carmudgeons.com  

Go Back   carmudgeons.com > Automotive Forums > Car Talk > Perseverators Anonymous

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-03-2021, 04:46 PM   #11
Terri Kennedy
There and back again
 
Terri Kennedy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: 2003 BMW 325xiT; looking for a new fun car
Location: New York
Posts: 2,939
Quote:
Originally Posted by JST View Post
Speaking of "what they hell were they thinking," I give you...this.

Looks like something classic Clarkson/Hammond/May Top Gear would have created.
Terri Kennedy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2021, 06:01 PM   #12
robg
Carmudgeon
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,225
Wonder what the back story is on this truck? I maybe could understand someone buying a sports car and purposely saving it with no miles, but how would a pickup truck ever have been preserved like this? Must be some very interesting or weird story behind it.
robg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2021, 08:22 PM   #13
kognito
older fart than ZBB
 
kognito's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: On the road again
Posts: 8,887
Quote:
Originally Posted by JST View Post
Speaking of "what they hell were they thinking," I give you...this.

Not fair to post that without the matching tow vehicle



"Don't make me come back there!"
__________________
2017 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE
2020 Fusion Titanium
kognito is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2021, 04:08 PM   #14
nate
Oh, are they?
 
nate's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: S4
Location: H-town
Posts: 10,268
$52,000 for a 28k-Mile 1997 Ford F-250 HD SuperCab XLT Power Stroke 4×4

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-ford-f-250-36/
__________________
"People keep saying I'm crazy as hell, but sooner or later they're going to realize I know what I'm talking about." - Charles Barkley
nate is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2021, 07:07 PM   #15
robg
Carmudgeon
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,225
Quote:
Originally Posted by nate View Post
$52,000 for a 28k-Mile 1997 Ford F-250 HD SuperCab XLT Power Stroke 4×4



https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-ford-f-250-36/


Haven’t f250s always gone for crazy money?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
robg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2021, 07:04 AM   #16
John V
No more BMWs
 
John V's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8
Location: Glenwood, MD
Posts: 14,753
That one doesn't surprise me too much (though $52k is still insane). People love the 7.3L trucks for some reason. If this were an Expedition with the 7.3, I'd expect the sale price to be even higher.
John V is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2021, 07:56 AM   #17
FC
Solving problems
 
FC's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: M5 / 718 GTS / Cooper S / GTI / LR4
Location: Metro Boston
Posts: 25,216
Quote:
Originally Posted by John V View Post
That one doesn't surprise me too much (though $52k is still insane). People love the 7.3L trucks for some reason. If this were an Expedition with the 7.3, I'd expect the sale price to be even higher.
Maybe I'm not wired properly to appreciate this sort of thing, but maybe any vehicle gets expensive when it's one of the last of its kind for collectible purposes.

I just don't think it's attractive, it doesn't look cool, it doesn't drive well, and it doesn't sound good. And at those prices, it will never be used to tow, etc. So if it's going to be decorative, I don't think it's pretty enough for that.
FC is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2021, 07:58 AM   #18
wdc330i
dogged
 
wdc330i's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: '22 M440 xDrive GC
Posts: 13,246
Quote:
Originally Posted by FC View Post
Maybe I'm not wired properly to appreciate this sort of thing, but maybe any vehicle gets expensive when it's one of the last of its kind for collectible purposes.

I just don't think it's attractive, it doesn't look cool, it doesn't drive well, and it doesn't sound good. And at those prices, it will never be used to tow, etc. So if it's going to be decorative, I don't think it's pretty enough for that.
Totally agree.
wdc330i is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2021, 08:07 AM   #19
John V
No more BMWs
 
John V's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Carmudgeonly Ride: Ram, MS3, CX-5, RX-8
Location: Glenwood, MD
Posts: 14,753
Quote:
Originally Posted by FC View Post
I just don't think it's attractive, it doesn't look cool, it doesn't drive well, and it doesn't sound good. And at those prices, it will never be used to tow, etc. So if it's going to be decorative, I don't think it's pretty enough for that.
I agree with you.

But for people who like trucks (or more specifically someone willing to pay 50 or 100 large for what is basically just an old truck), they think the exact same thing about a Porsche 993.

The 7.3 Powerstroke, as much as I hate it, was the pinnacle of Ford diesels for a long time because the engines that succeeded it (6.0 and 6.4) were unreliable turds.

The 993 comparison is apt here, too, because the 996 (and to some degree the 997.1) was a letdown in comparison.
John V is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2021, 08:16 AM   #20
wdc330i
dogged
 
wdc330i's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Carmudgeonly Ride: '22 M440 xDrive GC
Posts: 13,246
Maybe people should just be buying the engine and putting it in a decent looking body.
wdc330i is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:19 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Forums © 2003-2008, 'Mudgeon Enterprises - Site hosting by AYN & Associates, LLC