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There was a case years ago, as reported by Paul Harvey: A man in Italy ordered a new Rolls and paid for it in advance. At the time, it was a 2 year wait to get it. Before it came, he died. It arrived in a crate and his widow had the crate put in the barn, unopened. Nearly 30 years later, she died and the car was still there. The estate was auctioned off and an American bought the car and had it shipped home to the US. He opened the crate for the 1st time and found that the owner's manual was missing. He wrote to RR, explained the situation, and asked if there was an old copy of the manual somewhere that he could get his hands on. A few weeks later, a RR rep knocked on his door. He handed the man a newly printed manual and also a new car warranty. He said that RR stood behind their cars and since it was new out of the crate, it was still eligible for a full warranty.

I wonder if the 60k warranty on this pickup is still good.

Grew up with a kid that went to Viet Nam in 69. Saved his $$ and sent it home to dad to buy him a car when he returned. He wanted a "Super Bee" but was shy about 50% so dad wanted to surprise him and made up the difference and bought the care a few weeks before his tour was to end. He never made it home.
The car sat in the carport for the longest time unused. I spent a lot of time with his dad over the first year or so and got busy with life and the visits got shorter and farther apart.
I went to see him on the second anniversary of Johns death and he said he was getting tired of people asking to buy it so he covered it with a tarp. Dad was never the same and ended up killing himself on the fourth anniversary. His mother was pretty much a total wreck after that and his little brother turned into a drug addled POS in spite of the efforts of many of us trying to help him.
Mom also passed away and somehow the little brother managed to inherit and keep the house and still lives there today.
I left town about 45 years ago and I stopped several times when I would go back to visit my mother but the kid was either not there of just wouldn't come to the door.
the car was still under the tarp in the carport as recently as 2015. Sad story all around. Probably way too many stories involving VN vets and probably Gulf war vets as well.

There is a good song IMO about one By David Ball. "Riding With Private Malone".
Some of you may enjoy. Starts - "I was just out of the service thumbing through the classifieds........

A lot of manufacturers used soy as an ingredient in the wiring. I don't think that was done during this model year.

Because a 93 Chevy,Ford or Dodge will survive living in the rust belt.

Went for just over $45k, eBay collects taxes too. I’d have to wonder about internal engine corrosion also, just sitting all this time.

Looks cool, but I think I’d save some $$ & just buy a current model.

Brought to you by the people who gave you Pearl Harbor!!!!

I had the same truck, except it was an XtraCab
Bought new in late 92 for $15K, with a Leer topper
Served me well, till I got a wife, kids and a dog!

Unbelievably sad story

First vehicle was a '89 Toyota truck like this one. It had the 22RE engine. It wasn't fast but was near bullet proof and could go places a full-size truck couldn't. The sticker on the truck was $10,157 new. No power windows, no cruise. Only had A/C , power steering and not even intermittent wipers.

I can see the old solid axel models becoming collectors but a ‘93? Lol.

With under 100 miles it sure is unique though. Wonder who bought it? Be cool to see a dealership clean it up and display it.

From the photos on ebay, I think it got cleaned up pretty well.