Please help looking tomorrow

[einstein]

I am looking at a 67 m715 tomorrow that is for sale, it has very little rust has the original bed and tailgate, all original motor and trans, and it is a hard top. What is a fair price to pay? He wants 3 grand for it, is that a fair price?

What do I need to look out for?


Thanks

Matt

[einstein]

Oh and it also has a winch but he says its leaking a little, do new winches cost a ton?

[fishtail]

Thats sounds like a fair price. You could try for better, but this one is in your backyard. Search for winch rebuild on this site for more info on that.

Good luck.
Scott

[Duane]

if it has the tailgate,winch, and its not a rust bucket, and it runs and drives, 3000 is a fair price, a complete truck in good shape is a hard find. Good luck!!

Duane

[glenn]

I think all the gear boxes and such leak a little on old rigs. If they aren't leaking you know they are low on fluid. You can get a winch reseal kit for not too much from Vintage Power Wagons or another supplier. 3000 for it sounds like a decent price if it runs and will follow you home.

[einstein]

It also has a hard top, do the hard tops bolt on and bolt off? Any other areas I should be concerned with ?


Matt

[syzygy]

Many of the hard tops I've seen on the zone have been custom made or made in small batches by various fire services or other groups and individuals. There was a factory hard top option but it is pretty uncommon from what I've seen. The factory one did bolt on and off I think but many of the homebuilt or forestry-service-built ones have been welded or otherwise permanently or semipermantely attached.

[glenn]

Depends on who made the top. The one I just sold was both bolted and welded. Across the back were a bunch of tack welds which took about five minutes with a cut off wheel, the rest was bolts. Most of the fire dept tops used the soft top bows, flat pieces of sheetmetal and dozens of pop rivets.