looking for a 1st gen 4runner. sold my samurai so i got a grand or so to spend.
Tyler
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looking for a 1st gen 4runner. sold my samurai so i got a grand or so to spend.
Tyler
Don't know if you can get into a 1st gen that's worth a **** for a grand.
no you won't, unless you're very lucky.
That said, there is a white 4runner on the left side of the road just as you are coming into caldwell on HW21. There is a house located out in a field, and its sitting next to it. Looks like it hasn't moved for a while. Might be worth stopping in and asking about it with cash in hand
thanks! I go that way all the time. Im not looking for a show winner. but im pretty certain i can find one thats in running driving condition thats ragged out for around a grand. im just looking for a good base to build upon. i dont want to spend over 1500. im being patient in finding one so hopefully a good deal will come along.Quote:
Originally Posted by CRaSHnBuRN
Tyler
get a waganeer... they come with dana 44s, and a v8 and can be had for cheap. They are pretty easy to find too. I think I wouldnt mind building one
And they suck!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
find a truck like mine, 70s era fords can take alot of flogging
Check TTORA, and Texas Chapter of TTORA, check ih8mud.com, check ebay, check craigslist here, houston, austin, and dallas. Check autotrader. I will check my Dallas toyota club too.
You can get one that cheap, but remember Toyota guys are a flippin cult and 1st gen 4runners are not the top thing wanted but they aren't far from it.
Oh and I saw this one out in front of the auto parts place on Harvey. Talk about ghettofide piece of ****e, roll in an instant, has a small block chevy in it, and it doesn't even have shocks in the front. But check out that mad welding skills on those 12" blocks on the frame, at least the blocks aren't under the springs...
Oh and last pic i stood in front of it to allow a judge for height, I am 6'3", AND if this is someones rig on here, and I am dogging on ya, I don't care.
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I can get you a few in California for $500-1000 but then you would have to spend about $600.00 to get it shipped here. I have a buddy with a 1985 1/2 with the straight axle and efi, he wants to sell it I think, but it has a newer engine but alot of original miles on it.
I saw that 4runner out there a few weeks ago. I would so wheel the **** outa that :laughing:
Its going to be hard to find a running 4runner that still has a body on it for $1k
its built for mud, not that that warrants some of the issues, but yeah, its a Shiloh Ridge cruiser
chet owns that thing. he is the manager or something like that of car doc right there. its a mud toy
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Originally Posted by Eckert
For 1500, you may get lucky, but most likely all thats gonna be in that range are in serious need of work or rust buckets. Like its been said, these are very popular with toy builders, but also with the hunting crowd and high schoolers because of the removable top.
Give us your reasons for wanting one. Perhaps there would be a vehicle that could fit those needs, that may work as a substitute if you don't find what you want.
As for me, I spent a little over 3k for mine, but the body is straight, rust free and it runs well. Some people have *****ed at me for cutting it up since it was in that kind of condition, but for the price I couldn't pass it up. I've been looking for one for years, and they always wanted way to much money, and the thing has always been rusted out or in real bad shape
the one above sold for $250. i already contactd him.thanks though.
I already have a 1980 jeep cherokee. Ive seen them built and so on but its not really want i want to build, and it needs work. i want a 4runner becuase i love the way they look and the huge aftermarket for them. and they are light. Back home i worked for a shop and a good 80% of the trucks that went through there were some type of toyota 4x4. so i naturally took a liking for them and learned alot about them.
Not a 4Runner, but it's probably a good place to start and it's a grand...
http://houston.craigslist.org/car/289012141.html
it is a good base, but i dont want to get into something were someone left off and did it halfass.
I found a 87 sr5 4runner in the Hill country for $1200. 4cyl, 5spd, its complete and all original but it has 270K. recent inspection and registration. has some rust around the fenders. doesnt look too bad and nothing a sawzall couldnt fix. plan on cutting the fenders anyways. sound like a good deal? im susposed to get pics later this afternoon and ill post them up.
Tyler
pics. what do yall think?
i think that is ifs, so i dont know what that means to you, but if i was looking i would wait and get one with a solid axle.
it's definitely IFS, but unless you nutz it, the sas shouldn't be too much of a problem. :gigem:
thinking AllPro for a SAS kit. im just trying to find a decent running 4runner. im not planning on building it up right away, but over the (hopefully) 4 years while im up here. plus i plan to drive it around town too.
1st gen's came with IFS and I wouldn't want to follow up on someone elses work on SAS'sQuote:
Originally Posted by bcolman
The 85 4runner had a solid axle still. IFS on toyotas wan't until 86Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
Ok sorry what I meant to say was find ANY 85 4runner or truck running WELL for a grand and I will see monkeys fly out of my ass. :gigem: :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by mudtoy67
EDIT: for knit picking *******s like garrett. :flipoff2:
You anit never lived in east texas. All you have to do is find some guy who needs to make a house payment or rent and you can pick up stuff cheap. Thats how I got my dirt bike. :gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
Edit you can also pick up glocks cheap that way too.
