Selling the crew

[Ranger429]

It is up for sale, 79 f-250 4x4. Asking price is 12K. Still needs some work to finish it but the hard part is done. See this thread for the build pics.

http://7879blueovalbronco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=473

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/815325/fullsize/cutdsc04001.jpg

[redmt79]

You're kidding me dude?

[CliffB]

That's a pretty fair price you've got on it. Hope it goes to a good home.

[Ranger429]

Nope it is up for sale Jon. My 10 year old son is playing on a travel baseball team now and we will be going to quite a few places with a lot of weekend tournaments. I'm looking to buy a 35-37' motorhome so the extra cash will help with that purchase.

I kind of thought the same Cliff. It will be going up on ebay when I get back home.

[redmt79]

Damn man, a year from now I could make this happen.

[Ranger429]

Sorry Jon.

I've been told the price is to low, anyone else concur?

[CliffB]

Anyone who would be interested at 12 would also be at 13,900. Not enough difference in those numbers to derail an enthusiast with cash. Once you get past the kind of money someone may have laying around for a toy purchase, say 3-6K, you get in the ball park of more serious collectors. The car has to be worthy of the price, of course, and yours is. If it was completed it would be in the upper teen, 20K range, and there's not much more to do on this truck.

[Ranger429]

Thanks Cliff. I should just finish it. Rear bumper, redo the seats and hang the door panels and the body is done. Put some new wheels and tires on it and it would be a great truck. It will need some gaskets changed out, probably oil pan and trans pan, both are leakers.

[Johnny]

What... your serious... even after all the time you wanted one.... just haul a couple extra load of trees....

[JfB_93]

I think it would fetch in the 20K range finished. Think about it, there isn't very many Crew 4x4's around and it is just pure Badass.

[CliffB]

You only get one shot to be with your kids. I sold my black 79 bronco in 07 to buy our Jayco travel trailer. Looking back I'll take the memories and camping. I knew I'd find another Bronco and I did. You've got two other awesome trucks. Someone's going to get one fine F250. Raise the price.

[Ranger429]

I think it would fetch in the 20K range finished. Think about it, there isn't very many Crew 4x4's around and it is just pure Badass.

And it will only take about 3-4K to get it completely finished with wheels and tires. It might be worth it to finish it.


You only get one shot to be with your kids. I sold my black 79 bronco in 07 to buy our Jayco travel trailer. Looking back I'll take the memories and camping. I knew I'd find another Bronco and I did. You've got two other awesome trucks. Someone's going to get one fine F250. Raise the price.

Exactly what I thought to Cliff. A motorhome will be great for pulling te family together on the long weekend getaways or vacations.

[427pantera]

Last '79 Crew on ebay went over $20K.

[Ranger429]

Guess I had better put a lift and some tires on it and finish the assembly, door panels, seat covers and a rear bumper cause it don't look like I'm getting close to that.

3404 page views and 73 watchers. Maybe it will go up by morning.

This is the coach I'm looking at right now:

http://static.automanager.com/c/015769/061a5e2d6e2b734f85469a7d4c1bd326/ccca4250a7_640.jpg

[Johnny]

Wow, that's nice... I bet it's awesome on the inside..

[Ranger429]

I have only seen pictures of it so far Johnny but it looks to be in great shape. Hopefully the crew will sell to help put me a few steps closer to getting it.

[CliffB]

That's one fine rig!

[Ranger429]

Yeah it is, cost as much as a damn house to! Should be a load of fun if we go ahead and get it. I'm kind of excited.

[Dads79]

I was just on ebay ,your selling all the trucks ??? WOW.

[Ranger429]

They are all on there Tony, you want me to load all 3 on the flatbed for you? I don't anticipate all of them will sell but who knows. If anything it gives me a good idea on what the market is doing on these plus you only have to pay ebay now if it sells.

[LarryP]

What do you mean you only have to pay ebay now?? did paypal stop the rape??

[Ranger429]

If I read it correctly it is only if it sells then you pay, 100 for less than 10K and 125 for over 10K I think it was. Of course if you ad a ton of pictures you get charged for that but I don't think there is an insert fee.

