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Saw in Facebook. No affiliation. Just passing along. Not sure is LVX is a scare model but sure looks complete. and being an off road truck it probably has next to zero rust on it. Hopefully the engine isn't locked from having no muffler on it.... Mack LVX Rock Trucks - Commercial Trucks - Wolcott, Connecticut | Facebook Marketplace | Facebook

Was a 3412 ever available as a factory option from any manufacturer for an on-road truck? I doubt it but don't really know for sure.

Looks like air assist power steering....

OK that is insanity lol. Last I saw around here was a Mack reman was around $7500 give or take and an Eaton was $5000 give or take. I have been out of that game for a while though. I would never of thought a reman Mack would be $17,000 but maybe they have just gotten that obsolete over the last few years. I guess if they are 17k up there then you basically have no choice but to do the swap. Based on what you have said it will be way cheaper and in the end you will have a superior transmission.

I just wonder if whoever bought it is going to rerail it or just weld it up and call it good. Or maybe neither? The box truck had a lot of funky stuff going on with the frame too. It might have been a single axle tractor orginally. Looks like someone added a steel frame, tandem axle, torsion bar cut off to the original aluminum frame. Then they extended the cut off to accommodate the van body. Probably meaningless for a hobby truck but interesting to speculate....

The point I was trying to make is the buyers were willing to pay 10% more than what is shown.. That auction is representative of what I was originally saying. I never speculated a $25,000+ price. I guess at the end of the day I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. The OP asked what we thought it was worth. I firmly believe that KW would fetch $15,000 or maybe a little more. It would most likely take a little more effort than posting a for sale add with 5 pictures on Craigslist. Like I said someone else here offered $10,000 without even seeing it in person.

Its funny how Jersey is good with 70,000 on 3 axles but in PA you need 4.

The Mack transmission might seem more expensive than the Eaton on the surface but I can almost guarantee it would be cheaper, all things considered, to just replace what you have. Either by overhaul or just getting a reman unit. Call Weller or similar order exactly what you have delivered to whatever shop you use. Once it gets in they can have it swapped out and everything switched over in a day and you can be back to work the next. Then send your old one back as a core. I would forget about the Eaton in your case.

Another thing to note is this auction had a 10% buyers premium so the final cost to the buyers 10% higher than the posted selling price.

I didn't get a chance to watch the auction ending and just seeing the results now. Five figures? Hmmm..... Looks to me like these were all pulled out of a garage and not a lot of prep work was done prior to sale. I'll stand by my statement the C500 Kenworth that started this thread could be sold for $15000 or maybe a little more with the proper prep and marketing. Heck another forum member offered $10,000 for it having only seen 3 pictures of it.....

I think later on the gas engines were renamed Magnadyne....

Yes in my experience your wasting your time as a seller operating this way.

Lets reconvene in 2 or 3 days and see what lots 1, 4, 5, 6, & 7 sell for. Sheesley Vintage Truck Collection - Aumann Auctions, Inc.

I disagree. What it sells for is what its worth. I am confident if that truck were properly advertised and consigned at the proper auction house it would sell for $15,000 or more. Buyers / sellers fees aside the hammer price would be that or better. Thats all I'm saying

Never mind I didn't look before I posted that. Looks like there are no freebies anymore.