ByeBye trucks

Are those American Racing wheels on the blue truck? I have those on my F150.

That 90 was crazy clean. That particular model set, particularly the 88-92 years if I remember correctly, we're subject to some poor paint decisions and generally end up flaking / fading most of their paint jobs. A truck that clean in 4x4 would probably fetch a nice price around here.

SSOK wrote: Are those American Racing wheels on the blue truck? I have those on my F150. I couldn't own a vehicle for 22 years and sell it, it would kill me. Those were nice trucks you had..

yes they are, and I have 2 brand new spares for them that I gave, awesome rims, the clear coat was still on them after 16 years.  It was tough, I actually listed it 4 times last weekend and took it down but I had to sell it if I wanted to get the yota as I just don't need 3 trucks at 50! The kid that bought was his first truck, he was real happy and he's in mechanics at school so he has plans already for it.

impulse418 wrote: I think those were the years when all manufactures had to change their clear coat formulas. Don't quote me on that though.

impulse418 wrote: impulse418 wrote: I think those were the years when all manufactures had to change their clear coat formulas. Don't quote me on that though.

Yeah that was my understanding, I knew it was either the primer or the clear coat.

Either way not alot of survivors around, with the exception of the SS 454's which I'm guessing were more likely to be garage kept or covered.

Mmmm, love the 2JZ swap!

I knew that would come up sooner or later, haha.

I probably just missed it (I'm tired and unobservant) but did the guy say what he ended up dyno'ing out? Those little toyotas make amazing toy trucks, if I lived in an area where you need 4x4 I'd snap one up in a heartbeat.

On a side note.. I find it funny that EVERY extended cab GM truck of that generation has the passenger side rocker on the extension rotted out. Only the passenger side.

well, was frustrating weekend, I drove down to prince george, about 6 hour drive south and saw 3 trucks.  The first two were so different from the pictures it was almost funny.  I asked the one guy when the pics were taken because it looked way more worn the his pics on the ad, he said LATE 2008, like that was so ok.  The 2nd truck was no better, I mentioned that it might be a bit misleading to post old pictures when the truck was obviously in worse condition, and as I was putting on my coveralls to take a closer look underneath, he said, 'I changed my mind, I'm not selling it to you';  I just smiled and said ok, thanks.

The '94 with the 2JZ was 2.5 hours south of PG, I texted him just before we were leaving and he texted back, ' just so you know, it's not really running that good, it's hesitating and won't idle.  I remind that if I buy it I'm driving it 8-9 hours back, he wanted $6,500 FIRM and it needs to be running per his ad and he said he can't 'promise anything', I said I'll pass.  Ah well, I had a nice drive through the Pine pass, had a nice supper with my wife and didn't buy something I would regret.