Dear All,
THANKS a ton for your great and very helpful feedback. Yes, I'm quite familiar with restorations and rust--I've done a couple frame-offs and another restoration, all back to original on a 37 1/2 ton, 38 coupe pickup, and a 38 3/4 ton panel. So I know how challenging some of these repairs can be and how hard it can be to find parts (the 38 panel was a beast for finding some items). As I mentioned, I was not familiar with the market of this era of truck, and specifically the suburban. Your replies have been extremely informative and helpful, The guy is asking way too much--in the $10-12K range. I knew that was too high, but didn't realize just how high!!! That's why this forum is valuable, and much appreciated. At this point, I doubt that I'll even make an offer--it would probably just irritate the guy and I doubt he'd take a reasonable offer (i.e., nearer to what it's actually worth).
Thanks again--much appreciated. I really don't need another project, but I've always liked that era (and older) Suburbans and 1951 is my birthdate, so I was tempted, at least to check it out and learn more about values, etc.
Best wishes,
Jim
