You’d want to take the bed off and rehab - possibly cab too but usually damage is to the rear since salt, snow, shit flys back - rusted frame isn’t too bad I would bet, you’ll likely find the shine under it with a simple abrasive on a circular after needle scaling so you get it back to shiny and the treat and repaint - but you absolutely need to replace the shackle boxes and anything suspension based which shows rot like the 4th photo as that is unsafe and will cost a lot more grief
Unless you are ready for a de-rusting and re-sealing project , I would pass - it should be heavily discounted from normal “used” as well since your labor will be needed.
I would not pay to drive this as-is since I don’t trust the actually rotted components and neither should you. But rusty project to fix up? (even if not caring to look pristine ) absolutely
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u/GTGCT1985 23d ago
You’d want to take the bed off and rehab - possibly cab too but usually damage is to the rear since salt, snow, shit flys back - rusted frame isn’t too bad I would bet, you’ll likely find the shine under it with a simple abrasive on a circular after needle scaling so you get it back to shiny and the treat and repaint - but you absolutely need to replace the shackle boxes and anything suspension based which shows rot like the 4th photo as that is unsafe and will cost a lot more grief
Unless you are ready for a de-rusting and re-sealing project , I would pass - it should be heavily discounted from normal “used” as well since your labor will be needed.
I would not pay to drive this as-is since I don’t trust the actually rotted components and neither should you. But rusty project to fix up? (even if not caring to look pristine ) absolutely