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[Frankenchevy]

Just as a price point, my 87 long bed with mostly original paint sold for $25,000 earlier this year. Interior was freshened up, engine (350 TBI) fairly detailed, body straight and solid.

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Nice looking truck, but man that’s high. I’ve seen action line trucks in similar condition at or below that price.

I’d say you got REALLY lucky with that buyer coming along.

Also, this is all based on pictures for both trucks. You really need to see a vehicle in person for an honest assessment.

 

[WFarm]

A couple suggestions @TX87R10 :

Install the missing chrome moulding on the sides, matching what’s on the rear.

Clean up the engine bay a little more. Remove the black overspray from the windshield fluid reservoir.

Do what you’re comfortable spending to freshen up the interior. Seat covers, dash pad, door panels, maybe bezel? I did my door panels myself. Recovering seat was around $200. New dash pad was around $600.

Photos are critical for these on line auctions. Might be worth the money to get professional pics. Make sure all the personal items (drink cans, candy containers etc) are out of the cab when photographing.

 

[Grit dog]

Really would appreciate anyone’s opinion here. I’m genuinely curious what turned you off when you saw it in pics, I thought showing things as original as possible was going to help

Who paints over dents like that bro?

 

[Grit dog]

Thanks all again for the feedback. It seems the overwhelming response on here and BAT is like oh you shouldn’t have painted it. Locally I hear more of the oh you didn’t finish the interior to black yet.

It’s are interesting takes bc for ex if your goal was to get the paint exactly like you want it why not buy one with at least a non invasive paint job and get it painted to your spec instead of settling on ****** paint jobs that were done but look more close to original. I saw so many trucks on BAT where people are pointing out rust under the paint clear as day that fetched a ton more. I guess I thought the transparency was better than cover up but went very wrong there.

In my mind it seems I placed a little too much value in all original pieces and work being accounted for.

I think I’ll put another couple hundred in to replacing things artificially and then repost it. Things like the brake pedal cover, the back trim, and maybe even throw some cheap gauge covers. I honestly figured the new owner would rather do cheap stuff like that to their liking

Wait wtf? You sold it no reserve but bailed on the deal?

 

[Redfish]

The link you have in that post that sold for $27K is for a short bed that is actually a very desirable truck.

 

[Frankenchevy]

It’s a listing site not an auction house. Had someone come by and look yesterday and offer 11k cash I’m not going to sell on BAT at a loss when I can get 12k easy all day around here.

So if the seller isn’t obligated to sell, is the buyer obligated to buy?

 

[Frankenchevy]

Do you get charged a sellers fee?

I wonder what the buyers fee is? Reason I’m asking, is what keeps the sellers buddies from hopping in and running up the bid?

 

[Frankenchevy]

Thats the thing everyone complains about if the seller has buddy’s running up the bid who don’t set up a payment ahead of time they have zero risk bc they’ll never get charged a fee their account will just get banned. They had stories where BAT admitted multiple bidders were using the same IP. When the winning bid was a sellers friend and they fail to pay the buyer fee quick enough jt automatically falls back to the next highest bidder who immediately gets a buyers fee charged and is the new winner

Seller is charged a flat rate $99 fee which I will lose no biggie

I never knew that. I don’t look on there very much at all, but always figured it was similar to eBay. The way they have that structured sounds conducive to mischievous activity.

 

[Trucksareforwork]

Wait wtf? You sold it no reserve but bailed on the deal?

no reserve auction! Just kidding!

 

[Grit dog]

For everyone saying 15k for a long bed in general is unreasonable this was some of the info BaT sent over on why it will fetch more than the 12k I wanted without reserve -

3 R10 long bed trucks have sold in the past year and a half on BAT. All 3 sold for more than $27k https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-chevrolet-r10-20/

The lowest sold long bed R10 truck in BAT history (until my listing of course!) was this one 3 years ago for $18k https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-chevrolet-r10-20/

Here are some pics of some long beds (different years but still good for comparison) that sold on BAT for more than my truck with half the remaining interior, lots of body damage and rust all over

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So yeah it’s easy to say “well it’s only worth x” and “you didn’t fix the dents or make the paint perfect” but **** I guess I should have just taken a sledgehammer to it first and sprayed rust colored paint all over it instead.

