I am considering selling my 2000 Tacoma 4WD so I can buy a Willys pickup truck and I'm kind of lost as to what price to ask. Opinions welcomed

My truck has over 250,000 miles, many highway and many gravel road miles. I had Boise Spring rebuild and beef-up the leaf springs several years ago and have added 'air bag suspension'. Interior is very good and has always had seat covers over the original upholstery. It's been a great truck but I no longer work in the wilderness and also have a full sized work truck.

Big item to consider is that the 2.7 engine has been fully rebuilt by a shop has only 600 miles on it. There's no blue book variable for a new engine...

In the Pacific Northwest, what's my truck worth?

 

Why would you spend $$ on an engine rebuild and sell before its even broken in???

I know that I would be skeptical of any 'new engine' truck even with receipts in hand.

My offering price would go down accordingly.

I've seen too many new rebuilds go boom, even professional ones.

Your truck would be worth more to me with 20,000 on the rebuild, than it is now.

A quick look at Craigslist here in the southwest shows asking prices of $4500 to $7000, but most are 3.4s'.

Most probably sell for $1000, or more, less than asking price.

I don't know about prices in the northwest.

 

Folks in South Arkansas would ask $7000 and take $6000 for it. The 4Runner market is fair down here but the Tacomas are going for way too much money. The rebuilt engine is only going to hurt you with folks like us. There are a lot of people who will see that as an upgrade. The one thing I do know is to not leave money on the table. If you haven't made up your mind completely, price at $9000 and see if you get any bites. I bet that would help you make up your mind. People down here are crazy. If you put a 4WD Toyota up for sale in February (Tax Returns) or September (Deer season coming up) people will be lined up at your house to deal on it. I messed up and let my very nice 2001 4Runner go for $7500 with two other guys waiting in my yard for their turn to deal on it but I had already shook hands with the first guy the day before and I wouldn't back out on a deal I had already agreed to. As the guy drove off with it, one of the other guys held up $9000 in cash but the one who bought it wouldn't take it.

 

^ Can vouch for these prices down south ($6000ish). I'm assuming a non rusted Tacoma will sell for more up north.

 

I bought my friend's 98 3.4 last fall. It wasn't exactly the model I was looking for, so I did a lot of searching around on craigslist before I finally resigned myself to buying it. I also didn't see nearly as many 2.7s as 3.4s, but the prices were consistently "ridiculous". 98s-2005s, regularly with 180,000-240,000 miles, asking $7-10,000. Of course I don't know what they eventually sold for, but I'd agree with somewhere around $1,000 less than asking. But up here in the west/northwest, Toyotas and Subarus are a sellers market. Everyone wants them.

I agree on the rebuilt engine. Total gamble. But you'll absolutely find someone less experienced who sees that and hears "brand new engine" and gets real excited.

I bought mine for $7,000. 98, 3.4, TRD, 5 speed, matching carpeted topper, 189,000 miles. Great condition inside and out, guy I bought it from was the second owner. And this part only mattered to me, but I'm friends with both owners, and had known the truck since it was brand new. I had serious sticker shock when he told me the price, until I looked around on craigslist for a while. His price was a good deal for me, while still being a good deal for him. He could have asked more. Funny thing is that he bought it 4 years earlier with 120,000 miles, for $7,500

He got a great deal. But with current prices, so did I.

Anyway. Some people might prefer the 2.7. It's actually what I was looking for. Rebuilt will mean a ton to some people. But still 250,000 miles will scare away a lot of the people with more money. You're probably going to be dealing with younger people with less cash. Ask $7,000 and take $5,000?? I don't know. That'd be a decent ballpark though, depending on how well it cleans up. If the exterior and interior can be cleaned up still to look almost brand new, that helps a ton.

 

Thanks for all your input. It gives me plenty to think about .

Prices I've seen on Craigslist varied so widely it was just confusing.

I may just have to work a little harder to bring the extra cash BTW, these are samples of what I do to stay out of the poor-house.

 

Nice!

Would be cool if there was a way to track what things actually sell for. But that would have to be a voluntary disclosure and up to each person to be honest.

 

Very nice woodwork.

Looks like some chainsaw work, but some are hand gouged as well???

 

The 2000ish 4 door Tacomas are selling for insane money around here. I showed up at the deer camp in my 2002 SR5 4WD 4Runner (139,000 miles) that I had just bought and another member showed up in his new 2002 SR5 4-door truck with 190,000 miles. He told me he paid $12,000 for it. I didn't give but $4000 for my 4Runner. I'd sure throw an ad out there for way too much money and see if somebody out there has more money than sense like my hunting buddy.

 

Thank you and 'yes' I often go back to traditional tools when carving eyelids and other delicate features.

On the Willys Pickup front, I have located a guy who is at least interested in a partial trade for my wood carvings. We might strike a deal that doesn't call for selling my Tacoma IF his wife approves