Posted by Keith in Washington on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 10:47AM :
In Reply to: wc-53 carryall worth posted by dave on Monday, May 10, 2004 at 9:55PM :
It is hard to a price on it. It really depends on the truck. I got a very good one for a few hundred bucks, but the guy wanted to get it out of his back yard and he kept lowering the price by him self. I never did ask him for a price but he gave it to me for than half what he first offered.
Paul is right on the rust. Typical rust spots on the carryall are behind the drivers door along the lower edge of the body. The lower rear tailgate bottom edge and just above the battery box and between the battery box and the passenger door. Everyone that I have seen has rust there regardless how good the body is. The window drains go into these areas behind the doors. Also the lower edge of all the fenders where the doublers are often have rust as do the front fenders near the head lights around the mounting bracket. You can find rust below the rear windows and above the body seam. This is caused by moisture (condensation) getting caught between the body and the window boxes. This area was not painted and bare metal will rust. In general the carryalls do not rust too badly unless they have been in a salt area. Paul knows about that, look at the pictures of his truck when he started.