Found a 78 all original for sale

[fitz]

From the looks of the hood, there's probably a lot of sheet metal being held together by paint.  Salt country ?

yes, salt country. i'll offer $200.

$200 is a slap in the face. That truck is worth $500-600 easily

I agree.
I sell my fair share of stuff on craigslist.  If I was selling that truck for $1000 and someone offered me $200, I would counter offer with $1800. That gets my point across.

[Rattler12]

Back in the day, early 70's, we had a 53 1 & 1/2 ton GMC 4wd with a PTO in it. It was a hunting lease truck with a straight six, 4 speed, 20 inch tires and duals in the rear etc. Pop decided to sell it and Bro in Houston had it at his house. Pop wanted  $1000 for it and some dude called about buying just the transfer case. Bro said yeah the transfer case could be bought for $1000. The guy said " but you want a $1000 for the whole truck. I just want the TC"  Bro said yeah but we also want $1000 just for the TC.....wish I had the truck now......

[philo_beddoe]

Ok, maybe 500 then.

[philo_beddoe]

Just spotted this factory 78 for sale, asking $1,000. Think i should get it, its a long one.

This truck is STILL 4 sale. $1500, is that a fair price? Always wanted a parts truck. I thought it was $1000, or mayby he'll take that anyway.

[LTZ C20]

Sounds good to me, ide pick it up for that price

[Irish_Alley]

you do mean 500 right??? thats all i would offer due to the rust. i mean if the doors are ok you might be able to sell them for 200 (you can buy electric for 75/each)

[philo_beddoe]

Lots of rust, good parts truck though, all oem. It starts and runs i'm told. I can drive it home.

[Irish_Alley]

you can drive a lot of things home. but will it pass inspection? and is it worth trying to save? even that 74 i was looking at if i couldnt cover the initial cost with good parts and know what it was going to be i wouldnt touch it.

[philo_beddoe]

Yah, perhaps your right, but there are a few parts i really want from it, some hard to find stuff.

Besides, with that clunker parked here, my property will look a little "red-neckish" lol

[big_al273]

OK not to hijack but i stumbled across this trucks doppelganger, ok not exactly the same but real close. Anyone got any good numbers? i need to win the lottery lol
http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/city-of-toronto/1979-gmc-c-k-2500-grande-pickup-truck/1192720978?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

[philo_beddoe]

Thats pricy.

[79 Royal Sierra]

That guy is crazy, asking triple of what that old truck is worth. The SWB C10s are getting so hard to find and pricey, that I think alot of guys with the less then desirable lWB trucks are trying to jump on the train and ask crazy prices. My dad and I recently purchased really nice LWBs for $600 and $400, and you wouldnt believe house nice my dad's 84 is, only bad that it is the 305.

[philo_beddoe]

Well i just found out the latest, the owner sent me a txt to see if i was still interested. He may want it off his property. So i'm thinking either free or up to $500. I could sure use some parts from it. I wish i had a place to put it, trying to get vile to take it, maybe i can get a finders fee. lol

[Irish_Alley]

find out what your local scrap prices are. chances are he knows what its worth in scrap offer a tad over. if i found the right info your prices are $70 gross ton. so that crew cab might be 5500lbs??? so the scrap price might be 171ish?

[philo_beddoe]

Thanks, waiting to hear from the owner.