1950 RD 405 Wrecker

[Truck Shop]

This old girl is real straight, for sale for $14,000. A little steep on price-a ton of work to redo it.



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[Steve Frazier]

Either the market has changed drastically since I was a member at ATHS or this and the log truck are way overpriced! I'm accustomed to seeing old trucks in this shape for around $5K

 

[Truck Shop]

Steve- This has become a problem with trucks. The market has become inflated because of people getting in the market to flip vehicles. Everybody thinks
what they have is an heirloom because some vehicle marketer tells them it's rare and worth a small fortune. Which just isn't so. If people looking to buy
would keep their money in their wallet and walk away it would stop the balloon in price. I won't pay those silly prices. Some of these guy's just have to have
it because it feeds their ego. Just fools in my book, plus they don't do the work them selves they pay to have it done.

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[rzucker]

For the right price that would be fun to play with. Looks like it has Mack rears, probably some serious double reduction and Camelback suspension.

 

[JasonG]

Wow.
I buddy just paid the same for a 1999 truck similar to a 2005 I picked up last year.
If it was fixed up, yeah 15K.
Like that?

 

[Truck Shop]

For the right price that would be fun to play with. Looks like it has Mack rears, probably some serious double reduction and Camelback suspension.

It's worth 5,000 max as it sits. I have seen those axle ends before on old Internationals. But your right those are odd.

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[rzucker]

So, is that a factory built wrecker unit? looks like it has a push out extension in the center of the boom. It's got a nice looking bed if it's a shop built rig. One thing I remember about those old IH trucks is that they had more steering wheel than cab, you had to be pretty skinny to fit between the wheel and the seat. And don't get your fingers between the wheel and the door... Ok, maybe not that bad.