BRING A TRAILER BULLNOSE

[Ray Cecil]

Gary, nice one!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1986-ford-f-150-5/

I posted this website on there too!!

[grumpin]

Nice!

[Gary Lewis]

That is a nice one!

[Rembrant]

Oh, I remember seeing that one on FB a week or two ago. Nice truck.

[Ray Cecil]

Well, my silverado is getting worse by the week. I have two options, drive it until it needs to be towed home, or finish the Impala and get it on the road.

Once I sell the Oklahoma house next spring, I think I will be keeping my eyes open for a step side or bronco....ehhh....flareside.

[Dyn Blin]

I love that color combo, nice example.

'Anyone else note that oil pressure gauge seems a little more wonky than most?

[Gary Lewis]

Its the ammeter that got my attention.  The needle appears to be off the pivot.

[Dyn Blin]

Indeed. Quite a bit more range than mine ever saw before retrofit conversion to a voltmeter.  Now it's pegged to the far right as long as long as the alternator does its job.

However, there was many a time when a working ammeter saved a generator on the family tractor.

[Hidesert]

Hi guys. I’m looking at this truck on BAT.  What do you enthusiasts speculate as to the correct real world price for this one. Any words of caution or red flags
Thanks
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[Gary Lewis]

LOL!  Welcome to the Bullnose Forum!  

You were so anxious to ask that question that you did so before introducing yourself.  That's fine, but it does show interest in that truck.  

I wouldn't be surprised if it goes for $10,000.  That's a really clean truck, and from what I read almost everything is "right" about it.

Red flags?  I'd check to see that it doesn't have body filler, but it shouldn't if it truly is a CA truck.  The climate there is much more kind to paint and plastic than it is many other places, so that truck should be solid.  But the places to check are the cab corners and over the rear wheelwells.

And, I'd check under the hood to make sure that it is all stock.  It probably is, but the CA-spec trucks had somewhat different fuel and ignition systems, so you would want to know that it is all there and the wires haven't been butchered.

But, it appears to be a really nice truck.

[grumpin]

Make sure the 4WD works. I have drove a few for sale that the 4WD did not work.

They admit the mileage is unsure. But the horn pad is very worn. My 86 has 150,000 plus on it and the pad is nowhere near that worn, but everybody holds the wheel differently.

As Gary said, check the emissions, mine was a mess.

It would take a lot of money to make a lessor truck look that good.

[Gary Lewis]

grumpin wrote

......  It would take a lot of money to make a lessor truck look that good.

Amen to that!  

[Rembrant]

Wow...this thing went for $15,000!

[grumpin]

 

[Gary Lewis]

Wow!  Things seem to be heating up for our trucks.  Look at what the Bronco went for:

[Ford F834]

Gary, I’ve been noticing that Bronco prices are skyrocketing. The fact that there is a lot of chatter about Ford bringing it back shows that there is revived interest in that vehicle style. I need another vehicle like a hole in the head, but if I run across one on the cheap with a decent body I’m jumping on it (before the prices get out of sight). In Mohave county I can IDI swap one and legally register it... and it is a goal...

[Gary Lewis]

Good plan!  I wish I were in a position to snap one up.  But, if the right one came up at the right price.....  

[Ray Cecil]

Yup, this spring when I sell my house in Oklahoma I am going to keep my eyes open for a Bronco and any other flareside bullnoses.

I still cannot believe that BIG BLACKIE went for $15,000, and this truck did also!! Holy moly, that is saying something.

Gary, maybe you are right about the PNW, maybe I should go hoard a bunch of decent bullnoses from the west, put em up dry in the barn and wait a couple years....

[Gary Lewis]

Yes, timing is everything.  But we may be on the cusp of Bullnose inflation.