...yeah um thanks for reminding me that unfortunately I had the great privalege to grow up there, in the **** hole that is Larue, Tx (that would be about 10 miles east of Athens, and if you people still don't know where that is try right in between Canton, Palestine, Jacksonville, and Cedar Creek Lake)Quote:
Originally Posted by fbronco86
The truck I posted might be an 85. I'd guess 83 thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
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Originally Posted by fbronco86
and by "house payment", do you really mean pay his "canadian cold medicine dealer"?
God I love the smell of a meth lab in the morning...Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
i tried that route, bad idea. bank still had the title and he needed money quick. plus i was in a hurry to get the hell outta there. I dont plan on heading east for any of my purchases again. however, i did sell the samurai for $800 to some guy out of east Texas. so i guess it goes both ways. think a running IFS rig is worth 1200? from what i can tell, ill spend a little more to preform a sfa, but much better parts. I cant find where a decent 85 anything was sold for less than 2K. or is my logic way off?Quote:
Originally Posted by fbronco86
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Originally Posted by Eckert
Okay, that thing is really rusty. The truck I broke in half had less body rust than that. Make damn sure you check the frame, I mean really check it. Pull up the carpet in the front and rear floorboards and check for rust there to. I'd say the rust in the back is far enough into the wheel wells that its past what you will easily be able to cut out. Was this thing from up north? That looks like the stuff you would see where they salt the roads. If it was me, I'd pass, but its up to you. If the top or tailgate need work, or are rusty, I'll have mine up for sale in a month or so.
As for the all poop kit, skip it. You can build a SAS kit for a fraction of that cost
IFS rigs are better platforms to start with, actually, since they are easier and cheaper to come by, and have better parts
Nah your right, all the 85's that are half way decent get snatched up by the toyota cult. I (and this is only my opinion) would rather save the money now and get a late model 1st gen 4runner and get all your ducks in a row and do the SAS right with a good axle. I don't know what else you want to do but depending on the size tires you wanna run, and with either the 22re or the 3.slow v6's that were in those 1st gen 4runners if you put any kind of good size tire you are going to want to regear and then you know if you put anything over a 34" tire on stock toyota axles you WILL break something, so I say get everything lined up now, what size tires, gears, lockers(welded) and lift you wanna do to a runner and then make the decision to buy an <85 model or just go ahead with the IFS and put the correct axle and gears under her.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
Again I have ****ty opinions so take it or leave it.
Not to mention their customer service is far from stellar...Quote:
Originally Posted by CRaSHnBuRN
I stay clear of anything All-Pro (that is untill they start selling better gears for my FJC, THEN I might start going crazy on the FJC...)
when i checked the vin it was registered in central cali for the first ten years and central texas for the latter ten. the front end doesnt look bad, neither does the tailgate? Im susposed to get pick of the rear portion of the frame by the front hangers and under body shots too. seems to be a common problem with the fenderwell rust.
what i have in my head for a baseline is 35-36in tires, dual cases, and either detroits or carrier lockers (depending on funds). like i said, i not going to go balls deep all at once, but progress over the next few years. but first thing i would do is a SAS to have the good base to go on.Quote:
Originally Posted by FJAggie07
Like I said the old toyota axles sucked at anything over 35's. I would go IFS and do it. I would talk the 4runner guy down to a grand and buy it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
like I said, that thing looks abused and rusted out. I'd keep looking, or take a little time and save some cash for something better. If you could get 3k together, your options would greatly improve.
Marlin, Front Range, Sky Mfg, and Inchworm are good toy vendors to support. After some bad experiences with All poop, I won't deal with them anymore. And we won't even start on trail gear
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Originally Posted by FJAggie07
only the birfs sucked, and there are fixes for those which can be had for much cheaper than the parts needed to beef many other axles
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Originally Posted by CRaSHnBuRN
Can you say stolen designs, cheap chinese manufacturing. bad businees ethics, back stabbing bastards...there is a lot you can start on trail gear... :argue:
But I second Marlin and Inchworm, good companies, good people.
trail gear represents all that is wrong in todays business world in my opinion. What they do really sickens me. But everyone keeps on supporting them because they sell a part for a little cheaper than thier competitor. It doesn't matter that every part they make is a copy of someone elses part, and that they produce the part in china. All anyone cares about is that they saved 10 bucks or got a t-shirt. Quite frankly, if you have a trail gear sticker on your rig, do not expect me to give you an form of aid out on the trail.