First off I have to thank Dieseler for the tip on this auction. Hope you weren't in the mix on this bid....
Well it looks like i now own a bj44. If the transaction goes well anyway. But I think it will and I am SUPER PSYCHED!!!
Truck needs a little attention to rust but nothing I can't handle with my little mig. For me its likely to be a long term investment- I've thought long and hard about what kind of truck I want to drive and I settled on the bj44 or 46. There are cleaner ones to he had here and I'd really prefer a pimped out 46- 5 speed and 3b and all. But at the price I got the truck for I can afford to make it the way i want over the next few years. i just hope the kids can fit in the back no problem....... Some seat belts in the rear, new set of tires and roof fix and we should be good to go in terms of daily use. After that take car of the minimal cancer and start getting it geared up for some good off road camping. I'm thinking about a trailer but that may be a while....
No options on the truck- standard issue 44 with 160,000km (99,000m) on the clock. Well maintained in terms of fluid changes etc by both the 1st and 2nd owners. The guy posted 77 pics for the auction and was specific about what problems exist- right down to the plug in one of the tires. He really wanted to give an honest overview of the overall condition and even though I'm sure I'll find some issues i'm confident that that I'll be a get it into maintainable condition without too having to do a full overhaul on the thing. Right now aside from the above mentioned issues I'll probably replace the front windshield and start gathering all the other window seals. Then in the next year or 2 I'll start stripping some of the small rust sections at a time and see what I have got to deal with- but relative to many other projects on the forum- not much to deal with at all in terms of rust.
Eventually I'd like to find a set of different seats.....
Check it out:
Well it looks like i now own a bj44. If the transaction goes well anyway. But I think it will and I am SUPER PSYCHED!!!
Truck needs a little attention to rust but nothing I can't handle with my little mig. For me its likely to be a long term investment- I've thought long and hard about what kind of truck I want to drive and I settled on the bj44 or 46. There are cleaner ones to he had here and I'd really prefer a pimped out 46- 5 speed and 3b and all. But at the price I got the truck for I can afford to make it the way i want over the next few years. i just hope the kids can fit in the back no problem....... Some seat belts in the rear, new set of tires and roof fix and we should be good to go in terms of daily use. After that take car of the minimal cancer and start getting it geared up for some good off road camping. I'm thinking about a trailer but that may be a while....
No options on the truck- standard issue 44 with 160,000km (99,000m) on the clock. Well maintained in terms of fluid changes etc by both the 1st and 2nd owners. The guy posted 77 pics for the auction and was specific about what problems exist- right down to the plug in one of the tires. He really wanted to give an honest overview of the overall condition and even though I'm sure I'll find some issues i'm confident that that I'll be a get it into maintainable condition without too having to do a full overhaul on the thing. Right now aside from the above mentioned issues I'll probably replace the front windshield and start gathering all the other window seals. Then in the next year or 2 I'll start stripping some of the small rust sections at a time and see what I have got to deal with- but relative to many other projects on the forum- not much to deal with at all in terms of rust.
Eventually I'd like to find a set of different seats.....
Check it out: