BUYING AND OLD TRUCK IS A GREAT DECISION AND HERES WHY

Lets say you buy an old truck 1970-1980, in decent shape. For now lets pretend its has no fatal problems. You buy said truck for $2500. It needs $2500 worth of work to replace parts that are old or hindering performance. You’re $5000 in, add $1000 for random fixes in the first 10,000km and you’re at $6000 for your first year of ownership. At the end of it you have a reliable daily driver that needs maybe $800 a year in maintenance. 10 years of ownership = $14,000

A brand new truck, even if you never had to fix anything on it, would be at more then double the cost of enjoying a cool old truck over ten years. Plus the money you trickle into your older truck over time stays in your hands until a repair needs to be done. Add the fact that when push comes to shove you’ll be surprised what you can do yourself if money ever gets tight.  We found a guy in Dryden Ontario who had a lot of old Trucks that he would sell you as is or fix up for you and it was great to see. He even had an old Bronco Custom and a Ranger that looked like it was ready to go. He wouldn’t let us scavenge for parts so we took a quick look around and then hit the road.

I sat crunching the numbers on the long straight drive in the Prairies and anyway I slice it, I am coming out ahead buying this truck vs. a new one. Now new Trucks and old trucks aren’t really comparable, they are like night and day, I mean this thing feels more tractor then truck which is great for me, but I don’t expect everyone to enjoy driving something like this as much as I do. So my advice would be if you’re thinking about buying a truck, take a look at the older models before you run off with your hard earned money for something shiny and new.