Selling the car I never thought I would(97 80)

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BOTTOM DOLLAR NO NEGOTIATION, $11,500.00

Ashamed as I am I'm posting my 97 80 series up for sale. I have been building this rig to last forever since I purchased it Nov 06. It had 92k miles on it when I picked it up from Bismarkguy bone stock. The vehicle was in above average condition cosmetically and mechanically but I did a lot of baselining anyway. I am a svc advisor at a local dealership so resources to work on my vehicle are very available but I still ordered all my svc parts from CDan or my local yota dealer. The only real reason for sale is my wife has hated it ever since I have lifted it and we never drive it, plus we have our first baby on the way and could use a break from the car payment and the extra cash. I will try to make a detailed as possible list of what I have done and maintenance performed.

-A/C evacuated and recharged with pag oil to baseline it
-Plugs, wires, timing adjusted
-Complete injector svc with multiple t/b cleaning's
-Air filter, pcv valve, fuel filter
-Fully synthetic tranny flush, syn diff fluids and t-case
-Front end completely rebuilt and birfs resealed with 4.88 yukon's
-Rear diff carrier/pinoin bearings replaced and 4.88 gears
-Front and rear d-shafts have new u-joints and have been balanced and rephased
-Mobil 1 oil changes
-Braided longer front brake lines, with 100 series front pads and new 80 rotors with the brake fluid flushed out
-OME front j-coils with L shocks
-OME front steering stabilizer
-Slee blue caster bushings with alignment set(drives straight)
-OME med rear springs with corresponding rear shocks
-ARB front winch mount bumper(no winch)
-Running boards removed and factory front mud flaps installed
-Factory roof rack removed
-Paint and body are in above average condition, no rust, very few door dings, one baseball size dent in the driver front door
-Desert dune/moon glow two tone factory paint job
-315/75/16 Nitto Terra Grapplers(less than 4k miles)
-Aiwa head unit with I-pod direct interface and pioneer door speakers
-Slee pop out cup holder and Slee center diff lock switch
-Factory e-lockers working properly
-Tan leather interior, no tears, probably a 6.5 out of 10 scale
-3rd row seating
-THE BAD: The rear main seal has a very slow leak(I have to add a half a quart about every 6 months or 3k miles) so I haven't been able to justify changing it out yet.
-The rear wiper doesn't work and I have never needed it due to being kept in the garage.
-The reseal on the roof rack holes has a little rust and looks slightly cheesy
-The typical front d-shaft growl/vibration at 65mph and up
I can't really think of anything else right now. I hate to sell it and I really don't have to but I need to if that makes any sense. I live in Alpharetta GA, 30004. My # is 404-435-1877, e-mail tommyshanwebb@yahoo.com. My price locally is $13,900.00, 13,500.00 o.b.o. for mud members. It has roughly around 102k miles now so all of the above has been done really in the last 6-7k miles. E-mail me for pics. Also if it makes you feel any better about the price, I paid 15k with tax and shipping for it almost two years ago bone stock(I was desperate for a cruiser):doh:.
 
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I have seen the color on just a few other cruisers. I am an idiot as far as downloading pics from my digital camera to this website. I will try and get my friend to help me figure it out tomorrow. Thanks for the interest.
 
well considering that i just got a 96 with 120k on it in mint shape with lockers for 6k you might be a couple grand high but what do i know i am a newbie here but i love my new 80 baby :D
 
bump and an fyi.....rear wiper prolly = easy to fix by reviewing wiring as it leaves hatch and goes up into roof. Good luck. I have a friend who may be looking for a rig like this...I'll let him know.....
 
Baby bump. Had our first child this past weekend 10 WEEKS EARLY!! Everybody is doing good, had a little boy named Luke. The cruiser is getting the starter contacts and plunger changed this weekend along with a fresh Mobil 1 oil change, tire rotation, dist cap and rotor, coolant flush. Don't make me put the running boards back on too. I might consider a low mileage clean hundy plus cash or cough cough sequoia. :cheers:
 
Tempted but 2wd. I had a 2000 sport 4runner with 285's and 3 in lift and the wife loved that one.
 
Price drop, $10,500. Did all of the above maint except replaced the starter assy instead of rebuilding and did reinstall the running boards.
 
Need pics pleease.
 
Finally took some time yesterday to take some pics. I'll sit down tonight and upload them. :cheers:
 
Tried to download the pics last night and after waiting forever for them to download a warning message came up and said I needed to contact the server. I can't win.
 
Here ya go from email sent to me.

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I have 13 more, but these are pretty representative and I'm only posting them because I don't quite have the scrilla for this great deal:bang:
 
My good deed for the day:

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Seems like a nice low mile rig with all the goodies and baselining done.
 
ttt for a tempting deal !!!:beer:

BTW, you are just 130-145 miles up I-20 from me.....
 

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