Staggerlee,
I wouldn't pay $10 grand for that truck. Much nicer and correct trucks can be bought for that money with a little patience and searching.
My primary concern would be trying to register it if the title and door jamb plate don't match or if the id plate has been removed and re-installed. Many states will not title a vehicle that has been altered in such a way. It might slip by for you but selling it in the future, especially to someone out of state might prove difficult if the identification on the body doesn't jive with the title.
Anyway, what else is "wrong" with the truck? The previous posters discovered all kinds of anomalies in just a few minutes from five photos. Who knows what other problems are present that can't be seen in these pictures? Who did all the work? Was it done correctly and in a workmanlike fashion?
The ballast resistor and 6 volt dizzy cap are a red flag. Was it actually converted to 12volts? If so was it converted properly? It doesn't appear so at first glance. You don't want a pile of electrical problems down the road.
Don't worry about offending the owner. If he can't or won't answer legitimate questions about the origin of the vehicle concerning who cobbled it together, how the work was done, why the mish-mash of parts, its mechanical and physical flaws, then you don't want to buy the truck anyway.
And what the heck is that tube on the passenger side of the engine bay with a radiator cap on it? Maybe the engine came from a stationary industrial unit or something and that's an oil filler neck?
Good luck, don't fall in love with it and proceed with extreme caution.
Last edited by Otto Skorzeny; 04/25/2023 12:40 PM.
