Thanks for the info, the price was good.It was the cost of getting it home that was going to hurt. There are plenty of engine transmission combinations available at a reasonable price and the remainder of the truck seemed to be in good order. If it had been in the eastern states I think it would have made a lot more.
It would wreck out ok, as I learnt from a tractor wrecker once, you wreck the good vehicles not the ones that are worn out.
Cheers Ken