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tinlid · 11-24-2008, 03:27 PM

If I buy a new $30,000 + truck and drive it for 10 years, I will loose a bunch. If I buy an old truck and put $5-10,000 in parts and drive it for 10 years I don't loose as much, if any. I am talking parts only. I can sometimes break even or a bit to the plus on a car but that's not counting my labor. My labor on my vehicles is what I love to do. It's a hobby to me. If all I wanted to do is make money in the field I would open a body or upholstery shop. But then someone tells me what they want done. Now, if you are dragging your build from shop to shop a budget is probably more important than if you are scrounging or building your own parts.

11-24-2008, 03:27 PM	#19
tinlid Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Englewood, CO Posts: 95	Re: Short Bed VS Long Bed Fleet Value If I buy a new $30,000 + truck and drive it for 10 years, I will loose a bunch. If I buy an old truck and put $5-10,000 in parts and drive it for 10 years I don't loose as much, if any. I am talking parts only. I can sometimes break even or a bit to the plus on a car but that's not counting my labor. My labor on my vehicles is what I love to do. It's a hobby to me. If all I wanted to do is make money in the field I would open a body or upholstery shop. But then someone tells me what they want done. Now, if you are dragging your build from shop to shop a budget is probably more important than if you are scrounging or building your own parts.