Great looking well-kept rig, bidding going pretty high already with 4 days left!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...a-4runner-4x4/

Whats the highest you’ve seen a first gen 4runner sell for? For me it was a red 1986 that went for $17.5k on BaT.

 

As nice as it is, I think the color(s) may hold that one back.

 

When I checked on it yesterday there were 23 bids and it was $14k. That's my least favorite color, Metallic Baby ˟˟˟˟ Yellow, and I don't like the interior color. But it's nicely preserved. He posted excellent pictures of the undercarriage. The seller seems to be a classic car dealer. I bet the original owners sold it for $5k.

 

I very much like the color, it's an 84-85 only color. But I think the paint being faded and sun burnt may effect the value. Some may say a repaint might negatively effect the value, but I don't think there are enough purists buying these trucks that it would matter.

Currently at $15,250 with 3 days to go... place your bets....

 

is it just me or does that thing have the incorrect valve cover for an 84? like it has an 83 and earlier engine
I know my 84 X-tra cab that I bought in 91 did not have the sloped valve cover

 

It's pretty, but I don't really know what its good for. No carbureted 4x4 can match an EFI one.

To get any reliable and controllable power off camber, you have to go propane on a previously carbureted rig.

 

That is the correct valve cover (and engine). The squared valve cover didn't come until Toyota released the "late" version of the 22R / 22R-E for the 1985 model year.

This 4Runner is in really nice condition!

 

Its nice but I dont think I could talk myself into paying that much for that many little problems. Especially the paint

 

interesting, i guess my 84 had already had the valve cover replaced by 91.

 

You probably have a late 84 truck. Sometimes you find weird little things like that cross over.

 

That is definitely a possibility. Toyota liked to make changes that didn't necessarily line up with the model year change, but with in a month or two.

 

SOLD at $19,250. A new highwater mark for first gens as far as I know.