Crunch! the Buick, My son and a Stratus...

That was nice of you to haul off that junk! Also they will be surprised how much that supercab truck will bring in scrap metal.

 

Thanks all.
(A Novel by Mark Ervin, you'd think I had time to be bored)
I was told I might get a couple hundred for scrap. If it had a 351 or a 460 and not the 400, I'd think I'd make more
by parting it out. The thing is, I believe this truck is prime for an enthusiast to restore. The cab and bed are well used but not worn.
It was stored indoors by both previous owners, from 79-99 on a ranch in Oaklahoma, then here in Nebraska for 3 years until I bought it.
All the rust started after I bought it and parked it outside.
The rust is in the usual areas but is by no means as bad as most of them look in the rust belt. a bit in the left cab corner, a little bad stuff
on the cab, above the driver's door where, I suspect, the drip rail didn't ever get welded correctly. The driver's door, along the bottom door
skin's seam. Then there's the rear wheel wells (and who knows how far it extends under the paint, Ha-Ha!)
Then there's the bad area,... (FORD) ... sorry. ... the big, flat sheet of metal 'extending' from the floor pan back to the
rear of the cab. It has several pin holes and needs to have a new piece dropped in.
I'm betting it could be done from the inside without removing the cab, depending on the body mount locations.
In terms of selling it, around here, all I hear is I won't get anything for it because it's not a 4x4. They are all backwards in my opinion.
They don't think with the eyes of a collector. Pick-ups are like sedans, I understand, and as such, take a long time to 'appreciate'. I don't
ever expect it to fetch big money, however, I do know these trucks have their fans, I'm one of them...
Tell me if you guys agree with my opinion as to the value of these truck, The F-series was the second extended cab on the market,
following the ones Dodge introduced a couple years prior; F-250s are always desirable by someone, somewhere; it's a Ranger; It's a long bed,
it's a '79 (huge fan base) They used galvanized steel for the cowl, firewall and windshield frame. (it doesn't rust but the paint doesn't stick either.)
The biggest draw back is the 8-10 MPG... and my wife has wanted me to sell it for a while, tho she's not pressed the issue a bit as it's been
relatively cheap to own and licenses for less than 30 bucks a year, and it's a good work horse. (Also. it keeps the Suburban from smelling like trash
and free of twigs, grass, broken stuff and walnuts...)

Yea, as you can see, I like the truck would love to keep and fix it but I'm not sure it is the practical thing to do. I was going to ask $1500 OBO and was
told by an adjuster, to expect to get at least a thousand. So I'm already ahead with the check in hand but, like most of you, believe it should be worth
much more.

My thinker is gettin' thunked out...

 

My thinker is gettin' thunked out... Stop thinkin for a few days and then see what you think about fixing or selling the truck. With three kids I could never own a truck as our family vehicle. Then the superdupper cab came out in 1975 when--------heaven forbid---traded the Ford Gran Torino wagon for a 1975 supercab. Wasn't great for pulling RV so went up to 1 ton rated 3/4 ton. That just meant it was a trailer special with heavier stuff. 460 got 9 MPG with or without RV. Really liked real trucks with 8 ft beds. --------Here's what I was thunkin. Sell that sucker for $1000 and use the insurance money plus the cash to put down on a nice older wagon. That's what we're all here for! Thunk about it for awhile.