914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/6/23 1:23 p.m.
Docwemple
Docwemple HalfDork
5/6/23 3:04 p.m.

Very cool. I need more cash and a warehouse.  Lol

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones SuperDork
5/6/23 4:07 p.m.

You'll spend $15k and a lot of time making that into a nice $7k truck. 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/6/23 4:37 p.m.

In reply to Steve_Jones :

If people tried to get all the money they put into cars back out when they sell them, no one would build them. We aren't Chip Foose. wink

Docwemple
Docwemple HalfDork
5/6/23 11:56 p.m.

In reply to Steve_Jones :

Honestly depends. If previous owners did proper repairs,  and not hack jobs, it may not be that bad.

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse UltimaDork
5/7/23 7:30 a.m.
Steve_Jones said:

You'll spend $15k and a lot of time making that into a nice $7k truck. 

S10 chassis and running gear can still be found pretty cheap.

As cool as this looks, everything of this vintage from Japan, in my experience, has sheet metal roughly the same gauge as heavy duty Reynolds aluminum foil. The paint may be about the only thing holding that loose assemblage of parts in formation. 

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones SuperDork
5/7/23 8:45 a.m.
Appleseed said:

In reply to Steve_Jones :

If people tried to get all the money they put into cars back out when they sell them, no one would build them. We aren't Chip Foose. wink

Well aware, it's just many people think rare equals $$$. Not many of those trucks left, but they're not worth much, small market. 

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/7/23 9:55 a.m.

In reply to Steve_Jones :

True. Too many people associate rare with valuable in the car world.

Trent
Trent PowerDork
5/7/23 11:34 a.m.
volvoclearinghouse said:
Steve_Jones said:

You'll spend $15k and a lot of time making that into a nice $7k truck. 

S10 chassis and running gear can still be found pretty cheap.

While the first gen s10 is only 10 inches too long in the wheelbase the real issue is width. The S10 track width is 18 inches wider than the 320. 

Those things are as narrow as a classic mini

volvoclearinghouse
volvoclearinghouse UltimaDork
5/7/23 12:33 p.m.

In reply to Trent :

BOXFLARES!

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/7/23 3:26 p.m.
volvoclearinghouse said:

In reply to Trent :

BOXFLARES!

Hell yeah!

chandler
chandler MegaDork
5/7/23 9:06 p.m.
Steve_Jones said:

You'll spend $15k and a lot of time making that into a nice $7k truck. 

I'd say that this rings true for most of the "projects" on this forum. Luckily; it's what many of us LIKE to do!

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