love the phantom grille.
love the phantom grille.
easiest vehicle you will ever work on. Wait, do you own SAE wrenches/scoket sets? If not, you will need them too.
Yes i have SAE stuff.
This idea is all assuming that it could easily and cheaply be made into a serviceable tow vehicle.
Am i correct in assuming this?
If it runs, it'll be a cheap tow vehicle. That truck will easily tow 5k lbs
Bobzilla wrote: If it runs, it'll be a cheap tow vehicle. That truck will easily tow 5k lbs
That's all i was really worried about. Think i'll pick it up and find a place to store and figure out what to do about motor by this time next year.
That other thread floating around here about 400-ish lb/ft of torque should help describe some basic hop-ups if you're interested. The specs on that camshaft in the Jeg's page is basically a broomstick but that's not such a bad thing in a truck.
$500 would be an amazing price for one of these trucks, even here in the Midwest where they're supposed to be dirt cheap. Really can't see you making a bad purchase if you can get it for under a grand, as a pile of parts alone it would be worth that.
Edit: Noticed where you said it had a knock. My post still stands; you could pull the motor that's in it, replace what's needed and put it back together for not much money. Or get another one, swap, and sell of bits of knocky motor. Either way, this should be easy to do on the cheap, and these things are nearly as easy to service as your MX-6.
pres589 wrote: That other thread floating around here about 400-ish lb/ft of torque should help describe some basic hop-ups if you're interested. The specs on that camshaft in the Jeg's page is basically a broomstick but that's not such a bad thing in a truck. $500 would be an amazing price for one of these trucks, even here in the Midwest where they're supposed to be dirt cheap. Really can't see you making a bad purchase if you can get it for under a grand, as a pile of parts alone it would be worth that.
It's more like... $200, actually.
But again... it'll more than likely need engine work, it's got a knock.
I'm pretty sure i'm going to pick it up as soon as i figure out where to put it.
Buy it twice.
i've been telling him the same thing. A complete crank kit is a tick over $200.
Now i'm kindof thinking "Truck Rod."
Buy it.
SWMBO says i'd be dumb to not buy it. Guess that's settled. 
Past tense would be how I posted about that truck for $200.
As in "Look what I just bought."
Really, you can't go wrong. I'd buy it for parts to use on trucks I already own.
The front disk brake suspension setup will bolt onto trucks as far back as '63 (I'm not completely sure about '60).
I'd give $100 for the cab.
Transmission is worth something.
Those wheels, while not rare or incredibly valuable, are worth a little something. People like 'em (myself included)
The list goes on...
Clem
Well, update on this.
I finally went and looked at it this past Sunday.
After listening to the seller's situation (he had $1000 to replace the truck with another beater if he couldn't fix it), and listening to the truck... i was a good Samaritan and informed him that he just had a loose rocker arm and some bad intake/exhaust gaskets, and that he would be able to get it fixed for well under $1000 even if he paid a shop to do it.
Shop quote came back today. They're going to charge him $500 for fix the rocker arm and check out the valvetrain thoroughly, replace all intake and exhaust gaskets, and replace the headers.
He's happy, and i didn't outright take advantage of someone. I can live with that.
The truck was seriously nice, underside is clean, interior in great shape (seats recently recovered), and the exhaust sounded pretty awesome. Nice magnaflow turndowns. I would have felt like i straight up robbed him if i took it for $200-$300.
In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:
Very cool thing to do
In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:
Indeed, kudos dude.
Good karma - life will pay you back!
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