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Well the i have an oppertunity to buy a 78 chevy luv, 2wd and a stepside bed......BUT the engine knocks. It is pretty bad, sounds like there is someone with a hammer in there... the dash has some cracks, and the seat is in some rough shape..but the body is a-ok and has some surface rust in the bed..nothing all the way through


It is a friends and he is asking 250 bucks for it... i am really tight on cash..but if it is a good deal i will jump on it...just asking for your opinion


thanks

Depends on how much you want to put into it, but I know you could get more than $250 for just the bed!

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250 is a good deal for it, but it depends on how tight money is and how easily/cheaply you can get a motor for it..

you could always get the truck and if you cant or dont have the $$$ to fix the motor you could always sell that stepside bed for about what your paying for it

Most of us would buy it in a heart beat. YOu can always get that little money back out of it. But you know what you cn afford. If it's food or rent money don't buy it. If it's beer money, go for it.

Richard.

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

yeah i am really looking into it....i need to sell my 83 s10 to make the cash to pay for it....



thanks everyone for input

anthony

Post your s10 on the s10 sites.

http://www.s10forum.com/
http://blazinlow.com
http://s-series.org/
http://www.v8s10.org/

Anyone of these should help out. You may have to register to use them.

HTH
Richard

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Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

don't forget

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buy it and scrap all the parts to us

easy there.... sounds like a keeper not a parts truck

if your tight on cash buy the truck sell the bed to get your money back and boom almost free truck

he could get the price of the truck out of the bed probably... and regular beds are fairly easy to find

yeah that was my plan to sell the bed if money got to much of an issue....
and i talked to the guy and he is gettin back to me, the price is depending on if he gets hired for this new job or not...should know this week.



oh and breaking news....i recieved a call today, from an old lady wanting me to come out to her farm adn look at her chevy luv she has sitting near her barn...it is an old farm truck. So i went out there adn it is a 77 mikado. The body is straight, had surface rust but i couldn't find any holes, and the only dent is the rear bumper. The interior is in as good as shape as a farm truck can be...the carpet is ok, and the seats doesn't have any major holes or rips, the springs or whatever are shot though..and of course the dash is cracked!! the mechanic problems include but are not limited to: needs new head gasket, and guy there said that the head will need to be machined this time around. And the fuel pump in the gas tank is out..


i have an idea of what i would like to pay for this rig, but as usual i like to have the seasoned veterans opinions..

what would you offer them??

and what do you think it would cost to get another head gasket and machine the head as well?


thanks for everything
anthony

200-400 bucks sounds like a fair deal

i'd offer 250 for the truck.. head gasket and machining the head should cost less that $150 I would think. sounds like a nice truck overall..

if money is real tight and you score both trucks, swap the head off the stepside with a new head gasket onto the 77.. cheap swap just to get going

yah between both of those trucks you could have yourself one real nice one and a lot of parts

and if you want to sell the stepside bed my son is looking for one like mine, so let me know

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i will defintely keep you posted on the status on the stepside....if i don't get it i will let him no that i may know some people that are interested in the bed..

anthony

alright thank you all for your opinions...it helps!! and i will keep you posted on whether i get either trucks or not....


thanks
anthony

well i have news...niether of which pleases me......1st, the guy with the stepside decided to wait....and he says that he will know more later and will keep in touch..........2nd the old lady with the 77 luv, she says that she will take no less than 300 bucks.....dumb bitch has had it sittin in her feild for years and calls me asking if i will take it off her hands and she has the balls to up the price on me!!!!

i am not happy at all...i dont want to pay 300, i mean it isn't a bad deal...i am just a cheap MOFO


well there it is, i will tell you if i get it or not....


anthony