For Sale 97 Land Cruiser in Arizona

Location

United States

New here and to Land Cruisers. I have been looking at this 97 for sale. Looks good, but is it priced right. Asking $7995

» 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser 1 Owner 43 Service Records on Carfax..

 

[jet200]

That looks incredibly clean and not a bad asking price.

 

[Pipewhiner]

I had called about that rig... If I remember right, its only been in Arizona a short time and spent most of its life as an eastern truck, Ohio I believe.

 

[Pipewhiner]

Sorry Maryland

 

[richardlillard1]

The bottom of that truck is extremely bright and clean. I would be curious to see it in person before I spent anything.

The door card says it's an unlocked truck, no picture of knob, but the locker directions sticker is on the door. That's odd.

@doc ock im local to that rig, if you'd like some company to go look it over, shoot me a PM

 

[Pipewhiner]

Iirc, they reconditioned the undercarriage.

 

[doc ock]

I'm in Prescott and work Monday through Friday I emailed Alen to see if he would let me see that vehicle on Saturday so I'll let you know.

 

[AZcruisers100and80]

Look closely on that underside, because it is obvious from the tailpipe that they have taken black spray paint to the bottom. It is also obvious from the 4 holes on the rear bumper that the vehicle has had pretty significant rust. Sometimes guys just spray black spray paint over the entire underside to cover the rust. Getting under there with a good flashlight and poking (literally) around a bit will revel if it was actually "reconditioned" or if "reconditioned" is their fancy word for rattle-canned....with all of that in mind, a bit of surface rust underneath ain't the end of the world if it's surface AND if there is none that compromises bolts you will want to work on OR the body itself.

 

[AZcruisers100and80]

interior does look nice, so maybe this was garaged and had the underside undercoated for winter snow and ice. Let's hope so.

 

[doc ock]

That's good catch about the spray can treatment. looking at the top of the tires, the tires are spray-painted black. Trying to hide something to cover something up on the undercarriage.

 

[doc ock]

1994 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ80, 155K miles

I emailed the guy and this one but he won't respond back to me.

 

[SanDiegoMar]

Do not touch anything from Arizona Muscle with a ten foot pole. I bought a 1992 LC from them in April and it has been an absolute nightmare. you will NOT get what you think you are buying. Problems are professionally hidden and not fixed. Detailed and presented to make them show 10x better than reality, great looking interior and body panels lead you to believe all is well taken care of underneath when nothing could be further from the the truth. He spits a mean game convincing you that you are getting a turn key rig. The LC that I had inspected prior to purchase is still sitting undriveable on my driveway as I slowly work through the problems 6 months later just to get it roadworthy and registerable. Arizona Muscle pushes big time on their 100% ebay feedback, I left negative feedback and he got ebay to scrub it in 24 hours back to 100% positive, it is bull****. Look closer at his feedback, it is almost all positive feedback as him as a ebay buyer. Look at the negative reviews on yelp, this is the experience you can expect. BEWARE!!!! Shoot me a PM for more detail.

 

[SanDiegoMar]

Betting serious money that the severely rusted out bottom was rattle canned with $4 worth of paint. Your complaint about the deception will be met with a response of "well it has 225k miles what do you expect, of course I painted the bottom, I take pride in selling vehicles that look good".

Another thing, notice how every single portion of the engine and underneath has been steam scrubbed perfectly clean so there is zero evidence of any dirt or leaks? If his thing is anything like the piece of s*** I bought from him it will start flowing like a sieve within a week once in your driveway from every orifice possible. My mistake here, yes people warned me, yes I learned my lesson. craigslist: - Rust Free 1992 Fj80 Hoping to help others from making the same mistake with this guy.