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I'm sure this has been brought up before but in a search I didn't really find any really good results that deal with my kind of situation here, and if nothing else me asking again might help somebody else further down this life; I tried to make the first part of the title searchable/have major keywords...
There's an M925A1 on my local Craigslist I'm toying with the idea of trying to become next owner of. It's a pretty nice truck, has had a lot of stuff done to it and lots of extras, some of which I don't need and will be trying to opt out of. I know posting links to active/current auction listings, Craigslist posts, eBay listings, and the like is very much frowned upon so I will respect that wish and refrain from doing so.
Being from a private seller, it appears to be fairly gone through and has had some stuff done to it, no major hot rodding or anything but stuff like locking door handles, locking fuel cap, new batteries, etc etc etc. Basically much, much better than a couple rust-bucket, needed-some-serious-love M927's I chased at auction and didn't win. I'd rather buy from a private seller anyway, fewer unknowns plus the action availability is drying up.
If I ended up with it I'd be making it into a living situation eventually, and moving out of the college dorms, save rent and living in the truck rationalizes getting one. I.e building a removable box in the bed and essentially making it a tiny home or R/V. I'd rather do this with a M927 or M928 but this one is close by and I'd like to get one before they get less and less common as time goes on, especially stock; I'd like a mostly stock one rather than someone else's bobbed, hot rodded hack job; if I'm gonna modify anything I'd rather do it myself so I know what's been messed with and when and why, the hack job is at least created and understood by me.
Anyway, what would you suggest in terms of looking at it, what kind of things would make you walk away or even RUN away as fast as you could? Of course I don't even need to list the obvious things, because, well, they're no-brainers, but what are the little nuances you would look out for? I have climbed around on a couple M939s, one even somewhat recently, i.e a few months ago, and I've seen them in pictures inside and out enough times that I know what's where on one as far as basics are concerned but I still haven't heard one run in person or been underway in one in person, driving OR riding shotgun. (I have, however, ridden shotgun in a multifuel Deuce before on a couple occasions so I do have some idea/schema of how these are.
If anyone wants to see the ad I could PM it to you, might actually be helpful since with others seeing it I could get ideas on trying to possibly negotiate price. I have some level of Deuce and 5 ton "Dollars and sense" instilled in me already from a couple years of reading threads and talking with other MV hobbyists but any and all insight is still appreciated and helpful.
Anyhow, any pointers?
There's an M925A1 on my local Craigslist I'm toying with the idea of trying to become next owner of. It's a pretty nice truck, has had a lot of stuff done to it and lots of extras, some of which I don't need and will be trying to opt out of. I know posting links to active/current auction listings, Craigslist posts, eBay listings, and the like is very much frowned upon so I will respect that wish and refrain from doing so.
Being from a private seller, it appears to be fairly gone through and has had some stuff done to it, no major hot rodding or anything but stuff like locking door handles, locking fuel cap, new batteries, etc etc etc. Basically much, much better than a couple rust-bucket, needed-some-serious-love M927's I chased at auction and didn't win. I'd rather buy from a private seller anyway, fewer unknowns plus the action availability is drying up.
If I ended up with it I'd be making it into a living situation eventually, and moving out of the college dorms, save rent and living in the truck rationalizes getting one. I.e building a removable box in the bed and essentially making it a tiny home or R/V. I'd rather do this with a M927 or M928 but this one is close by and I'd like to get one before they get less and less common as time goes on, especially stock; I'd like a mostly stock one rather than someone else's bobbed, hot rodded hack job; if I'm gonna modify anything I'd rather do it myself so I know what's been messed with and when and why, the hack job is at least created and understood by me.
Anyway, what would you suggest in terms of looking at it, what kind of things would make you walk away or even RUN away as fast as you could? Of course I don't even need to list the obvious things, because, well, they're no-brainers, but what are the little nuances you would look out for? I have climbed around on a couple M939s, one even somewhat recently, i.e a few months ago, and I've seen them in pictures inside and out enough times that I know what's where on one as far as basics are concerned but I still haven't heard one run in person or been underway in one in person, driving OR riding shotgun. (I have, however, ridden shotgun in a multifuel Deuce before on a couple occasions so I do have some idea/schema of how these are.
If anyone wants to see the ad I could PM it to you, might actually be helpful since with others seeing it I could get ideas on trying to possibly negotiate price. I have some level of Deuce and 5 ton "Dollars and sense" instilled in me already from a couple years of reading threads and talking with other MV hobbyists but any and all insight is still appreciated and helpful.
Anyhow, any pointers?
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