There are many kind souls who keep telling me I can just find another bed that's in good shape. The bed is forty years old. If it's being parted out, why do they believe it's also not rusted like this?
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I've parted out some clean rust free trucks. I've bought & sold a lot of Military CUCV's ( the Military version of 84-87 k30's).
A guy I do business with buys southern CUCV's and ships them to Massachusetts. When they arrive at his garage he does a quick mechanical inspection on them. If he determines that they need to much mechanical work, he parts them out.
Some people would cringe at the thought of rust free trucks getting parted out, but from a business point, it makes since.
The numbers for parting out a rustfree CUCV (k30) are:
Bed $2,000
Cab $2,000
Doors $500 pr.
Fenders $500 pr.
Dana 60 / 14 bolt with 4:56 gears $2500
1 ton frame w/ springs $1000
Rear bumper with pintle hitch & D rings $500
Front bumper with brush gaurd & D rings $500
So that's almost $10k worth of parts before you sell off the small stuff. It's not uncommon to sell $12k of parts off 1 of these trucks. Now keep in mind these aren't showroom cond parts, they just gotta be rust free to bring big $$.
So in a nutshell, here in Massachussets, there are plenty of rust free trucks still getting parted out.
Look forward to seeing the pics of your bed getting restored. Keep us updated.