r/oldtrucks

I’m new to apt maintenance. What’s a good pick up truck for me. My company has 3 vans so there’s no much need for a 250 Van. I’m in charge of 2 buildings and help on 1 so I do drive, The buildings are around 6 miles apart. Good thing the company pays for the mileage. My salary is $25 the hour and I do a lot of overtime. According to AI 30k should be the maximum to buy a truck.

Kind of eyeing on a Maverick, Santa Cruz, Tacoma, Tundra, Silverado, Sierra, F150.

What year and truck i should buy? Don’t want to go over 30k. I don’t want a gas eater neither.

Im a 22yo hvac tech that dont know much bout old truck but i like them alot , im tryna get 1 to learn to work on them , if somebody more knowledgeable could give a couple of advice it would be appreciated!

Hello there, I'm going to buy a new "old" truck!

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I have 2 choices,

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1- Chevy GMT 400 1998, automatic, single cab, 8 foot bed, 2x4, V6 4.3, 150,000km. No rust, new paint, interior perfect condition. 6500$ CDN

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2- F-150 1987, 4.9l I6, manual, single cab, 8 foot bed, 2x4, the guy just strip down everything to the frame, welded, filled, sanded and paint the whole truck like new, new interior, 115,000km. 8500$ CDN

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My question: for a daily driver, parts availlability, mpg, i'll do my own mechanic on it, etc, which one should I buy?

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Many thanks!

Finally found a donor truck, although its not green it does run. The red truck will be up for grabs minus a Radiator core support left fender hood and bumper in the Hampton roads VA area, the interior is roached but a great drivetrain donor etc!

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My dad is 76, and my aunt is preparing to sell the last of the family land that has been in our family for generations. As part of that process, my dad is considering selling my grandfather’s old Chevy pickup.
My grandfather bought the truck new, and it’s been part of the family for as long as I can remember. It’s currently parked in a shop and has been sitting for several years. It will need paint, mechanical work, and some money invested before it’s back on the road.
The problem is that I’m at a stage in life where resources are stretched pretty thin. My wife and I have a young child, and any money I put toward the truck is money that can’t go somewhere else. I also have another pickup that I’d likely need to sell if I decided to keep and restore my grandfather’s truck.
Part of me says it’s just a vehicle and I can always buy another square-body/OBS Chevy later. The other part of me knows that while I can buy another truck, I can never buy back my grandfather’s truck once it’s gone.
For those who have been in a similar situation, did you keep the family vehicle or let it go? Looking back, do you regret your decision either way?
I’m not looking for values or buying/selling advice—just hoping to hear from people who have faced a similar crossroads.

Let me start by saying this is a ridiculous situation and will sound made up.

When I was 16 I lived in a suburb of Wichita, Kansas. My parents gave me a 1951 GMC Half Ton barn find. I aspired to have the truck restored and found a guy named Scott Fields who did restorations professionally and would allow me to store it and he would work on it as I had the money and he had the time to do different pieces of the restoration. He worked out of his shop on his property in Gouda Springs, Kansas. He always had multiple projects going and knew I was a kid, at the time, on a budget, so it was not uncommon for us to go months or years without checking in or moving on to a different phase of the build. At one point he moved the vehicle, with my permission, to a shop where he rented space in Derby, Kansas. Life got crazy for both of us. He was involved in an incident where a vehicle fell on him and he was unable to work for a while. Meanwhile, I went to college, got married, had a son, moved to Kansas City, got divorced, got remarried. Scott and I lost touch. I would try to reach out to him every so often and at one point I received a response from his old number that the person with that number was not him. I assumed something had happened to him. Upon investigation I was heart broken to find out that Scott had passed away from cancer. He passed in late 2019.

Fast forward. I am searching for this truck and because I live in a different city now and when I last saw the truck it was at least 15 years ago…I don’t remember where the shop in Derby KS was. Also, his home and home shop have been sold but I was never contacted in regard to the truck.

I was told in order to file a report and get a search done I would need the title. When I would make it back home to Wichita I would dig and dig and after a long search I finally found the original title and registration for the truck. They had moved multiple times as well making finding anything difficult.

So here I am at present with only a few pieces of information but enough to prove ownership if I could only find this truck. My first thought was to do a vin check online. But, being a 51’ the original title and registration only has the truck serial number on it. So I cannot do a regular vin look up. Serial number I have is 11 digits long, 10222911294**.**

**Does anyone have any advice at all for locating my truck? Am I just screwed? I keep having the thought that possession is 9/10ths of the law and I haven’t “possessed” this truck for over 20 years. Which I know is insane. But if it’s at all possible to recover I would love to have it and honestly just finish the build. Regardless of how it looks it does mean a lot to me.**