[427pantera]

You can get around heavy picture fees by inserting directly into your add with HTML code.
Photobucket and Supermotors(or whatever they call themselves now) generate the code for you, just copy paste it. Just be sure to size them beforehand or it can get messy.

[Dads79]

I wish i had the the money to buy all of them and a place to store. We could do some trading for my Excursion.I have it rented to a family living in it right now.Good luck with your sale. Hopefully you'll keep one.

[79time]

Shocked to see all three rigs listed, best of luck with the sale.

With your skills to restore old vehicles you haven't found a GMC motorhome to restore.
http://www.gmcers.org/tailgater_small.jpg
http://www.gmcers.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_motorhome
http://www.gmccoop.com/

[CliffB]

You're going to need good vehicle to pull behind that thing as your destination cruiser. EB, Wrangler, lots of possibilities.......

[Ranger429]

Shocked to see all three rigs listed, best of luck with the sale.

With your skills to restore old vehicles you haven't found a GMC motorhome to restore.
http://www.gmcers.org/tailgater_small.jpg
http://www.gmcers.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_motorhome
http://www.gmccoop.com/

I am looking for something turn key and ready to go Jay. I don't want to have to rebuild one or buy an older peice of junk. A nice diesel pusher is right up my alley. I plan on keeping it for quite a while.

You're going to need good vehicle to pull behind that thing as your destination cruiser. EB, Wrangler, lots of possibilities.......

Or maybe a black and silver Bronco...>M<:

[LarryP]

Or maybe a black and silver Bronco...>M<:

That would be the shit right there. And then if you found a pusher that had a matching paint scheme to the Bronco that would be a big plus.

[Ranger429]

That would be the shit right there. And then if you found a pusher that had a matching paint scheme to the Bronco that would be a big plus.

Like this one? This isn't to far from us and we have already looked at it.

http://images.traderonline.com//img/dealer/interactrv/interactrv107408_U060_2thumb_550x410.jpg



>M<: Check out this offer I had. His choice of wording in his email makes me think that he thinks I don't know what I'm doing or what I have.


Scott,
Looked over the pics. Appears you did a good job taking care of the
body. You condition the frame any? Either way, from the looks of the
before pics, the vehicle was up to some heavy dury work. Obviously the
drive train needs a once over, not to mention the engine. I've had several
of these before. Built one up mechanically outstanding until my son rolled
it. The other was too pretty to keep on my ranch here in Texas. Yours is
about the condition I want, but needs some work. Put on the door panels,
tighten the bed bolts with my offer of $9000 cash. I'll wire the money to
your banker whom you'll hand over the title to, fill out a Texas DOT
transfer recipt sheet that I will fax over, and I will find a transporter,
I'll have it shipped down as is. I generally don't like to spend time
building up these things now, but I do like their function ability and to
keep up their maintenance as they are fun to work on. I have cash on hand,
no need for credit or permission. I plan to improve on the vehicle. I would
have been glad to pay for a turn key job but as you know, it still needs
work and time to do it. I saw the listing on the web, if you have a better
offer, I'll understand. I am open to suggestions.

I had to tell him I would pass. I have more than 9K in sweat labor. ?><:<

[CliffB]

Ditto on the black and silver bronco pull-toy, would be a bit heavy but the rigs your're looking at could handle it. Let's see, tighten bed bolts, door panels, condition the frame? As in POR 15, Eastwood rust converter, or shampoo the thing in Revlon's finest and give it a weave?

[Ranger429]

And a great big offer of 9K to boot Cliff. It is looking like it will need to be completed to get top dollar for it.

I actually picked up some new door panel clips at the swap meet Saturday so I'll end up putting those on myself.

[trap4x4]

Scott ..... Can you sneak off the front valance off the bronco before it sells ??? >{< :cash >M<:

[79time]

Can't argue about having a nice diesel pusher.

The Bronco is is doing well although your high bidder only has a feedback of 5 and has 3 retractions in the past 6 months. Hopefully it works out.

