mountainexplorer
1/2 ton status
$1000 could do a fair amount on one of my current vehicles.
But the way I've been doing it, lets say the same $1000 amount of money I had 3 years ago. I could have spent it on parts I needed for one truck... gone in a heartbeat, never to see $1 of it reclaimed. Instead, over the years, I've used any money I get to buy trucks for what I need, then re-sell or part out the rest. Usually, I look at an investment and think "The only way I'll buy it is if I can get all or most of my money back and still keep the part that I'm after".
Like an '83 K30 a guy had for sale or parts. He said $1100 without a motor or $1600 with. I looked at it and figured, I want the Dana 60. I could just go somewhere, spend $1100 and buy just a Dana 60 (cause thats what people want for them outright on average) or buy this whole truck for $1100, sell what I don't use and keep the 60. On that deal I got my $1100 back plus $300 and kept the Dana 60.
These trucks may not be as good of a deal. For each, the only part I'm after is the 454. Re-sale parts on the C20 with camper include the straight body and transmission, or I could throw a 350 in it and re-sell the truck for $1000 and keep the 454 and the camper. The '77 K20 I could keep the motor and sell the axles and tranny and T-case locally and get over half my money back and be into a running 454 for less than core price around here. The Crew Cab has the least amount of re-saleable parts if the body is as bad as he says.
But the way I've been doing it, lets say the same $1000 amount of money I had 3 years ago. I could have spent it on parts I needed for one truck... gone in a heartbeat, never to see $1 of it reclaimed. Instead, over the years, I've used any money I get to buy trucks for what I need, then re-sell or part out the rest. Usually, I look at an investment and think "The only way I'll buy it is if I can get all or most of my money back and still keep the part that I'm after".
Like an '83 K30 a guy had for sale or parts. He said $1100 without a motor or $1600 with. I looked at it and figured, I want the Dana 60. I could just go somewhere, spend $1100 and buy just a Dana 60 (cause thats what people want for them outright on average) or buy this whole truck for $1100, sell what I don't use and keep the 60. On that deal I got my $1100 back plus $300 and kept the Dana 60.
These trucks may not be as good of a deal. For each, the only part I'm after is the 454. Re-sale parts on the C20 with camper include the straight body and transmission, or I could throw a 350 in it and re-sell the truck for $1000 and keep the 454 and the camper. The '77 K20 I could keep the motor and sell the axles and tranny and T-case locally and get over half my money back and be into a running 454 for less than core price around here. The Crew Cab has the least amount of re-saleable parts if the body is as bad as he says.
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)...and none were the "cab-over" style..they are TOUGH to get rid of here too,the junkyards and scrapyards dont even want them at all,and are charging people to junk them now..Motorhomes are ever harder to dispose of..yet if you ask about one that appears abandoned,suddenly they are worth hundreds of dollars..
wish you were closer!..
