So, I had my eye on this black c40 in town for the last few months and I had stopped to look at it a few times just to compare it to my c50 etc. it was not for sale but I had always wanted to ask about it, see what the story was. I even had thoughts of trading my 88 ½ ton for it. I went by there on the way to lunch sat and it was in line at an auction, whoa, they’re selling my truck! I turned around and went back to see how it would turn out, fully knowing that I didn't have much money to play with or time to spend at the auction, I needed to be on my house roof while it was nice weather. Anyway, the wife was very understanding, I had been talking about it just about everytime we went by it. we discussed it and she said if it’s a good deal get it. what a lady. So she went to lunch with her parents while I stayed. It took another 2 hours to get to it and in that time I got a real good look at it.
Here’s the stats:
1969 c40 327 2 bbl 4 spd, single speed rear, 6.00 x 20 tires, hydraulic lift but no bed. Looked like it would be a 12 ft bed. The truck had 17,430 miles on it. she was a beauty. Very nice all original black paint. No rust and when I say that, I mean it. I know where to look on these to find it, I have had a lot of 67-72’s and had to fix it too many times. You could tell that it had been taken care of, it did not have the car cover / tarp wear spots. It didn’t have the ‘been left in a shed with junk piled on it’ marks either, it was just a very clean original body. Red interior in awesome condition. It still had the protecto plate warranty card in the glove box. Bought new locally and was 2nd owner at the sale.
I had worked myself up to ‘what could I sacrifice to get this truck’? I have this argument going on in my head the whole time and in the end I figured that I could come up with $1,200 but no more. It was the last thing to go and by the time we got there I was hoping that anyone else looking at it was bored and ready to go home. The auctioneer started asking for $4,500, and I almost choked, he quickly realized that wasn’t going to happen and started dropping until he had a hit at $1,000. Dang, he’s already too close for me, and sure enough it went past my $1,200 and ended up SOLD at $2,000. I am still having a hard time letting it go
. I know I don’t need it, nor would it be the best daily driver.
So, I saw a few days ago, there was a similar truck with only 7,000 miles on it someone here bought. I do not have any pics of this truck and I know without them, it’s hard to evaluate, but how often has a truck like this become available? I am in Kansas, so it probably makes a difference on price, but was the $2k in the ball park? I know that it’s only worth what someone is willing to pay, just wondering what some others have experienced on price of these trucks.
jason
