck is + or - 4000lb = $400 worth in any condition at the CRUSHER! Last edited by DRUMWAGON; 12-16-2010 at 06:08 PM.

12-16-2010, 09:14 PM	#19
LT1 Burb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Winchester Oregon, formerly Vancouver BC Posts: 2,949	Re: What's it worth? They are worth more than that here also. I have been looking for a SWB fleetside bed for 2 years and have not been able to find a decent or even junk one here, If I did I would expect to pay 500.00 for a good one. A BBW cab would go 400 up and a good hood is gonna be a 100.00. A truck in the shape you describe would still be a 1000 or more any day of the week.

12-17-2010, 01:39 AM	#20
BarnFind Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Santa Clarita, Ca. Posts: 80	Re: What's it worth? Here's a good example in Las Vegas. Looking at the pics, 2000.00 is a fair price. http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/2115868504.html

12-17-2010, 02:09 PM	#21
dtkarst Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Hays, KS Posts: 2,490	Re: What's it worth? Well where im from which is Hays, Kansas, they are sitting in pastures EVERYWHERE longbeds, shortbeds, stepsides and fleetsides. I even saw a really neat 67 4wheel drive a guy was restoring. Had a factory CB Radio and factory spotlight. A/C cab all the works cool little truck. A lot of them were just old farm trucks that didnt get sold and got put on death row in the trees or fence lines. most of the old farmers forgot about them haha



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