Re: Frame Update

From: Don (don@y2kota.us)
Date: Wed May 19 2010 - 20:22:11 EDT


Tom, I've been out of the loop, what are you looking for? Yea I know a
good frame. Year and all of the other crap I need to know while I'm
looking around.

Don
Bradenton FL
www.y2kota.us
817 875-9812

On 5/19/2010 8:08 PM, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> TerribleTom<silvereightynine@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Salvage yard refuses to sell the entire truck... oh well...
>>
>
>> Wants $500 for the frame....... $1000 for a bare cab!
>>
>
>> Now I'm no salvage yard expert but doesn't a grand for a cab seem high?
>>
>
>> *sighs* gotta think this through...
>>
>
> Seems high to me too, but then again I'm a cheapskate. :-) I've
> seen entire trucks selling for that sort of money. (Granted, not ones
> in great condition...) ;-) Maybe if it is in pristine condition?
> Even so, the Dak is not a particularly rare truck and lets face it,
> most owners would scrap 'em and buy a new truck rather than put out
> top dollar to restore, so it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for a
> salvage yard to put a premium on a Dak.
>
> I do know that metal scrap value is pretty decent right now, so
> that's going to be your starting value. What that value is I'm not
> sure, but if you were able to determine that and figure out the weight
> of the frame or cab, you'd be able to guesstimate what sort of markup
> you are dealing with.
>
>
>



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