[Ranger429]

Scott ..... Can you sneak off the front valance off the bronco before it sells ??? >{< :cash >M<:

I've actually thought about just taking it off so I could get some copies made of it.

Can't argue about having a nice diesel pusher.

The Bronco is is doing well although your high bidder only has a feedback of 5 and has 3 retractions in the past 6 months. Hopefully it works out.

Where did you see the retractions at Jay? I don't see them in his feedback.

[LarryP]

It must be cause it is 5 am but I cant find it on ebay or even a link to it.

[Arkansawer]

Ranger here it is, bottom right of the list

http://offer.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=170544340290&aid=r***r&eu=HAPrSLxjk2O62JOqU9tMJsFqb2uXbEYm7PivQLGof56VNnk JFMmWCQ%3D%3D&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

[trap4x4]

Ya I know you've talked about it in different forums, just thought id mention it one more time incase you get the bronc sold .....

[Ranger429]

Ranger here it is, bottom right of the list

http://offer.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidderProfile&mode=1&item=170544340290&aid=r***r&eu=HAPrSLxjk2O62JOqU9tMJsFqb2uXbEYm7PivQLGof56VNnk JFMmWCQ%3D%3D&view=NONE&ssPageName=PageBidderProfileViewBids_None_ViewLink

Ah yes I see it now. That does not show up for me when I'm logged into ebay. Well the way he has been bidding I don't see him retracting his bids.


Ya I know you've talked about it in different forums,
just thought id mention it one more time incase you get the bronc sold .....

Well I had a 1 hour conversation with a guy in New York this morning about the Bronco. He seems like he is very interested in it and I also told him the front spoiler will probably be taken off. I guess I should make note of that in the auction. I am going to find someone to reproduce it if it is the last thing I do. Of all the ones I really was hoping wouldn't sell the Bronco is of my utmost concern now that it looks like I may not have it in a few days.

[Arkansawer]

Ah yes I see it now. That does not show up for me when I'm logged into ebay. Well the way he has been bidding I don't see him retracting his bids.

The only thing that i see that would make him retract a bid is cause he is also bidding on 4 other vehicles. All at the same time. So im going to say if he wins one, then he will retract his bid on the others. Thats what it appears like to me anyway.

[Ranger429]

eBay Motors > Chevrolet 1 Seller 1 5d 18h 53m 21s
eBay Motors > Ford 16 Seller 2 1d 17h 42m 28s
Automotive > Chevrolet 2 Seller 3 6d 15h 49m 48s


And only one of them is a Ford which has 16 bids. Maybe he wants my Bronco more than the Chevy's.

[69B4MYTYME]

Anyone serious on the crew cab? do you have a short list of things that need done? RV looks cool! Cat or Cummins?

[Ranger429]

I've had a bunch of emails on the crew so who knows what will happen.

I'm pretty much looking for a 350 CAT powered coach.

[69B4MYTYME]

Just saw the bids went up on the crew, congrats.

[Ranger429]

Just saw the bids went up on the crew, congrats.

Aren't you my high bidder?

[69B4MYTYME]

I am the high bidder and I hope the rest aren't saying sucker. I promise to take good care of her. The good thing is at least I'll be able to sleep tonight. I've got a 6.0L waiting for it. Yes I have your deposit money, my wife thinks I'm nuts!

[redmt79]

Congrats, I wish I could have bid on it. A year from now I certainly would have. And I probably would have stuffed a Cummins in it.

[Ranger429]

I am the high bidder and I hope the rest aren't saying sucker. I promise to take good care of her. The good thing is at least I'll be able to sleep tonight. I've got a 6.0L waiting for it. Yes I have your deposit money, my wife thinks I'm nuts!

Everyone meet Kevin, he will be the new owner of the crew. Congrats on the new truck Kevin and I highly doubt anyone is saying sucker. I think you got a great deal on it. Don't worry about the wife now either. When you get 2 or 3 then you have a real problem.


