New to me 100 Series Land Cruiser

[nicocargo]

Hey everyone! I bought a 1999 Land Cruiser with only 203k on the odometer back in May. I’ve put more than 1k miles and loving it so far! I had the timing belt, water pump and radiator replaced since the truck didn’t come with service records so I’m slowly baselining it. (I got a fairly good price for it but the next paragraph may explain why).

I recently had the undercarriage inspected by an independent mechanic (and I know, I should’ve done this first) and the very first thing he said was “sell it” and “enjoy it for a few months then sell it”.

So I’d like to ever so kindly ask for your guys’ opinion if the truck is worth saving or can be saved. I’m also having an undercarriage specialist inspect it in the coming weeks and also hope to have Torfab look at it before I do anything else.

Photos added were taken just yesterday. I also took a wrench on some of the rustiest places and hit it pretty hard, and it didn’t puncture the frame, rust did fall off but that was it. This Land Cruiser in particular was originally from Kentucky for about 5 years based on the CarFax then moved to the PNW.

Any and all feedback is welcomed, thank you!

 

[nicocargo]

Hey everyone! I bought a 1999 Land Cruiser with only 203k on the odometer back in May. I’ve put more than 1k miles and loving it so far! I had the timing belt, water pump and radiator replaced since the truck didn’t come with service records so I’m slowly baselining it. (I got a fairly good price for it but the next paragraph may explain why).

I recently had the undercarriage inspected by an independent mechanic (and I know, I should’ve done this first) and the very first thing he said was “sell it” and “enjoy it for a few months then sell it”.

So I’d like to ever so kindly ask for your guys’ opinion if the truck is worth saving or can be saved. I’m also having an undercarriage specialist inspect it in the coming weeks and also hope to have Torfab look at it before I do anything else.

Photos added were taken just yesterday. I also took a wrench on some of the rustiest places and hit it pretty hard, and it didn’t puncture the frame, rust did fall off but that was it. This Land Cruiser in particular was originally from Kentucky for about 5 years based on the CarFax then moved to the PNW.

Any and all feedback is welcomed, thank you!

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Here’s how she looks. Runs and drives really well. Interior is in decent condition, same with paint for a 27 year old car. It’s just the undercarriage I’m concerned about.

 

[77pantera]

If your from down south/out west, people consider that "awful"
If your from deep in the rust belt, people consider that "clean"

 

[TahoeZ]

Nothing too major visible in your pictures. I would spend some time with a wire wheel on a grinder and various sized wire brushes and clean things up as well as you can.