Funny how I just looked at the ended auction — high bidders name starts with a “ J” and ends with a “Y”
Jlcanterbury — did you just buy a 4wd ambulance?
And here I thought I was being sly. Nice work detective.
I was looking for some honest evaluations of the price- didn't want anyone being nice just to avoid hurting my feeling.
But now that I can openly celebrate , YEAH BABY!
I have family out in West Virginia so I took it as a sign to go for it. Paid more than what I wanted- was really hoping this would somehow go for about $5k... blew my own budget right out of the water but hey, it will be a fun project.
2003 was the last year of the legendary 7.3L engine and it has 160k miles, comes from a small town (meaning that it likely was only used during emergencies, rather than run all day every day and abused). A 2WD 2003 7.3L with that mileage would likely go for around $6-8k, add the ~$15k 4WD conversion and you've got your selling price + a little more. There's always the unknown with these auctions - with this one there was no running meter to tell actual hours it ran and although the seller repeatedly said there was no rust, it is from West Virginia, which most certainly salts their roads.
14ft box length and 8ft width is limiting.
That's what I was thinking. Might be a while before I see another late model 7.3L in 4x4. And the small town thing helps both with the (hopeful) lack of abuse and the fact that the don't salt as many of the 'country roads' as they do more heavily trafficked areas.
14ft box length and 8ft width is limiting.
I thought these had a 12' box... can anyone confirm? '03 Wheeled Coach box.
And yes, it will be limiting. But my rig for the past 15 years has been an '01 4x4 Tacoma with a Flippac camper... 5' wide and nimble enough to pass any about trail in the country, and she's conquered most everything west of Denver. Will be fun to have something with a little more room to build in this time!
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