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So I am buying a new truck...

Yeah, a work truck they can throw a new bed liner in and give it a polish, but could have been used to haul lumber or engines or whatever... a good inspection will tell.
 
I don't know shit either but just throwing a few cents out there lol...
 
IMO a work truck would have more mileage, and most likely four door.  This was probably some rich older person's truck that trades their truck in on a new one every two years.  It has the top package, and low mileage, that is my guess.
 
queequeg152 said:
there is usually an inflection point with car depreciation. after a few years it starts slowing down. you ideally want to buy right at that inflection point.
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the moment you pull off the lot, is the maximum rate of value loss ...
 
Either way you will love it, I am sure you will have it for awhile.  The only thing I would consider as a downside is the 2 door.  Your kids are young/small now but when they get older you may wish you had the bigger cab.    I only put about 8k a year on my truck and the heaviest thing I have transported is a yard of mulch, so do not let the low mileage be a deterrent either.
 
Just got a call.  I can't get either of them.  They won't finance me.  I have no credit since 2009 and apparently a serious nonpayment in 2003 on a lease car.  I don't remember anything about it, but they said I had a $1800 charge on a lease turn-in in 2003.  I did lease an Olds Alero from 2000-2003, and then bought a new Olds Alero in 2003.  I thought any charges ie over millage etc were rolled into the new one, but apparently it was not the case.  I guess I am going elsewhere, I have no choice, unless I pay the money to fix my Dodge and keep driving that.
 
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Its mine!
 
Turns out the guy that owned it was a 65yr old lottery winner that bought multiple vehicles and drove them little, that is why only 19k miles in three years.  This thing is brand new!!!!!  I am lovin' it.
 
I want this one again-1952 Dodge,1/2 ton,Fluid Drive Tranny,Flathead 6 and 6 volt positive ground.
I was the 3rd owner back in 1975.
3 part back window,right and left hood,2 piece windshield.
 
Might have gotten it up to 65mph(downhill,with a good downhill grade or favorable wind).
45mph tops on my way back to the Canyon from Flagstaff(where I lived).
 
It actually came with a Plant manual for the guys that originally built them.
 
I put Engine mounts,a coil and a VW battery in it...
Ran great!
It sat in a barn for years,it was used to drive around on a strawberry farm-taking crates to the big truck.
 
Very low miles-wasn't even near having the speedometer/miles turned over.
 
If I remember right,it had less than 200,000 miles on it(more like 150).
oh ya,the emergency/Parking brake was history.
 
Green inside,blue outside.Not a speck of rust on it.It's whole life was in AZ.
Original everything,but it probably was originally green I think.
Insides back then matched the interior.
 
I loved that Truck!
 
I'm a Pick up lover,the older the better. LOL
 
Gotta be totally original though.
 
I saw 1 recently-beat to heck.
Guy sold it for $5000.
It was stock.
I got mine free.
 
https://www.google.com/search?q=1952+dodge+pickup&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL4OXlm_bMAhUGKGMKHdIBDasQsAQIHA&biw=1280&bih=923
 
I named it after Don Quixote's Horse-Rocinante-Formost Nag/old work horse...
 
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