http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/969469897.html

I'm going to take a look at this one tomorrow after work. I don't feel it's really worth 4900$ but can't be sure until I get to crawl around it in person.

Anything I should look for other than rust on the frame and things like that? I know I'll have to ask if the timing chain has been replaced, actual miles etc.

Thank you.

 

Looks all ship shape. yeah other than just checking everything out and haveing a mechanic look at and listen to it (unless you have to skills to do so yourself). Very nice looking rig!

 

Dang that thing looks clean

 

thou i doubt it gets around 24mpg. lol. clean tho

 

I have looked at that one, it's been for sale for a long time. It looks pretty clean but no way would I pay $4900.00 for it.

It looks alot better from a distance than close up and it's completely stock. If you want to see it it's at a lot about 2-3 blocks east of Juan Tabo on the south side of Central.

The guy that owns the lots is named Chris and is a pretty nice guy.

Let us know how it goes.

Robb

 

if its runs as well as it looks pick it up

 

That's a ridiculous amount of money for a stock rig, nice or not. Disregard any claims of services, rebuilds or replacements that don't come with a reciept. The PO of my truck claimed it had a rebuilt 70,000 miles before I bought it, it puked a head gasket a month later, upon removing the head I found:
-The head was junk, water passages destroyed by electrolysis (coolant wasn't changed often enough)

-Cam was getting ready to be junk

-Standard sized pistons. Nobody puts a standard piston back into an engine that would have had 180,000 at the time of the rebuild.

If you aren't of decent mechanical ability, find someone who is to go with you to look at the truck. Test drive it in every gear and get everything up to operating temperature.

 

it looks very nice, but thats not a good deal for a stock rig.

 

Yeah, the price is a bit too steep. Nice looking rig though.

I don't know whether you want to keep it stock or build it. If you're going to heavily build it, just find a decent one and cheap to start the project. It's sad to see a rig this nice gets cut and welded, caged and all that stuff.

 

I"m not planning on a huge build. Probably 35's and 5.29's with a locker or two. I'd like to make it a camping rig like I've done with my truck and want to start with as untouched a rig as possible so I'm not fighting with someone elses hack job.

I'll let ya'll know hwo it goes when I go see it. Since I've only budgeted about 3000$ for another rig, and I have to sell my truck to get that money back, I'll probably have to pass on it. We shall see.

 

Paid 6K for a truck that was practically brand new from the frame down with a lot of aftermarket work...yeah ^X a zillion, price is wayyyyy too steep.

 

Well, I'd try and talk him down to 3700 or so. I mean, those are pretty rare in my neck of the woods (California). I would give 3500 as long as the motor was the only thing leaking oil. I paid (well ok, my DAD did haha) 2,700 for the 84 xtracab (carbureted obviously). It was a clean truck before I got to it so I think the mid-3 thousands sounds reasonable.

 

so Junkers88 what was the outcome?
Just curious, it is overpriced. Interior looks nice but I wonder why when they recovered the seats they eliminated the headrests, looks like they covered the holes..

 

I like the look (using my imagination of a lift, tires, bumpers, yada, yada....) Talk him down, way down and drive it home. There is an immaculate one in my neck of the woods for $3600. Its an 88, IFS is only drawback and the fact that I have two and the wife would have me taken down. It runs like a top (no leaks), everything works (including A/C) 3" BL 33" buckshots. No dents no faded paint (original blue). Seriously its that clean. Just something to compare with. Good luck

 

I like the look of that one as well (since it looks just like mine before the lift, tires, bumpers, TRD e-lockers, yada, yada).