randy78

i think i have a chance at a clean no rust bright red 88 c1500 pickup with a recently blown up 4.3L in it, good tranny, new rockers/corners all done, never wrecked or anything else, only thing i know that it needed was exhaust work, otherwise good truck

what would you do ?

i dont know if id feel much like swapping another engine into it, unless i were to sell/trade it off for some kind of diesel pickup or dually when it was done

what could this 88 be worth possibly

would you mess with it ?

thanks

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maxwedge

The box alone is worth more than that with no rust here in upstate NY.

Shortbus

$200 sounds fair to me, if you decide not to fix the engine you can part it and make plenty of money to justify buying it. I just bought a running 1992 for $500 it has the W/T trim and a 4.3 with a manual. I'm going to use it for everything I don't want to use my silverado for like hauling stuff and driving in inclement weather.

randy78

true
no rust its whats neat about it, very uncommon/rare here too

but still..
its just a regular old nothing special base c1500

so ya know

thats why i am debating,

and i dont feel like working on yet another vehicle, mostly burnt out on vehicles anymore, been too much,

hmm

what to do

thanks for any further idead opinions etc

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I also am user fastr68 here- Randy
-'54 F100 302 C-6 -'57 F100 -'57 Bel Air HT 307 4spd '57 210 HT 4dr 265 3spd -'68 corvair monza convertible w/ PG -'79 C-20 -'80 K-20 -'82 K-10 SS -'82 TRANS AM WS7 HT 5.0L TH350 2400 stall, blue/blue, level III PMD cloth PG hood -'85 Elky SS 310ci 2004r fully restored 2008 -'85 Riviera 5.0L 116k auto blue/blue parting out,92 s-10 2wd 4.3L --'97 cavalier RS 2.2L, 5sd -'05 18ft car trailer

broughy84

shit send that bad boy my way I need a trans and bed. Man for 200 I'd jump on it.

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1988 Chevrolet Silverado -- 156,000 miles
1996 Chevrolet Cheyenne -- 107,000 miles

85lolo

I defanatly would buy it,the box alone is worth twice that in the rust belt states

jveik

yeah lol here in nebraska its about $1500 for even a 73 to 80 or 81 to 87 pickup box WITH slight damage from texas. if it was me, i would buy the truck and drop a 350 in the engine compartment... by the way, how good of a job did they do on replacing the rusted out stuff? if its chock full of bondo then i wouldnt trust them much. prolly would have stuffed bondo into the wheel wells also, making it a rust bucket in about 1 or 2 years, so make sure to look closely for waves in the paint, or telltale signs of bondo work

Rs051802

Damn, 200 I would be all over it. That truck if it is clean would be worth towns more just on the box. A new engine, and you are in business. 88's were very good trucks. If you pass let me know, I will be all over it.