to sell or not to sell, that is the question

[whiteshadow]

newb here, so if this is in the wrong forum please move, and i will take my lashings!

i have an 83 720 king cab, 2wd 5 speed. been sitting for a couple years. it drove good when it was running. headgasket decided it was time to go to heaven. so i changed the HG and it runs, kinda. tires need to be replaced, exhaust is shot, front brakes were new right before it was parked. average condition for an 83 model. what is something like this worth if i sold it? how much interest is there in these little trucks? i am wanting am f150 to replace it, if i sell it. constructive criticism is welcomed

[captainzeros]

All things considered, with a blown head gasket it's not worth much, but it all depends on your location. Around me in Oregon, that truck would probably be $300-400 asking price, but other places it'll be more.... or less. Depends on local supply and demand.

If the body is good, you could probably sell it to somebody as a parts truck or a fixer-upper, the guys who like these trucks REALLY like these trucks (but we're sorta few and far between)

Personally I'd fix it up and drive it, but that's me.

[whiteshadow]

All things considered, with a blown head gasket it's not worth much, but it all depends on your location. Around me in Oregon, that truck would probably be $300-400 asking price, but other places it'll be more.... or less. Depends on local supply and demand.

If the body is good, you could probably sell it to somebody as a parts truck or a fixer-upper, the guys who like these trucks REALLY like these trucks (but we're sorta few and far between)

Personally I'd fix it up and drive it, but that's me.

i replaced all the top end gaskets, including the head gasket. with a battery and some fresh gas i would start. just not run real good. im sure the plugs/rotor are shot and the vacuum lines could be replaced...they are original 83 hoses.

[captainzeros]

30 year old vac lines will definitely cause running issues, they start to rot and dry crack and get little leaks you can scarcely find. If you don't need to worry about emissions, the only vac line you really need is the vac advance to the distributor. The others can be capped off. If you do need to worry about emissions, working tgrigyg and replacing all of them is the only way to go but even that's not TOO bad on these trucks, there are worse rats nests out there.

*edit: not to say there aren't potentially other problems too, just that old vac lines will definitely contribute.

Also, all else fails, for the people who get fed up with tweaking on the original Hitachi carburetors, a swap over to a Weber is simple and highly effective. My carb is still good so I haven't bothered, but tons of guys around here have done the swap for increased reliability and power.

[whiteshadow]

30 year old vac lines will definitely cause running issues, they start to rot and dry crack and get little leaks you can scarcely find. If you don't need to worry about emissions, the only vac line you really need is the vac advance to the distributor. The others can be capped off. If you do need to worry about emissions, working tgrigyg and replacing all of them is the only way to go but even that's not TOO bad on these trucks, there are worse rats nests out there.

*edit: not to say there aren't potentially other problems too, just that old vac lines will definitely contribute.

Also, all else fails, for the people who get fed up with tweaking on the original Hitachi carburetors, a swap over to a Weber is simple and highly effective. My carb is still good so I haven't bothered, but tons of guys around here have done the swap for increased reliability and power.

i bought a reman hitachi carb right after i got the truck. this was before i knew anything about them. if i had to do it again i would go weber. i would say the reman carb only has a couple hundred miles on it