It looks like a decent truck. The body is straight, no rust, from the pictures it looks like the paint still has some shine, the glass is good, interior looks good - no rips in the seat. I'm not sure why a lot of the guys here are saying that it's not worth much. Door not opening could be something as simple as the rod came out of the clip ($4 to fix). Even if you had to replace ALL the door mechanisms, it's less than $100. If you you can do the transmission yourself, you can get a rebuild kit with clutch plates for under $200. If it's in as good of f condition with few other problems, it should be about an $8000 truck after you fix the known problems with what trucks are going for. I don't think that's too bad for a $3500 investment. Or you can spend $70,000 for a new truck that has a working door and all gears.
Nobody here is trying to talk him into a $70k new truck. Just advising him not to spend $3k + $2k for a trans rebuild on a 300k mile truck that probably needs thousands more $$$ in to make it reliable enough to daily drive.
If he felt comfortable rebuilding an auto trans, he wouldn't be here asking how much it costs to have a trans rebuilt.
And I'm sorry but $8k wouldn't happen for that truck. The paint is definitely not shiny, that was just the seller taking pics in a dark wet car wash, lol. There is no way you can bring that paint around either, see the dry pictures?? The clear coat is gone on the tops.
Sure if you put in a brand new transmission (with warranty), re-paint it, all new suspension and steering components and throw in a brand new engine (with warranty) it could be worth $8k After you put $15k into it after the initial purchase price.