Juan's Old Ride

GarnerFJ40 · 09-09-08, 08:47 PM

Juan,

Is this your old ride?

eBay Motors: Toyota : Land Cruiser (item 130252681589 end time Sep-14-08 15:37:11 PDT)

mtweller · 09-09-08, 10:50 PM

Sure looks like it to me.

southerncruiser62 · 09-10-08, 06:19 AM

Well I have rarely seen TEQ bumper stops (product of columbia) on a bumper, sure looks like it. Doesn't look like the first time he's bought and sold old classics.

flounder · 09-10-08, 06:55 AM

Juan - WTF?

Flinny · 09-10-08, 07:58 AM

yeaph! That was our cruiser....

worldcruiser · 09-10-08, 01:45 PM

Well in fact they are feeding a bunch of BS to anybody interested in it. I sold it to a guy in MD I know he was trying to sell the truck......I am not going to say anything unless someone asks me directly about the truck since it is not mine anymore and I am not the one selling it...But that goes to prove how much BS goes around from dealers.

GarnerFJ40 · 09-10-08, 04:00 PM

I hope you sold it to him for $60K, since it says you spent over 50K on it!

worldcruiser · 09-10-08, 07:10 PM

well I took a loss and sold it for 40k.

Mtbcoach · 09-10-08, 08:14 PM

Check this one just posted on the FJCruiserforums site. I guess I'm in the wrong business...

4sale 1976 Fully Restored Fj - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum

worldcruiser · 09-10-08, 10:00 PM

Well I broke even on the money by selling that truck....But if someone takes into account one year of both my wife's and I labor we definetly lost money. We easily put over a thousand hours on it.

just at $10 (a shop would probably charge north of $40/hour) bucks an hour for each just assumin 1k hours....would be 20k just in labor and about 14k in parts and the original price paid for the truck will put the tab at $34k. That is the reality. I guess 19k is not overpriced taking the above into account but saying there are 50k invested in it and that it has 50k original miles is not true...etc..etc

rutbeer · 09-18-08, 09:18 PM

Juan, I have never seen a shop charge anything less than $65/hour and it's usually higher than that.
I think the body shop is charging me at $85/hour for everything but sandblasting.
Personally, I can't ever fault anyone for buying something and selling it for a profit, but I sure can if they misrepresent what it is. Ebay is full of used car salesmen of the worst type. I wouldn't buy a car off ebay unless I could drive it, poke it, research it, etc....but plenty of people pay way too much every day. It's really a shame. Many ebay sellers definitions of "restored" will vary widely.

09-09-08, 08:47 PM	#1
GarnerFJ40 IH8MUD Abuser Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Garner, NC TLCA# 17351 Posts: 320	Juan's Old Ride Juan, Is this your old ride? eBay Motors: Toyota : Land Cruiser (item 130252681589 end time Sep-14-08 15:37:11 PDT) __________________ #1 Drivable 1974 FJ40 JD Green, 1.5F This Week: Procuring parts for suspension upgrade #2 Frame-Off Rebuild 1974 future BJ40 This Week: Getting final parts off tub and frame... Olde North State Cruisers

09-09-08, 10:50 PM	#2
mtweller IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Morrisville NC Posts: 795	Sure looks like it to me. __________________ "Ramon" Weller '78 FJ40 - Dune Beige - In the operating room for SOA (FJ55 rear flipped fronts), SM465, MetalTech full cage You don't have to be good with a welder, if you're good with a grinder.... Regardless of what happens on 11/5, we need to come together and beat this partisan BS!!

09-10-08, 06:19 AM	#3
southerncruiser62 ONSC President Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Raleigh TLCA# 17608 Posts: 1,144	Well I have rarely seen TEQ bumper stops (product of columbia) on a bumper, sure looks like it. Doesn't look like the first time he's bought and sold old classics. __________________ Olde North State Cruisers 95 FZJ80, "D" light works...oh and a few other things 92 P/U, 1KZ-TE Diesel Swap, 2" OME, DD.

