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Title: Could not pass it up
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on May 13, 2016, 09:28:41 PM
My bank had this parked in the parking lot with a For Sale sign on it.
A 1995 S-10 extended cab Chevy PU.
New tires, hard shell bed cover with lock, clean interior, paint good condition, rebuilt 4 cylinder engine with documented paper work which now has 26,000 miles on it.
The lady that works in my bank was selling it to take the money for a down payment for a new Jeep for her son's graduation present.

$2,200......I bought it. Drives like a new sewing machine.
A very good short distance truck, to haul trash, a run to walmart, church functions, taking blades to the Fedex drop off fishing or what ever.
I'll keep the 7.3 Powerstroke in its stable for long hauls and pulling.

I drove it close to 100 miles today. Gets around 21 - 25 miles to the gallon from what I figured.
Not bad IMO.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/24625/S-10_copy.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1463189265)
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: Magicman on May 13, 2016, 09:48:42 PM
Well, look at you go.  Soon every goat in the parlor will have it's own ride.

That is a sharp PU.   smiley_thumbsup
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: coxy on May 13, 2016, 09:54:07 PM
that's it I'm buying a saw mill that's where the money must be  :D :D   nice clean truck is stick or auto  2x4 or 4x4 yes I'm nosey  :) :)
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: red on May 13, 2016, 09:55:14 PM
Looks Great . . I can see a 454 stuffed in there in no time
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: Peter Drouin on May 13, 2016, 10:02:12 PM
Nice, up here it would be a pile of rust with 50 LB of bondo on it. :D :D :D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on May 13, 2016, 10:18:52 PM
Quote from: Peter Drouin on May 13, 2016, 10:02:12 PM
Nice, up here it would be a pile of rust with 50 LB of bondo on it. :D :D :D

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on May 13, 2016, 10:19:46 PM
Its a 2 wheel drive automatic. Paul's 14 now. He drove it in the subdivision for about an hour this evening.  :D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: sandhills on May 13, 2016, 11:43:39 PM
Nice ride/score David!  Skip the 454 and go wit a Detroit  :D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: sandsawmill14 on May 13, 2016, 11:50:49 PM
Quote from: sandhills on May 13, 2016, 11:43:39 PM
Nice ride/score David!  Skip the 454 and go wit a Detroit  :D

or a 3208 ;D  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: WmFritz on May 14, 2016, 12:12:32 AM
2WD gets much better mileage then the 4WD. Great buy.

Paul's going to have the radio buttons worn out before he gets his license.  ;)
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: thecfarm on May 14, 2016, 06:21:03 AM
I just bought a Colorado,a white one too. No extended cap.Mine's a 2010,has 120,000,paid $5000 for it. I guess I should of been shopping in SC.  ;D
I was looking at alot of Ford Rangers,them things are all over the place. Maybe because alot bought them and alot don't like them.  ;D  I was finding the same milage,but 1998-2000.
Have fun with it Paul. I doubt the rear wheels will be smoking much.
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: coxy on May 14, 2016, 06:23:07 AM
Quote from: POSTONLT40HD on May 13, 2016, 10:19:46 PM
Paul's 14 now. He drove it
I did   um thought I was older than that  :) :)
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: WDH on May 14, 2016, 07:36:43 AM
Hope the air conditioner works   smiley_sun smiley_sweat_drop.
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on May 14, 2016, 07:39:24 AM
Quote from: WDH on May 14, 2016, 07:36:43 AM
Hope the air conditioner works   smiley_sun smiley_sweat_drop.

It does. I'll be a cool Goat.  ;D
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: Kbeitz on May 14, 2016, 08:08:14 AM
Thats a great price....
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: WV Sawmiller on May 14, 2016, 08:29:31 AM
   Congrats on the new find. Looks like a real deal.

   Back when my son was at home and in school he had a summer job putting out gypsy moth traps for the USDA or the State. He was using his new Chevy Silverado 4WD in the woods and such. I made a trip to Escambia County Fla and bought a beat up little Ford Ranger from an old family friend with a car lot there. Put a new windshield in, new alternator, and Sean replaced the seat with one from the junkyard and nothing else as long as we had it. I don't know how much money it saved me while we had it. Every time I'd drive or see someone drive it I'd think of how much we saved by not driving one of the bigger 4WD trucks. Just adding it to our insurance dropped our rate about $60/year since we had 3 drivers and 4 vehicles. Sean made enough off mileage that summer to pay for it and offered to buy it but I told him I'd just keep it.

   One of our former German exchange students came back with a scholarship to Marshall and borrowed it to take her stuff up there and I never got it back. She drove it a couple years up there, came home here for Christmas one year and totaled it down the creek a few miles on her way to town then ended up with my similar sized Isuzu (Chevy S-10 clone I believe) which I also lost.
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: Roundhouse on May 14, 2016, 10:05:28 AM
Nice truck. I had an '86 regular cab bought used that I learned to drive stick on. It was my daily driver until I bought an '02 regular cab new and drove that for 7.5 years and 134K miles. Great truck, the only thing it needed in that time was a fuel pump. Despite the limited ponies under the hood it was fun to drive with the 5 speed. A growing family had me moving to a crew cab otherwise I'd still be driving it. As noted by others, us rust belt guys have some envy of deals like this on trucks that haven't rotted away.
Title: Re: Could not pass it up
Post by: Den Socling on May 14, 2016, 09:53:51 PM
I bought a new S10 around that time. If I remember correctly, it had a pretty good differential that gave it decent traction with the rear wheels. I had an old Chevy PU before that and one wheel would spin and it would get stuck on wet grass.