![Image for article titled Someone Paid $55,500 For A 22-Year-Old Chassis Cab On Bring A Trailer](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 140w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 265w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 340w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 490w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 645w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 740w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 965w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 1165w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 1315w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 1465w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/674a5036618aaca28f2b4a7e6dfb8649.jpg 1600w)
Here’s a dumb question: Would you rather own a new car or a 22-year-old car? Assume they’re identical in function, options, even color. They’re even almost exactly the same price, but the new one is safer, gets better fuel economy, and didn’t spend over two decades under the ownership of a fire department. Who in their right mind would buy the old one?
Or, to rephrase the question: What the hell is wrong with Bring A Trailer buyers?
![Image for article titled Someone Paid $55,500 For A 22-Year-Old Chassis Cab On Bring A Trailer](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 140w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 265w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 340w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 490w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 645w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 740w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 965w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 1165w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 1315w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 1465w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/34416bf2fdca7ad450c383bc4775a265.jpg 1600w)
This F-350 Super Duty sold on Bring A Trailer today for $55,500. That’s nearly double the truck’s original $29,935 MSRP — and a mere $560 less than a comparatively-optioned new truck. Ford hasn’t discontinued the chassis cab, but the company hasdoubled the truck’s torque output. Please, someone, explain the logic here.
Clearly this isn’t a supply and demand situation, since the supply of F-350s hasn’t shrunk commensurately with the rise in price. Sure, there’s a chip shortage limiting new truck production, but there is also an ever-increasing number of used trucks up for grabs. No, there’s more than sheer Super Duty market forces at play here.
![Is it worth paying $560 to avoid 22 years of vacuum hose rot?](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 140w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 265w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 340w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 490w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 645w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 740w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 965w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 1165w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 1315w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 1465w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/c2c688c8cb36fa154d8e56c886c2e0b9.png 1600w)
Judging by the comments on the auction, the real draw of this decades-old truck is its engine: The 7.3 PowerStroke. One of history’s most durable engines, if pervading online wisdom is to be believed. If it’s so indestructible, though, is the low mileage really such a draw?
That same PowerStroke engine can be had for just over $30,000 if you don’t mind mileage that just about matches the price. If you’re dead-set on a manual transmission, that’s out there too. Do you absolutely require that engine be in a chassis cab? Here’s one for under $13,000.
![“Yes give me this truck, but in 22 years for twice as much” - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 80w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 140w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 265w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 340w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 490w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 645w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 740w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 965w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 1165w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 1315w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 1465w, https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/6b9a969ffb5c0585cfd9884da9132b80.jpg 1600w)
Bring A Trailer is no stranger to absurdsaleprices, and the upward trend shows no sign of stopping. Still, this seems like a stretch even for BaT. Please, someone, explain how this sale price makes sense so I don’t wake up in a cold sweat about it in the middle of the night for the rest of my life.
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