What good is a 56 f100.
I came across an opportunity to buy an all original 1956 f100. The present owner has owned the truck since 1957. It has seldom been stored outside and still runs very well. It was used as a farm truck...
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For 2K, that's a no brainer. Buy it and sit on it. At that price you will NEVER loose a single dime and you might never be presented with the same opportunity again.
If the body/interior aren't in bad shape and has some good character and patina to it, you could probably do a power train upgrade and everything to make it a safe, reliable daily driver for probably around $10-15K, or less if you can do a
lot of the work yourself.
Something to think about. Years ago when I was in high school, I was in a vocational auto mechanics class. We always needed cars to work on for experience and a lot of the teachers would have us work on the car and it basically just cost them the money for parts. You might want to see if a program like that exists at the high school or junior college level anywhere near where you live.
Since you've got a few years till it becomes a retirement project, you can always start buying the parts now and amassing them. That way, it won't take such a big bite financially all at once.
If the body/interior aren't in bad shape and has some good character and patina to it, you could probably do a power train upgrade and everything to make it a safe, reliable daily driver for probably around $10-15K, or less if you can do a
lot of the work yourself.
Something to think about. Years ago when I was in high school, I was in a vocational auto mechanics class. We always needed cars to work on for experience and a lot of the teachers would have us work on the car and it basically just cost them the money for parts. You might want to see if a program like that exists at the high school or junior college level anywhere near where you live.
Since you've got a few years till it becomes a retirement project, you can always start buying the parts now and amassing them. That way, it won't take such a big bite financially all at once.
