Originally posted by iowa trucks 59:
I think the price is not the object as much as you got what you wanted, and were happy with it.
I absolutely agree (except I fixed the spelling).
My first truck was a '39 Chevy and I don't remember what I paid for it. I sold it for about $100 not long after I paid $70 for two '41 Chevy pickups.
This was all more than 30 years ago and I would not expect to buy them as cheaply today.
The most I paid for anything in my current collection of trucks was $4600 for the '89 K3500.
$2000 for my '55 1st Suburban.
$200 for my '55 1st Chevy pickup mostly because I wanted the grill.
$200 for a '47 because I thought it had useful parts. It didn't.
$150 for my '51 1-ton panel.
$50 for my '53 GMC 1/2-ton panel.
$1 for my '54 3100.
$1 for my '72 C-10.
The others were all
free if you're only interested in what the seller got. As for my investment I spent a couple hundred in gas to collect the 1-ton panel and some of the others have expensive stories to go with them too.
