Man...that was me until about 2002. I gave up on:
1) Finding the truck ('55 Fords aren't thick on the ground)
2) Paying for the truck ($25,000 is too much to spend on someone else's
half-finished and all-the-way screwed up project)
3) Finding parts for the project (I'm not paying $600 for a gee-gaw,
even if it is NOS, and re-pops don't fit)
4) Having a 1955 truck after spending $70,000 on it. They're 'cool', but
not particularly good 'trucks', when compared to a newer truck.
Don't get me wrong, you know of a decent '50s truck for less than $6,000
(I mean just that all--or almost all--of the parts are there, and that
it moves and stops itself, and that it's functional and able to be
restored to 'nice') and I'll find a spot for it in my garage. Until
then, I can get a better 'truck' circa 1995 for less than that, it'll
have a/c, and buying parts for it won't be an event each and every time.
Hm. It wasn't that bad, really, I just REALLY got tired of EVERYONE in
that industry trying to make EACH transaction a boat-buying opportunity.
It was worse than dealing with a dealer on a new truck.
On 2/7/2012 8:56 AM, Eric J Russell wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J Bradakis"
>
>> I'll just buy a shiny new truck
>
> And that's exactly what "they" want you to do.
>
> Buy an even older truck, restore it and 'stick it to the man'. Old
> enough that there are no computers, sensors and idiot lights.
>
> I had a '54 Chevy pick up. When I drove that to the lumber yard to buy
> wood the guys would all come out to see the truck and chat. Then
> they'd load it up for me. When I took my '83 Ford nobody paid it any
> notice and I'd have to load it myself.
_______________________________________________
Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Suggested annual donation $12.96
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
|