Stucco Bronco in Saskatchewan

[NotEnoughTrucks]

The bull bar looks to be in good shape. Let's see if Ray's "handle" proves to be accurate.

For $250 in his backyard, he can't not buy it can he?...lol.

Looks like I'm an owner.

Pretty rough, sunk in the mud, but had the cleanest grill and headlights I'd seen in a long time. Nice straight hood too. No extra charge for rust and mice.

Of course, that bull bar will be up for grabs.

[Gary Lewis]

Looks like I'm an owner.

Pretty rough, sunk in the mud, but had the cleanest grill and headlights I'd seen in a long time. Nice straight hood too. No extra charge for rust and mice.

Of course, that bull bar will be up for grabs.

He lives up to his name!!!!

Ok, pics please. Not only of the truck, but getting it out. I'm wanting to learn new tricks.

[NotEnoughTrucks]

He lives up to his name!!!!

Ok, pics please. Not only of the truck, but getting it out. I'm wanting to learn new tricks.

Going back with a trailer later this week. 12,000 lb winch on the trailer and I am going to need it!

This thing really is a mess. Interior partially dismantled, tailgate missing, rust on most panels. Maybe can save passenger door and fender. Truck has not moved in 10 years, engine siezed. Looks like I can salvage some nice blue interior panels. Bumpers are nice. Lariat/Explorer trim.

[Rembrant]

Going back with a trailer later this week. 12,000 lb winch on the trailer and I am going to need it!

Was it pretty close to you?

 

[Gary Lewis]

Going back with a trailer later this week. 12,000 lb winch on the trailer and I am going to need it!

This thing really is a mess. Interior partially dismantled, tailgate missing, rust on most panels. Maybe can save passenger door and fender. Truck has not moved in 10 years, engine siezed. Looks like I can salvage some nice blue interior panels. Bumpers are nice. Lariat/Explorer trim.

I have a 12K winch on my trailer and it took most of it's power to pull that '60 Chevy pickup out - after we jacked it up and got inflated rubber under each corner. And we brought some trees with it.

[NotEnoughTrucks]

Going back with a trailer later this week. 12,000 lb winch on the trailer and I am going to need it!

Was it pretty close to you?

110 KM west. Near Cupar, Sk.

[Rembrant]

110 KM west. Near Cupar, Sk.

Something else I see popping up all over the west is cheap old camper vans, like the one below in Regina.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-rv-motorhome/regina/camper-van/1352999517?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Most of these things have long rusted away out here on the east coast and were hauled off for scrap. However, they still seem to be relatively common out west where they didn't corrode to pieces. I have no use for one, but I suppose if I had lots of space it would be cool to have one if/when the need arose.

PS: I had to Google what "Craven" was, and why an old van would be good for it...lol.

A nice old F250 with a plow was just posted here locally in NS (on Cape Breton island). It's not around the corner, but it's not all that far either. Price is great considering the plow is included, but again, I have no use for the old girl. Be nice to see somebody grab it and fix it up rather than somebody using it for a work horse until it dies. It looks restorable, in pictures at least.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/cape-breton/1985-ford-f250/1352888074?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

 

[Gary Lewis]

Something else I see popping up all over the west is cheap old camper vans, like the one below in Regina.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-rv-motorhome/regina/camper-van/1352999517?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

Most of these things have long rusted away out here on the east coast and were hauled off for scrap. However, they still seem to be relatively common out west where they didn't corrode to pieces. I have no use for one, but I suppose if I had lots of space it would be cool to have one if/when the need arose.

PS: I had to Google what "Craven" was, and why an old van would be good for it...lol.

A nice old F250 with a plow was just posted here locally in NS (on Cape Breton island). It's not around the corner, but it's not all that far either. Price is great considering the plow is included, but again, I have no use for the old girl. Be nice to see somebody grab it and fix it up rather than somebody using it for a work horse until it dies. It looks restorable, in pictures at least.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/cape-breton/1985-ford-f250/1352888074?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

That camper is cheap - if it runs and drives. But I still don't understand Craven. Doubt it means the town in England. Nor one who is is cowardly. One who is into something?

And the '85 F250 certainly is clean. And at $2000 US it is a buy - assuming that it isn't rusting away underneath. But, while it is an Explorer it has very little side trim. I'm surprised you could get an Explorer that plain.

[Rembrant]

That camper is cheap - if it runs and drives. But I still don't understand Craven. Doubt it means the town in England. Nor one who is is cowardly. One who is into something?

And the '85 F250 certainly is clean. And at $2000 US it is a buy - assuming that it isn't rusting away underneath. But, while it is an Explorer it has very little side trim. I'm surprised you could get an Explorer that plain.

We'll have to wait for Ray to chime in to confirm, but from what I gathered online, it is some kind of country music festival in the town of Craven, SK. I guess that would be a good place to take a classic camper van.

If I lived further out in the country and had a bigger property with a longer driveway or larger yard, I'd be all over the F250. However, where I live now, we rarely have to plow snow. My driveway is only 110 ft long, and in all of this past winter, I only had to plow it twice (with my ATV), and even then it was really only because the wife was howling about it...lol. I could have left it and let it melt.

Still, at $2500 CDN with a plow, the old girl does appear to be relatively intact for it's age and location. It could be rusted to bits underneath, but maybe not.

[Gary Lewis]

That camper is cheap - if it runs and drives. But I still don't understand Craven. Doubt it means the town in England. Nor one who is is cowardly. One who is into something?

And the '85 F250 certainly is clean. And at $2000 US it is a buy - assuming that it isn't rusting away underneath. But, while it is an Explorer it has very little side trim. I'm surprised you could get an Explorer that plain.

We'll have to wait for Ray to chime in to confirm, but from what I gathered online, it is some kind of country music festival in the town of Craven, SK. I guess that would be a good place to take a classic camper van.

If I lived further out in the country and had a bigger property with a longer driveway or larger yard, I'd be all over the F250. However, where I live now, we rarely have to plow snow. My driveway is only 110 ft long, and in all of this past winter, I only had to plow it twice (with my ATV), and even then it was really only because the wife was howling about it...lol. I could have left it and let it melt.

Still, at $2500 CDN with a plow, the old girl does appear to be relatively intact for it's age and location. It could be rusted to bits underneath, but maybe not.

Ahhh! A music festival would explain it. I didn't find that explanation.

As for not plowing, you must have a relatively flat driveway. We lived in PA with a steep driveway but an AWD vehicle. I discovered that while you could traverse it one time w/o plowing, by doing so you effectively turned the snow into ice, and future trips were "tense" - especially in the downhill direction as there was a 90 degree turn at the bottom with a bolder on the other side if you missed it.