Heres my situation:
I have a 1967 Bronco in pieces that will take me at least a year to reassemble. I have a couple of other old cars, but an old wagon style truck would suit my family's needs right now (taking kids to baseball, groceries, work occasionally, etc.) My thought was to buy a finished Bronco to use as a driver in the meantime, while I worked on my 67. My budget has gone from $25k to $50k. After looking since the beginning of this year, I am simply frustrated that every rig I look at either gets sold, nearly immediately. or it is overpriced for what it is. $50k is getting close to Hi-Po Mustang money (there is one locally for sale right now for $52k-and its perfect.). Do these trucks even make sense to buy anymore?
So that leads me to my current question: My neighbor has a 1969 Scout. Original paint, clean, not hacked or lifted, running, disk brakes, needs nothing, and he will take around $10k for it. If it were a Bronco, it is probably a $35k truck. (When I showed it to my wife, she thought it WAS a Bronco...).
Just seems to me that a Scout or even a CJ7 that you could get for $20k, would be a better value than paying flippers markups on a Bronco, just because Lady Gaga drove one, or Ford is coming out with a new one (that will be a disappointment) or whatever reason people have for a fairly common truck to be so insanely priced.
I guess after all this ranting, my question is: Why wouldn't a guy buy a Scout?
I have a 1967 Bronco in pieces that will take me at least a year to reassemble. I have a couple of other old cars, but an old wagon style truck would suit my family's needs right now (taking kids to baseball, groceries, work occasionally, etc.) My thought was to buy a finished Bronco to use as a driver in the meantime, while I worked on my 67. My budget has gone from $25k to $50k. After looking since the beginning of this year, I am simply frustrated that every rig I look at either gets sold, nearly immediately. or it is overpriced for what it is. $50k is getting close to Hi-Po Mustang money (there is one locally for sale right now for $52k-and its perfect.). Do these trucks even make sense to buy anymore?
So that leads me to my current question: My neighbor has a 1969 Scout. Original paint, clean, not hacked or lifted, running, disk brakes, needs nothing, and he will take around $10k for it. If it were a Bronco, it is probably a $35k truck. (When I showed it to my wife, she thought it WAS a Bronco...).
Just seems to me that a Scout or even a CJ7 that you could get for $20k, would be a better value than paying flippers markups on a Bronco, just because Lady Gaga drove one, or Ford is coming out with a new one (that will be a disappointment) or whatever reason people have for a fairly common truck to be so insanely priced.
I guess after all this ranting, my question is: Why wouldn't a guy buy a Scout?
