Good Deal?

I have been on the search for a Tacoma for a couple months now and haven't really had any luck. There is a guy here locally that has a 96 v6 5 spd with 130k miles on it that he said he would sell me for 3000. It needs both inner fender wells welded to the fire wall because he had to replace the cab because a tree branch fell on it. It also needs fenders, hood, battery, and wheels and tires. It has really good maintenance history with a clean title and the body is really clean on it. I just wanted to get some opinions before I buy it. Thanks

 

Check frame rust. How much is it going to cost you to fix it with the necessary parts (fenders/hood + buying wheels and tyres)...then compare that to a clean, fully assembles 1st gen. Since there's not a lot of these trucks in scrapyards (they were all crushed), secondhand parts are much harder to come by and new ones are not cheap. Tyres and a battery are obviously not a problem though.

IMO, 3 is a bit much for that even if it is as clean as you say, but be wary and try to talk him closer to 2 grand. Since it is too old to qualify for the buyback recall now, it doesn't matter if it is a salvage title either.

Alternatively, you can just look for another one.

 

Start running and don't look back!

 

are you a handy person?

 

Can you honestly see yourself finding and buying the parts and replacing everything yourself?

 

I would have to pass on that deal, good things come to those who wait.

 

Kind of but I would have friends helping me

 

I would pass to! I have seen too much stuff like that in my life, you will have so much time and money tied up in it you could have bought a brand new truck. Something like that, it just will never end! Look, I spend almost 9 months looking for my gal, checking craigslist and ebay till i found what i wanted and really as soon as it was listed, I bought it.

 

i would do the same.. dont do it.. my buddy bought an old mustang and tried to re build it.. (he knows a lot about cars and is very good at rebuilding stuff) Even he had so much problems with the car and spent so much money that by the end of it he could have gotten a working better condition mustang for the same price after all the mods and fixes

 

id pass!

 

I'd go $900. Tops or walk. You're basically looking at a parts truck.

 

pass deff a parts car

 

Hell for a $1,000 more you can buy one in street worthy condition and save yourself alot time and headaches.

 

Hell NO! Run the other way. You can do a lot better for 3K on that.

 

hell no, i paid 3500 for mine, that runs, with its body parts, mine has higher mileage, but thats rape

 

yeah id pay 1500 for it

 

he doesnt even know if it runs, how long has it been sitting like that...i dunno if i would even pay 1k for it.

it took me like 6-9 months i dont remember, to find my truck. dont rush into it.

 

Thanks for the help guys. I am just going to hold out for a better truck

 

good choice