chevy coe truck ?

Have a chance to buy this old coe, is it worth 5000 grand? frito lay chevy truck frame, was running three years ago, parked with a bad freeze plug, hasnt been touched since. Working winch, was running driving truck three years ago?Also has a wood dash What ya think?

 

5000 grand? no

 

not even close! tons of stuff out there to choose from and those engines are prone to cracking so check it well. offer them scale price and go up a little if the title is available.

 

So, it's a more modern chassis, right? Diesel?

 

no way to say without seeing it in person or knowing any details, based only on two pics I'd sat a big fat no

 

Yea its on a frito lay chevy truck frame?

 

Anybody know anything about the frito lay truck frames?

 

here is one you could probably get for half that price?

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=392171

 

is it in Texas?

So what do yall think it's worth, clear title too.

 

meh, If it ran and drove maybe 5 for it would be reasonable, But as it sits itd shoot closer to 500.

 

Hard to place a price because it is already modernized with later chassis, diesel, maybe auto trans plus a winch.

-ask youself "can I go find an old cabover donor truck , Plus buy a donor diesel truck, pay to have two hauled home, AND do all the work to swap it over and dispose of the rest"

 

Its a sbc chevy and th400 trans, a 1 ton chevy chassis.

 

The Chassis is A P30 more than likely Which is a Chevy a arm front end.

 

i would say if it is running and driving $2500 tops.tanks

 

Frito Lay makes potato chips, not truck frames. I doubt that there is any difference between that frame and any other HD Chevy truck chassis. 5000 grand (5 million dollars) seems a bit rich to me. If it was parked because of a leaky freeze plug, it should still start, or at least crank over. If so, I would begin the negotiations at a few grand less, maybe 3,000 if there is a clean title and it appears solid. For 5 grand, I think I'd walk unless I could drive it home. IMHO

 

5000 out of line i have seen several advertised on the las vegas area craigslist for 500-800 dollars

 

I don't know, seems to me that if all it needs is a freeze plug and it's a driver AND the rust is just surface rust then it's a fair deal. Think about it. The body is mounted the bed is done, it's a driver. Hard to tell from the pics but I would think its more than fair if the motor is good. Now if it's a rust bucket and needs tons of metal work, I'd walk away at almost any price.

 

for "Driver's" on a late model chassis?

 

I've bought a few COE's in similar condition, all in the $1,500 range.

 

So if we can crank it and it runs maybe? Going to go look at it tomorrow.

 

I can buy my old ford back for 400.00, but alot of work.

 

I've been eyeballing COE's for a while now. Prices can be all over the place depending on condition and location. The one in your picture looks OK. It's hard to tell how much rust there might be in the cab since your pics don't show those areas.

I'd $2k-$3k is more realistic.

Edit: Is the freeze plug rusted or pushed out? Big difference.

 

You can buy this one for CONSIDERABLY more

 

If its pushed out what does it mean?

 

I would go 2500.00

 

The best way to price is :

whats it worth to YOU
How much of it are you going to use.
How much can you get out of what you aren't going to use.
AND,whats it going to be worth after you have it up & running.

5 grand..seems a WAAAAY out of line..

But it ain't my $$$$$

Rick

 

$500, I laugh. We sold a 50 or so Chevy COE missing a door, a rotty NY truck on the original frame, for three times that a couple years ago - and got to keep the heavy stock rearend to scrap, the guy just wanted the cab. Even though it was a NY truck the cab wasn't bad, sitting way up off the ground preserves them.

As mentioned, Frito Lay means it probably has a late model P30 truck chassis. Small block, big block, 6.2/6.5 diesel all bolt ins. Parts aren't bad to come by. Rusted freeze plug isn't a big deal, pushed out means possible freeze damage/cracked block.

$5000 is a lot for it sitting dead, but if the work to put it on that frame is good, it's worth $2000-$2500 all day long. Just to buy the damned P30 van to do one yourself is going to cost a grand alone at a surplus auction - unless you find one headed to scrap like my storage van, I paid $300 for, but the motor in it is dead (open, no carb on it) and it hasn't been on the road in almost 20 years now so it would need all the lines and brakes and so on done in it.

 

I have been looking for coe cabs rolling for awhile, I see chevy ca from 500 - 2500 but my problem is I have to have it trucked in out of state. So if I buy a Coe truck for 1000.00 dollars rolling then I pay 1500 to 2000 to get it trucked here then I have 3500.00 in a truck I still have to put it on a frame wire etc. Looking into another one out of state just dont know what shipping will cost me.
Is the p30 frames have the same front end width as a chevy dually?

 

If you really want a CEO , I would say maybe 1500. tops, just my 2 cents worth!

 

Anybody know of any around 3000-6000 range within 500 miles?
tomball texas