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TRUCK WANTED:OLDIE PREFERRED

shari - 5-19-2006 at 10:16 AM

We need an old but strong truck that runs to haul rock and building supplies. An old 70's Ford or similar would be best as they have thick steel bed which hold up to rock carrying. Doesn't have to be imported or anything. Also looking for a 1999 4X4 Suburban half ton. Ya never know till ya ask right?:?:

Oso - 5-19-2006 at 04:46 PM

Shari,
I am selling my "Baja-proven" '82 Chevy Silverado 4x4. Details and pics available at http://www.loshermanoslocos.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=820

At the moment, I have removed the caravan top (all steel, all welded, washboard-proof), selling separately- was asking $750 but may take $500. (They are over $3k new)

The Chevy has a 2" lift, good condition 33" Yokohama Geolandars, rebuilt 350, new'ish' transmission, bull-bar bumper & 8000# winch. At the moment, a lumber rack with custom sunshade.
Asking $3,500, negotiable w or w/o winch etc.

One caveat, needs to be registered in AZ or imported to Baja. Even though compression is tight, catalytic converter removed. Has headers and glasspacks for mucho power but won't pass asinine California standards.

Located on border in San Luis, AZ. U2U me if interested.

Bob and Susan - 5-19-2006 at 04:58 PM

Oso...did you know...

in CA you can register your car without a smog test...

or CAT Converter...

if....

the car is located in Baja
you have a mailing address there....
and it would be a hardship to bring it back just for the smog test....

i'm glad i'm in baja whenever my smog test is due:lol:

Bruce R Leech - 5-19-2006 at 05:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Oso...did you know...

in CA you can register your car without a smog test...

or CAT Converter...

if....

the car is located in Baja
you have a mailing address there....
and it would be a hardship to bring it back just for the smog test....

i'm glad i'm in baja whenever my smog test is due:lol:


Hay Bob can you make a separate thread and post more details on this. I get 2 or 3 people a week asking about this and you are the first one I know that knows anything about it..

shari - 5-19-2006 at 05:41 PM

thanks OSO but I was thinking of something in the $2,000-2,500 range...a beater that runs and because I live in Baja I don't have to import it. I drive a Trooper with 2000 plates and have done so for 6 years. Let me know if the price drops.

Bob and Susan - 5-19-2006 at 06:17 PM

Bruce

fill out this form and state that the car is in Mexico and give the address
Then say it would be a hardship to bring it back to only smog...
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg256.pdf
mail it in. Easy

now....when buying
family member gave me a car. Is a smog inspection required?

If you acquire a vehicle that is currently registered in California from a spouse, domestic partner, sibling, child, parent, grandparent, or grandchild, you are entitled to an exemption from the smog inspection.
NO SMOG REQUIRED
Other family members or relations are not exempt and are required to obtain a smog inspection certification.

"grey area" cars always come from a relative:biggrin:

shari
If you don't import the new car you are buying you should at least get a ten year temp import permit so you are legal.

bajalou - 5-19-2006 at 06:26 PM

Are you sure that applies bringing a car from another state. I was told by a supervison in Sacto. that I would have to have a smog test bringing it to CA registration from AZ even thouth no change in ownership and car had previously been registered to me in CA. If you have a address in Imperial county - there are no periodic smog checks, jmust change of ownership and bringing from another state.

Bob and Susan - 5-19-2006 at 06:30 PM

no smog needed if the car is in Mexico or Nevada.

bajaguy - 5-19-2006 at 09:33 PM

SMOG required in Nevada if based in Washoe county (Reno) or Clark county (Las Vegas), unless exempted due to a various reasons

villadelfin - 5-19-2006 at 09:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
Oso...did you know...

in CA you can register your car without a smog test...

or CAT Converter...

if....

the car is located in Baja
you have a mailing address there....
and it would be a hardship to bring it back just for the smog test....

i'm glad i'm in baja whenever my smog test is due:lol:


Bob, Susan; I don't get it.
The DMV document says you can exempt the smog test except if you are in NV or Mexico...? and that is for transfer of ownership, not renewal so how do you keep renewing. My car will never leave the Baja because I'm not going back. Definitely a hardship to get it smogged.

Bob and Susan - 5-20-2006 at 03:26 AM

i JUST re-registered (in CALIFORNIA) my Samauri...
it needed a smog....

i filled out the form...
car is in Mexico...gave the address

paid the fees by mail and....
they mailed the tags..to california address

I bought a vehicle last year from "my father-in-law"...
registered it without a smog...easy

Bob and Susan - 5-20-2006 at 03:28 AM

one time i changed the year of manufacture on a Sunbeam Tiger...

but that's another story...

villadelfin - 5-20-2006 at 08:05 AM

D'you mind one more question? Thanks. What do you do about the insurance requirement. Does DMV accept Mexican Insurance policies? or do you buy liability insurance and then cancel? My registration renews end of July.

Bob and Susan - 5-20-2006 at 08:08 AM

mine are registered in california....

and insured in california...

we drive ALOT!!!