I think you need to sober up or something…
That blue shortbed you posted is NICE!
Not sure who what when how you think those junkers sold for “more” than your truck that you didn’t sell.
Just like idk how BaT is just a listing site and not an online auction.
Either I’m extremely dense or you’re making stuff up. Sorry…

 

[Grit dog]

Or since I’m ignorant to BaT, your saying it’s just a sham, basically?

 

[Grit dog]

Try googling it then big dog. I even added a link to the listings where those **** boxes went for more

Ok so? In the same breath you’re saying the chitboxes actually fetched some big $ (I don’t care enough to look it up) and some stupid amount of $ exchanged hands for beat up dump run trucks yet yours didn’t and anyone can back out at any time…..but the junkers got big money…..
Ok. May take a min for me to process that logic…

And who paints over dents….hahaha.

For the record $8k is good $ for your truck. If you got offers of $12-15k that you are turning down send them my way.
Hell, I’ll pay you a commission if you find someone to give me $15k for this truck…and I’ll damn near double my money!
10 years older, BIG10, original paint and interior (interior in way better shape than your 87), same amount of dents, with $15k (from prev owner) in receipts for new engine, trans, brakes, u joints, etc etc.
I just added the wheels and side pipes.

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[Grit dog]

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Absolutely a sham. Just google “is bringatrailer legit” and read how it’s not at all an auction or binding in any way, other than they may ban you.

Ok, so you already have your answer….
No one paid $10k or whatever for the banged up old rust buckets because they didn’t have to regardless of whether the website says “SOLD” or not.
Yet your using them as a real world comparison of values?

 

[Frankenchevy]

To bring it full circle, I’d say BAT is not a reliable source for pricing a vehicle. There is no way to verify the legitimacy of the bids, nor if any actual exchange/agreement was made.

Pricing is fluid. The market is softening on squares, and rather quickly in some locales. The peak was 2-3 years ago, though there still may be some residual “covid effect” on pricing.

Regionally, a decent condition longbed R10 may fetch $5-8k, though in some areas (or on occasion where someone may overpay—though even “overpaying” is subjective) it could sell for more.

In my area, $6-8k would be about right for a decent condition, late model, longbed half ton. In areas where decent rust free trucks are more scarce, I could see it being higher—basic supply and demand principles in play here.

Of course there are always outliers, and a number of reasons why a particular truck may be more desirable. Some are unpredictable such as, “It’s exactly like grandad’s truck I remember riding in with him.”

 

[Grit dog]

This yahoo is exactly the kind of village idiot that made me stop wanting to contribute anymore to this site.

Everything anyone asks for any feedback they come around with some dumbass **** going off on tangents about stuff that doesn’t even make sense. Fkin trolls

I’m sorry you’re not getting rich off of paw paws old truck just because you got Maaco to squirt a gallon of Rustoleum on it “as is.”
And without name calling, you are the one who actually asked for opinions about why it’s not worth as much as you hope or think it is.
You may consider this a tangent, but listen if you would like to be better informed….Unless you’re selling it to a redneck high school kid who has money or the dumbest adult around, when you see something like your truck that is obviously repainted and obviously done with far fewer than average ***** given about the bodywork before the paint, it puts (arguably one of the most expensive single repairs or improvements) the whole paint job and frankly the whole rig in question.
Someone who’s paying good money for something half original half nice, half old..is probably planning on improving it. And in the case of the paint and body, just your pics without even inspecting what other corners were cut or the inability to verify prep work from a body man who couldn’t pull and or bondo a couple dents, means you can’t even think about laying down a quality paint job after the repairs without stripping off the questionable paint job.
Not being a dick, just being honest.