This Guy is Real Proud of His Truck!

[tonkadoctor]

Dear hesutton,

We'll people like you look at model year and that's it because you don't know what this truck really is and if you know about the newer diesels than you would pay more for an older more reliable truck than a newer one just to say you have a new truck even though it would have a p.o.s. engine, I work in service department of a ford dealership I know. This is well worth 22k dollars any day of the week and not by blue book.
- lindsaydoc

Does that mean my '98 F-800 with a 12 valve Cummins and an Allison automatic should be worth a cool $50k

 

[Darrin Tosh]

Sounds like he took my advice and droped the price down to 22K

If that truck was on my lot I would be asking $22K for it and it would sell. It does not matter what Blue Book says it is worth there are people out there that love the old body style trucks and WILL pay top dollar for them.

The problem that he may have is his ad is below par, He needs a better descrition and about 60 pics, not just 4. People need to see what they are buying if they are going to shell out big bucks for it.


If you guys want a good fun read, here is a thread from The Diesel Garage about one of the F350's that I had advertised. Gruss let me know that the thread was growing, and I jumped in on at the end of the 3rd page. It ended up being locked but it was a Darn Fun Post for a couple of days!

Check it out:

http://thedieselgarage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60596&highlight=darrin

 

[Russ]

Hey I remember that one



When I first saw the add for this truck, I thought OK $17K. $22 it's a bit high. sure it's a 11-12 yr old truck, but IMVHO it was the last of the good ones. Like I said in another post I just saw my truck in an 08 (F350 CC 4X4 XLT) and it was $56,000. I paid $12,000 for mine two years ago, and it had 175K on it. And I had to put about another $1500 in it. Balk all you want he's not too far out of line.

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Yeah I can vouch for the one Darrin stole errr sold.
That low mileage one was the cats meow.

If I recall, that truck went to Tennessee.

 

[92F350CC]

IIRC, I think I paid around 13k for my truck back in 98 when it was 6 years old. But it's a gasser

 

[Papabear]

as sad as it sounds that is about what a truck like that would get up here

 

[jhnlennon]

I dont think you could get finaced at any bank for that truck unless you had a massive downpayment or something considering its almost twice blue book value. A person would be better off buying a little less of a truck for a MUCH better deal and spending the extra money getting it exactly how he wanted it. It would be so much more fun!! I have often thought about getting a dealers licence and going out west to back haul trucks back to the midwest to sell. Last time I was in Wyoming I couldnt believe the deals I ran across. A truck like that(well the paint may be faded, nothing a quality paint job wouldnt fix) goes for around 6-8k pretty easy.

 

[92F350CC]

Wow Darrin, you're really popular over at TDG

 

[idipwr]

97 w/19,000 miles

Well guys, I have a loaded 97 PSD CC 4x4 w/ 19,000 miles that I may have to sell soon. I is for all intense purposes a new truck. Only seen rain 2 or three times. It does have a 6" lift and 38" tires since 8,000 miles. The sticker on it was $36,000and change. When and if I have to sell it I will start it off at $27,000 and see what happens. I know some of you may think I am crazy, but rember an 08 similary equiped would be $45,000+ but if you love the obs trucks this one is about as new of one you will find.
















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[h2odrx]

Well guys, I have a loaded 97 PSD CC 4x4 w/ 19,000 miles that I may have to sell soon. I is for all intense purposes a new truck. Only seen rain 2 or three times. It does have a 6" lift and 38" tires since 8,000 miles. The sticker on it was $36,000and change. When and if I have to sell it I will start it off at $27,000 and see what happens. I know some of you may think I am crazy, but rember an 08 similary equiped would be $45,000+ but if you love the obs trucks this one is about as new of one you will find.

Don't tease us show us some pictures..............

 

[hesutton]

THIS IS IN NO WAY DIRECTED AS A SHOT OR FLAME OF ANYONE...........JUST ME EXPLAINING MY THINKING..

Well, everyone is different. I don't buy stuff over (house, motorcycle, coolant filter, bubble gum, or whatever...) the standard market value. Some folks will. Why? I tend to look through scientific glasses most of the time. I like objective data.... not subjective. If a guy loves his truck and wants to sell it for 15,000 over NADA or Kelly......that's fine. But he won't sell it to me. Why? Objectively...it isn't worth that. If an independent auto appraiser will place a valid price above NADA or Kelly......then you've got an arguement. Otherwise...........a sucker is born everyday and it ain't me.......

Like stated.......who is going to lend thousands above market price, especially in this economy? The house I bought when I moved to Ky, didn't appraise for the agreed price............therefore, I didn't pay a cent above appraisal. In my mind....(I can see the jokes coming already).....it's the same for trucks, boats, goats, floats, coats...or what have you.

OH Yeah, I want to repower a CC F350 with a DT466, so I'm not as interested in low mileage as whatnot as I will be "frame-offing" the thing anyway.

Heath

 

[hesutton]

Now this is a very nice (I think nicer than the 22K truck) compairable truck that has a "normal" price.

CLICK HERE

I'm going to show it to the wifey. May be fly out for a conference and drive it back.

Heath

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

.....it's the same for trucks, boats, goats, floats, coats...or what have you.

Goats??????




AW shoot I just can't bring myself to say it.

 

[Russ]

That's a nice one too. Price is low enough you may have to fight that guy from MI for it.

Now this is a very nice (I think nicer than the 22K truck) compairable truck that has a "normal" price.

CLICK HERE

I'm going to show it to the wifey. May be fly out for a conference and drive it back.

Heath

 

[geonc]

Like stated.......who is going to lend thousands above market price, especially in this economy? The house I bought when I moved to Ky, didn't appraise for the agreed price............therefore, I didn't pay a cent above appraisal. In my mind....(I can see the jokes coming already).....it's the same for trucks, boats, goats, floats, coats...or what have you.
Heath

What we are missing here, IMVHO is the apprasial and financing ......the "VERY" short list of people who can , and are willing to pay top-and above top dollar-
have fluid cash available... they are not running to the bank or credit union!

not Joe six pac regular guy, busting his nutz for $20 an hr can't fathom having the disposable income to purchase such a ride, even tho he would all but give his left nut for it !

Secondly, who here "if" you could have afforded to cash buy that truck, would subject it to the day to day work environment ...4 wheeling, towing horses, hauling the mini excavators to and from the muddy, rock strewn jobsites

That truck and those like it will only become the property of those able to buy it--display/store it, till their investment matures....No different than buying that 65' Aston Martin DB5 for $1.25 mil because it was in a James Bond flick

Nice truck for sure ....but sadly not in our realm....