1970 chevy c50

[bigred1951]

Might be buying a 70 Chevy c50 has a 350 straight 4 speed. 14ft flatbed log truck. It's rough and ugly but runs and drives good. A buddy bought it when he logged some land now he's done with it and selling it. Told me I can buy it for $500. I figure the mud tires that can fit my dump truck and the motor worth that. Any thoughts

[ohiowoodchuck]

I'd say it is. I had 500 in building log standards for a gooseneck. I'd give you your money back.

[Stoneyacrefarm]

I had a C50 I used for years hauling wood and hay.
It was a great truck. No problems with it at all.
Had a 14' flatbed dump.
I had short and tall sides for it.
If it runs and drives it's worth that all day.

[Bert]

I have a 72' I use here and there around the mill. Definitely worth $500. Only thing mine needs is power steering. Its a workout to turn that thing around. Mines a 14' dump.

[Puffergas]

How often can somebody buy a log truck for $500?

[lopet]

$ 500 is my favorite number to buy old iron.   8) 8) Good for you

[coxy]

its a good thing its your buddy or it would have an extra 0 at the end

[bigred1951]

I think it's a good price but like I said the old truck is rough. Floor boards are rusted rockers are rusty and one fender rusty. But the truck does run and drive good. Sometimes gotta look past the poo to find a diamond haha

[red]

I had a 1969 C40 6cyl, 4 speed, a 9 ft dump bed . It was a great truck but not the prettiest.  The steering was excellent with a very small turning radius. I gave it to a farmer I knew who had a few C 60's with the same 67-72 trucks. 

[paul case]

Sounds like something I would use.

Looks don't make the truck in my opinion. If you are going to take it out in the sticks and load logs on it things will happen. Why would you want chrome on a truck to do that with?

PC

[Ox]

According to something I just looked up recently, $500 is the same as $50 in 1950 with today's inflation.  Something to think about...

I'd buy that old truck quick for $500.  Who cares if it's a little rusty?  Function first - pretty later.

[Bert]

The 350 is worth that alone even whooped. If you have any dirt tracks around your place running late models those guys grab them up. $2k is reasonable around here for the motor.

[coxy]

I think it's a good price but like I said the old truck is rough. Floor boards are rusted rockers are rusty and one fender rusty. But the truck does run and drive good. Sometimes gotta look past the poo to find a diamond haha

that's what i was saying if some one else had it it would be 5k not 500 if i saw it around here i would buy it to

[ohiowoodchuck]

Where's it I got family in olive hill. I'll have them pick it up for 500

[AlexHart]

This is bringing back memories. 

My grandfather had that almost exact truck (except I think it was a 73).   It wasn't very powerful but the bench seat was really squishy and comfortable, hardly anything ever went wrong with it, and the stupid thing got like 12 mpg.   

Makes me wonder now how we figure we are making progress sometimes.   For probably 105,000 bucks you can get one now that'll get 7mpg with more computer chips and circuits on it than my desktop.   

[grouch]

This is bringing back memories. 

My grandfather had that almost exact truck (except I think it was a 73).   It wasn't very powerful but the bench seat was really squishy and comfortable, hardly anything ever went wrong with it, and the stupid thing got like 12 mpg.   

Makes me wonder now how we figure we are making progress sometimes.   For probably 105,000 bucks you can get one now that'll get 7mpg with more computer chips and circuits on it than my desktop.

The computerization is to squeeze a fraction of a percent more efficiency out of the engine. That does little good when the marketing dept demands it carry a big puffy box to make it look like a junior heavy duty over-the-road tractor-trailer rig. That '73 was boxy, but it wasn't pushing as much air down the road in front of it as new ones.

You're going to throw away as waste heat about $0.75 of every $1 spent on fuel. I just don't understand why we should throw away a big chunk of that remaining quarter just pushing air down the road. I want as much of it going to pulling the load as possible. Ok, I'll hush now.