Clean 85 XCab

[swampedout]

https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/bar/d/tijeras-1985-ford-k-miles-4x4-460-motor/7244301350.html

Needs a clutch. If I wasnt already up to my neck in projects....

[grumpin]

Not too bad, little high for a known problem IMO. The tail gate and headliner missing would bug me also.

[Gary Lewis]

My theory is that if you can't drive it then you have to assume it has multiple problems.  And I won't pay over scrap price for it.

I hadn't derived that theory when I bought Rusty, which supposedly needed a clutch.  A clutch kit was $100, so no problem - he was asking $700 so I gave him $600.  But it wasn't the clutch - the whole rear diff was blown up, big time.  And the transfer case didn't shift properly.  And the front drive shaft was bad.  And the engine spewed oil 'cause the intake manifold hadn't been put on properly.  And, and, and.....

So I'm sorry, but there's no way I'd give $3750 for that.  If I was interested I'd tell him to fix it himself, which he says he might do, and I'd come drive it and we could negotiate from there.  That way I could find out what the other problems are and factor them into the pricing.

[swampedout]

Agreed about the price. I have only paid more than 3500 for a truck once, and every one Ive bought, I drove it home.

I rarely see Bullnoses out here that arent all dented up so this one just caught my eye.