Between brakes and tires this truck will eat 2000 bucks in a heartbeat. And that is if you do all the labor, and that assumes the engine will run. The truck is really worth about half what he is asking. But.....you have to factor in amount of rust and traveling distance. Brakes are easy, rust is not so easy. I bought my running and driving '49 for $1000 dollars. A great deal right? Yes and no. I live in Tulsa and the truck was basically in South Dakota. So I drove up with tools to get it. It took three days to get it home at 40 mph. I spent nearly seven hundred dollars in gas, hotels, and paying my guy a hundred bucks a day to follow my "slow boat to China." It was an adventure to say the least. And I might add it was a MIRACLE the truck did not break down once. I doubt I would be so lucky again. I would have to say that distance from home has to be a huge consideration when buying one of these monsters.