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Title: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on May 31, 2010, 11:53:36 pm
I am looking at a 1975 short bed 4x4 chevrolet pickup.  Being sold by the 2nd owner who has owned it for all but 6mos of its life.  It has 200880 miles on it with 44000 on 2nd motor.  350 with auto trans.  It needs paint but body if very sound with very little rust.  The old gal drives very well.  No smoke and drives stright down the road.  It seems like a very sound truck.  Needs little things like a new dash and ect.  My questions is how much should a guy have to pay for a truck like this.  Again a 1/2 ton 4 x 4 silverado with 200000. plus miles on it.  I am new to your site and look forward to learning a lot from you all.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Irish_Alley on June 01, 2010, 04:12:44 am
hows the rest of it take some pics and post inside and outside also does it have any power options
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 01, 2010, 08:43:45 am
It has power steering and power breaks.  Like I said it has very little rust and body is sound.  The owner does his own maintenance and changes oil every 2500 miles.  Seems like a good old sound truck.  Thanks for responding to my question.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Captkaos on June 01, 2010, 11:01:41 am
How much are they asking for it? 
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 01, 2010, 03:05:25 pm
$2200.00. :-\  With a paint job I think will make a good daily driver.  Not into restoring it at this point.  Just want something dependable and fun to drive.  And as we live in the hills in Oregon the 4 x 4 could come in handy in the snow.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: smitty77 on June 01, 2010, 05:11:54 pm
$2200.00. :-\  With a paint job I think will make a good daily driver.  Not into restoring it at this point.  Just want something dependable and fun to drive.  And as we live in the hills in Oregon the 4 x 4 could come in handy in the snow.
IF it's a nice as you say, I'd offer $1,800 and see what he/she says.  Add in $1,200 for body work and paint and you have a nice daily driver (and a classic truck) for $3,000.  Up here in the northeast $1,000 gets you a mostly-driveable rust bucket and $2,000 gets you the same truck with a $600 paint job with the same rust poking through.

Post some pics!
Smitty
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Captkaos on June 01, 2010, 06:02:57 pm
technically it is only worth what the next owner was willing to pay, so put something out there that you can live with.  Look for comparables and see what they have.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 01, 2010, 06:30:12 pm
I called a local car lot that sell a lot of pickups and talked to him for some time.  It is like some of you have said it is worth what someone will pay for it. I just called the seller and told him I would take if for 1900 and he came back with 2100.  We settled at 1975.00.  So with a good paint job I will have a good daily driver.  I will send be for and after pictures when I get it done.  Thanks everyone for your impute.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: joesgarage71 on June 03, 2010, 03:34:05 pm
Yets see some pics
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 05, 2010, 10:24:21 am
I would send pictures if I could figure out how to do it.  I go to additional options and attach one picture and it come back file too big.  What's up with that.  Someone help me and I got pic to send.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: bgctrading on June 05, 2010, 11:17:20 am
You need to get a pic resizer I use PIXresizer very easy to use. Free download. just google it.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 05, 2010, 03:45:26 pm
Ok I think it may work this time.  Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 05, 2010, 03:49:47 pm
this is the last of the pictures.  Thanks again for helping a old man find his way around this computer. 
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Irish_Alley on June 05, 2010, 03:57:35 pm
Granted I'm on my cell phone but don't look bad at all good deal
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 05, 2010, 04:01:24 pm
It needs paint really bad and the inside needs to be fixed up but the body and engine and running gear are very sound.  I plan on spending another 4,000.00 on it and should have a good sound daily driver.  Thanks for looking and your feed back.  Have a good weekend.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: beastie_3 on June 05, 2010, 04:06:49 pm
4k into any vehicle will make it a good sound DD. 4k into our trucks is beyond that. Especially with a good base to start from, like yours. How much do you plan on putting into paint? It could eat that 4k fast.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 05, 2010, 07:11:05 pm
I have no intent to make it a show truck but do want it to look nice.  Have a Friend who paints for a living and is willing to help me.  I think I will do most of the sanding and prep work and he will do the painting.  That will be about 1200 for paint and his labor.  Then I want a spray in bed liner and that is about 400.  And the rest will go into the inside to get it back to as new as I can. New dash, headliner seat ect.  Does not take long to eat up 4k but that is all I have budgeted for the project,.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: bake74 on June 14, 2010, 12:49:33 am
  For my area that is a grt deal on that truck.  In California, Sac to be exact, you would pay $1000.00 for any truck that would at least make it to the end of the driveway, let alone a dd.  Nice find.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: kallen680 on June 19, 2010, 06:31:41 pm
Just got it out of the body shop today.  What do you all think?
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: beastie_3 on June 19, 2010, 08:14:47 pm
Nice combo!
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: low budget on June 19, 2010, 08:58:30 pm
Nice combo!

X2
I think it turned out really nice...
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: slammed79 on June 20, 2010, 12:50:34 am
Nice truck for just under two stacks. I'm still kind of amazed how lucky I am that I've never paid more than $950 for one of our trucks. And all but two of my drivers have been shortbeds
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: jaredts on June 20, 2010, 06:25:27 pm
Love the color!
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Psycho71 on July 04, 2010, 02:30:41 am




Good lookin' truck.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Engineer on July 07, 2010, 08:54:13 pm
You can have my approval.

 :)
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Grover 1 on July 08, 2010, 05:42:14 am
Very nice looking truck - I'd grab it.  Where abouts in Oregon are you?  I'm just outside of Portland.
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: autorepr on July 08, 2010, 07:45:47 am
VERY NICE!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Looking at 1975 4x4 pick up. Help!!!
Post by: Captkaos on July 08, 2010, 02:07:24 pm
Nice!