Being a newer member, I scan this site daily happen to re-visited a thread I found really interesting - 'Things you found in your stovebolt when you brought it home', seeing that mine is still in a barn waiting for me, i havent been able to experience the joy of mouse poop! It did however spark the thought "wonder what everyone paid for their first truck"? As a first time owner you wonder if you paid to much or if you got a deal?
Mine is a 1950 1/2ton 3100 that hasnt left the in-laws farm since 1970 except for the occasional trip to the farm supply store. Its currently sitting in a barn as it has been for the last year and from what the Uncle tells me it needs new brakes (which is the reason he gave for parking it but never seemed to get around to fixing.) I tried to start it on the last trip and the battery was dead, when I asked the uncle about it he said 'it ran when i parked it' but did mention it possibly needed a engine rebuild seeing that he thought some gaskets needed to be replace, however it only has 38,000 miles on it.Does have some dings and dents as a normal farm truck would along with some rust in the inside of the fenders from a combination of mud and cow patties! All in all i thought the truck was in great shape and wouldnt need a lot of work to bring it back to life and give it a nice and relaxing retirement here in Florida. Oh yeah, Its Almost all original expect hubcaps that i havent seen before.
Price agreed to be paid when I pick it up = $2,000
Too much?
A deal?
What'd you pay for yours?
Thanks for all the good reads!
Paul Kris
