The Moose Truck had a base price of around $11,900 in 1983. The diesel was an expensive option, and I think pushed the price I paid up to around $13,800. With the interest rate a 20 year old could get on a new car loan at that time, I think my payments were like around $600 a month! A huge sum of money, and most of what I made, but I lived at home and mom bought everything. My income paid my loan and took Suzi out on dates. I'm probably one of the few people here who could almost get all their money back if I were to sell it.