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Pics of said Isuzu, or the hooker you blow the other hundred on.
I learned to drive on a trooper, manual trannie, including driving on the mnts and snow. It's one of the vehicles my parents regret selling, 20+ years later. They had the two door and then the 4 door.
Have fun
Would love me a Tripper!!!
I had a Baja Bug for a while. Fun and a nightmare, all at the same time. That was one jacked up ride. Fun on the dirt roads of the NEK when it was running though.
That was my first car. Loved my 61 Baja Bug with a 1600cc engine in it and the loader than fuck stinger exhaust. No heater, totally inadequate brakes, but man it was fun to get silly in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
I was so shocked my wife would ride in it. I knew she was a keeper if that POS didn't scare her off.
Meet Dalton, my 1979 CJ5 with largely stock 258 six banger in it. Super reliable so far, goes absolutely anywhere a lot of fun to drive except on ice. Then it's a deathtrap.
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Why did you name your Jeep Dalton? Nice lookin Jeep.
floater: are those 35s?
also...for inspiration:
This year I got Big Black ($3500) and Little Blue ($950)
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Big black is a 351m, C6, 3/4 ton. Had gone pretty far into off-road-only land with owners previous to the previous owner. P.O. started bringing it back to daily driving and I finished. He pulled spooled 4.88s and installed 3.55s open front, posi rear. I traded worn 36" mudders for some decent streetable tires. Front pulley, rear shock towers, front wheel bearings, hubs; made the wipers, lights, horn, radio, speedometer, and heater/defroster work again...made the drivers seat sittable again. I moved numerous heavy, heavy loads of quickcrete, block, and wood this summer. Actually got 15mpg on a highway trip. Hoping to maybe work out a slide-in camper and make this into a 4x4 RV. I fucking love driving this truck, it runs and sounds great with an edelbrock and headers, loved it so much I just couldn't bring myself to drive in the salt, so I went looking for a winter beater and found little blue.
Lil' blue had ~75K miles on it when I bought it. I've been putting a lot of miles on it. :eek: ....had shitty mismatched tires and needed brake lines. 1 bigass gnarly battery, mud tires from some guy's old plow truck on craigslist, brake lines, craigslist topper and homemade rack, rebuilt hubs.....bingo. I love this truck. Less than $1500 and I'd confidently drive this cross country.
There you go. Nice to see the pics. Let me know if you do theQuote:
Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater
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I want to do it, but then my No Computer statement will be null and void. Worth it though- might get double digit MPG.
Meet Igor. Bought a mining claim at treeline. Igor is going to help me build a hut there next summer.
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Originally Posted by basinbeater
^ correct.
IAS....those are 33's.
Warthog. ..going to do that at some point this winter. A bit daunting for me but I'm willing to give it a shot.
So this is what I bought recently. Bitch came from Nevada and is in the shop now receiving a bunch of regularly scheduled maintenance as well as a 2.5" lift. Already swapped those mudders for a set of Cooper ST MAXX. Also lost those running boards, cuz I don't want people to think I'm a fag. Has the factory electronic diff locks. Later on, I'll probably re-gear from the stock 4.11 to 4.56 or 4.88 (maybe).
^^^ how many miles? Looks good and bonus with the lockers. I've got the 2.5 ome medium springs with fox shocks. Rides great. Also have the 33" St Maxx. I don't see any need to regear.
That's one sharp looking Cruiser.
185K. Going with Bilsteins and medium OME springs. I'll play with her a bit before deciding on whether or not to re-gear.
If you think she looks good on the outside, motherfucker!, fucking amazingly clean on the inside. Unlike, pretty much, all the women I've been with.
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Picked up the trooper , gonna change the fluids and tires today.
$50 for new oil and antifreeze, and just scored some like new Duratracs for $300 on rims... plus maybe another project.
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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
^^^ I kind of keep an eye out for those, not so much since I got the 5er. But I like the style.
Trooper looks good.
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She's getting close to being cleaned up.. sadly the sweet wheels off the 1999 Isuzu don't fit the manual hubs on this one. Going to have to grab new rims.
When I was 13 or maybe 11 or 12, we rented Chevrolet troopers (rebadged isuzus) in Ecuador, and did a big road trip around the country. They were manual transmission, and I learned to drive a stick on the beach down there. That is what your truck makes me think of.
Saw a well-loved one of these today at the hill, minus the snorkel:
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Also saw a first generation pair of Line Darksides in pristine condition shortly thereafter, with matching Solly 900s. Time warp in the best possible way.
Nice 80!Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva
Diesel?
No, regrettably. Diesel and stick transmission would have been tits!
The Suzuki hasn't come together yet, but this just popped up:
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...8553/overview/
It's a '95 4R, 3.0, 233k, clean carfax, manual, no accidents, many service records, new clutch, $4k.
