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Mtbcoach

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I have shared with a few friends of the new path I’m on, moving to the coast, downsizing from my compound to a postage stamp of a lot near the beach. Along with property downsizing, I purged before leaving all that space, continuing to do so down here finding my new space quite snug with all my crap. A big part of this was waiting until I completed my move was to downsize my truck needs.

As much as I’ve loved my ‘15 Ram 2500 quadcab 4x4 Cummins, it has served me fantastically, it is a service vehicle which I don’t need any longer. Yes, there is a large part of me that knows the value of such a strong vehicle, great as a bug-out rig, I could probably get 90% of my valuables in it, in the event I had to evacuate. However, high insurance rates, dealer servicing and it’s not great for the life of a big diesel on short drives as I’m doing living on Pleasure Island. So, the Ram is being sold to Carmax, their best offer for it with 44k miles is $26k.

New truck...1960 Chevrolet El Camino...my dream truck, the Gentleman’s Truck. I prefer the ‘60 with the flying jet design, found this out of a collection being liquidated in Wisconsin, 20 year old restoration that has been climate controlled stored/car show driven since. I couldn’t be happier, finding this color works perfect for the beach instead of arrest me red or black. Still working on a name, must be something representative of my big girl with that wonderful grill and @ssend...
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sweet!!
 
styling........nice.
 
nice!!!! enjoy pleasure island!!!!
 
Highly recommend selling to carvana... they will offer you more than carmax. Good luck!
 
Congratulations on the classic ride. The ladies will love it!
 
I wish I had known about the Ram. I’m in the market for a truck just like that. If you haven’t taken it to Carmax yet, hit me up. I’ll be in Carolina Beach all this week, so I might be able to work it out. Congrats on the El Camino. ‘59 - ‘60’s are the absolute best with the tail fin styling. Beautiful truck.
 
@Mtbcoach That's beautiful! I've always had a soft spot for the 1960 Impala and the 1960 Ford Galaxie.
 
I had a great experience with Carvana as well. I posted a vehicle for sale on CL and they contacted me. Gave me a decent offer; ended up getting almost $1k more on a private party sale but was pretty impressed with Carvana for a 'wholesale' offer.
 
so how long till a lift, portal axles, and diesel swap enter your mind??? ;)

beautiful truck Jerry
 
I wish I had known about the Ram. I’m in the market for a truck just like that. If you haven’t taken it to Carmax yet, hit me up. I’ll be in Carolina Beach all this week, so I might be able to work it out. Congrats on the El Camino. ‘59 - ‘60’s are the absolute best with the tail fin styling. Beautiful truck.
PM sent Dave...
 
so how long till a lift, portal axles, and diesel swap enter your mind??? ;)

beautiful truck Jerry

For the first time in a long while, I don’t plan to phawk with this, bought to enjoy, not tear apart and sell for a 50% loss as my usual habit.

However, looking at how well a Sniper EFI might work for this old girl...🧐
 

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