Worth a 24 hour drive?

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Worth a 24 hour drive?

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A good buddy just texted me the following pics and said come get one of these trucks. He is in the mountains of New Mexico and I live in SE Michigan. I drive a 12 valve and have access to a trailer, but man these trucks look like a ton of work. 3200 miles round trip. My uncle runs a small two bay garage and we've been looking for a project. These trucks are hard to find in Michigan.

He knows nothing about the trucks but says he can get titles. $400 in diesel to get one home.

Any thoughts?

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I'd save the $400 diesel money.... Something a lot nicer will come up. :2cents :Thumbsup :welcome :usa
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I like the blue one.

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i really like the looks of the earlier one too

but i'd be pretty scared of what the sheet metal looks like where it was sitting under ground..

i know new mexico is dry, but how dry could it be where all that nice green grass is growing >?

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coelcanth wrote:i really like the looks of the earlier one too

but i'd be pretty scared of what the sheet metal looks like where it was sitting under ground..

i know new mexico is dry, but how dry could it be where all that nice green grass is growing >?
It will look like swiss cheese.

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the brown one looks to be above ground enough to whar the rockers can be seen but the floors might look like Swiss cheese i would see if yer buddy can get them above ground to get a better look be fer ya spend 400 large in fuel just sayin................BEAR
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I wouldn't do it, but I would send me the address and I'll go get them :lol: :Thumbsup . The turquoise one looks sweet, but being buried would worry me..
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Distance is sometimes the biggest deterrent. Size comes next. I deal in D/W 500/600/800 trucks. They are a headache to transport no matter how short the trek.

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shame they can't pull them out of the ground so ya can get a better look at them before you drive all that way...

i like the blue one also.. lots of stuff on that i could use..

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I ll have hime pull the blue one out and send me a few more pics.

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t4halo wrote:I ll have hime pull the blue one out and send me a few more pics.

T4
The other one is probably in better condition. Notice the cowl rust and the huge gap between cab height and bed height on the turquoise truck.

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