Bvllsh!t on craigslist.

[RetroC10Sport]

You drove a Hearse to high school?!

Yessir. I wanted a big car when I turned 16...We looked in the Tradin' Post and found a 1969 Superior body Pontiac with a 428 HO.

Fun times in that car. Since then I've had a 1970, 1972 and 1973 Superior Cadillacs. Now I occasionally drive a 2010 Superior Cadillac.

 

[Manbearpig]

Sounds like a car full of win to me

 

[Old77]

I just think itdbe weird to drive a car where dead people have lied in to travel to their final resting spot...

 

[RetroC10Sport]

i'd be more worried about driving an ambulance....People have actually died in those.

 

[Old77]

Yes, but not 100% of the time!! any time someone is in the back of hearse in a box thy are dead :|

 

[HotRodPC]

Yessir. I wanted a big car when I turned 16...We looked in the Tradin' Post and found a 1969 Superior body Pontiac with a 428 HO.

Fun times in that car. Since then I've had a 1970, 1972 and 1973 Superior Cadillacs. Now I occasionally drive a 2010 Superior Cadillac.

I'da like to have driven that 428.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

Hauling around 3.5 tons, it was still pretty quick.

In other news...I wish I had this...Unfortunately, funds are short until Feb.

http://austin.craigslist.org/pts/2065517942.html

 

[HotRodPC]

Hauling around 3.5 tons, it was still pretty quick.

In other news...I wish I had this...Unfortunately, funds are short until Feb.

http://austin.craigslist.org/pts/2065517942.html

Just curious??? Would you really pay $1500 for it??? I don't know that I would, but then again, I steal everything I buy or I don't buy it. I guess someone has to keep the value of the Squarebodies up. I could see it if had maybe a low mileage new motor. I never paid over $200 for my Squares until I recenlty bought this 85 K1500 needing a trans rebuild, but it had a very low mileage crate 350, brand new Eddy Performer EPS intake and battery, so I paid $500 for it. Of course I have never driven mine away either. They all had to be towed or trailered away from the sellers. My bro almost bought an 84 Long Bed Silverado for $800 the other day and it ran. He could have drove it off, but the igntion switch was a screwdriver, had a miss in the motor even though it was strong as could be and didn't smoke and I'd consider the interior in rough shape even though body was good and paint was faded but all there, and I thought $800 was to much so I advised him to pass on it. ?????

 

[RetroC10Sport]

If it runs and drives, has a clean title and current inspection and the A/C is all there or working plus no rot and a V8...I'd probably wave $1000 in his face and see if he bites.

Shortbeds aren't as hard to find as some people say...It's just you have to pay to get a good start at a project. Most of my mods will be very cheap, parts from LMC seem to be cheap (seen good and bad from that).

Up north where I am from, a rust free SWB for $1500 would be sold in about 3 minutes!

 

[Old77]

I don't the pics are good enough to say if $1500 is a good enough price or not and there's virtually no description so I don't think we can say if 1500 is a fair price or not. The body itself looks like it could be fairly solid.

 

[RetroC10Sport]

I plan to replace the doors with 1990-1991 Suburban or sport mirror doors anyway, so the dents don't bother me.

 

[HotRodPC]

If it runs and drives, has a clean title and current inspection and the A/C is all there or working plus no rot and a V8...I'd probably wave $1000 in his face and see if he bites.

Shortbeds aren't as hard to find as some people say...It's just you have to pay to get a good start at a project. Most of my mods will be very cheap, parts from LMC seem to be cheap (seen good and bad from that).

Up north where I am from, a rust free SWB for $1500 would be sold in about 3 minutes!

I hear that alot Retro. I hear of guys paying $400 for a decent truck BED, with little rust up north and the buyer is exstatic cuz the guy wanted $500 but he got it for $400. I thinking holly hell, and I am wondering if I got a good deal on this rolling chassis for $100 that I bought cuz the bed was immaculant. I kid you not, I bought a truck once with no front clip, no bed, no doors, no steering column or seat for $100. The motor, trans, fuel tanks, rear end, driveshaft were still there. I sold the rear end for $150, the rust free cab for $100, the frame for $100, The gas tanks with brackets for $75. I kept the good working T350 trans, the motor had a rod thru the block from a crappy crate motor with only 50K miles on it, so I sold the 305 heads for $50 ready to bolt on with rockers and all. I still have the driveshaft and exhaust. The only part I scrapped was the short block that had nothing good about it, although I did save the 6 good rods and pistons. It sucks to have to strip a motor to get one rod on a motor you are rebuilding and had 1 twisted rod. Point is, nothing was trashed on that truck except the bad short block. I just won't throw good parts away. I guess things are worth more up north is all I can say.

I don't the pics are good enough to say if $1500 is a good enough price or not and there's virtually no description so I don't think we can say if 1500 is a fair price or not. The body itself looks like it could be fairly solid.

You're right O77. NO desription of nothing new, so that makes me thinks there is nothing special about it. But hey, it might be. That 85 K1500 I just bought. All the idiot said was, 85 4x4 truck, needs transmisison built. That was it. Didn't say a word about the new crate motor with less than 10K miles, or the brand spankin new Eddy performer eps intake, headers and exhaust. So noone bit on the ad. I just started inquiring as if to be a smart ass really with about 10 questions to send the message, idiot write an ad if you are trying to sell it. Then he responded with all the answers and I thought damn, I need to jump on this even though I can't afford it. I wasn't even shopping for a truck and my bro had done said NO truck, I am now dead set on an El Co. So he got his $2500 El Co with bad trans, and now it has a rod knocking, he is sick as can be. But I bought the truck I told him to buy for $500 and all it needs is a trans rebuild, a fuel line replaced over the gas tank cuz its leaking, the carb needs a kit put in it and I have a damn good daily driver 4x4 with very little rust. Its not always luck guys, its kwowing how to seek out the deals and being ready to pull the trigger on a purchase before anyone else. Being patient etc. Just saying, I wouldn't be paying $1500 for that shortbed noway nohow. I say by the condition of the paint, is a clue of the interior too. Obviously wans't someone's baby that was well cared for.

 

[Irishman999]

I keep seeing alot of really cheap squarebodys on craigslist in reno. None of which are over 1k for a good running pickup with no rust. So far the one I regret letting go the most is a 1976 4x4 3/4 special edition "spirit of 76" with a 400ci. She had no rust, all the paint and according to the add ran great. The interior was in good shape with a pair of very rare door panels. All the guy wanted was 700 bucks.

 

[HotRodPC]

That does sound like a good deal. I'd prefer a K20/K2500 over my K10 and K1500. But the nice thing about the K trucks, you can easily convert them to the 3/4 running gear and springs, unlike the 2WD trucks.

 

[Old77]

Yeah, that Elky your brother bought sounds way over priced and that was before your post of the rod knock. You can get that Elky w/o the rod knock for 1200 around here if not less. Then with the rod knock (although he didn't know about it prior to purchase) it's a 500 car if not less in these parts.