Congrats, I wish I could have bid on it. A year from now I certainly would have. And I probably would have stuffed a Cummins in it.

Thanks Jon. I'd of liked to of kept it but it is one step closer to the new coach.

[Arkansawer]

Congrats Kevin, you now have an awesome truck.


Ranger, did you take the Bronco and 250 off of ebay already, or still selling them as well?

[79time]

Congratulations Kevin, and welcome to the forum.

Scott,

Guess this means no photo shoot will all three rigs???

[79time]

Congrats, I wish I could have bid on it. A year from now I certainly would have. And I probably would have stuffed a Cummins in it.

Jon,

I'm interested in doing the same although the wife doesn't want to see any more cars parked at our house.

Here is a Crew Cab in NM that has some potential.
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1904785323.html

[Ranger429]

Ranger, did you take the Bronco and 250 off of ebay already, or still selling them as well?

They both ended. The 250 only hit 6K while the Bronco made it up to 21.6K.



Scott,

Guess this means no photo shoot will all three rigs???

Nope I reckon not Jay. My dreams were crushed but my kid is real happy were one step cloer to a coach. >M<:

Once the crew has left the shop the space will be filled back up again with the old 47 IH KB-1 that my father in law left me. I want to get started on that so I can at least drive it once in a while. It just needs to be cleaned and gone thru to make sure everything is still working OK.

[427pantera]

Don't worry about the wife now either. When you get 2 or 3 then you have a real problem.


Wives or trucks? >M<:

I think that's a killer deal on it personnaly.

[redmt79]

Jon,

I'm interested in doing the same although the wife doesn't want to see any more cars parked at our house.

Here is a Crew Cab in NM that has some potential.
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1904785323.html

Yeah, good potential especially for a transplant, but it is a long bed.

[69B4MYTYME]

cleaned up the equipment shed this weekend for the new toy - was talking over the 6.0 swap with my buddy a diesel shop owner. Thinking through all the junk that is involved just electronics and than i started to understand why cummins swap are the hot set up. A close friend of mine did a 72 Chevelle (sorry forgot this is a ford forum) Duramax swap over the last two years and he said he'd never do that again. I guess fordcummins.com would be a good place to start for the cummins swap anyone know of a standalone ECM for the 6.0 or what is involved getting it into the 79 crew.

[LarryP]

Wow

[Ranger429]

Wow

Shocked Larry?

There was a guy that swapped a 6.0 in a newer Bronco. It can be done if you find a complete donor rig. The cummins is a much easier swap to do and has been done hundreds of times so the help will be easier to find.

[redmt79]

There are getting to be a lot of aftermarket parts available for the Cummins swaps. And you have a few different ways to go. If you do a '94-98 12v, it is basically a one wire hookup, besides your gauges. The '03 and newer common rail engines are more complex with computer controls, but can be done with patience. Personally I would stay away from the '89-93 or '98-02 engines.

These swaps are getting so popular that it is starting to become difficult to find donor trucks. But well worth the time and effort IMHO.

[LarryP]

Shocked Larry?

There was a guy that swapped a 6.0 in a newer Bronco. It can be done if you find a complete donor rig. The cummins is a much easier swap to do and has been done hundreds of times so the help will be easier to find.

My wow was for what it sold for. I think he got a screaming good deal on a great truck. And a big Wow that the your F250 didnt do to good at all with the bids. That truck is beautiful. The Bronco was sooo close to the reserve.

[Ranger429]

Maybe they were to intimidated to bid on the black truck?


I thought the Bronco was going to go. The guy in NY sounded like he was really going to buy it.

[Ranger429]

Well the Bronco gave the crewcab some words of encouragement on their last encounter.

https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/830006/fullsize/img_4471.jpg

all loaded up and on it's way out.:(

https://www.supermotors.net/getfile/830007/fullsize/img_4474.jpg

[69B4MYTYME]

I know your pain I did the same thing 2 months ago but better things come along :rolleyes: like a '79 F250 crew that someone else did the hard work for me.

[LarryP]

Thinking about it now there is a very small part of me in that truck. By by shift knob