There's a few things. See if you can find them:
There's a few things. See if you can find them:
Why does it have a 1978 inspection tag if it was bought new and only driven a few months? And did he drive in Long Island Sound to get all of that rust underneath it?
Have you been over to BaT? This truck is over there as well, with many comments about the rust and how/why it "could" only have 446 miles on the odometer.
One of my brother-in-laws once said that he would never buy a VERY low mileage car (at the time, my aunt had a '64 Plymouth...10 years old, with 12,000 miles on it) like this because it was probably never "broken in" correctly and would need a massive rebuild. Without looking under it, this truck looks decent, but the sitting in a damp barn has probably taken it's toll. I wouldn't pay much more than the current $4K bid for this.
pilotbraden,
in rural areas of N.Y. and Pa. it's possible to get a vehicle inspected WITHOUT the vehicle even going to the inspection station, much less getting inspected, if you catch my meaning.
As someone on BaT speculated, this could have been a winter only vehicle, that saw a couple of hundred miles each year when the snow was at it's worst. Perhaps insurance got to be too much of an expense/hassle, and it was no longer driven. Unfortunately, speedometers of that vintage are easy to roll back and with the look of the interior, it's not likely this vehicle has 100,0446 miles on it.
The picture is fine. The truck is not.
The problem with very low mileage cars is that they've often been neglected or stored improperly. Most people won't change fluids on a car that has only been driven a couple hundred miles since the last service - even if it has been two (or twenty) years. My garage queen, now sold, got fresh oil and filter 2X/year regardless of miles driven, and all fluids every two years. A battery would last 5-8 years, because it was kept charged. The car was brought to operating temp and driven regularly, even if only for a few miles, to keep all of the moving parts - well, moving.
I figured there was probably a 2 year inspection, with the sticker indicating how long the inspection was good for as opposed to when it was done. 75 model year truck, bought in 76 and inspected, expires in 78. Maybe I'm just totally wrong.
I check BaT first thing every morning and saw that. Loving J10's in general I read about it and checked the ad. There were some comments on BaT regaridng the sticker as well. Really, though, who even cares. Its totally irrelevant at this point whether it was driven 440 miles or 44,000 miles. It just is what it is. So far I think the bidding far exceeds its real value anyway. I've seen better J10's with high mileage that are still driven I would rather have for less, and a Gladiator just last week. Sadly, that one wasn't for sale.
Being stored for a long time on concrete, in the lower finger lakes area of New York guarantees you will get heat-cycle condensation rust on any metal. And that truck's got it in spades. Look at the pattern of rust under it, most is on the side and bottom of the components, where the water would slowly drip off. Regardless, it's all there, and there's no wear on the iterior, and all the little parts that are hard to find are there. It'll go for what it will. At least the presenter was honest with the pictures--he's not trying to hide anything.
And a prior poster is right, back then, if you knew the local garage well, "here's your inspection sticker." and you'd bring it home....
It will appeal to a collector, who will go through it and keep it, or a flipper. Older truck values are going up, some very quickly. It would make an interesting refubishing project.
P.S. I bought an '86 Wrangler for $1200 with only 42,000 miles last summer. It was kept at a marina and used as the boat-owner's summer vehicle. Then parked the rest of the year. Most of the brake lines, and a majority of the front suspension components were replaced to make it road-worthy. The rust was very similar to the one on the Jeep truck. They are out there, they look a bit weird, but, they do pop up every now and then. Wish I hadn't sold it.
plow truck
All 422 miles were up and down the farm driveway
triumph5 wrote: And a prior poster is right, back then, if you knew the local garage well, "here's your inspection sticker." and you'd bring it home....
I agree, but why would they bother if they weren't driving it? Maybe it's a two year sticker like someone already mentioned. I emailed the seller and asked, so maybe he'll explain it.
IIRC, if you didn't file an inspection sticker with NYDMV after receiving your registration, they would come after you by mail. Also, you need that little sticker to put on the license plate-- that came with the window sticker-- that showed the local police the car had been inspected.
An out of date or no inspection was not a (relatively) cheap ticket back then.
It sold for $11,600! Whatever it is, that's a lot of money.
I would never buy that much rust at such a high price tag.
Just image if it came from the south.
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