Td42 or TB42

[gazq]

Thanks mate, the person I know is asking 14k for it with 170km on it. I should add that it is an auto transmission aswell.
My plan with the car is to go camping on surf trips, take in on the sand and dirt roads to get to spots. It isn’t to do crazy tracks just some fun ones though.
So from what I understand you would recommend I wait to get a TD42 or atleast wait to get a EFI TB42 ?
Cheers

14k for a carby seems like a lot, but with such low ks and if it is in really good nick then maybe 9-10k ? For that kind of money I would want grandpa spec and no rust at that price point. Accessories mean nothing interms of adding value, like old lifts, spotties, and other shit owners have added to them and paid full price for. I can't speak to the value of an auto tb42 carb variant as I have only had manuals. Covid has distored car prices and I could be way off, but search online to find similar GQs to gauage weither or not it seems like a reasonble price instead of advice from random people on the internet like me haha.

Redbook says for a TI version of petrol carb auto GQ is 5-8k which sounds more like it.

So as always take any advice with a grain of salt. This is coming from a guy who bought a td42 for 5k, mates picked up theirs tbs for 4,5K over ten years ago.

For me at that price I would pass and wait for an very clean EFI version to come along. A 14k TD would probably have over +400ks and/or be very rough. In the end it will do what you want, but jeez thats a lot of cash for a carby. Hope this helps and remember you will probably need some extra cash to address old car problems.