Was wanting to know what a 5 window cab with good cab corners and good floors should bring. Overall cab is in good condition. It sits on a 1.5 ton frame and I want to put it onto my 1 ton frame. They are asking $1800 for the truck and since I won’t be using anything else off of it Im not sure if it is worth that. Just looking for recommendations. Thanks
IF it's a perfect cab, AND I mean a perfect cab, meaning it won't need ANY patch/rust repair only media blast and paint, that might not be too high of a price to pay. BUT, if it needs one patch welded in, then I believe it's way high. It doesn't take long to get over that asking price if you buy a cheap rusty cab and then have to buy patch panels for the rust repair.
Mike B
Mike Boteler
1956 Chevy 3100 Resto Rod 1952 Willys M38 Army Jeep 1983 Jeep CJ7 Laredo 1984 Jeep CJ7 +++++ Silver Spring, MD
In 1983 I paid $1200.00 for a running and driving 1954 3100. I could be still it driving today at the condition it was in but for the time I paid to much. They are worth what someone is willing to pay. Mike is correct if you have to put time and lots of money in it you can lose interest.
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am. 1954 3100 Chevy truck In the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix 1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
Check carefully the following 4 interior locations (poke with a wood dowel - with permission of the owner:
- lower rear cab corners - near the “weep holes” (rodents like to nest/[censored] there) and moisture absorbing degree collects there This is an expensive, time consuming repair.
- lower front cab corners - where the side walls attach to the front wall and the floor board
Jay, We need to talk. Shoot me a PM. Putting in a new water line and I won't have time today to respond right away. Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck "The Flag Pole" In the Stovebolt Gallery 1946 2-Ton grain truck 1946 3/4-ton pickup, 1953 1-ton pickup 1957 1-ton flatbed dually, 1954 Pontiac Straight Eight Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most!
Do as Tim suggests. You are buying for the cab only. If you have the time and ability the remaining parts have some value on the used market. ðŸ›
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
I think that prices have always been low on old cabs ever since they started reproducing cabs. When you look up their prices, you will understand what I am talking about.
