Current valuations on restorable non-running 1948-to-1953 one-ton Chevy stake-bed trucks are in the $1,300-to-$3,900 range, putting this eBay Buy It Now offer in goldilocks territory. We bet it'll be a hit at your local donut shop in no time. Just drop a used Cummins turbodiesel under the hood, patch the corners and rockers, run a pair of exhaust stacks behind the cab, and add a wood bed with a moonshine still in the back.

(Dig the original hand-painted door art!) It can all be part of the authentic fun, but the non-running inline-six and ancillary rust will have to be dealt with first. This 1950 Chevy 1-ton chassis cab dually combo (Thief River Falls, Minnesota) has seen decades of labor moving logs in North Dakota and has amassed a proud collection of dings and bruises, including what looks like a dent in the rear of the cab where a log broke loose.

The inspector should perform a walk around and operation of the vehicle to identify and log any issues found.

Old trucks are all the rage in the rat rod world, and most of the rat rod builders we've met would go bonkers over this gem in the rough. Vehicle maintenance forms are used to document any defects and mechanical issues.

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