In the market for a truck...

My uncle had an E 350 van with the 460.

10 MPG empty. 10 MPG fully loaded with books pulling a trailer fully loaded with books.

$2500 will get you a super nice 72-93 Dodge, possibly crew cab unless it's a tricked out power wagon, Macho, LRE, or Warlock.

car buddy just couple weeks ago showed me his 1/2 t dodge 4 x4, just over 100,000 mi, I think the year was like 92-4, v 8 s b , found it on CL for $2500, the ad had just come out. super clean truck, no rust or dings, I thought he made a great buy!