A local dealer I know always has a small collection of older pickups. He pulls them out of the south or the west. These are ohnest old trucks with ware and tear. Some have some minor rust others do not. They have sun damage and dents. Just old used trucks.
Anyway a 87c10 short bed manual with a showed up. Lots of paint fad and minor dents. It looks to have been a work truck all its life. However there is no rust. Cab corners are perfect. I looked it over and it is like it was never used in winter ever.
My question is the price. I can get it for 8.5k. I think it is an ok deal from my market searching?
I would be getting this for light truck stuff. It is 2wd so when the snow comes it would be off the road.
Edit: Photo added
Picture worth a thousand words here.
1987 is the first year for fuel injection on these, same TBI as the 88-95 models. Manual trans probably a SM465 which is bullet proof but no overdrive. What engine does it have?
Price seems a bit high, but these are gaining value. Short box manual is a big plus.
Bought my 78 for $4k, sold it 4 years later (2021) for $10k. It wasn't pretty either purchase or sale, no rust. So depending on what it actually looks like and your area, $8500 is reasonable.
The question is old truck, and the answer is always yes.
They aren't making any more of them.
I say get it, enjoy it, and if/when you're done with it, send it off to the next owner knowing you've enjoyed it.
I say get it. Any difference in price between when you buy and sell will be quickly eclipsed by the running costs. Title/reg/insurance/gas/etc.
My point is that even if you buy it for 8.5 and sell it in 2 years for 6.5 (this seems very worst case to me and not likely), the 2k will be not that much compared to the running costs. 2k is only 20 tanks of gas!
I'm here to enable old pickup ownership. They are tons of fun.
Squarebody pickups with no rust in New England are worth their weight in gold. You simply cannot go wrong. Chances are you'll love it, but if you don't, someone will snag it quick for at least the buy-in price.
