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Originally posted by Andrew Tikkanen
I found this today while on a business trip. The guy says he will sell it, but says to give him an offer. Being new to this, I need the help of the experts for a value. The engine is there, but it is seized.
It is a Ford. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Andrew
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Based upon how much work you have to do to restore this truck (have you seen how much just a rebuilt Flathead sells for these days?) and the current owner's obvious disinterest in the vehicle, I'd offer him no more than $200.00, and that's being way too generous. If he wants more, offer him $400.00 but tell him you want it delivered. The problem is, everybody these days thinks that just because a vehicle is WWII that it's worth a ton of money. Restored, it is. Unrestored, it's just a pile of scrap until some nut like you or I spends many 1,000s of dollars and untold, unpaid hours restoring it. Just restoring forward slope to the windscreen will be a bugger! Dan Jahn and I both tried to pry a couple of Diamond T's from a crusty old fart near Hope, B.C. He seemed to think they were worth a fortune even though they had been sitting for decades rusting away with seized engines. Dan eventually got one. He must have waited for the old boy to pass away and bought it from the widow! I was a neophyte when I bought my C15 and hence paid too much for it ($2,200) something about driving all the way to Chicago from Dallas and coming back empty-handed rubbed me the wrong way!, but at least it ran, had decent tires, brakes worked etc. etc. The cab had been modified and there was no box. I slapped a coat of DTB on it and built a stakeside box that I copied from a pic I saw of a Cab 12 in North Africa and voila! I had a passable CMP for very little. Some of the cognescenti in this forum may turn their nose up at my truck, but in the mean time I'm representing Canada's contribution to the war effort and educating a whole lot of people in this part of the world.
Further to what you should offer for your CMP, I once bought a battered, but running '42 GPW for $500, albeit pre- Saving Private Ryan.
Anyway, Andrew, this is just my opinion. I haven't accounted for the emotional aspect of wanting to restore a "found" MV. Whatever you pay for it, it will be worth it eventually for the satisfaction and enjoyment you'll derive from your "baby" Derek.