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That level of rust would really concern me, as soon as you'd have to start pulling anything apart it's going to fight you with every bolt, nut, clip, etc. Suddenly a job as simple as replacing shocks turns into a nightmare with seized bolts that break, that turns into hard to find hardware needing to be replaced, and broken bolts needing to be drilled out of parts you don't want to or are impossible to remove or replace, etc.
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Unless at a price that's good enough to make that worth it I'd move on.
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FWIW I've purchased A LOT of cheap used old vehicles(mostly Fords though), that I've turned into reliable runners, fixed up, or parted out. I put almost no stock in what the seller or the odometer says, and only consider the model year as a reference for model year changes, not age. Why, on anything more then say 5-10 years old condition matters a lot more then anything else, condition will tell you everything if you know how to look. I'll take a 80 that's had a lot of owners and 300,000 miles on it but has been well cared for and is in good condition, over a 97 claiming one owner and low miles in bad condition every time.
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Most of all in Texas, from what I know of used rigs in Texas some of the prices can be high but some of the rigs are in AWESOME condition. I'd suggest looking more inland and with price I assume as your limiting factor give up age/mileage for condition.
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