found a 1st gen, is it worth it?
 

My dad has a buddy that recently has had a 1st gen come into his possession and wants to sell it. It's a '91 250 2wd auto with a cummins. The odo shows just shy of 135000 miles. The guy says that the IP is dead, but at 135k the shutoff solenoid seems more likely to me. The body is freakishly straight with the typical worn out paint. The seat hasn't begun to wear yet and doesn't show any signs of age. We can't test any of the other systems in the truck like the electrical system either because the batteries are missing. He's asking $1200 for the truck as is, reckon its worth it?

sounds like a good deal to me, especially if it only has 135k on it, mines a 94 with 300k :U:

shoot for 1200, if it dont work out you can part the truck out and probably make more then that

i bought mine for 1000 its a 90 with 400,000 it ran for 10,000 then 6 grand later i got a bad ass rig

it sounds like a great buy go for it!:U:

What is it doing that he thinks the IP is dead?

not firing..

shoot the motor is worth that the truck is just a plus

could be alot of things. Could be as simple as the hot wire off the shut down solinoid is missing. If its in good shape I would say snag it.

x2 a little bit of help from the guys here on DB and you doing the wrenching we could probably get it up and hoppin in no time