Hello, looking for a functioning and registered older pickup truck for sale…
Thanks
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Welcome to the forum!
You should check your local Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.
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Welcome to the DOW, SeanW.
Let me show you around a bit.
Click open the stacked papers tool icon in the top page tool bar.
There open up the “Categories (17 more)”.
This will show all of the current and previous vehicles and other things sold, For Sale, here on the DOW.
The topic to focus on is the “Deal On Wheels II”.
Available old pickup trucks vary widely by where you are.
I gave away two non-working ones to a 14 y.o. boy when we moved 2 years ago. Towed away on their own wheels. Clung tightly to my now older, semi-functioning 1994 Ford he had not seen moved in a few years. Not-For-Sale.
Regards
Steve Unruh
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The 1984 4x4; dual-range; cast iron granny four speed: Ford I gave the kid had this 300 CID engine in it:
S.U.
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I’m on online tire kicker and like to go shopping even when I have no intention of buying.
My favorite website interface is https://www.carsforsale.com/, other biggies I know about are https://www.autotrader.com/ and https://www.cars.com/. However, all of these are primarily listing from dealers and prices seem to run a bit higher than on the previously mentioned Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace.
It’s certainly much more hit or miss than a database with a million + listings, but side of the road bargains still can be found. These were not particularly well suited for woodgas, but I live not too far from someone who flips vehicles, and he has a steady stream of older, clean, inexpensive cars and trucks for sale, usually $2,500 - $3,500. He lives on my way to work and I’d be happy to snap a few photos if you’d consider traveling to NW Indiana should a good prospect ever pop up.
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Hey. Here is a very well made pickup truck video that surfaced for me.
Do sidebar skip to 2:15 to get the actual meat of his perspectives.
For a young guy he has put the picture together. Explained it well IMHO.
Yep. Why I’ve kept the 1994 Ford HD F150. 2WD; so has a low reach-over and in, I’ve used much. Never regretted not having a jacked up 4X4. Get true winter studded tires and 800 pounds in the bed and just truck-on. Needing a true 4X4 locked-in: you want a shorter wheelbase; a shorter rear overhang, to not get hung up.
SeanW. make your cut off line as no newer than 1996. Find a no-rust/low-rust one somewhere and go drive it halfway across the continent to get this. Overpay to save down the road on the over-electronics installed newer production headaches.
Steve Unruh
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@SteveUnruh this is why I replaced my ecu with some crusty one from a junkyard. Brand new out of the box it was garbage. Then we found a '66 with points style distributer and I put that in. Now , I have something repairable. This whole business where we have to buy junk parts right out of the box is getting old.
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Older Chrysler electronic ignition module?
Maybe the voltage regulator?
Bad memory on my part, for sure 
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Yep Chrysler ECU plus 20 characters
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