12-14-2022, 07:46 PM | #1051 |
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1955.1 Jimmy. VERY nicely done already. Personally, I'd put different wheels and tires but otherwise it's very nice. I suppose $27,500 is a lot in other parts of the country but not so much in SoCal.
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That is a nice truck but as you said, the trailer wheels and the wrong tires really degrade the truck.
To me "restored" means stone stock all the way through including the wheels, hubcaps and tires all being proper. I'd have to figure what a proper set of stock style wheels, correct hubcaps and a lot closer to "original looking" tires would cost and factor that into the offer.
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its purdy, but those loose wires hanging from dash .....
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12-15-2022, 04:22 PM | #1054 |
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Little details that possibly show lack of attention to detail.
The Cheezy wheels and tires and wires hanging down aren't deal breakers but are things that put you on notice to inspect it closer to see what other corners they cut or things that they didn't take care of.
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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8069589591799/
Dont all rush to buy at the same time, now! A steal at $55k
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If that one was for the 15 K it is maybe worth you could take the pieces that don't belong on it off and maybe make an interesting truck out of it. Not as gaudy but interesting.
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That is a little over the top for my taste, but kudos for the amount of work that went into it. I'd like to see the balance between metalwork and bondo sculpting, but it is clear someone with some skill spent some time building what they wanted to have.
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yep, many things are not stock and could easily be overlooked at first glance. lots of those little items would be a major job for a lot of fellas. bumper, headlights, shaved handles, not to mention the crewcab and box. too gawdy for my tastes but lots of work went into it for sure
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That truck is The poster truck of the concept of "i gotta stick____ on because someone else stuck it on their truck and then I have to make it more radical than other trucks so it will draw attention that it might not otherwise get. if it was priced right it would be fun to take it and descab it and turn it into a real nice truck. The potential is there.
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12-30-2022, 07:32 PM | #1061 |
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It may have sold rather quickly. A lot of people in California are into these trucks right now and many of those want them pretty well stock. Plus it is a pretty nice truck that doesn't need a lot to be a really nice truck.
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50 Chevy flatbed dually close to Yakima Wa 2K https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...type=top_picks
It looks like it has been sitting for a while but looks like it is pretty solid. The bed would work pretty nice on the 1-1/2 ton I have.
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Just glanced at the newest online catalog from Brothers. Sheesh!!! I now agree $27K nowadays might barely cover parts much less base price of vehicle itself. Surprised to se the steering wheel painted to match.
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As Dan is very familiar with Southern California prices are often higher than rust belt prices for AD/TF trucks and parts. It may be a supply and demand issue as guys from back east and up north used to go to SoCal to find clean rust free trucks to build back 40 years ago. I remember a lot of stories on nicely finished cars and trucks 40 years ago where the owner went to So Cal to find the car/truck to build. Friend of mine in Texas in the mid 70's sold his 55 Chevy 2 door post to a guy who rolled into town in a Convoy truck looking for mid 50's cars or trucks to buy to haul back north and sell. The guy offered him way more than guys in Texas would at the time and he sold it on the spot and regretted it every since. Sweet little yellow car with a nice interior and a 327 and 4 speed that just needed detailing.
It probably comes down to how much extra toy money folks have in a certain area and what the popular big folk toys are in that area. Guys in The Coos Bay region who wouldn't pay 27 K for a nice AD will pay the same for a tricked out drift boat to float past your house without batting an eye. https://pavatimarine.com/product/pav...CABEgJpNPD_BwE That is just a glorified rowboat.
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Not cheap but for a guy in the PNW wanting to build a Cameo this might be worth investigating. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5-f6eaba3473d7
Your choice of the pair with some hard to find parts for the first buyer.
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I'd say that the "builder" is a card carrying member of the I'm going to make it more radical than the other guy's truck even though it could have been a great truck if he had not tried to turn it into a batmobile. Funny part is my buddy would be telling how "radical" it is for days and probably save and print photos of it.
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Supply and demand in your local area has a lot to do with it then actual condition.
The guys down in Dan's hood are paying exorbanant prices now because folks from all over the rest of the country went to SoCal 30 or more years ago and grabbed up a lot of low or no rust project trucks and hauled them back to the North East. From what I see of Texas prices, I think the same thing may have happened there. A lot of pretty decent trucks and cars got bought up and hauled north for a lot of years. Now you see cars and trucks being pulled out of Western Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana often in areas that the scrappers didn't get to back a few years ago. We are a bit spoiled here in Eastern Washington as you can still go out and find trucks sitting on farms and ranches if you get far enough off the regular paths. It isn't as easy as it was 20 years ago though. The rust thing I still don't get as I see trucks that are roached out worse than ones I passed up on 30 years ago for 25/100 bucks because they weren't good enough to fix up with huge asking prices on them.
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When I was in Montana nothing within 20 miles of the interstate was priced right. People would drag junk out next to the highway for out of state folks. If the cost was high due to supply and demand it was that the supply of dollars in Montana was much lower than states on either coast, not that there weren't enough trucks.
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those would sell pretty much overnight at those prices around here
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As a Californian, I get irritated when I see trucks someone pulled from California and then just on sale 2,000 miles away. If I wanted that truck, it had to travel 4,000 miles to get 200 miles, and I have to pay someone both ways. All that hassle so this guy could be first in line to turn the buck.
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Awh Dave, you know that if you are in New Joisy the "California pink" slip adds 50 % to the hoped for resale price of that truck. To me that truck looks like it came from around Eureka rather than the dry part of Cali. Or spent all too many years at the beach.
I don't think it is a great loss to the truck folks in Cali.
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