Need opinion on truck for sale

badass · 07-09-08, 03:38 PM

Hey guys, my buddy is looking at this truck on craigslist and want to know what you guys think. Guy says it runs good, burns no oil, doesn't leak, drivetrain good, steering good, 4wdb. Has rust in rear quarters, not sure about floorpans. Doors have some rust at the bottoms but i'm not going to run the doors anyways. 4800 dollars, what ya think.

toyota fj40

yzftaco · 07-09-08, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by badass

Hey guys, my buddy is looking at this truck on craigslist and want to know what you guys think. Guy says it runs good, burns no oil, doesn't leak, drivetrain good, steering good, 4wdb. Has rust in rear quarters, not sure about floorpans. Doors have some rust at the bottoms but i'm not going to run the doors anyways. 4800 dollars, what ya think.

toyota fj40

Is this for you or for your friend? Seems a bit high to me... offer him 3500

MDH33 · 07-09-08, 03:53 PM

depends on how much rust is actually there and how that lift was done. Looks kind of dilapidated like it's been sitting, which guarantees some work is needed.

$3 range seems fair if it actually runs well.

Fast Eddy · 07-09-08, 04:11 PM

I would expect it will need a lot of work (read $$) to get it safe and reliable. $3500 tops.

CID 96 · 07-09-08, 04:23 PM

I agree, looks like it has been sitting for a while... a long while. I saw this truck on CL seems like 3 or 4 months ago.

Sid

SHREG · 07-09-08, 04:54 PM

diamond plate.......no good.

be patient, know what you want and what your willing to pay.....it will show up.... IMO, that one looks like allot of work,... 3k range MAX....

K2KK · 07-09-08, 09:24 PM

Offer him 2.5k for it. Worse he could do is say no...

grant5127 · 07-09-08, 09:30 PM

get more details....better yet, go look at it and drive it......

badass · 07-09-08, 10:42 PM

ya it's only 3 hours aways so were gonna go drive it this week sometime. Its for a good friend of mine and i'm kinda guiding him in the right direction, if i see it's no good then it's no good. thanks for all the advice guys.

zang469@gmail.com · 07-10-08, 07:01 AM

I would request more pics of the known trouble ares before you drive three hours. 48 seems pretty high. Be patient and good hunting, Z

dgangle · 07-10-08, 07:14 AM

Sean,
I was at Hoover Toyota earlier this week and they had an extremely clean tan '78 FJ40 on their used lot. No one I spoke to knew anything about it and I didn't have time to wait around for the sales drones to get off their perpetual smoke break to tell me they didn't know anything either. The one service writer I spoke to said he had never seen 'one of those jeeps'. JFC, there is no hope.

Go check it out. Knowing them, they prolly want $20K for it. I'd say it's worth 1/2 that maybe.

Rocky_LC · 07-13-08, 06:48 PM

Craigslist Post is Gone -

Maybe you don't need to drive there....

Rocky

07-09-08, 03:38 PM	#1
badass IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Alabama TLCA# 16412 Posts: 1,698	Need opinion on truck for sale Hey guys, my buddy is looking at this truck on craigslist and want to know what you guys think. Guy says it runs good, burns no oil, doesn't leak, drivetrain good, steering good, 4wdb. Has rust in rear quarters, not sure about floorpans. Doors have some rust at the bottoms but i'm not going to run the doors anyways. 4800 dollars, what ya think. toyota fj40 __________________ 79 fj40- Safari Snorkel, Mini-truck ps, 4:88 gears, ARB Rear Locker, Aussie front, Shackle Reversal, 35 MTRs, 5.5 SUA lift front, 2.5 inch OME SOA in rear, ARB Bull Bar, Choctaw Sliders, Kaymar Hi-lift mount on passenger side, and a solid 8 mpgs

07-09-08, 03:53 PM	#3
MDH33 IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Evergreen, CO TLCA# 16348 Posts: 1,069	depends on how much rust is actually there and how that lift was done. Looks kind of dilapidated like it's been sitting, which guarantees some work is needed. $3 range seems fair if it actually runs well. __________________ --Martin 1985 FJ60 1973 FJ40 TLCA # 16348 Rising Sun

07-09-08, 04:11 PM	#4
Fast Eddy IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Morgan Hill, CA TLCA# 18155 Posts: 2,828	I would expect it will need a lot of work (read $$) to get it safe and reliable. $3500 tops. __________________ トヨタさん、ありがとうございました。 My '78 FJ40 - '73 and '78 FJ40 parts FS - WTB:Olive (653) Bib and Windshield frame -- Originally Posted by OZCAL Woke up the next day with a partially detached retina, wrapped in a sheet on a wooden floor, in a storeroom upstairs from a barbershop.

07-09-08, 04:23 PM	#5
CID 96 IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Covington, GA TLCA# 16123 Posts: 177	I agree, looks like it has been sitting for a while... a long while. I saw this truck on CL seems like 3 or 4 months ago. Sid __________________ 1994 FZJ-80 arb & aussie lockers, metaltech sliders, part-time 4wd 1978 FJ-40 (sold) 1971 FJ-40 (sold) 2007 Tacoma TRD S/C 4x4

07-09-08, 04:54 PM	#6
SHREG IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 765	diamond plate.......no good. be patient, know what you want and what your willing to pay.....it will show up.... IMO, that one looks like allot of work,... 3k range MAX.... __________________ Stuff ALL HALE THE F/2F 1994 FZJ80 Every Day GG 1965 FJ40 Stock, DQ Sunday fun truck 1984 FJ60 Cabin Cruzer LOTS OF FJ40 PARTS FOR SALE http://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/2...ml#post3472352

07-09-08, 09:24 PM	#7
K2KK IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fortuna, Ca TLCA# 18929 Posts: 185	Offer him 2.5k for it. Worse he could do is say no...

07-09-08, 09:30 PM	#8
grant5127 IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: San Marcos,TEXAS Posts: 2,856	get more details....better yet, go look at it and drive it...... __________________ For Sale: Parachute. Only used once, never opened, small stain.

07-09-08, 10:42 PM	#9
badass IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Alabama TLCA# 16412 Posts: 1,698	ya it's only 3 hours aways so were gonna go drive it this week sometime. Its for a good friend of mine and i'm kinda guiding him in the right direction, if i see it's no good then it's no good. thanks for all the advice guys. __________________ 79 fj40- Safari Snorkel, Mini-truck ps, 4:88 gears, ARB Rear Locker, Aussie front, Shackle Reversal, 35 MTRs, 5.5 SUA lift front, 2.5 inch OME SOA in rear, ARB Bull Bar, Choctaw Sliders, Kaymar Hi-lift mount on passenger side, and a solid 8 mpgs

07-10-08, 07:01 AM	#10
zang469@gmail.com IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Marion IA Posts: 9	creative photo I would request more pics of the known trouble ares before you drive three hours. 48 seems pretty high. Be patient and good hunting, Z

07-13-08, 06:48 PM	#12
Rocky_LC IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ TLCA# 14977 Posts: 538	Craigslist Post is Gone - Maybe you don't need to drive there.... Rocky __________________ 74 FJ-40 - A work in progress....

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