keep watching for the Zf5!
if you are not in a hurry it will show up in he right price range. just be prepared to jump when it shows its ugly head........
I bought a 97 F350 4x4 crew 7.3PSD with 320,000km for 1200 CAN and drove it the 200km to work but its a rotten pile with a "just" save able cab and not much else . I can put it on the road legal but the cab will basically fall apart within 2-4 yrs and i'll be looking for a southern one.
I wish i had your options for those minty rust free bodies. I could run my trucks forever with regular maintenance.
I would get 20yrs out of a used truck instead of 6-7yrs, pushing the fall apart rolling down the road threshold.
have to figure out some way to trade great driveline parts from the east for body and chassis' from the west..................................................
this thread just gets me depressed