Gonna sell my old pickup truck

[PhoenixBill]

In August 1994 I bought a new pickup truck. Not just any truck, but a white Ford F250 4WD Supercab with the brand-spanking-new Powerstroke 7.3L diesel. 4.10 LS rear end, 8 foot bed, cloth captain’s chairs and every option available on a pickup truck at the time. It’s seen triumph and tragedy. Moved me across country twice. Towed a travel trailer on vacations, towed my boat a whole lotta times. Rescued a family member in another cross country dash. Toted me and a full PA to a whole bunch of gigs. Hauled a flatbed trailer a lotta times. Not to mention the lumber and whatnot.

Now it’s only got roughly 130,000 miles. Gets used maybe twice a year if that often; I no longer have a travel trailer or boat or flatbed trailer and hopefully I never make another move again. The days of toting a full PA system are over, and the truck sits in the garage taking up most of the space. So reluctantly I should sell it, I could use the cash (and could handle no longer paying insurance on it) and getting the garage space back will be nice.

Still hurts though. It’s been part of my life for almost 3 decades, indeed almost half my life. Sigh. Sadness.

 

[drf64]

No! The 7.3 Powerstroke is indestructible. Don’t do it! Just insure it on the days you drive it. Storage insurance all the rest of the time.

 

[Refugee]

You could probably turn that extra space into a place to jam.

 

[stxrus]

If you really aren’t using it then I vote sell. It has served you well and now someone else can get good use out of it
Sentimental value may or may not be in your favor

 

[PhoenixBill]

No! The 7.3 Powerstroke is indestructible. Don’t do it! Just insure it on the days you drive it. Storage insurance all the rest of the time.

A vehicle that never gets driven…hoses and belts rot, tires dry-rot, batteries go dead…and it’s not a fun vehicle to drive, rough ride and 5 speed stick and a massive turning radius. Getting into a parking place is a chore. It’s time, I could really use $5k or more.

 

[rickthescot]

$5k is giving it away.

 

[PhoenixBill]

$5k is giving it away.

I’m not sure what it’s worth nowadays to be honest. Can’t really find anything comparable on Craigslist. 7k maybe?

 

[6stringcowboy]

Ohhhh, I vote to keep but I'm partial to Ford trucks. I have a '94 F250 but it's the gas 5.8L motor/5 speed manualt ransmission. Love that truck.

 

[Greenmachine]

That's a fricking good truck with low miles. Price it accordingly. Yes $5000 is too low.

 

[KokoTele]

I’m not sure what it’s worth nowadays to be honest. Can’t really find anything comparable on Craigslist. 7k maybe?

Kelly Blue Book says it has a trade-in value around $6k. Private sale value will be considerably more. Those prices assume all those hoses and belts (and everything else) have been taken care of. If not, $6k might be about it.

If I had it, I'd probably list it for $12k or best offer and see what I got.

 

[phart]

Some might not approve of this method, but what you do is list it for $7,000. If you get 2-3 breathless inquiries the first day, it’s priced too low. Delete the post and list it again a few days later +$2,000. Rinse and repeat.

 

[PhoenixBill]

Kelly Blue Book says it has a trade-in value around $6k. Private sale value will be considerably more. Those prices assume all those hoses and belts (and everything else) have been taken care of. If not, $6k might be about it.

If I had it, I'd probably list it for $12k or best offer and see what I got.

New tires, new batteries, belts and hoses relatively new, interior in good shape, only a few small dings in bodywork. Small crack on passenger side of windshield and a few half-dollar size cracks on the passenger dash pad are the only things in the interior. Oh, it’s got Firestone air bags on all four corners (with onboard air compressor) and I converted it to electric fuel pump with filters years ago. Front suspension bushings were changed maybe 12 years ago. Chipped with 4 settings with switch. EGR and boost gages added to driver A-pillar. Downpipe upgraded and some other stuff…. Might list it for $9k then.

 

[teletail]

I’m not sure what it’s worth nowadays to be honest. Can’t really find anything comparable on Craigslist. 7k maybe?