Yes? No?
^^ check all e-windows and door locks and be prepared for them to eventually fail (motors and solenoids).
What about this: http://m.mastodon4x4.com/#/vehicle/6074992
Damn. Make skiing great again.Quote:
Originally Posted by idahospud
Turns out the 4 runner has some issue that causes a loud bang, followed by a grinding noise when on full left turn lock, even in 2wd. Not getting into that. Same place has a pretty mint 03 Tahoe LT with 250k for $5800. It's not a beater, and it's a little more money than I was thinking to spend, but it's in great shape. Far better condition than the one I had briefly last winter. Currently eating lunch before deciding... Any thoughts?
https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...aff=share_text
Ended up taking the Tahoe out for a few hours this afternoon and the thing seems to be essentially perfect. Wrote the dealer a check for $4,500 and we're out the door. Car seems to be in beautiful shape. Apparently it spent its last eight years of life being owned by a couple in their sixties. Things got a fucking DVD player in it. Pretty sure this doesn't qualify as a beater
Agreed... Would have been sick. Still might end up with the Samurai... Will probably wait at least until tomorrow AM to pitch the idea of a 5th car. But depending on how this adapts to life in the mountains, I might end up selling this and buying that whenever it comes up. My buddy might also just sell it elsewhere. To the right person, the suzuki is worth more money than I was going to give him. We'll see what happens... But after having borrowed other people's trucks and suvs four times in the last two weeks, it's nice to have a larger car in the driveway again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dromontana
Those old runners have steel stops on the knuckle and a arm that cause the grinding at full lock any time there is ANY suspension movement. Either direction. No problem. You can apply grease to the contact surfaces to make it go away for a few days. It will come back. No problem.
The grinding noise wasn't so concerning, but the repeated BANG as whatever was binding up broke loose seemed pretty violent. I demo'd it for the sales guy and the look on his face was priceless.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
I wish I had a pic of the cv boot and assembly from this truck. We had it up. The "good" side had about 1/2" of play in the CV/hub assembly. That pic is the best argument I've yet seen for passing on this one. And if that weren't a good argument, you'd have liked the volume of oil/fluid leaking from literally every gasket between the RMS and the rear dif. I know all this stuff can be fixed... I'll undoubtedly swap the front diff on the tahoe... But that 4 runner was no good.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
Point taken. May the new year get you a good vehicle.
Thanks. Happy new year to you too. I'm still struggling to come to terms with the fact that I just spent nearly $5k on a vehicle that's already on its return trip from the moon... Fucking cars. I fucking love them... But man, do I fucking hate them.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
Congrats on joining the ho club! I'm writing this from the back of my 02 LT after spending the night in it somewhere in New Mexico. Telluride later today!Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
There have been a few expensive issues. Fuel pump, transmission... but other than that, it's been a real solid ride. Got it mainly to tow a travel trailer, which it does very nicely. Almost can't tell the trailer is back there (except for the fuel bill).
For reference and affirmation, this ^^^. On my 88 4Runner, it always happened. Was never a problem over the 180k miles and and 14 years that I owned the truck.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
Op, is that Tahoe just a holding place until you find the short wheel base beater? Or are you gonna stick with it until the body is beat to hell? Don't you already own a 7/8 passenger SUV?
I thought you'd take the bait of that stock military g wagon that I posted. It's above your budget, but..... weren't you questing a g wagon at one point?
My mechanics is an off-road Motörhead and tells me the 85 4Runner is the unicorn, solid axles, efi, lots of mod-ability, ability to roll up windows and blast heater, etc. I think he has 2 of them, one for crawling that he tows to point of use and one that he can legally drive to the trails.
That g wagen looked sick, but $14k would have started to impinge on other projects... I had leased a '16 pilot this time last year, but had the opportunity to get out of it with some equity when the dealers ran out of stock this summer and traded in on a Golf R. I also have a 2500, but I try to leave that with the chains and plow on for the winter... I can do 90% of everything I need to do in either the Golf, or my Suzuki SX4 (awesome car, btw), but the remaining 10% has come up about 6 times in the last two weeks, and borrowing friend's suvs and trucks has been inconvenient - so I bought another car. I was going to buy something smaller, but nothing came together. Stumbled upon this Tahoe and couldn't pass it up. It'll need a front diff at some point, like apparently every other full size vehicle GM has ever manufactured, but used diffs are cheap and relatively easy to install. Everything else has been good so far... When that appears to be coming to an end, I'll trade this in on a new car for my wife, and buy some other whatever.
Just saw an '86 Trooper 2.3/5sp pop up with 116k... This Tahoe might not last any longer than the last one.