Just purchased this gem in eastern Oregon. (1 Viewer)

[thecrazygreek]

This is a 12 of 78 build date on the vin. You can't get anymore holy grail for under the seat gas tank version than that.....

 

[cruiserkreutz]

Funny, I've driven past that Cruiser literally dozens of times. I too normally stop and ask about any Cruiser I see parked, EXCEPT THIS ONE! Seems I was always in to big of a hurry Glad it's going to a good home!

 

[RustyNailJustin]

I am surprised I never saw that one. I live in Klamath Falls, but travel all over the place for work. Lots of back roads, lots of Cruisers still out there. I have found and bought most of my fleet in Eastern Oregon.

Nice score!

 

[thecrazygreek]

A couple of things I learned from talking with Wes was that the top has never been off of this cruiser. He said he just never got around to it even tho he wanted to.

As far as mechanicals... He says it should start and run, but it has what he thinks are Carb issues... He took it to get tuned up with your standard tune up kit.. points, wires, plugs, carb etc, but says the guy that did the work flubbed up the carb somehow... so thats where it sits now. Wes drained the gas tank which is a good thing. Its also missing the smog pump, but all of the other smog items are still in place.

Anyhoo, I will need to do some playing around and see whats what. Hope its a relatively easy fix to get her running again.

I think this may be more of a candidate for a "body on" resto...

 

[Ming89FJ62]

Great score. Hit that beautiful 523 yellow with some polish get it running and enjoy.

 

[alkarich]

Nice find!

 

[tls3601]

Mine is a 10/78 Freeborn Red that will also be a body on resto-very nice find! I also like the Mustard

 

[cruiserkreutz]

Drove by it today. Looks like it's anxiously waiting for you.

 

[thecrazygreek]

Yeppp. That's cool....

 

[sggoat]

So is this thing going to be ready for the relay in a month or so??

Very nice find!!

 

[Nihilarian]

Wow, this leaves me questioning what I'm doing messing around with my rust bucket.

 

[thecrazygreek]

This happened..

And then this today.

 

[bwalker16527]

This happened..

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And then this today.



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Beautiful, polished up real nice

 

[gator25]

Man, that's a good looking truck. Nice score, PO looked pretty bummed out in that one pic. Probably thinking of all the memories they made in her.

 

[thecrazygreek]

Yep, P.O. had a tear in his eye when I drove off on Saturday.

He had also rigged up a wire to hold the rear Amby doors in place. So I investigated that and found that the upper and lower door latches on the drivers side Amby door were messed up. One was missing the inner sliding bar and the other was frozen. So I disassembled them freed up the stuck one and reinstalled. So now the rear doors work properly, just need to find another upper latch assembly.

Also reinstalled the spare tire carrier. I don't know why he took it off.

Even though she runs, I think it's got a vacuum leak somewhere as she won't run without the choke. I checked the idle solenoid and it clicks when I turn the key on. So I'll need to track that down.

 

[Tancruiser]

Poor old guy I feel his pain thinking about my old 45 being driven away just leaves an empty feeling inside but a wallet with a boat load of cash in it smoothed it right over ha.

 

[tls3601]

Great find, I also like the story. Glad to hear it was not a "barn find" SO sick of that bull****!!!! Looks very solid

 

[White Stripe]

Just curious, how did the 4runner do pulling the 40? You think it would pull a mountain pass with the weight?

 

[myquestoyota]

But an awful lot of them are "barn finds". A guy I work with just found one in a barn in Montana. Glad they parked it inside.......

 

[tls3601]

@thecrazygreek I am also considering a 4Runner TRD Pro, noticed it was your pulling vehicle. My other half just bought a new SR5 4WD, how do you like the Pro?