Eh... the 12/24 original Cummins TD along with the 7.3's PS TD engines are the last of the good engines. Period.

 

I would rather have it in that truck over a bronco

 

Nice truck but not worth that much money.

As far as looking dated the Chevy CK trucks looked the same from '73-'87/'91 (1/2 ton/ 3/4+) and the current Ford Ranger has been the same for the last 16 years.

 

He definitely wants some good money for it -- although you'd be hard-pressed to find a vehicle like that with so many miles left in it for such a small amount of money. 60,000 miles on a Cummins diesel is nothing.

The one issue he'll likely run into is that there are few sources of financing for a 17-year-old vehicle with an asking price several times higher than its book value. So not only will he have to find someone looking for a pristine, old-school Dodge Cummins, but they'll also have to have almost $20,000 cash laying around in a bank account.....

 

For that money you can just buy a newer one with similar miles and not have a 17 year old truck you paid way too much for.

 

That really says it all.

Personally, I like the truck and I would probably pay 10k max for it, but as you said, almost 20k will buy you a very late model truck with low miles and all the modern technology built in for the same price.

 

Personally, that is more of a Jay Leno type of truck... something rare and over priced.

Doubting that Jay would buy it... but you get my point (hopefully).

[Not dissing Jay Leno in his car/truck collection... but seriously $18k for a stupid 17 year old p/u truck?]

 

Dodge has not always been behind, that "Old as hell" bodystyle you're talking about was the leader in '94. Before then, there was no such thing as a rounded body on a pickup truck, also Dodge designed the 94's to have styling cues from big rigs.

Ford and Chevy followed that example, leading ford to change in 96, and chevy to starting updating the box look in something like 99.

 

Yup.. guys look at the fords. Those things looked similar, not identical, but very similar from te 70s up to the 1996 and 1997 for the HD's

Dodge def changed first.