1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I paid $900 for a rusty 300K 4-owner 96 3.4/auto. At the time it was the only 4WD 4Runner (for parts) I’d seen on marketplace in 6+ months. Just Texas things.

 

back in VT you can definitely find them for cheap, but I am way too lazy to deal with the rust. the VT DMV valued mine at $1500 when I first bought it.
I paid $4500 for it.. a 4 banger out of CA. I've put about another $2k into it over the past 3 years (mostly in the past 2 months), and I'm perfectly happy with that.
I'd have no trouble selling it for $6500+, but why?

 

Starts shit with mod again***

 

That 3rd gen thread?

 

Yea

 

Which position do you plan in the band?

 

Protestor out front

 

That must have been so disappointing to find lol

 

Jeez this T100 would be fun.

 

Boss guy saw a bear yesterday so was skipped work

 

The hoarders in this thread

 

Just need enough to call the garage the Taco Shop

 

Thanks for the link.

Bummer (but not surprising) that there's no VIN for me to look up. I'm not motivated to ask the seller. I still wonder if it was a retrofit, or even just an OE button stuck in the dash to scam an unsuspecting buyer. A unique, but maybe not that desirable, vehicle if it's legit.

 

When is muchos tacos ever a bad thing?

 

I know that with Tacomas at least, before TRD package was a thing you could order the e-locker on any trim 4x4 1st gen so you sometimes see them on 1995.5 - 1997s that you wouldn't expect to see them on. Since that 4runner is a '97 I wonder if it was the same thing, added on at the time of order/purchase?

either way pretty rare but he's asking way too much for a 4banger, if it were a low miles 3.4l one I could see asking that

 

Agreed on the too much money, but a boosted 3RZ 4Runner with a manual could be fun...

 

10 people on a conference call to debug a network switch.

'Is the ethernet cable plugged in?'

'What IP are you on?'

 

When your tongue goes numb.

 

Yes sir

I remember my co-worker telling me one day that he had too many cars.

Here she is when I bought it, and before I ruined her -

Damn that's cheap!

Not really rare.

Some people just don't list it (and have the option) or list it incorrectly. I see plenty on craigslist here.

Really I'm surprised you don't consider a 4th Gen instead. You can find a nice clean one for cheaper than a 3rd Gen.

 

No manual trans with 4th gens, only looking at 97 - 2000 T4Rs for the manual 4x4 option