10k Flash: Super Nice Original 1970 Ford F-250 Ranger XLT Camper Special

For our last Weekly Haulrismo feature we looked at a 1970 Ford pickup, of the F-100 Ranger 4WD variety. That truck sold for a very strong $13.7k on ebay, which frankly surprised us and got us looking for a better deal on a similar vintage truck. Well, we found a real gem - another 1970 Ford, as it turns out, but this one is an F-250 (heavier duty hauling / towing rating). It is a 2WD truck, which is honestly all most people will ever need in a vintage Haulrismo. The bonus here is its originality and lower buy-in - the paint is claimed to be original in its awesome tri-tone color scheme, and the seller says it's only rolled 118k miles in its 42 years. Find this minty show-quality survivor for sale here on craigslist in San Diego, CA, for $10k asking price.

10k: Minty Clean 4x4, 1970 Ford F-100 Ranger

We're in the middle of Weekly Haulrismo Week, the not-so-elegantly-named DT theme that explores cool, interesting, and cheap vehicles to use for hauling all of that holiday debris that seems to accumulate this time of year. You're already draining your bank account buying stuff for other people, so why not indulge a bit and get that classic workhorse you've been fantasizing about? After Monday's clean old "Mustard and Mayo" Suburban, today we're shifting gears (with a long, spindly lever that feels like it's stirring a box of rocks) and taking a look at a Ford pickup. The 5th-generation of F-Series trucks were built from 1967-1972 in the US (and up until 1992 in Brazil!) and represent great value today - clean vintage styling, brawn, simplicity, able to be fixed with a pocket knife and a mallet, and reasonably priced. Take a look at this restored '70 F-100 "Ranger" 4x4 for sale in Chula Vista, CA. It's on ebay bidding near $2k currently, reserve not met, and Buy it Now at $13.9k. We think a final sale price somewhere near $10k would be perfectly reasonable for a gussied-up workhorse like this.

*UPDATE: this truck is listed locally here on San Diego craigslist for $12,900 or "reasonable offers"

5k: Long Name, Long SUV: 1974 Chevrolet Suburban Cheyenne Super 20 Trailering Special

In the holiday spirit, Daily Turismo would now like to suggest that you go out and buy a classic truck or SUV immediately...in order to haul all of the crap your wife (or other domestic partner) just bought over to the in-law's house for distribution to various ingrate relatives. There's the great aunt with dementia and her cigar-smoking wisecracking curmudgeon husband, the redneck cousin who shows up in his RV with wife, kids and Rottweiler, the douchebag stylish running-suit-wearing couple next door....wait, that was National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation...it's getting hard to distinguish reality from fiction in our eggnog fueled holiday haze. Regardless, check out this super clean and very reasonably priced family truckster, the interminably named and oh-so '70s Chevrolet Suburban Cheyenne Super 20 Trailering Special! Find it here on ebay in St. Louis, MO with zero bids so far and a reasonable $5k Buy it Now price.