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Remember Pawn Stars is a show. So they are playing to the masses. And Chumlee's "character" is good for ratings. I don't think Chum is as foolish as they make him out to be. Every once in a while he makes a comment or says something that denotes he actually has intelligence. He plays his part...
That truck has literally been doing that for most of its life. Originally it pulled rail cars and the current owner has used it on his ranch and as a hunting rig. He even told me about driving it across the Umpqua River. You could see the stack, his snorkel, and part of the windshield.
Looking at those photos though....it looks identical to that 401. Those side brackets for the stake bed are still laying on it in a pile. The truck still has its original bed (mostly). That cab is pretty small to.
1958. I would think that should make it a 404 if my memory serves correctly. I thought that it was really short myself. My 4 door tracker looks longer.
Not really sure myself. It weighs about 6380. So whatever scrap prices is would be a start. Just not sure I want to get into the project that bad right now. I really don't have a place to put it and it would take some time to sort through just to get it running. Stopping and street legal are...
Finally managed to get out to look at that 'mog. The owner is quite a busy guy. I think this needs more space and time than I have right now. I definitely has not been started recently. Like I had been initially told. The motor can still be cranked with a wrench, so it isn't seized. But, the...
It sounds like you are already doing this with the ebay ad. If nothing else it gives you time to think through what to do about the bed. And if sells in the meantime great. Despite what it looks like (or maybe because of it) that truck must have some interesting history.
You just have to love and appreciate the A10. Over-engineered for survivability. The fact that its nose cannon is larger than a VW bug doesn't even factor in.