Rembrant Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Nice lookin' old F250 on Ebay. Seems to be fairly well intact. That blue seems different...is that a factory color or a repaint? https://www.ebay.com/itm/353053511340 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 It is a nice looking truck, but I agree with you that the blue seems wrong. However, the '85 brochure shows the darker blue to be Bright Regatta Blue Metallic and the '86 brochure says the darker blue is Dark Shadow Blue Metallic. So maybe I'm just not used to that color? EDIT: Notice that it has the glued-on trim that was an early '85 option. We've seen other later '85 and even a few '86 trucks with it. My theory is that the last of it was used up on "speculation" vehicles, meaning those which weren't ordered by the customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 It is a nice looking truck, but I agree with you that the blue seems wrong. However, the '85 brochure shows the darker blue to be Bright Regatta Blue Metallic and the '86 brochure says the darker blue is Dark Shadow Blue Metallic. So maybe I'm just not used to that color? EDIT: Notice that it has the glued-on trim that was an early '85 option. We've seen other later '85 and even a few '86 trucks with it. My theory is that the last of it was used up on "speculation" vehicles, meaning those which weren't ordered by the customer. Nice looking truck. Curious as to what they get for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARIAT 85 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 EDIT: Notice that it has the glued-on trim that was an early '85 option. We've seen other later '85 and even a few '86 trucks with it. My theory is that the last of it was used up on "speculation" vehicles, meaning those which weren't ordered by the customer. "Glued on?" "Pressure sensitive" is how Ford described it. It is attached with double-stick tape, just like the 1982 - 1986 emblems. I have noticed that every time that early 1985 trim shows up on a 1986 model, it is always on an F-250 model, and it is usually a single color truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 EDIT: Notice that it has the glued-on trim that was an early '85 option. We've seen other later '85 and even a few '86 trucks with it. My theory is that the last of it was used up on "speculation" vehicles, meaning those which weren't ordered by the customer. "Glued on?" "Pressure sensitive" is how Ford described it. It is attached with double-stick tape, just like the 1982 - 1986 emblems. I have noticed that every time that early 1985 trim shows up on a 1986 model, it is always on an F-250 model, and it is usually a single color truck. Pressure-sensitive just didn't seem descriptive enough, so I said "glued on", which isn't right. But, you are right that it on via double-stick tape. And I agree, it is usually on an F250 with a single color, although this one has two colors currently. I wonder what color(s) it had originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Bidding price hasn't budged on this truck. Sign of the times? The reserve is probably $10k, or more... I know the values vary wildly, but bidding on a truck like this would normally be higher than $2500 bucks by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Bidding price hasn't budged on this truck. Sign of the times? The reserve is probably $10k, or more... I know the values vary wildly, but bidding on a truck like this would normally be higher than $2500 bucks by now. Very much a sign of the times. With 22 million in the US out of work, with the US government spending buckets of money it doesn't have trying to prop up the economy, and with the price of oil having gone negative there is a very real danger of serious financial times ahead. And money for niceties, like this truck, dries up pretty quickly in times like this. My guess is that it won't meet the reserve and the guy will have to sit on it for a year or so. Bad timing. But think about the Bronco, IIRC, that was listed for $75K. Someone's going to be sitting on that one for a LOOOOOOOONG time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpin Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Very much a sign of the times. With 22 million in the US out of work, with the US government spending buckets of money it doesn't have trying to prop up the economy, and with the price of oil having gone negative there is a very real danger of serious financial times ahead. And money for niceties, like this truck, dries up pretty quickly in times like this. My guess is that it won't meet the reserve and the guy will have to sit on it for a year or so. Bad timing. But think about the Bronco, IIRC, that was listed for $75K. Someone's going to be sitting on that one for a LOOOOOOOONG time! Sold for $6000.00. Not bad considering the timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee1986 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Sold for $6000.00. Not bad considering the timing. I'm shocked that it went for that price. Didn't think anything under $10,000 would make the reserve. Somebody got what looks like a great truck for a steal of a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 I'm shocked that it went for that price. Didn't think anything under $10,000 would make the reserve. Somebody got what looks like a great truck for a steal of a price. Agreed. I was guessing the reserve price to be $8500 or $10k or more. That's a lot of truck for $6000. In hindsight, I would have been far FAR better off buying a truck like one of these than rehabilitating one, but it would be like crying over spilled milk now I suppose. I have thoroughly enjoying rebuilding mine, but from a financial point of view, it made such little sense to do so, I should probably be committed to an institution of some kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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