Part it or Wheel it?

[Leaping Deer]

I have a friend of a friend that has an 87 Toyota Truck that his wife wants out of the yard. He said its mine if I want it. I just need to get rid of it quickly. Ran it by the wife and basically she won’t divorce me over it but I need to decide what I want to do with it quickly. Terms are it can’t be registered (per my wife).

Here is what I know about it. Its an 87 with the 22R motor that is supposed to run. There are no brake due to rotten rear brake lines. It has a functioning plow as he has used it to plow his driveway for the past couple of years. I think I recall him saying that the frame was in rough shape, not that it surprises me for a New England truck.

So if the drivetrain works to I keep it and find a frame and build a buggy or do I part it out and use the cash towards a lift for the FJ45?

Any Suggestions?

 

[rapovt]

Seek counseling!!!

 

[40Flipper]

Part it out. Any cash going into that POS will be cash taken away from the 45.

 

[KLF]

Part it out! I need a hood!

You'll spend your entire life chasing rust issues. I wouldn't go there...

 

[rblank]

I say part it out too, and use the money to find a better platform to build a truggy on.

 

[rabid]

part it.

I raced one in a tough truck competition, and that was a good time.....

so my call is sell the plow, race it, then part it.

 

[landtank]

part it out and then buy an 80

 

[Sporin]

part it out and then buy an 80

you need an 80!!!!

 

[KLF]

you need an 80!!!!

Yup, just what everyone needs... a hole in their driveway to pour money into.

 

[landtank]

Yup, just what everyone needs... a hole in their driveway to pour money into.

the essence of the sport

 

[BigRedFJ40]

I'm in the same boat. I just picked up 2 84 pickups for a song. One has a good cab and front half of the frame the 2nd has a bad cab and a great rear half of the frame..... runs great... lots of parts.... was going to build a wheeler but now I'm not sure.....

 

[rabid]

Wally will buy all the hubs off you

I keep saying that I wish I had not butchered my 32K orig mile cruiser and just built a pickup I did not care about. Now my rig is hacked to the point of no return.

I could see you in a built pickemup, look at wildmans POS.

Built right, for reasonable money, by a complete hack . Your truck goes great, but it is getting too pretty to really mangle...again.

Should have kept the clean 92 xtra cab you gave away to some girl, ya dope.

 

[40Flipper]

So Jay, what's the verdict?? You still out there?

 

[rblank]

I'm in the same boat. I just picked up 2 84 pickups for a song. One has a good cab and front half of the frame the 2nd has a bad cab and a great rear half of the frame..... runs great... lots of parts.... was going to build a wheeler but now I'm not sure.....

Cut the back half off and tube it. Wheel it like you stole it. Discard and repeat.

 

[rabid]

^^^ what he said^^^^^

 

[JJS]

Put a wooden bed and 4x4 PT bumpers on it.

 

[Leaping Deer]

Right now I am planning on parting it out. If the frame is questionable there isn't any real need to save it. I have to get it home to get a better look at it. Right now it looks like I will be dragging it home on Friday after work. Some people think that I might be able to get decent money for the plow. General idea has been $500-700.

If I could pull get $500 of it to put toward the FJ45 of it with out selling the drivetrain I could always try to find an FJ40 frame to build a budget buggy using the mini truck drivetrain. I already have a spare hood, cowl, bib and aprons. Tube out the back half. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

[Cruiser_Nerd]

jason,

If profit is what you want, it's worth more whole than parts. As long as the frame isn't in several pieces, hack in a brake line or plug it, make sure it runs and moves, make sure the plow works. Hold it to the first snow and sell it whole for $1500. Running plow rig in poor condition is $1000 minimum when the snow starts to fly, and you don't have to deal with parting it.

 

[40Flipper]

Plow with it for the winter then part it out

 

[Leaping Deer]

If the frame is good I would consider throwing a brake line in it.

As for plowing with it. I would me more likely to plow into/over something that I wasn't supposed to. Also it would break the one rule of the wife. It cannnot be registered.