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  • Re: Car worth

    From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to Boraxman on Wed Sep 21 21:17:12 2022
    On 9/14/22 05:28, Boraxman wrote:

    This is something that someone left-of-centre like Elon Musk might
    do. A car you just piece together, can upgrade or fix easily.

    The guy that charges thousands ahead of time for a software upgrade that likely isn't ever going to happen?
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  • From Minex@VERT/TDOD to esc on Wed Sep 28 11:55:14 2022
    Re: Re: Car worth
    By: esc to Moondog on Tue Sep 13 2022 11:35 pm

    If I'm thinking of the same trucks you're talking about here, good luck finding one that's affordable. A 72 C10 costs an arm and a leg these days :/

    Those Chevy Squarebody's are getting really popular. I bought a 74 K10 circa 2009 for around $2000. Its now appraised at around $28k. I did do a lot of work to it though -- new engine, rebuilt transmission, rebuilt tcase, new paint job, etc. The truck isnt a trailer queen either. It IS my daily driver. In fact, I drove it from Denver, CO to Vail, CO via Eisenhower Tunnel over the weekend with no issues.

    Here's a video of my truck:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7_7xzyRMN0

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Minex on Wed Sep 28 22:06:00 2022
    Re: Re: Car worth
    By: Minex to esc on Wed Sep 28 2022 11:55 am

    Re: Re: Car worth
    By: esc to Moondog on Tue Sep 13 2022 11:35 pm

    If I'm thinking of the same trucks you're talking about here, good luck finding one that's affordable. A 72 C10 costs an arm and a leg these days

    Those Chevy Squarebody's are getting really popular. I bought a 74 K10 circa 2009 for around $2000. Its now appraised at around $28k. I did do a lot of w to it though -- new engine, rebuilt transmission, rebuilt tcase, new paint j etc. The truck isnt a trailer queen either. It IS my daily driver. In fact, drove it from Denver, CO to Vail, CO via Eisenhower Tunnel over the weekend with no issues.

    Here's a video of my truck:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7_7xzyRMN0

    The Dawn of Demise BBS (tdod.org)


    As mentioned, I would like to see the analog of a square body Chevy in the
    form of a car. I figure there's a Honda or Toyota model that's known to run forever, or would be a great candidate to refurbish into a very reliable
    daily driver.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Moondog on Thu Sep 29 06:55:00 2022
    Moondog wrote to Minex <=-

    As mentioned, I would like to see the analog of a square body Chevy in
    the form of a car. I figure there's a Honda or Toyota model that's
    known to run forever, or would be a great candidate to refurbish into a very reliable daily driver.

    A 4 cylinder Toyota Camry from 2001-2006, or a similarly vintage Honda Civic should do the trick.


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