What's it Worth?

[Geoff Weeks]

My pick would have been the 6-71 powered motor coach.

[Joseph Cummings]

19 minutes ago, Geoff Weeks said:

My pick would have been the 6-71 powered motor coach.

Pictures look nice, I'd definitely look underneath it before I bid though. Sometimes the structure and suspension are nightmares

[Geoff Weeks]

15 minutes ago, Joseph Cummings said:

Pictures look nice, I'd definitely look underneath it before I bid though. Sometimes the structure and suspension are nightmares

no chance of me bidding, just the one vehicle in the lot that raised my interest, that is all

[Joseph Cummings]

44 minutes ago, Geoff Weeks said:

no chance of me bidding, just the one vehicle in the lot that raised my interest, that is all

All too far away for me to even think about. The only thing I'd even be interested in would have been the LT. But not for that price. I'm really more into the heavy spec L cabs

[67RModel]

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.....

[67RModel]

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.

[Geoff Weeks]

12 minutes ago, 67RModel said:

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.

buyer may have paid more, but the seller didn't get it, so is a moot point.

If the truck in question was in THAT auction, it might bring more than the KW, but sold in a private sale, alone I don't think you'll see $15k. Most assuredly not $25k-$30k.

The KW was the closest in spec's and year to the truck in question, had a generator and living 1/4's which may or may not be something of value to the buyer.

[67RModel]

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.

On 12/19/2024 at 7:42 AM, 67RModel said:

I watch and participate in a lot of auctions. If shined up and properly advertised that sucker would bring $15,000. I would say $20k tops. Its definitely going to go to a collector or hobbyist.

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.

[Joseph Cummings]

I'd like to see what the guy looks like that paid 41K for a 1970 359 with frame cracks from rust jacking and a small cam cummins

Even the 4 way aux is only rated for about 8000 ft lbs input

Edited 1 hour ago by Joseph Cummings

[67RModel]

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....