i think i have a chance at a clean no rust bright red 88 c1500 pickup with a recently blown up 4.3L in it, good tranny, new rockers/corners all done, never wrecked or anything else, only thing i know that it needed was exhaust work, otherwise good truck

what would you do ?

i dont know if id feel much like swapping another engine into it, unless i were to sell/trade it off for some kind of diesel pickup or dually when it was done

what could this 88 be worth possibly

would you mess with it ?

thanks

The box alone is worth more than that with no rust here in upstate NY.

$200 sounds fair to me, if you decide not to fix the engine you can part it and make plenty of money to justify buying it. I just bought a running 1992 for $500 it has the W/T trim and a 4.3 with a manual. I'm going to use it for everything I don't want to use my silverado for like hauling stuff and driving in inclement weather.

true
no rust its whats neat about it, very uncommon/rare here too

but still..
its just a regular old nothing special base c1500

so ya know

thats why i am debating,

and i dont feel like working on yet another vehicle, mostly burnt out on vehicles anymore, been too much,

hmm

what to do

thanks for any further idead opinions etc

shit send that bad boy my way I need a trans and bed. Man for 200 I'd jump on it.

I defanatly would buy it,the box alone is worth twice that in the rust belt states

yeah lol here in nebraska its about $1500 for even a 73 to 80 or 81 to 87 pickup box WITH slight damage from texas. if it was me, i would buy the truck and drop a 350 in the engine compartment... by the way, how good of a job did they do on replacing the rusted out stuff? if its chock full of bondo then i wouldnt trust them much. prolly would have stuffed bondo into the wheel wells also, making it a rust bucket in about 1 or 2 years, so make sure to look closely for waves in the paint, or telltale signs of bondo work

Damn, 200 I would be all over it. That truck if it is clean would be worth towns more just on the box. A new engine, and you are in business. 88's were very good trucks. If you pass let me know, I will be all over it.