lol i was offered THIS...

You know, im starting to think..

From most of the responses here, its clear that this truck is not a good idea for actually using. The ones that really convince me are posted by people who have actually driven these trucks in the 70s and 80s...kinda tells me something..

Anyway, I was thinking....I love old vehicles...doesnt matter what they are, cars, trucks, bikes..hell, why do you think i drive this?



I bought that back when i was doing good here at werner, so obviously i bought it cause i liked it... of course, from this other picture, there must be something seriously wrong with me:



But I also have had the thought in my head for a few years now that it would be really neat to convert an old truck into a motorhome...Hmm. A cabover would be a good choice too, since there's no length wasted by a huge engine...Hmm... I'd set it up so i can tow my car behind it and so I can put my motorcycle in it....hehe....

Is there something wrong with me for having a thing for old cabovers?

Anyway, $4000 for this? NOT HAPPENING. Especially since southernpride told me in a pm that he had one of these that he couldnt get rid of for ages..lol.

I'll look at it before i try lowballing the guy, but...I think that if I point out what its going to cost me to get a set of tires...and that the tires on it are 100% dangerous....maybe i can get him to bite on a lower offer. And if he doesnt, I know he's not likely to sell this truck at that price. Maybe after a couple months of trying to sell it I can come back to him and try the lowball again.

Maybe all the tires on it really aren't so bad and it's just a couple of bald ones because someone couldnt afford to replace them all. Cant tell much from the pics.

I'm also starting to think I would be better off starting the power washing business I've been thinking about ever since the first time I stopped trucking...I know a guy that used to do it and still washes windows..for many of the same people. I think I could get a decent customer base growing pretty fast and make just as much money as I would from trucking...and be home every day. And one hell of a lot less risk than trucking (you go bankrupt at home instead of 2000 miles away with no fuel!) But I have trucking in my blood..so I think i'd have to do a project involving trucks even if i'm not gonna be driving anymore....

I love driving but I like being home too, LOL... I dunno if i'd make much money with the ability to come home whenever i feel like it...

Anyhow, whats everyone think this truck is worth, if there's no damage being hidden from the pictures, and if the tires were all good used tires?

I was also considering offering to trade my motorcycle for it, since he said he'd be interested in trading for "cool things like atvs, etc"...I paid $2k for it and I think thats about what this truck is worth....and that's about the average price for that bike in my area, and theres always a couple of them on the market ... maybe he would bite on that. I could just go buy another one for $2k right after, LOL...

But there ain't no way he's selling that truck for $4k. Unless he sells it to a fool. Maybe he'll talk some prime driver into it, i dunno...

 

is it that bad, even for a project like a motorhome?

How come everyone on here thinks its an 8v92 but i was told it was a 6v71? The motor could very well be older than the truck for all we know.

 

Haha, ill check those out.

Maybe i can get an even OLDER one. I sure would love to have a triplex truck LOL. Always wanted to see what it was like to drive one...

I wonder what landstar would say if you showed up to orientation with a triplex truck...haha. It'd be funny just for ##### and giggles...