well gents im going into the service "the air force" in about 4 months and want to have a crew cab. came to the conclusion i don't care weather its a box chevy or dodge as long as its cheap enough, going to use my w-250 as parts, axles, engine, trans ext..... so anyone know where i can find a doner or cab+chassis hoping to find something close i live in south florida? but can travel

thanks yall
Dan

 

Sad to say if you want Rust free you will have to look out west crewcabs are plenty out in Ca.there is one in Utah right now on the gov site .

 

Yep, Ive passed on three 4-doors here in AZ cause I dont have time for projects.

Mike

 

There's also one on the same Gov't auction site(search GAO auctions) located in southern MO, Lebanon I think with 81k. Due to location, there shouldn't be as much rust because they wouldn't tend to need/use as much road salt. plus it is an ex Forestry Dept 'Wildfire Strike Team' truck, so maybe that would help too(vs say a Hwy Dept truck). It doesn't appear at all rusty in the 2 pics. But I think it's 2wd though(sorry, just remembered that...). The good part is the high bid was only like $401 yesterday!

Attempted link: http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/auctsctrl then scroll down to the 'Trucks, tractors, ground effects(??) link, then enter 'dodge' in the search box.

The one in UT and the one in MO are there. Good luck, if you bid/buy the one in MO, my buddy and I could bring it down to ya! Heck, for that matter, we could go get one anywhere for you I suppose. We ain't doing anything else anyways and always looking to go go go!!

 

thanks guys but thats a little far for me how much yall think it would cost to get a truck from Utah or Calf. to south fl. ? Gas, other nessesitys.

 

I checked on having one delivered from CA and was around $700 to N. GA.
Joseph

 

huhh naa ill keep my eyes around here in fl. theres gotta be one somewhere. rite??

 

If you have a Air force base close by thats where you might find one keep watching the gov site that sells the trucks .but be prepared to pay some good money .they usually don't go cheap I have seen a 4x4 crewcab that was really rough go close to 4 grand . but either way good luck in your search.

 

^^^ what he said. One on a base about 90 miles from me went for $3500. Decent body, cracked block, trashed interior. I ended up trading my early 91 D350 for my crew. It's got some rust, but the cummins/nv4500 were already swapped in.

 

The deals are out there...just have to be patient. I picked up a 66k mile '85 4x4 Crew out of Oklahoma for $650 off the .gov auction site about a year ago or so. Drove it home (only about 150 miles though!)

 

Dang, you stole that for sure. I'd give that for a good cab....

 

looks like i might be gettin one in a few weeks gotta save more than i thought.!! found a few in pretty o.k. condition.