They are nice trucks. Look at the basics that you would check on any truck. Tires, fluids, brakes, blowby, etc. Look out for folks that point to a little triangle tag on the driver's door frame for a MWO or ¨Modification Work Order¨ for seatbelts and they try to refer to it as a rebuild tag. They get about 10 mpg in my experience and you can run them on waste motor oil, vegetable oil or practically anything somewhat petroleum based so long as you filter it properly. I just hope you're not in a hurry because while you can push one to go 55 on stock 9r20 tires or about 62 mph on 11r20 tires. I have 11r20's and prefer to run along around 45 to 48 mph, it just sounds alot less stressed out at those speeds. I think it would make a great farm truck for hauling hay. It can haul alot more than that but once again, don't be in a big hurry and make sure to understand up front that they've not been used by the military for quite some time and will likely need some maintenance. Alot of people bought them about 5 or more years ago when you could get a running truck that had been sitting for quite some time with the intent of ¨flipping¨. Some flipper's were honest people who serviced the trucks before selling. I've seen many who did just enough to get the truck off base and sell it for about 3 times what they paid. Back then, you could get a running truck in decent shape that at most would need batteries for around $1,000 bucks. I paid $1,045 for mine in October of 2009. 1971 Model, straight sheetmetal, very little rust, everything but the batteries was good to go. Put a set of batteries in, checked it over good and drove 150 miles home and the only issue was a leaking outer axle seal. A truck in that condition today at a GL auction would likely go for around $3,500 or so and a private seller might ask in the neighborhood of 6 to 8 thousand considering its now sitting on fresh 11R20 Firestone T831s, has new batteries, fairly new canvas and soft top, spin on oil filters, bypassed FDC and a muffler. I'm not in the market to sell my truck, I'm just trying to toss some perspective out there. Uncle Sam has very few of these left to auction and the market has gone up on these.
