Is it the V10, mileage, or am I too honest in my description? I have not had a single person interested in the truck.

Here's the ad:

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/3916491772.html

 

Combination of all that plus more. You are only going to get interest on an enthusiast board, the average idiot reading Craigslist sees a Frankenstein.

 

Probably so. Maybe I would have better luck if I put the V10 in the Expedition and returned the truck to its V8 originality. Maybe when it cools off.

 

Much of the time the average joe can't handle his stock truck let alone a non stock.
Very often when a swap is done that took a lot of work to get everything to work, the vehichle cannot be sold because the title does not match the vehichle as built any longer.
If the next owner has a problem most shops won't touch it.
These are some of the realities of it.
Good luck.

 

I think it's mainly the V10 (and that it came from a salvage yard, just doesn't have a good connotation) and the mileage. But also, like GLC said, for someone to be truly interested they would have to be educated on the swap and fully understand all of the work thy went into it. When buying a high mileage, used vehicle, there is always risk involved. But there is much more risk involved when buying a vehicle that has had a heart transplant from a slightly different species. I love the truck and its V10, but the average buyer likely sees it as a highER risk than a similar truck with a similar price and a 5.4. Sadly that V10 swap adds value for a select few number of buyers, but drops the value for a majority of them. I think it would be an awesome truck for a high school kid!

I hope you're able to find a buyer! Someone will, eventually, come across it and have to have it. There are people out there wanting to do a V10 swap but are afraid of the complications involved, and they'll see that you've already done it. As long as you can comfort and assure them that everything was done the right way, someone will buy it. You may want to try marketing it on some regional or national websites to get it in front of more people.

 

Thanks for the input guys. I never thought about all the aspects of the average consumer. I couldn't decide if the V10 added or reduced value from when I decided to do it, but clearly its a reduction.

Maybe I should just say it's a 1999 F150 4x4 and leave it at that. It just came with a V10 I guess.

Stupid morals... Always costing me money...

 

You can't win selling a used vehicle haha. Be honest, and people will be scared. Be vague/lie and they think you're sketchy. I hate it haha.

Just say it was a "special order" option and that it's extremely rare

 

I don't think the V-10 adds value for anyone; even someone that may be looking for a transplanted vehicle. Even for those extremely limited number of folks that'd even be interested in a V-10 swap, I'd say the value to them is a wash vice an increase. And as like you said, a decrease in value for everyone else. Maybe even more than a decrease in value but a complete deal killer. For example, having driven one and towed with one, I am not a fan of that motor, and thus there will be more like me seeing the same thing. Keep in mind also when trying to sell a specialty vehicle such as yours, not only is the percentage of folks that may be interested the minority, but they are the vast minority. Example...look how many folks on here complain about blown out spark plugs? The minority by far, but still enough to get your attention. Now compare those to the total number of F150's on the road...not even a drop in the bucket. Only the enthusiast are in this network we have here; not even close to a fair representation of F150 owners out there...or in comparision, not a representation of folks that may be interested in a truck like yours.

Used vehicle sales is not a tough market in retrospect. It just requres you to be honest about what reality is (i.e. what the market says your truck is worth) and what fiction is (i.e. what you would like to think your truck is worth). Another thing that may assit in promoting the sale is to get it really cleaned up and detailed. While the assumption initially may be a good detail job is an attempt to cover up something, I assure you it's not. The average consumer want's something nice and shiney when they spend a lot of money on a vehicle. Looking at your engine bay and stuff, that truck could use some TLC. Another indicator to the would-be new owner that it really hasn't been cared for that well leaving them wondering what's in store 500 miles down the road.

I know my post may come across as negative, but please try to accept it as just the cold hard truth.

 

I'd buy it. Given what the ad says. But im sure people read it and they don't know what to think.

 

Pretty much sums it up.......
sounds like someone drove a magnet through a parts yard.

However, I DO appreciate all of the work it took to make it. Why not just keep it?

 

IMHO, if I swapped a V10 in my truck, it would be with the knowledge that I was gonna keep the thing until I wrecked it... or I would be willing to take a huge loss if someone wanted it.

Despite the maintenance, as soon as I saw 6.8, I thought project truck, and then your asking price became too much.

 

That would probably be your best bet. Your other option is keep the truck around for a toy.

 

Yeah, keeping it is another option. Why are you trying to sell it after doing all that work to it just one year ago? I'm assuming there's another vehicle you want/need

 

When selling a vehicle, patience is a virtue. The buyer has to have cash for a vehicle that old. No bank will finance it. Someone with that much cash might buy a new or much newer truck from a dealer who can arrange financing. If you can get someone to come look at it and drive it, the power might blow them away and they will have to have it!

When I bought my 02 FX4 Lariat 4 years ago, the seller was asking $10,000 which was wholesale. He advertised it on craigslist for that price for 6 months before I started looking for a used truck. He said many people wanted it but could not come up with the cash. It only had 69k miles on it and I was lucky it was available when I started looking.

 

I (wife and daughter) needed more pet and people room. I bought an 01 Expedition.