Looking at 80' pickup - thoughts needed

[BFGTAKO]

Hey, I am seriously thinking about getting this truck and wanted to see what you guys thought about it. I don't know that much about toyota pickups so any comments would be appreciated!

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/car/239130349.html

I checked it out yesterday; it looks pretty sick and seems to be in good shape. Let me know what you think....


Mike

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

If everything seems to be in order I'd jump on it. Looks good and sounds good too!

How many miles on the engine?

 

[BFGTAKO]

If everything seems to be in order I'd jump on it. Looks good and sounds good too!

How many miles on the engine?

It looks like everything is in order...no rust on the frame, interior is clean, and it looks like its in good shape. He said the engine only has 35k on it and the chassis have 80k on them! Any idea why its lifted so high?

Thanks for the input.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Well it looks like the truck is using about all the uptravel that it's got while flexing..... 10 inches is a lot though....... You could always drop it down with new springs if it's too much for you. And sell the old ones........ One other thing to think about is the 1st gen cabs are really great for guys over 6 foot ish..... How tall are you?

 

[BFGTAKO]

Well it looks like the truck is using about all the uptravel that it's got while flexing..... 10 inches is a lot though....... You could always drop it down with new springs if it's too much for you. And sell the old ones........ One other thing to think about is the 1st gen cabs are really great for guys over 6 foot ish..... How tall are you?

I like the look of the lift, I just want to make sure that it is a good enough setup for the trail. There is no point having a really high lift if you can accoplish the same thing with a lower lift. The higher the lift the more the balance and drive-ability is messed up. Thats the way I look at it anyway.

Haha I am 6 feet tall so I'm set. I still had to leap to get in the beast! haha

 

[cruiser88]

Well it looks like the truck is using about all the uptravel that it's got while flexing..... 10 inches is a lot though....... You could always drop it down with new springs if it's too much for you. And sell the old ones........ One other thing to think about is the 1st gen cabs are really great for guys over 6 foot ish..... How tall are you?

dont mean to hijack but ya know ive already put 8 thousand miles on that 4 runner wife and i bought in sep just wanted to share that with ya

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

8 thousand? Dang! Glad it's treatin' you right! I dont' remember, but did you guys get the top off at all before it got cold?

Back on topic..... It's got a pretty wide stance.... Buy it and see if you like it, if not you can change it, but you'd be doing the same thing anyway if you got a stocker......

 

[BFGTAKO]

8 thousand? Dang! Glad it's treatin' you right! I dont' remember, but did you guys get the top off at all before it got cold?

Back on topic..... It's got a pretty wide stance.... Buy it and see if you like it, if not you can change it, but you'd be doing the same thing anyway if you got a stocker......

Yea, thats a good point, I would just be paying for it twice in a way though. But I could probably sell the parts i swapped. Thanks for the help.

 

[cruiser88]

8 thousand? Dang! Glad it's treatin' you right! I dont' remember, but did you guys get the top off at all before it got cold?

Back on topic..... It's got a pretty wide stance.... Buy it and see if you like it, if not you can change it, but you'd be doing the same thing anyway if you got a stocker......

yea we got it off before winter,about 3 days,sorry for the hijack enjoy your new rig

 

[BFGTAKO]

The dudes on Pirate told me that this would be a better deal:

http://www.toyotaholics.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=108

It looks awesome but it has 340k on it with no rebuilds or anything. He uses it as his DD and he says that it runs great. He said that they only thing that it might need soon are new syncros. It looks good other than that and the fact that the seat is permanently mounted lol hope I'd fit. What do u guys think about the miles?

 

[toygurus]

hey, just saw you post on pirate, i think i might have something you would be interested in.

 

[toygurus]

pm me bfgtako if you're interested and i'll give you my email.

 

[toygurus]

emailed you.

 

[BFGTAKO]

emailed back...

 

[RVBtruck]

Lookin for the same thing. Need a shop truck/wheeler.

 

[BFGTAKO]

Lookin for the same thing. Need a shop truck/wheeler.

Yea, it's hard to find stuff around. I think I am just going to get this one:


http://www.toyotaholics.com/support/...p?TOPIC_ID=108

Its got 340k miles but it (supposedly) runs well. I am going to drive out there Friday or Saturday to take a look at it. Its a 330 mile drive haha.

 

[RVBtruck]

what else did you find in your search?

 

[BFGTAKO]

I found a pretty good amount of stuff just nothing I like or nothing that was worth it IMO. What are you looking for...year, miles etc. I'll tell you what I found like it.

 

[RVBtruck]

Straight axle, prefer x-cab

The rest in optional

just a good body