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Today I drove up to Red Deer to look at a 1993 Ranger. Its the SWB step side, 4WD 3L standard. This thing is bare bones. Manual shift T-case, and Manual lock hubs. It has 196000km and some minor body damage to the fiberglass in the left rear corner from where the guy backed into his garage, its just a minor crack and nothing major. There is some rust on the bumpers and some minor surface rust and scratches all over, nothing major, it is a 4WD so I'm not to concerned. The stereo is an alpine deck with 2 alpine amps, tweeters, capacitor, and 2 15" Alpine subs, covered by a taunno cover on the box of the truck. The entire front end suspention (everything but coils), breaks, all 4 shocks, and 4 brand new Goodyear 31" 's
The biggest problems are that I can use for a bartering is that the engine is covered in 200 000km of oil leaks and the power steering is quite noisy (no big problems for me). The lights in the instrument cluster do not work, I'm leading myself to believe that is is a wiring problem as all backing lights are out, all the warning lights work. The vents in the dash all have broken fins (cheap parts at pick'n'pull), the kick panel on the drivers side and the floor trim is cracked and broken up (also cheap at pick'n'pull), and the arm rest lid is busted and does not lock shut. Also, since it is the standard cab and with the 2 15" subs, they are located in a box in the box of the truck and then are ported into the cab, it looks like it has been properly sealed too, but there still has been a hole cut in the back of the box, and the back of the cab, and the already small box of the truck has been cut down by half. It also has a solid rear window and not the slider, that I'm not to fond of either.
His asking price is $3750, I'm thinking with the amount of work that has been done and considering the truck has a $5000 stereo, that it is a fair price, I'm thinking of asking $3200 for it. What do you all think about this deal? Just as a side note, trucks in my area are quite pricey and this is an average price for something in this shape.
The biggest problems are that I can use for a bartering is that the engine is covered in 200 000km of oil leaks and the power steering is quite noisy (no big problems for me). The lights in the instrument cluster do not work, I'm leading myself to believe that is is a wiring problem as all backing lights are out, all the warning lights work. The vents in the dash all have broken fins (cheap parts at pick'n'pull), the kick panel on the drivers side and the floor trim is cracked and broken up (also cheap at pick'n'pull), and the arm rest lid is busted and does not lock shut. Also, since it is the standard cab and with the 2 15" subs, they are located in a box in the box of the truck and then are ported into the cab, it looks like it has been properly sealed too, but there still has been a hole cut in the back of the box, and the back of the cab, and the already small box of the truck has been cut down by half. It also has a solid rear window and not the slider, that I'm not to fond of either.
His asking price is $3750, I'm thinking with the amount of work that has been done and considering the truck has a $5000 stereo, that it is a fair price, I'm thinking of asking $3200 for it. What do you all think about this deal? Just as a side note, trucks in my area are quite pricey and this is an average price for something in this shape.
