Is This Worth $7,000?

TIL there is a vintage trailer market

Yeah, I don't think$7k is way out of line for that, which is kind of crazy to say for something that might not be driveable.

Here is a 1972 asking $28.5k, with rust bubbles.  

This one is shown with seats from a modern Suburban fitted.  I think they look very good in there.  

This does make me also realize that the teal example here has rear barn doors.  Another desirable option.  

7k is a pretty solid price, lots of uglier non-running projects listed in the 5k range across the country. I would still love one of these but the prices are rising everywhere they haven't returned to the earth yet.

Good driver grade classic trucks and SUV's are running in the low to mid 20's on average with the exception of land cruisers and broncos. Those are in the 30s to low 40s.

Provided there isn't a lot of sins hiding under the fresh paint, then it's a good buy. If it's been around this long then I would wonder how many sins do exist on this one. 

In reply to Appleseed :

Is it worth $7000 to you?

There's your answer. 

calteg said:

TIL there is a vintage trailer market

In the antique boat world there is, at least.

I wish my '68 3 door looked that good. It's a work in progress,  but 7K would not come close to buying it.  But I'm a big fan of that generation of GM trucks. 

I built one of those trucks and could not understand why I would get dirt in my eyes when I drove it.

Finally one day I looked above the Visor and found the inside metal of the roof had pin holes where the metal had rusted away between the two layers of the roof.

Those years are the best trucks and the worst (rust) trucks GM ever built. They are the most desirable models to most car guys. 

Wife and I had a '72 C10 1/2 ton std cab long bed (with 402/big auto) back in the early 2000s. It was pretty solid, but it had a ton of light rust on the upper exterior panels (it was metallic bronze in color). It also had light rust on the headliner-less roof which made opening the wing windows a hazard due fine rust particles getting into your eyes.

Anyway, it became her favorite DD/commute vehicle and she said she'd often have guys asking her about it. Oddly, I didn't have that issue...

If rust free, you could pull the front fenders, hood, and doors and get 7k around here.  That style of truck is HAWT!

03Panther said:

For someone looking for a keeper, I could speculate. But for flipping it, you'll have to ask the guys that look at cars as investments, instead of actual car guys.

Actual car guys frequently look at flips to finance the next project.   Actual car guys come in many varieties, some who have keepers that languish forever and some who are always looking for their next challenge.  Neither is more or less of a car guy, just different animals with different skills, interests and abilities.

a Truck like this would probably sell at Pomona swap meet......EXCEPT we have not had one for over a year , 

bring a magnet :)

If it's a desert suburban, it could be solid steel. It it ain't, it ain't.
 

The ecoboost dude on garage journal finds some very old desert trucks that look simply amazing. So you never know until you check it out.
  

...this one reminds me of one up in Canada at an indoor kart track. Before it got resurrected.