Outside the obvoius quip answering the thread title, I'm seriously considering selling the beast. After 26 years of wonderful ownership, I'm just not getting out much at all and she just sits in the driveway.
Am I Nuts?
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Life is so short, too short to cling onto loyalty to a material thing. I say do what makes you happy, even if it means changing gears a bunch. If one day I enjoyed fly fishing more than any other hobbies, I hope I'd be unsentimental enough to do what it took to start fly fishing more.
Sounds like a cool rig, I'm sure someone could find a good home for it if you decided to sell.
Sounds like a cool rig, I'm sure someone could find a good home for it if you decided to sell.
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I think I need to start adding up all that I have on the truck and start to figure out how much it may be worth. Base truck is a factory triple locked '94 with 257,000 on the clock.
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Well, I've come to my senses. Test drove a Tacoma. It's nice but no Landcruiser! I'm going to keep her. First order was to remove the shift knob and steering wheel to have them both recovered with new leather. Truck isn't moving for a couple of weeks!
Good call. I sold my 3x locked '94 to a buddy, immediately regretted it and ended up buying it back a year later. We've had lots of different vehicles in the 8 years I've had the '80 but at this point my kids will inherit it. They love it more than I do.
Who's doing your steering wheel/shifter?
Who's doing your steering wheel/shifter?
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Craft Customs in TX. Lots of good feedback on their work from others here on Mud. $300 for the steering wheel and $125 for the shift knob plus shipping back .
You're trying to make me feel better than I already do with my decision! I almost feel relieved! My wife has known for years that I'm to be buried in mine! Truck will be to expensive to drive and maintain for my son and soon to be wife! They're the only ones in the family interested in it. So funny when I bought the truck back in '94 new and asked what the 'magic button - 3X lockers' was, had it explained and thought that I'd never use that except maybe if I got stuck somewhere skiing! I really didn't understand at that time what I was getting! LOL!
Articles like this one mean 80's are only going to appreciate in value, and the '94 with lockers is arguably one of the most desirable thanks to OBD1 and no airbags. Consider it a long term investment.
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Smart decision! Been toying with the idea of selling my 96 but haven’t made up my mind on it. All of the new stuff is chock full of electronic doodads that are bound to fail on the trail.
Love the way your wheel and knob turned out. I had them do my wheel a while back and wish I had done it sooner. Hope to see you on the trail someday!
Love the way your wheel and knob turned out. I had them do my wheel a while back and wish I had done it sooner. Hope to see you on the trail someday!
Hey guys, haven't been on here in so long. How's everyone doing?
Brent, glad you kept your cruiser. I sure miss mine, I totally regret selling it right now.
I didn't have time to pull all the suspensions off and didn't have room at home so I sold it in a hurry.
I just picked up a 97 lexus triple locked on Sunday. Wishing I kept all the suspensions, axles, and Tcase.
Brent, glad you kept your cruiser. I sure miss mine, I totally regret selling it right now.
I didn't have time to pull all the suspensions off and didn't have room at home so I sold it in a hurry.
I just picked up a 97 lexus triple locked on Sunday. Wishing I kept all the suspensions, axles, and Tcase.
