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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
"Air conditioning works - just needs charge".
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Saw this on Craigslist this morning:
"1972 C 20 3/4 ton, whole truck is Rhino lined inside and out, exterior was clear coated to make cleaning easy."
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1972 K10, 350/SM465/NP205, 4 inch lift, 35x12.50s on 15x10 wheels 1976 K20 crew cab, 350/Ranger/SM465/NP205 |
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
What urks me when you are looking at my truck, and can't say enough about how nice it is, and ask what all was done to it, how much I spent getting it to look the way it is. I take the time to detail most of what I have done, the hours, the cost, ect. Then you ask if you could buy it for 1/4 what I have in it.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used 67-72 truck?
Rusty, but i have all if the parts to fix it....
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used 67-72 truck?
Not knowing what cam is in the engine or what the differential gear ratio is.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
"Just needs paint," anything in primer (primer lies), plywood battery tray held together w/ drywall screws. The latter won't drive me away, but it's a forehead slapper.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Besides the original grievance of spray bombing the entire engine compartment black...which a previous owner did to my current truck(and I have fixed).
People that say this is a $20000 truck after it's restored...I'll take $12000 but it is a basketcase. Or they try to paint a picture of what all they 'wanted to do' to the truck in an attempt to justify their ridiculous price. |
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Sellers who insist they know what they are talking about, when the clearly don't have a clue... Don't just make stuff up because it sounds good. You will end up looking like an idiot when somebody calls you out on it.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Don't know why but if I see a cut frame I am out. I don't know you or trust your skills Craigslist guy not worth the risk to my life to even look any further.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used 67-72 truck?
I don't like to see where someone has cut the dash to install a CD player or modern stereo, not a big fan of short bed conversions but I have owned one. Don't care for the newer beds put on these trucks. I seen a nicely restored 71 step side a while back a guy had installed a sunroof.... ruined it for me but hey if its what he likes then go for it we don't build these so other folks will like em
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Any seller that says... "Short Wide" or starts quoting Blue Book or NADA values... I'm out.
Also... "numbers matching" adds no value to a truck. Gary
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
[QUOTE=GASoline71;8309018]Any seller that says... "Short Wide"
Why does "short wide" bother you? Just curious
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
[quote=jmking9;8311196]Because we ought never to talk about religion, politics or other peoples wives.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Hidden rust, bondo, shoddy workmanship..
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
It seems that everybody that has a 6 cylinder truck thinks it's a 292. I once drove 3 1/2 hrs; about 1 1/2 hr more than I thought it was going to be; to look at a truck with a good running 292 that turned out to be a 250 that hadn't run in years. Even guys with 50's trucks will tell you that it has a 292 in it when it's actually a 235.
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Wiring
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Definitely! Before I bought my truck pretty much all the ones I looked at had red wires taped into green wires taped into blue wires etc. Horrifying.
That and crappily replaced rocker panels...and having the third, fourth, or whatever engine in the truck...and sellers that believe that since their truck is old then it’s worth a lot of money (condition of the truck is a minor consideration to them).
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used 67-72 truck?
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Re: What Urks you when looking at a used truck?
Price depends as much on the buyer as the seller. Frankly, you put an LS in one of these, and I wouldn't give you a $100 for it, even you invested $100,000.00.
If I am a buyer, what the seller thinks it's worth is irrelevant to me. What is important is what I am willing to pay. I may wait a long time to get what I want for what I am willing to pay, but I have succeeded in the past, and I no doubt will succeed again in the future.
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