gilmorneau
SILVER Star
Several months ago a guy I know who's also addicted to overseas "for sale" ads emailed me to ask if I'd seen this truck for sale in France. I hadn't, but when I saw it, I was smitten. Kinda had to buy it--two owners from new, original paint, original mechanics, no rust to speak of, reasonable miles, and a well-earned patina perfectly suited to a working truck.
Here's a photo from the original ad:
And here's what we saw when we went to look at it:
There's a few things that, shall we say, aren't to my taste, but I'm thinking this truck should clean up very nicely. Closer inspection revealed nothing alarming, and it ran and drove just fine. The guy I bought it from lives in rural southern France and keeps bees (hence the "sweet pickup" pun in the thread title). The previous owner was a carpenter in Lourdes, so maybe there's miracles in this truck.
I found this Google maps street view with this pickup parked in the yard of the seller, so clearly he'd had it for a while:
Here's a photo from the original ad:
And here's what we saw when we went to look at it:
There's a few things that, shall we say, aren't to my taste, but I'm thinking this truck should clean up very nicely. Closer inspection revealed nothing alarming, and it ran and drove just fine. The guy I bought it from lives in rural southern France and keeps bees (hence the "sweet pickup" pun in the thread title). The previous owner was a carpenter in Lourdes, so maybe there's miracles in this truck.
I found this Google maps street view with this pickup parked in the yard of the seller, so clearly he'd had it for a while:
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