muffinman42
Newbie
Well, I got there, saw the frame, the horn is bent but visually it looks like the rest *might* be okay, although the steering is definitely off. He said he'd take $600 though so I figured I couldn't go wrong. Bought it, just got home from the three hour trip and other than the battle with the steering, it did perfect. I'd say half of everything under the hood looks to be new (radiator included), zero rust, bench seat is almost pristine, I just have a hard time believing this thing has 270k, and I'd love to get it fixed if possible.
So the question now...how do I go about determining the condition of the frame? Visually it looks fine past the horn but it steers itself all over. Steering wheel has almost 45 degrees of play, so there's that, and when it's pulling on the road, it doesn't seem to prefer either direction, it feels more like bumps and slopes determine which way it pulls. Wouldn't a bent frame make it pull to one side with the wheels straight? Just spitballing here, but I got my hopes up of having bought a decent truck for $600
Oh, and the hubs...yeah, looks like just large center caps.
So the question now...how do I go about determining the condition of the frame? Visually it looks fine past the horn but it steers itself all over. Steering wheel has almost 45 degrees of play, so there's that, and when it's pulling on the road, it doesn't seem to prefer either direction, it feels more like bumps and slopes determine which way it pulls. Wouldn't a bent frame make it pull to one side with the wheels straight? Just spitballing here, but I got my hopes up of having bought a decent truck for $600
Oh, and the hubs...yeah, looks like just large center caps.
