Hello everyone - I've been reading these forums for a while, but this is my first post. I've already pulled a lot of useful information on here, and I'm hoping you can help me. I've stumbled across a 1929 roadster pickup. I've only seen pictures, but from what I can see - it's a very complete and very clean truck. It's been in storage for 40 years and I'm told it runs, but is rough. It needs a seat and a roof, but looks fairly original and complete other than that. He's asking $5,000 for it, but it's a 7 hour drive from me. I can can get a truck / trailer to drag it home if / when I go for it. The question is - is it worth $5,000 and a 7 hour drive after only seeing these pictures?
Somebody FLAME this guy!!!, seriously, you better jump on it, because somebody else is already trying to find it and take her home as we speak, "honey hook up the trailer.............."
Let me put it to you this way. If you don't buy it I will fly home to California from Italy - Get my truck and trailer - Drive to Maryland - Give the guy 5000 - Drive back to California then fly back to Italy
I think you get the idea, from the replies posted sofar, but if you haven't caught the drift; $ 5000today might buy you the bare bones body in rough shape, if you are lucky enough to find one. Get in your truck with your trailer and go see this piece, if it is as nice as it looks in these pictures, give the man the money and drag it home ; you lucky son of a gun. ........Waldo
Like everybody else is saying yes, even hell yes, it is worth it. I'm hoping to get half that much workable material for that amount of money.
YES. you did the right thing. Go get it quick before someone else sees it and gives him more money. I'm jealous. What was the address where the rpu is? I just wanted to uh er mmmmm uhh send the owner a nice little letter telling him how nice his truck is.
I saw one that didn't look that nice go for $6500 on Egay a couple of years ago, about as complete, ran but need paint. Looks like a good deal for $5K.
Get your money out and buy that sucker...........it is a great price if you ask me...... So where did you say the Rpu was?
If you have second thoughts, I would imagine that you got a title with it or paper work to get one, check what a new Brookville roadster pickup body would cost.
you made a good decision. heres another great deal that i was looking at, not to steal any thunder away from your thread. seems like a hell of a deal too and would be cool to see a HAMBer get it if its still available. talked to the guy on the phone about a week ago. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/1336965846.html
*** UPDATE *** I went ahead and purchased the truck and couldn't be happier with it. The guy told us that it ran, but he said it didn't run well or for long. He also said it needed a lot of body work. It turns out we have VERY different definitions of running well, and what constitutes a lot of body work! He purchased the truck in 1967 from the original owner and drove it until 1973 and it's been sitting in his barn ever since. When we backed the trailer in to load it, the guy hops in it, fires it right up, and drives it on the trailer for us! Didn't even think twice about it. The driverside door needs a skin and a some massaging up in the other common areas - but it's SOLID. The only big items that it needs is a seat, a floor, and a roof. For now we hav some foam and a crate in there to act as a floor and seat so we can drive it. Thanks for guilting me into buying this
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