nikkinutshop wrote:Here is the question. What could or would you do with the $50,000 plus it would take to get this POS back on the road? If that conservative amount was spread over 10 years, that is $5,000 per year out of your disposable income. So, the POS gets finished and then what? There comes a time for the mercy rule where it is turned into re-bar. Take a picture and have the best one framed, for the out-house.
I don't think you need to be so harsh. It is one thing to say you don't think something is worth it, but you go beyond that.
To pay someone else to do the work yes $50,000 if not more....but for someone like myself that will never pay someone else to work on my trucks (short of machining work I do not have equipment for) the project would be very doable. The truck looks pretty bad, but the undercarriage looks fairly clean.....if you can look past the surface rust it is probably a fairly sound candidate to work on. How much more would this truck cost to do than any project? Anything getting a restoration will need brakes, engine work, paint, glass, interior, etc... The bus just needs a little more rust repair before those steps, but it is mostly flat metal. There are very, very few vehicle you could pay someone else to restore and not loose money on and I doubt any of the money makers would be Internationals. I know I will NEVER make any money on any of my cars or trucks.
I think $2000 is a little high, at least for me....but then a picture is hard to tell and try to find another one at any price.
Tad