Purchase Decision 60 or 80

[jmjnewbold]

Thank you all for your opinions. I will have to do some more searching to see which will really fit my desires. I know it will not be the families primary vehicle, but might be my personal primary vehicle. I guess it will all depend on where the air force stations me.

 

[cody c]

I own one of each. The 60 has a bit of a cool factor, but the 80 is a different vehicle comfort wise. I have done long drives in both and had them both off the beaten path. If I was looking for a "wheeler to use around town sometimes" I would beat on a 60, if I was looking for something that would see much more pavement with passengers aboard and some wheeling then I'd go for the 80. Not that the 80 cant handle off the beaten path, I just hate to be putting dents in the thing and still drive it around town.

 

[dropthattaco]

The 60 is a truck. A beautiful slow truck. I love the stick shift of the 60 better than the auto of the 62. I have memories of pulling 40mph up I-70 through Colorado, thankful and excited that on a cross country trip I could get 13mph ave on highway after may dad installed a splitter in the transmission. I would love to own a 60 with a V8 installed. No safety features past a strong structure and seatbelts.

The 80 is more powerful, smoother and more refined, but still truck-like. The 93 up have much more power than the 60s, but some still want for more. Much more comfortable than the 60, and 94 / 95 saw the innovations of anti-lock brakes and airbags. These things are also bloody tanks.

Nostalgia and rarity would compel me to drive a 60, more modern comfort would compel me to drive an 80. The 80 is a modern car and a class above the 60 in class and comfort, but that being said, the 60 has an aura that is like no other, in my opinion.

I have an 80 as my DD, but being that I have 3 children want comfort and safety, I could only have a 60 as a second vehicle.

Thats my take. Have fun.

Ummm, beg to differ sir, my 93 has ABS/four wheel disc brakes.

 

[OGBeno]

Ummm, beg to differ sir, my 93 has ABS/four wheel disc brakes.

Not necessarily. Some 80 series rigs from 1993 through 1995 had some odd features. One of them being non-ABS, SF in the rear. They were few and far between in terms of the total number imported into the US, but they are there as "oddballs"