Intro

[ls2gto]

Hi, I've been lurking a while, and figured it was time to introduce myself.

First of all, I'd like to say that this board has tons of useful info.

A little about me:

I'm a 26 year old mechanical engineer in Fayetteville, AR (I design OEM aluminum wheels). I've been a Cruiser fan most of my life, as my dad bought a '73 40 when I was about 5. I grew up wheeling and working on the 40, and always liked the 60's and 80's. A few months ago when gas was $3/gal I was looking for a 4x4, and my dad told me about a '93 80 for $4200. After driving it, I couldn't believe it had 230k miles! It drove as well or better than my dad's '95 (~100k miles) . I felt pretty good about its history, but I didn't get any paperwork with it.

So, I bought it, wheeled it pretty hard (for being stock), and began modifying it, with the help from this board. Now, I'm waiting on sliders, and trying to decide what to do about my bumpers (I have an itch to build some). I'm also going to start some preventative maintenance soon.

I hope to be able to contribute with some tech threads in the near future.



David.

 

[Romer]

Nice looking truck and welcome to the forum

 

[Polak]

Welcome Y'all!

 

[Wrench]

White?

 

[homchz]

Nice rig,

Welcome to Mud!

Love the looks of a lifted 80

 

[NorCalDoug]

nice rig.

welcome

 

[Mueller]

sweet!

You got a good deal for $4.2k

 

[mot]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Bear80]

Man you just straight up sole that thing. I sold my 94 4runner 5spd, 4x4 with 250k miles for $6,500 just over a year ago. I just cannot belive the dirt cheap prices 80's are now. But that is by no means a bad thing, just more money to put into making it completely unstopable of a 4x4!

 

[sseaman]

welcome nice ride, post pics of bumpers when you are done

 

[80jay]

Great color!!

 

[Buckru]

Welcome aboard.

Buck Buchanan

 

[Brentbba]

Welcome! Sweet color truck.

 

[ls2gto]

Thanks for the welcome. I think I did get a great deal. Gas was expensive so not many people were interested, the leather seats are cracked pretty bad which turned some people away, and she really needed to sell it to help out on sales tax for the new BMW that she just bought. Here's what it looked like just after I got it (minus running boards) at a local dry creek bed.

Everything works, but I'm going to have to address a couple minor issues soon (an occasional stumble and high idle on cold start up). Also, a slight water leak coming from somewhere near the windshield corner, A pillar, or driver's side door (I just noticed it, and haven't tracked it down yet), and an occasional squeaky steering wheel.

 

[p8nt]

Welcome

 

[DTAYLOR]

welcome...nice rig

 

[Josh9180]

welcome great looking ride

 

[Beowulf]

... I'm going to have to address a couple minor issues soon (an occasional stumble and high idle on cold start up). Also, a slight water leak coming from somewhere near the windshield corner, A pillar, or driver's side door (I just noticed it, and haven't tracked it down yet), and an occasional squeaky steering wheel.

Each of these are fairly well known problems with relatively easy fixes. Do some searching and let us know if you cannot locate the information in prior threads.

-B-

 

[JMays]

Welcome from another new member