kiszka6911

Happened to find this listing, I was hoping someone on the list lives near by and could take a look at this truck. It looks like one you could possible fly in and drive home. It appears to be in good shape? and would make a great conversion.

If someone does live near here I would be interested to know what shape the rockers, doors and cab floor is in?

Thanks

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Buddy Stewert

First place I would check is under the carpet.
Have the guy send you a picture of that and the roof line / gutter.

Trebor

I bought this FL crew and it looked nice:



The cab was totally scrap with the exception of the doors. There was severe roof rust that extended into the upper door openings where the individual pieces are put together. EVERY seam joint was rusted through!

It even looks good in this picture but if I don't find a good roof soon it's getting gutted and scrapped!:


Florida's warm salty air works wonders on these non painted inner roofs. Notice the rust above the door hinge where the panels come together in this picture:


To me, that's a good hint to check the entire roof down to the upper door hinges on both sides. A perforated floor is an easy fix. A roof that is rusting out from the inside is a pure nightmare to deal with and generally on one of these is nearly impossible to permanently fix. BTW, the red one sold for $1200 at the sale. It cost an additional $1500 to get it here to PA. The only thing I used so far from this truck was the frame which was in its original paint & nice and shiny.

Buddy Stewert

Good point the one I have is from Washington State and it is rock solid.
What did you pay for that gem in red ?

Trebor

The red one sold for $1200 at the sale. It cost an additional $1500 to get it here to PA so I have $2700 in it.

simplysmn

Ads NOT allowed in the forums here is 1 that has got to be better

simplysmn

Ads NOT allowed in the forums here is a super clean 1 in Vegas

Thunderhog

I thank God, and the original owner (a buddy! I rode in this special order truck when it was 2 days old!) that my truck spent its ENTIRE life in the DRY, DRY Mojave Desert! ZERO rust ANYWHERE!!!!
(We truly thought this guy would be BURIED in this thing!) The paint was trashed (surprise!) and the windshield leaked, but it is perfect!.
I am sooooo lucky!

Trebor

To me west TX, AZ, NV, Southern CA, and MT are the places to search for rust free vehicles. My replacement crew cab body came from west TX and the bed came from AZ.

simplysmn

yes it look's to me like the west coast has the best because of no salt on the road's Did you guy's see that 1 in vegas it's sweet lookin