Proving Mileage Claims

[68 Ford Stepside]

This guy in Florida says his 1972 F100 only has twenty three thousand miles. I don't know if I believe that or not.

http://www.oldride.com/classic_trucks/460306.html

[BobbyFord]

Ask for some maintenance receipts with date and mileage. Go look at the truck. Do a title search at the DMV for previous owners.

[jimmy828]

Unless the truck has been wrecked, why would it need to be painted at 23000 miles?

[BobbyFord]

Unless the truck has been wrecked, why would it need to be painted at 23000 miles?

No paint is going to withstand the elements for 40 years unless the vehicle is garaged.

[basketcase0302]

especially Florida or Cali where you can fry an egg on the hood for 10 months out of the year.
I'd seen the paint on 3 year old cars in Florida down to the metal on just the top surface before many times.

[hdpusher]

Check for wear on common use things like the brake pedal, seat, carpet, floor mat exct. For instance if the pad on the brake pedal has alot of wear it prob has more that 23000 but keep in mind things like this can also be replaced with new items. Claiming it has original tires is a streach. The tires sould have a manufactures code that will give you the date they are made. Some are as easy as reading the year right on the tire and the others are coded but still easy to deceipher. I got a friend in the tire business who answers all my questions about them.

Also like Booby Ford said documentation can go a long way.

[Ranchero50]

Shocks should be original, belts and hoses as well.

[Boss429BumpSide]

I would say absolutely no way. Figure it at 224,000

why would it need new brakes at 24000 mi, new paint, all apart, no interior or engine bay pics? Total bogus listing unless it has documentation to go with it.

I own this truck, nearly 48 yr old original paint.

[averagef250]

I have a 65 Mustang Fastback that was wrecked in the early 70's with around 35K miles on it and never got back on the road. You'd never guess it has such low miles, it's in a thousand pieces and has changed direction 30 times.

My uncle bought a 66 396 Chevelle new and it had around 20K original miles on it when he passed a few years back. Those miles were 1/4 mile at a time. He pulled the original 396 out with a few thousand miles on it for a 427. After he passed I put the original 396 back in for my aunt. The car was nice, but definitely had that "This things been apart and together 50 times" look to it when you really got into the details of it. The mileage was real, but didn't mean the car was in as nice a shape as one that a little old lady kept covered in the garage.

My '70 F-250 4x4 is around 600K miles. That isn't that much driving when you stop and think about it.