@DOCBG, thank you for your tutorial on the free market and vintage vehicles. Be that as it may, I see this again and again in various marque forums. Lotus Elises, Honda S2Ks, and in others someone spends a bunch of money on various improvements/tuning/builds and then thinking they will get that money back dollar for dollar. The market has spoken for years on this issue. If you have a medium low miles 80 with 150k miles that is worth say $16k (give or take) and then you add $16,000 of aftermarket parts they end product is never worth $32k (all the money). I'm not sure what the rule of thumb is, but most people don't expect to get half the money back for the cost of the aftermarket parts.
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Hope this isn’t too off topic, but I’m very interested in mounting the FN f(x) Pro wheels on an 80. Are those really TRD or FN wheels? To get the caps on, are you running spacers? 1.5”?
So what happened to the OP? Haven't seen any more comments from them...
Pretty certain it can only be done with 1 1/2" spacers. Especially to get the caps on.
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I assumed I would receive email alerts for all messages and questions. I was wrong. I have a Carfax from 2016 after which little driving has been done. Please email twilson3985@gmail for additional photos. LC has been in WI for <6months.
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Wheels are OEM TRD. Spidertrax 1.5 spacers. I have Carfax revealing service history from new.
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This truck is the best I’ve seen with a rather exhaustive search. Extremely clean.
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I have checked my email. No alerts. Have to change my settings. Any questions? Feel free to email me if interested. My email is listed in a different post.
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I don’t pretend to believe one can recoup the original dollar amount of service and parts. My point is this truck has been babied since new. Serviced with rather extensive engine overhaul. I see the value of this truck rising—perhaps you disagree. Thank you for your interest and commentary.
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Simple. I just drove it to the park near my residence and took a few photos. No harm. I don’t have a need to sell which is why I don’t advertise locally. Hoping to sell to an educated buyer willing to take proper care. Thank you.
Saw this rig about a year ago advertised in Oklahoma. Looked to be an ad agency principal who owned it. Truly the nicest built 80 I had seen at the time. I really like it and think it is worth a premium. If you wanted to buy a clean 80 and build it like that it would be a time consuming and costly process. Sometimes it is worth it to pay up for excellence. $32 may be a little high but I could see it bringing mid 20’s to the right guy with the cash and no time to waste chasing down parts and shops to build it. Everyone is different. $32 to some folks is just a toy budget.
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In the initial post I described the timeline of events. Ive had the truck since March as a tertiary vehicle—now I have the truck stored because it does not fit in a small old garage at my new residence. I’m not in anything remotely close to the automotive industry, and certainly do not have time to flip cars. Given the lack of space the truck will be posted on EBay or BaT in the coming days. Re engine overhaul—Not performed in terms of cylinder work, complete disassembly. I should have been more specific. Thank you.
Unless I missed it, you will want to let us know if it has lockers, that's a big deal. I've bought, built, and sold a lot of Cruisers over the last 10 years, I'm thinking $20,000 - $23,000. I sold a very well built 80 2 years ago with 165,000 miles for $16,500 but maybe the market has changed more than I've been keeping up with on 80s. Also sold a built to the max 1999 100 series last year with 102,000 miles, it brought $23,500 so that's where I base my opinion.