Around here if it's remotely rust free or you can legitimately say "Came from Florida/Southwest/Texas/California/Arizona/etc" stuff used to go for a premium. However now that gas prices have crept up the demand has lowered and a lot of the sellers are having to realize that their $9000 truck with a big block is only a $2500 Blue Book truck with a 8mpg engine in it.
Still...some people want far too much for their stuff. They want to get their money back, don't really want to sell it, have no clue what it's worth, haven't looked up the real market value in years, etc etc etc.
In late 2001 I found a '87 Chevrolet K10 with 37k miles on it...all original. Old man had ordered it, kept it in his heated, carpeted garage, and only driven it May through October and was started once a week during the winter by his son or grand son. The dealer was so proud of this truck that they asked $11,500 for it!
I told them the highest blue book value I could find for it was $4000 and the guy just about blew up on me. It was still there 6 months later but now for a shade under 9 grand.
Meanwhile on the other side I now work with a guy with a '84 Yota 4x4 pickup that he bought 5 years ago for $5000...with 17,000 original miles on it. Same thing, old guy's toy and only drove it during the nice months when he was up here and not in Florida. When I say it's cherry I mean it...spotless.
It's all what the buyer is willing to pay and sometimes the market says it's worth.
I'll fly to SoCal or Arizona and drive a genuine rust free truck back before I pay $5000 for some of what the locals call "rust free".
Still...some people want far too much for their stuff. They want to get their money back, don't really want to sell it, have no clue what it's worth, haven't looked up the real market value in years, etc etc etc.
In late 2001 I found a '87 Chevrolet K10 with 37k miles on it...all original. Old man had ordered it, kept it in his heated, carpeted garage, and only driven it May through October and was started once a week during the winter by his son or grand son. The dealer was so proud of this truck that they asked $11,500 for it!
I told them the highest blue book value I could find for it was $4000 and the guy just about blew up on me. It was still there 6 months later but now for a shade under 9 grand.
Meanwhile on the other side I now work with a guy with a '84 Yota 4x4 pickup that he bought 5 years ago for $5000...with 17,000 original miles on it. Same thing, old guy's toy and only drove it during the nice months when he was up here and not in Florida. When I say it's cherry I mean it...spotless.
It's all what the buyer is willing to pay and sometimes the market says it's worth.
I'll fly to SoCal or Arizona and drive a genuine rust free truck back before I pay $5000 for some of what the locals call "rust free".
