About to buy a 100, need opinions on rust (photos inside)

[sozon]

New member, Great forum, learned a lot and hope I can contribute in the future.

I'm abut to buy a cruiser sight unseen, I have asked to seller to provide photos of the frame, an it shows rust, and I'm wondering -from your experiences- if this is considered bad or manageable.

It's a '99 LC with 200K miles and overall average condition.

Would appreciate all opinions and advices.

photos:

 

[Snowrydr01]

As someone in the rustbelt currently looking for land cruisers i have walked away from better looking rigs then that.

BUT it all depends what you want from it? an extra car to beat around with offroad for a couple years and drive it into the ground? Sure, why not. A long term vehicle, not so much.

 

[geanes]

Snowrydr01 said it best and I would agree with that assessment 1000%

 

[sozon]

As someone in the rustbelt currently looking for land cruisers i have walked away from better looking rigs then that.

BUT it all depends what you want from it? an extra car to beat around with offroad for a couple years and drive it into the ground? Sure, why not. A long term vehicle, not so much.

Thank you for your input, It wont be my main vehicle, and half of it's life would be off-roading indeed, no towing.E
Engine and mechanical component aside, you recon I can get 100K miles out of it?

 

[bctlex]

Pic # 2 is that a hole on the frame? It looks like it is just wide open to me... I think to evaluate if it is worth it, how much is the vehicle? Really really cheap?

 

[sozon]

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Pic # 2 is that a hole on the frame? It looks like it is just wide open to me... I think to evaluate if it is worth it, how much is the vehicle? Really really cheap?

Man, you are really good, I didn't even notice this over all the rust, and the truck is cheap, 5k.

Thank you for the input btw.

 

[sozon]

Thanks to bctlex findings, I guess I'll pass on this one, although cheap but I wouldn't feel good driving a frame with such big gap in it.

Or am i being a wuss? it's a land cruiser after all.

 

[87warrior]

That chassis sure looks like a truck a member looked at and was then sold to somebody in the Middle East. I can't seem to find the thread so I may be mistaken.

Engine and mechanical component aside, you recon I can get 100K miles out of it?

Possibly. I'm not one who is afraid of rust, but that truck doesn't look promising.

I'm not sure what we are seeing in Pic#2. If the whole inside of the frame has rotted away I would pass, regardless of the price (unless close to free )

 

[Snowrydr01]

no

Thanks to bctlex findings, I guess I'll pass on this one, although cheap but I wouldn't feel good driving a frame with such big gap in it.

Or am i being a wuss? it's a land cruiser after all.

not being a wuss at all. there also is the variables of what others around you look like and go for. Different markets require different expectations. No matter which one i buy in the rust best would likely be unacceptable to someone from the west.

 

[sozon]

That chassis sure looks like a truck a member looked at and was then sold to somebody in the Middle East. I can't seem to find the thread so I may be mistaken.


Possibly. I'm not one who is afraid of rust, but that truck doesn't look promising.

I'm not sure what we are seeing in Pic#2. If the whole inside of the frame has rotted away I would pass, regardless of the price (unless close to free )

What a coincidence, I'm also located in the middle east, the truck is cheap, but it wont be worth shipping to the other side of the world with a frame like this.

Pic 2 shows complete side of the frame missing.

Thank you for the input.

 

[sozon]

no


not being a wuss at all. there also is the variables of what others around you look like and go for. Different markets require different expectations. No matter which one i buy in the rust best would likely be unacceptable to someone from the west.

In the Middle east, we don't have a rust problem, so certainly this is also unacceptable for us, however, here we have another problem, trucks here are so much abused, that I'm willing to fork out a decent sum to ship a truck from the states.

 

[sozon]

Obviously when I say decent, I don't mean a lot, it's gonna cost around $1500 to ship here, but still it's $1500 wasted.

 

[04UZJ100]

Sprint. Don't run, don't walk, Sprint Away from that thing.

 

[jLB]

Is there a 100 series somewhere behind that rust?

 

[LTrain0800]

Opinion- Don't buy a rusty truck.

 

[sozon]

Thank you all for the valuable advice, will pass on this one and keep looking.

 

[duggy]

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