Thanks a lot for the great advice. I realize that this truck needs some work, but this is also what I am looking for. I want to do a poor man's version of the Icon truck:
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This is the best one I have seen for sale around here in Nicaragua so far. Most of them look pretty beat up like this one:
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Will go there again next week with plenty of time to check it out.
Any other things I should look for?
The biggest thing, other than a vin, would be rust. Ring a magnet to look for filler. Expect to find rust at seams, in the rockers, around the frame. If the frame has light surface rust it's ok, less is better... Bring a sharp pointy screw driver, if it goes through the frame, I'd likely walk away... Unless the price changed a whole lot. Frames rust worst in the inside in the middle, the rear, and around the spring mounts.
Study the wrecks you see around, they'll be your key to understanding the bad areas.
Those 70 series turn signals look stock when mounted to the aprons.