Hm. Not fair. I can't see any pics for some reason.

 

That is truly incredible.

 

a thing of beauty ...

 

I haven't even been inside the thing. He just brought it over a few days when he was painting my house and kept me far enough away so that my drool wouldn't stain the finish!

 

thats absolutely recockulous.....Somebody finally made me feel like my 4Runner is beat up old and dirty lol.

 

damn . . .

 

Any details on previous owner and storage?

 

damn.....thats thing is mint !

 

Ive often wondered why car makers don't revisit a early model.. Like say Toy, build that same exact truck in 08.. I be they would sell like hot cakes! I know they have put the front ends on Stangs , but i'm talking about built it just like the orignal.. I know i would buy 1 !!!

 

That's nice!!

 

Let's not get carried away; try the new 4.0 in it!!

 

F the new 4.0 put the new 5.7! lol but yea that would be cool, i dont think toyota is gonna go bak since the slogan says "moving foward"!

 

That's absolutely crazy! I can't imagine owning a vehicle and only putting a little over 8000 miles on it. I drive that much in just under a years time. It's not really fair to compare wwhen you have been driving your truck on a daily basis. I think the body of your truck looks good for her age.

 

I put around 20 grand a year on 1, I run the miles up quick... I could do 8000 miles in a busy month

 

holy balls, that truck is freaking clean!! Its a beauty for sure.

BTW when is your friend going to SAS it

 

Your grandfathers truck is really awsome!

 

So barely averaging 500 miles a year? This truck was either loved too much or not enough.

 

Just bits and pieces from what I heard. Obsessive owner, washed and waxed it all the time. Would replace the slightest thing that bugged him. Lived just a couple of miles from work and used it to drive to work and back - had a work vehicle when he got to the office. It was certainly garaged. Normal maintenance.

Personally, it sounds like a bit of OCD. Not sure he enjoyed it, except for the pleasure he got from taking care of it and creating a brand new 20 year old truck that he sold in order to buy a new Tacoma he doesn't like as much. He's a single guy in his 50s. Too bad there's no Toyota truck category at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance - he would have been very competitive!

Surprisingly despite all this, he didn't use Mobil 1 or any other synthetic oil. Just did regular maintenance, but would replace strange things - original battery swapped out for an Interstate right after he bought it because he liked Interstate batteries. Personally, I would have been concerned about seals drying up from such little use.

I doubt it was ever driven on dirt, despite being a 4x4, so I guess some would also consider that to make him a poser

 

My friend upped and moved to Colorado. He decided the truck is too nice to ruin in the snow, dirt, outdoors and everything, so he's put it up for sale. I have no involvement in what he does, other than he called today to see how I was doing and told me where the ad to his truck is. He's asking $13K and the truck is in the Boulder, CO area. Here's the link to his ad on Craigslist - http://boulder.craigslist.org/car/455380874.html

Enjoy!

 

and the winner for best original 88 goes to.....