Chevy anyone? The Silverado's are good trucks, reasonably priced, and last a very long time.
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and since it will be just for hauling parts or towing every once in a while, the horrible gas mileage won't bother you.
Silverado is a comfortable truck though. I just sold my 94 extended cab Silverado for 2500 with 200k on it. it ran great and everything worked in it. and I bought it for 2k, a few years before so you are really going to be ok in a chevy, as much as I hate to admit I owned one and said it was a good truck
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Originally posted by Stanley Rockafella View PostI also wouldn't recommend a Jeep Comanche.
Mostly because of the trouble this guy had with trying to locate one.
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A Chevy pick up would be a great choice, the 88 - 95 pre-vortec especially. Those TBI engines will never die and are cheap as shit to maintain. I have a coworker who has a 2500 with 250k miles on it, a lot of miles were spent towing various boats too, original engine, trans and rear end. Also, you can pick them up pretty cheap these days. Nothing wrong with the Vortec engines, just a little more to go wrong, the weird fuel injection set up on them has some minor issues with the poppet valves in the fuel metering assembly sticking on higher mileage engines.
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Good luck finding a hardbody that isn't 30% rust.
Seconding old Chevy trucks. A 2WD V8 1500 in the squarebody or GMT400 generation is a solid bet, they're super cheap to fix and much easier to find in decent shape than a hardbody.Last edited by varg; 04-20-2018, 07:01 AM.
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Originally posted by varg View PostGood luck finding a hardbody that isn't 30% rust.
Seconding old Chevy trucks. A 2WD V8 1500 in the squarebody or GMT400 generation is a solid bet, they're super cheap to fix and much easier to find in decent shape than a hardbody.
But I have always wanted to bob one and make it a nice little flatbed...1974.5 Jensen Healey : 2003 330i/5
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Originally posted by rturbo 930 View PostAre mid 2000s Rangers any good? My dad's car is on its death bed, and he wants a truck. Won't put many miles on it since he's retired, and will see pretty light use.
Originally posted by varg View PostGood luck finding a hardbody that isn't 30% rust.
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Originally posted by wworm View PostI live in no rust land so I think it should be okay as long as it's been kind of taken care of. Anyone know any specific areas to check for rust?
Originally posted by roguetoaster View Post3.0 Vulcan Rangers generally are bad
My search for a good light truck years ago was frustrating. The nissans were rusty, the Toyotas overpriced, and the S10s and rangers were all either auto or 4 cylinders. Dodges were so uncommon that they're not really worth mentioning, and the only Comanche I got to see was stolen.Last edited by varg; 04-21-2018, 06:25 PM.
IG @turbovarg
'91 318is, M20 turbo
[CoTM: 4-18]
'94 525iT slicktop, M50B30 + S362SX-E, 600WHP DD or bust - updated 3-17
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Are the newer Nissans any good? I'm now looking at mid 2000s Frontiers and Chevy/GMC Colorados/Canyons.
I'm hoping to find something stick shift, probably V6, 6' bed, ideally with 4' between the wheel wells, 4WD, regular cab, under 10k for a good one, not some POS, probably around 10 years old. Oh, and it needs to fit in the garage, which means it need to be fairly short. Full size trucks are pretty much out.
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