The New Math of Driving Your Car Till the Wheels Fall Off

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56. Just got a 1966 1/2 ton long bed chevy pickup from the elderly neighbor. Traded some labor for it, got the title!

Sitting in a field for years, V-8 w/ a 4 speed. Here's what its going to take to get it back on the road. It looks rough, but its all there. We are talking a no frills BASIC no option pickup. Only has a heater and windshield wipers. These are coil spring pickups, so they ride really nice

New motor, building it myself, $2k
new front end $350 bucks
New wiring harness $90
Modern add on fuel injection $1k
Brakes $350 with some up grades
underdash Air conditioning $500
Tires $650
Miscellaneous stuff, ill go 1k

$6k to get it back on the road. I could add a 5 speed manual w/overdrive (better gas mileage and highway manners) for $500 w/ wrecking yard parts.

we will say 6500 tops and it will drive for years and years. And it will go up in value!!!!

Or i could just pop on down to my local friendly Chevrolet dealer and pay 60k plus TTL for a basic truck. The only way i could afford it is by putting it on a 72 month or greater loan. By the time its gets paid off, it's worn out. For an average middle class guy like me, it's not worth it.

I'll get my hands dirty for basic transportation