09-10-08, 06:55 AM	#4
flounder IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC (Outside the Beltline!!) TLCA# 14742 Posts: 377	Juan - WTF? __________________ '70 FJ40 - Safari snorkel (poser style), ConFerr Roof Rack, Man-A-Fre rear tire carrier, 4+ Bull Bar, ConFerr Grill Guard, 8074 Warn Winch, 4+ Rear Bench Seat, some other stuff I'm forgetting 08' Trail Teams Edition FJC

09-10-08, 07:58 AM	#5
Flinny IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Durham NC Posts: 323	yeaph! That was our cruiser.... __________________ Maria


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09-10-08, 01:45 PM	#6
worldcruiser IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC TLCA# 16478 Posts: 563	Well in fact they are feeding a bunch of BS to anybody interested in it. I sold it to a guy in MD I know he was trying to sell the truck......I am not going to say anything unless someone asks me directly about the truck since it is not mine anymore and I am not the one selling it...But that goes to prove how much BS goes around from dealers. __________________ 99FJZ100 / 91FJ80 / 79FJ40 / 76 20R TRK / 72FJ40 /75FJ55 www.worldcruisers.net

09-10-08, 04:00 PM	#7
GarnerFJ40 IH8MUD Abuser Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Garner, NC TLCA# 17351 Posts: 320	I hope you sold it to him for $60K, since it says you spent over 50K on it! __________________ #1 Drivable 1974 FJ40 JD Green, 1.5F This Week: Procuring parts for suspension upgrade #2 Frame-Off Rebuild 1974 future BJ40 This Week: Getting final parts off tub and frame... Olde North State Cruisers

09-10-08, 07:10 PM	#8
worldcruiser IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC TLCA# 16478 Posts: 563	well I took a loss and sold it for 40k. __________________ 99FJZ100 / 91FJ80 / 79FJ40 / 76 20R TRK / 72FJ40 /75FJ55 www.worldcruisers.net

09-10-08, 08:14 PM	#9
Mtbcoach IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Cary, NC TLCA# 17784 Posts: 329	Check this one just posted on the FJCruiserforums site. I guess I'm in the wrong business... 4sale 1976 Fully Restored Fj - Toyota FJ Cruiser Forum __________________ '07 FJ Cruiser Sun Fusion 4X4 AT, ATRAC Hack'd Demello Front & Rear Bumper w/Warn M8000 Demello Sliders, Bud's full set Inchworm Lefty, ARB front locker OME kit 886/140 front, 895/N17e rear Super Swamper SSR 35/10.5/16's Train Hard, Rest Harder

09-10-08, 10:00 PM	#10
worldcruiser IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC TLCA# 16478 Posts: 563	Well I broke even on the money by selling that truck....But if someone takes into account one year of both my wife's and I labor we definetly lost money. We easily put over a thousand hours on it. just at $10 (a shop would probably charge north of $40/hour) bucks an hour for each just assumin 1k hours....would be 20k just in labor and about 14k in parts and the original price paid for the truck will put the tab at $34k. That is the reality. I guess 19k is not overpriced taking the above into account but saying there are 50k invested in it and that it has 50k original miles is not true...etc..etc __________________ 99FJZ100 / 91FJ80 / 79FJ40 / 76 20R TRK / 72FJ40 /75FJ55 www.worldcruisers.net Last edited by worldcruiser; 09-10-08 at 10:07 PM.

09-18-08, 09:18 PM	#11
rutbeer IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,141	Juan, I have never seen a shop charge anything less than $65/hour and it's usually higher than that. I think the body shop is charging me at $85/hour for everything but sandblasting. Personally, I can't ever fault anyone for buying something and selling it for a profit, but I sure can if they misrepresent what it is. Ebay is full of used car salesmen of the worst type. I wouldn't buy a car off ebay unless I could drive it, poke it, research it, etc....but plenty of people pay way too much every day. It's really a shame. Many ebay sellers definitions of "restored" will vary widely. __________________ 78FJ40 w/13BT diesel (BIESEL),66FJ45(MARMUT), 13BT install thread www.importpurist.com "Much like a cat or hot buttered toast, the correct side will always try to land down. If the bezel is on upside down, then the force of it trying to right itself may cause you to roll your cruiser unexpectedly."

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