It needs a little TLC.

 

So it is written, so it is done! $42,000. Yikes!

 

Thats more than the downpayment on my house..
I hope they enjoy it. Maybe someone should start making "bought not built" bumper stickers

 

well sold. not well bought.

 

My buddy sent me this facebook marketplace ad a little while ago. Looking to trade for a land cruiser.
There were some pretty good offers in the comments, but I think they would be crazy to not put it up on BAT.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LCMa...7943366783160/

 

that one is nice. I’d have trouble trading that, and especially for a Landcruiser. I never really enjoyed driving FJ’s very far.

 

pretty sure that one is owned by BaT user @boisecarguy

 

Here’s a red one. Seller doesn’t have much of an eye for details.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...ota-4runner-6/

 

The rims match the rust👍🏼

 

 

I hate rust!

 

The underside of my ‘87

 

Wow, that is nice! I wish mine looked like that. There’s lots of goo and original undercoat but thankfully no rust.

 

Another + $40.000 truck!
The underside is 10/10. Show us the body and the interior also.

 

Mine was coated in layers of engine oil! Most likely years of front crank seals failing😃 It took a lot of work to clean. I even connected my 3000 psi pressure washer to our tankless heater and cranked it to 167 degrees.
I recently rebuilt both diffs out of Covid boredom. I used that as incentive to completely pull the rear axle housing and repaint. Often when I’ve rebuilt a component I’ve ordered new nuts and bolts. Toyota stop using yellow chromate awhile back, so the new ones have the clear coating. When I go to pick-a-part I cruise the toyota section and grab all the clean yellow bolts I can get.

 

which paint did you use? Looks like a satin black.

 

I was THIS close to buying Eastwood’s paint and shooting it with my spray gun. But than I saw that Eastwood also sold VHT.
So I got VHT Chassis and Rollbar paint in satin black. I did a test run and thought the sheen came pretty close to what Toyota had done.
When I prepped the diffs and housing I neutralized and oxidation on bare metal and lightly sanded. I didn’t strip any Toyota paint that was good. I figured better to leave and paint over. I did three coats on each diff and the axle housing.

 

i was looking at the VHT chassis and rollbar paint just the other day and wondering if they offered satin. I have had good results with other VHT and liked the way it sprayed and covered so that is probably what i will use also. Satin black, of course.

 

Long bed:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...ota-pickup-11/

 

Here’s the next 4runner. Low miles, paint a little cooked, missing a couple minor parts but pretty good otherwise.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...runner-4x4-14/