Thank You

Al G - 5-20-2006 at 08:19 AM

Bob. You just solved a problem I was about to undertake. I wanted to take my old jeep to Todos Santos and leave it. I struggle every 2 years to smog it anyway. I want to put Mexican plates on it, but doubt I will have the documentation for a while. This is very important Info. Thank you very much.

bajalou - 5-20-2006 at 08:59 AM

One day insurance can be purchased for the day of renewal (California) If the vehicle is in Mex. your US insurance doesn't cover liability anyway.

vandenberg - 5-20-2006 at 09:33 AM

Besides filling out the exemption form, in Sacramento DMV, we have to show proof of Mexican Insurance. No California insurance necessary. We have a Suburban and a Toyota here in Loreto and have been doing this by mail for years. And now, if we do have any questions we talk to the DMV office on Skype for next to nothing.

shari - 6-1-2006 at 02:50 PM

gracias amigo but an 88 is too new, we need something made before 1980 that has a stronger box to hold up to rock trips as we're building a stone addition to our B&B.

msenior - 6-12-2006 at 07:55 AM

I have the perfect truck for you.....
1978 dodge 1 ton
auto trans
360 v8
a/c
power steering
12' steel bed
upper and lower lockable steel tool boxes on both sides
and best of all it has a .....
POWER LIFT GATE....
this truck can carry 3 full pallets of block.
if you need more info give me a call @ 949-922-5110
Mike
$3,000 obo

Click on this link for pictures....

http://members7.clubphoto.com/mike466873/4071236/guest.phtml

[Edited on 6-12-2006 by msenior]

[Edited on 6-12-2006 by msenior]

Bruce R Leech - 6-12-2006 at 09:02 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
one time i changed the year of manufacture on a Sunbeam Tiger...

but that's another story...



you had a Sunbeam Tiger? wow no there was a car.:o

DanO - 6-12-2006 at 01:56 PM

Yeah, baby, what beasts those Tigers were! A guy in my high school had one, and had to replace the clutch a couple of times a year because he was constantly slipping it to stay at low speeds in traffic. But even that didn't hold a candle to the MG Midget another guy had shoved a V8 engine into. Scary. I wonder if they keep statistics on how many of those Tigers got wrecked (I heard that this was done some years ago for AC Cobras, another car famous for being too much car for most drivers).

Bob and Susan - 6-12-2006 at 02:11 PM

Norm Miller has a registry...

I had 3 in my lifetime....

They're not as fast as a corvett but nice...for the time

Most people don't even know what they are anymore...too bad

shari - 6-12-2006 at 05:59 PM

wow, that is a great truck, the truck of our dreams allright but it's out of our price range, we just need a beater under $2,000....there must be an oldie out there somewhere...some ranch truck or something. HELP... or does anyone have one of those trailers like the back of a pick up?

Bruce R Leech - 6-12-2006 at 06:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan


Most people don't even know what they are anymore...too bad


then they don't no squat about cars.:lol:

Bob and Susan - 6-12-2006 at 06:09 PM

shari...you can buy a full size utility trailer for $500 brand new in fontana ca

no registration... no insurance...no mechanical problems...

i have 2 i use all the time...trailers are the best way to go if you have a truck or car to pull them with

comitan - 6-12-2006 at 06:19 PM

Don't leave me out fellows, I used to race a volvo sedan and my biggest competion was MG, TR-2, Sunbeam Alpine.

Bob and Susan - 6-12-2006 at 06:23 PM

i used to have a triumph tr4 with a buick v6 and automatic....

i painted it BRG and put a tan interior in it..WOW!!!

Bruce R Leech - 6-12-2006 at 06:23 PM

Sunbeam Alpine. is a whole different animal

Bob and Susan - 6-12-2006 at 06:28 PM

only..

different steering
different rear axel
different trunk
different firewall
different dash
different instruments
different moulding
different name
different transmission
and different ENGINE... FORD!!!

otherwise the same:lol:

comitan - 6-12-2006 at 06:39 PM

Made by the same company?

Bob and Susan - 6-12-2006 at 06:54 PM

they also made Hillman...i had one of those too....and Singer...those looked like MGTCs

bajalou - 6-12-2006 at 07:16 PM

shari, check your U2U

Sunbeams.... and detours...

djh - 6-12-2006 at 08:34 PM

My brother and I (and 6 of our buddies) race vintage Formula Vee's (in the SOVREN group). Lots of fun... Ours is a 1969 RCA. Our run group has a total of 14 of em' !!!

Our run group includes small bore stuff.... MGA, Volvos, Saab V4 and 3 cyl., Bug Eye, occasional 356's (though they race in the next group up generally), Sprite, Imp., a Peyote, Lotus 11, and some vintage oddballs....

In the larger bore run group, we have a couple of Sunbeam Tigers that give the Porsches, Vettes, and early Mustangs a scare!

Lots of fun... The SOVREN (Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiats - all 1969 and earlier) races are in Seattle, Portland, Vancouver BC, etc... Always a 5 to 10 hour trip to the races for us... but we love it!

We'll be racing the historics at Seattle and Portland the next several weeks.... Who'd have thought all my early years of driving old volkswagens would come in handy in the pits!! My buddies all take good care of md ("the doctor"..... because I wrench with latex gloves so I don't have greasy paws when I'm on stage with my cello!!.... Hah! if only they knew!!!)

Ok... end of detour..... back to the old truck....

djh