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fasterblaster09
10-31-2006, 03:11 PM
Well I haven't seen it yet, since he lives in the next town over and I haven't gone seen him yet. But its a 1996 ford f350, extended cab, long bed, standard, no radio(broke down in bad part of town and got stolen). He picked it up for $600. But it needs a clutch. He said the body looks good and the inside looks good. Sounds like a good deal? they said about $300 to fix. it has about 250,000 miles:eek2: . well tell me what you think.

oh yeah, its a diesel, IDk if they all or or not but it is
underpowered
10-31-2006, 03:22 PM
$600 for a diesel? want your money back? double? you stole it, if it will only cost $300 to make it run, the motor is well worth it even if the body is junk.
ilpadrino113
10-31-2006, 03:24 PM
ya thats a real good deal. 250,000 is not that bad if the truck has been taken care of.

My buddies farm truck is a mid 80's F350 fith well over 600k.


The power plant alone is worth well over 900.
fasterblaster09
10-31-2006, 06:21 PM
ok well thats reassuring to know lol. it also just had a rebuilt transmission. what kind of motors come in them? like what else could it be besides the 7.2? I forgot to ask so im not sure what's in it.
firefighterjosh
10-31-2006, 06:33 PM
Even if the engine is trashed you could easily part it out for 10x the amount you paid for it.
fasterblaster09
10-31-2006, 06:40 PM
im probably gonna be the one to end up having it, which i dont mind. I dont know much about vehicles, does anyone know what other motors came in them? I know its not a dually if that makes a difference.
MoToX199
10-31-2006, 06:58 PM
it has 7.3
Aceman
10-31-2006, 07:10 PM
600 bucks?!?!

My next question would be "what else is wrong with it."
LTZ400rider
10-31-2006, 08:56 PM
clutch is gonna be atleast 800 bucks, if u get some1 else to do it. if the tranny was just rebuilt why wasnt the clutch replaced. still a deal
fasterblaster09
11-01-2006, 04:47 AM
idk exactly, but I know the tranny went out then the guy had that fixed,but never finished or something, IDK exactly. But my uncle will be doing it. Yeh I meant 7.3, it was a typo. I think the reason it was so cheap is because its a guy that makes pretty much ,money (offshore), but he wasnt getting a check for a couple weeks so he needed money for not so good things. So yeah that can explain the cheap price.