$10k to spend - advice on which model?

[taslucas]

Looks like it's been well looked after too. Id say you'd have a good few years of driving before even considering any engine mods. As for the rest of the mods done, it looks like it's well setup already and you could get out there and start enjoying it straight away.

[Drewboyaus]

Yeah. Looks nice I reckon. But if its been there a while, folks might be steering clear for a good reason (and not just because its not a 4.2). We here can only give you so much input before you buy anything and I highly recommend investing in a proper mechanical inspection if you like it enough to make an offer. Could be a well spent 300 bucks.
When I was looking for my current rig a while ago, I was looking at 80 series 'Cruisers too (don't laugh).
Found a nice factory turbo diesel at a good price being sold by a pleasant father/son team who had planned to take the big trip but someone had got sick. Mechanically it was quite good but a mate of mine who is a guru with this stuff noticed a couple of hairline cracks near the doors (I probably wouldn't have noticed).....on closer inspection there was cracking across the whole rear part of the body and it was the first time these two blokes had seen it. They were devastated because now their rig was barely worth anything and we were out of there.


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