As most of these threads start, I've been looking for a 60 since December/January of this year, I called and emailed on a dozen and drove two. Most were priced (what I considered) too high and did not accept my offer, several just ended up being too far away and one got away...
I wanted to spend between 5 and 7K for a decent condition "driver". I had become a little discouraged in my hunt and had just decided I'd wait for the right truck to find me. Well, in the beginning of April it did. But not in the form I had planned.
I was home helping my Father move his shop, my uncle happened to be in town too. We worked all day crossed the bridge to our favorite restaurant that's become a bit of a tradition when we're all together. (If you ever find yourself in Huntington, WV, do yourself a favor and stop in at Jim's Spaghetti). Anyway, on the way back I decided to hop on the local Craigslist, and guess what... A Land Cruiser has been posted 8 hours prior, pretty much right in my back yard. Remember what I said about waiting on the right truck to find me? This was Saturday evening.
I messaged the owner and asked if he still had it, he did. I set up a time to check it out Sunday morning... So this truck was listed not running with Bill of Sale only (no title) and reasonably priced based on this.
I get there Sunday morning and this truck has been sitting for a few years but is in better shape (rust wise) then some I've already test driven. Yeah it's a little dinged up but a solid truck!
Here's how I found it:
It was back in a "holler" in Northeast, KY that ended up being about 7 miles from my Father's shop! The owner was a very nice guy that had traded for the truck a few months prior, he wanted the axles for his Toyota Pickup mudder. It sat around awhile and he decided he was happy with what he had rather than doing all of the swap work so he decided to see if he could sell it.
I was headed back to Louisville that afternoon so I made an offer, you can only get $500 out of the ATM on Sundays. We went back and forth a bit and long story short I brought the truck back to my Father's shop that morning!
All the mud was from them dragging it back and forth trying to get the frozen passenger rear drum freed up... On the way back I stopped at the local pay and spray to wash the mud off and then sat it outside of Dad's shop until I could come back from Louisville and get it.
With the lack of title, my initial plan was to use this as a parts truck for the Land Cruiser I didn't even own yet... (You can imagine how that went over with my Fiance when I got home!)
After poking around and seeing it was in pretty good shape so I decided it would be worth doing some research and track down the last owner. It had not been licensed to drive on the street since 2005 and the guy I got it from gave me some information, too.
This is how I left it at my Dad's and I started to plan when I could come back get it.
I wanted to spend between 5 and 7K for a decent condition "driver". I had become a little discouraged in my hunt and had just decided I'd wait for the right truck to find me. Well, in the beginning of April it did. But not in the form I had planned.
I was home helping my Father move his shop, my uncle happened to be in town too. We worked all day crossed the bridge to our favorite restaurant that's become a bit of a tradition when we're all together. (If you ever find yourself in Huntington, WV, do yourself a favor and stop in at Jim's Spaghetti). Anyway, on the way back I decided to hop on the local Craigslist, and guess what... A Land Cruiser has been posted 8 hours prior, pretty much right in my back yard. Remember what I said about waiting on the right truck to find me? This was Saturday evening.
I messaged the owner and asked if he still had it, he did. I set up a time to check it out Sunday morning... So this truck was listed not running with Bill of Sale only (no title) and reasonably priced based on this.
I get there Sunday morning and this truck has been sitting for a few years but is in better shape (rust wise) then some I've already test driven. Yeah it's a little dinged up but a solid truck!
Here's how I found it:
It was back in a "holler" in Northeast, KY that ended up being about 7 miles from my Father's shop! The owner was a very nice guy that had traded for the truck a few months prior, he wanted the axles for his Toyota Pickup mudder. It sat around awhile and he decided he was happy with what he had rather than doing all of the swap work so he decided to see if he could sell it.
I was headed back to Louisville that afternoon so I made an offer, you can only get $500 out of the ATM on Sundays. We went back and forth a bit and long story short I brought the truck back to my Father's shop that morning!
All the mud was from them dragging it back and forth trying to get the frozen passenger rear drum freed up... On the way back I stopped at the local pay and spray to wash the mud off and then sat it outside of Dad's shop until I could come back from Louisville and get it.
With the lack of title, my initial plan was to use this as a parts truck for the Land Cruiser I didn't even own yet... (You can imagine how that went over with my Fiance when I got home!)
After poking around and seeing it was in pretty good shape so I decided it would be worth doing some research and track down the last owner. It had not been licensed to drive on the street since 2005 and the guy I got it from gave me some information, too.
This is how I left it at my Dad's and I started to plan when I could come back get it.
