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General Site Info => General Discussion => Topic started by: fitz on November 10, 2016, 06:39:18 pm
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I took a 6 hour round trip drive today and put in a sealed bid on a Military/Fire Dept CUCV.
I usually bid on these at live auctions in person. The sealed bid is a tough concept for me. You can get outbid by $5 and loose the truck.
I bid $2525 on it. Its a clean truck (1 rocker is a little crusty). The electrical system will need some work. Its been converted from 24V to 12V. I have some spare harnesses from rusty parts trucks (I'd probably convert it back to 24V)
It belongs to a Volunteer Fire Dept in New Hampshire. They have owned it for 15 years.
Hopefully I get the call tomorrow saying I'm the high bidder. It would be a nice addition to my CUCV collection.
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It looks pretty good. Hope you get it. In my area that Knapheide bed would fetch ~ $1200 so I think your bid is pretty reasonable.
Years ago I also did the sealed bid for parts trucks. I never won but was always within $50 - $100 of the winner. Close but no cigar! lol
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Not sure where you are located but check out the link:
https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitdsc/?sl=41QSCI17718019
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Not sure where you are located but check out the link:
https://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/aucitdsc/?sl=41QSCI17718019
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I'm always checking out the GSA auction site, Municibid, & Auctions International.
I have 10 of these trucks now. 2 are nice clean trucks, the others are rusty parts trucks.
Last month I picked up a rusty M1008 that runs & drives for $550. Hunting these trucks down at the auction is addicting.
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It sold for $4,000. Someone got themselves a nice truck.
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It sold for $4,000. Someone got themselves a nice truck.
Sorry you didn't win. Although sealed-bid auctions can be tricky, at least it will give you a "comparable" for the future for that locale.
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did it sell yet? im seeing 3 days left
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I think he was talking about the one he bid on and not the one on the GSA auction.
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It sold for $4,000. Someone got themselves a nice truck.
Sorry you didn't win. Although sealed-bid auctions can be tricky, at least it will give you a "comparable" for the future for that locale.
I have a general idea of what they are worth. If if the truck was something I needed, I would have no problem bidding $5k on it. I've already have a M1028 as a daily driver. This just would have been a cool truck to have.
did it sell yet? im seeing 3 days left
Irish, this truck was on Craigslist. It belonged to the Dunbarton N.H. Volunteer Fire Dept. Sealed bids had to be in by 11/10/16.
Where is the truck that you found with 3 days left? Maybe I'll bid on that 1. Thanks
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the one from gsa that rusty posted