I would do a google search to see if you can find comparables. No need to limit it to Craigslist. I don't know what it's worth, but it's almost 30 years old, has 130,000 miles on it and a huge engine at a time when gas is relatively expensive. Some of the suggestions sound more like fantasies than serious prices. True, you can always come down, but you'll turn a lot of people off of even calling if the price is not realistic.

Good luck.

 

[Milspec]

My brother uses his '94 for his boat shop where he carries a heavy tool bed and tows boats all day long. It now has 460,000 miles on it and the motor has never been apart.

The 7.3 turbo is one of the toughest motors ever built, but not so hot for mpg at all. Still, those trucks sell for an amazing amount of cash these days.

 

[Milspec]

New tires, new batteries, belts and hoses relatively new, interior in good shape, only a few small dings in bodywork. Small crack on passenger side of windshield and a few half-dollar size cracks on the passenger dash pad are the only things in the interior. Oh, it’s got Firestone air bags on all four corners (with onboard air compressor) and I converted it to electric fuel pump with filters years ago. Front suspension bushings were changed maybe 12 years ago. Chipped with 4 settings with switch. EGR and boost gages added to driver A-pillar. Downpipe upgraded and some other stuff…. Might list it for $9k then.

To be brutally honest here, I like everything you list except that it has been chipped. Those types of upgrades have always reduced the life of any diesel motor in my experience and a lot of people feel the same way when they go shopping. Without the performance upgrades, I could see $10k all day long. Knowing that the motor had performance "upgrades" I would have a cap at $8,000 knowing that I would need to rip all that out and likely have a shorter life.

With the prices on beat up work trucks from the late '80's selling for close to $10k these days, that diesel truck should be a $12k machine, but people just have a strange value system these days.

 

[KokoTele]

I don't know what it's worth, but it's almost 30 years old, has 130,000 miles on it and a huge engine at a time when gas is relatively expensive.

You haven't shopped for workhorse trucks lately, have you? The market is totally different than the passenger car market.

 

[drf64]

Prices for all vehicles are stupid crazy right now. I was planning to get rid of my 2004 Corolla this year but no way I can afford to replace it.

 

[PhoenixBill]

To be brutally honest here, I like everything you list except that it has been chipped. Those types of upgrades have always reduced the life of any diesel motor in my experience and a lot of people feel the same way when they go shopping. Without the performance upgrades, I could see $10k all day long. Knowing that the motor had performance "upgrades" I would have a cap at $8,000 knowing that I would need to rip all that out and likely have a shorter life.

With the prices on beat up work trucks from the late '80's selling for close to $10k these days, that diesel truck should be a $12k machine, but people just have a strange value system these days.

On the contrary as far as the downpipe and e-fuel, the stock fuel filter canister is a huge maintenance issue on the early Powerstrokes and the stock downpipe was not good. Some chips are not good but modest gains were possible on the early models while actually lowering EGTs.

 

[cometazzi]

I have no solutions, but in 1999 I bought a Ford Ranger XLT. Not beefy like yours, but a 2.5L Styleside with a 5-speed manual transmission. It moved me from the midwest to both coasts of the U.S. and back many times over, moved countless friends, performed numerous rescue missions and played out all my whims.

In 2015, when it was around 200K miles, I found myself in the same position you are in. I sold it to a guy that drove a dump truck for a living. Last thing he said to me before he got into it and drove off was "I'm so glad to now have a Winter Beater". That's a tough thing to hear from someone who bought a vehicle new, and knew every single thing about it.

FYI, that's what everyone else is going to see that truck as. 15 years of owning a vehicle isn't ownership anymore- it's a relationship. Under my care that Ranger would have gone another 200K miles. I know it, and it knew it. I almost feel like I let it down by selling it to someone else.

I didn't think of this stuff until it was gone. I only saw it one other time after I sold it, and I don't know what happened to it after that. Maybe the guy I sold it to beat the crap out of it and it died.

 

[REWTX]

I would seriously start at $15,000. You will be surprised at the demand for this pickup.