There are trucks I would not buy at any price because of the work it takes. The time it takes, parts and money. This may be one. BUT each region of the country has it's value range due to the availability of non rust basically. We in the west have to have almost no rust to be satisfied. Some in the east only need a shadow of a truck unless they want to pay $1800 extra to ship from left to right....and that's with a truck they can only see in pictures. Vehicles are 50% worse in person. Pictures always look better. She may just call you back and say $1500. What's wrong with a 250? If it runs with oil in it and no smoke and has in-spec compression, it's a good motor? My brother used to take a truck gently up against a telephone pole and release the clutch to see if it slips or truck dies...and sometimes hear a motor knock too. (Just idling forward of course.) He was born at home though.
