Notjustair please answer?

The other night you mentioned your thoughts about buying a 1958 Chevy Viking. When I read your post I thought to myself that such a truck would be perfect for hauling firewood, so I looked on line to see if I could find a good deal on one. I found one in the Kansas City area, specifically in Ottawa. The truck sounds a lot like the one you were speaking of. I would feel that I have done something dishonorable if I bought it from under you, after it was your thread that made me think of it. If the truck that I am looking at is the same one you are considering, please let me know, and I will not touch it, yet, if it is not, I am really starting to like this truck. The owner sent me some extra pics showing the bed will not need any altering to haul 3 and a half cords of wood. I could take a trailer to MO after Christmas trailer it and bring it back where I will plan on replacing the 6 cylinder with a small block V8 and be hauling firewood by Feb. As I said, I would never steal it from under you, as your post is why I looked for a 2 ton Viking, but if it isn't the truck you are considering, the $1500 makes the truck something that I would seriously be able to use. Please let me know, before I fall in love with this truck. It looks just like the one I used in the mid 1980's when I worked in the woods near Cookville, and even my wife appears to be behind getting it, as it means a job for my son. I can get a different truck if this is the one you were looking at, so don't feel like I must have this. There is a local Ford F500 that I can use if you are planning to get this, so don't worry about me, but if you aren't looking at the same truck, I'm seriously thinking to get it, so please let me know if this is the truck you were looking at. While I like the blue cab, if I get it, the stake bed is getting painted black. Please respect my intention to do right and let me know if we are both looking at the same truck.
The coolest 2 ton

looked at a car one day on a lot, slept on it, then went back the next day. Two guys were walking around it and talking about who was there first yada yada. I went inside and bought it. Nice of you to think about it, but if someone else wanted it bad enough, it wouldn't still be for sale.....
Good luck.......

Yeah Dave, but I only searched for a Viking because of him posting his thread asking recomendations about the truck he was looking to buy. That would mean that because he asked us on this board about the truck, I stole it from under him, and that would be dishonorable, in my opinion. Normally I wouldn't think that this is the same truck, except for his discription. I would worry if I had been looking for one and just happened to find the same one, but before he said anything, I was looking at a Ford F500 with a shorter bed and not nearly as spacious. His thread is why I started thinking a Viking, which would be like sleeping with the wife of someone who came to me asking how to save his marriage. I was even about to bid on an old Mack, but I would have to build a stakebed. I'll be fine if I have to get a different truck, but did you see the truck? BTW, my wife is planning to get my son a chainsaw so he can start working. Even with a cord selling for only $100 a cord, we can make some money with a good 2 ton.

good for you then..... means yous gots people skills.........
hope something works out for you.......

that is not much more than srap price!!!... I have a 1958 2 ton Viking like that , with a 283 V -8, Usually holds cover crop wheat seed or soy beans ,, It Runs terrific , is showin weather from the yrs but i would sell to a nice home

Don't worry one of the 10 other folks looking for one will see your post and neither of you will get it most likely.

Cool truck!I used to have one of those(Old Ugly),loved it!Seriously,the V8 will not make it run any faster(due to gearing)Alittle more power running down the road,maybe.the big six will have more power/torque 'poopin' around the woods.And besides,how much money will the 'convertion'' cost?That takes the"cheap truck" idea and throughs it "out the window"

i wish i had $1500 to buy it, neat style, i would just enjoy driving it around, my $.02

That truck should have come with either a 283 or 348 engine. There is not enough room under the hood on that model for the in line six engine.