1990 mk2 trooper?

[flatyre]

a mechanic mate has a 1990 2.6 petrol trooper in his yard for sale for £200, totally original, swb, red over silver, really good condition, no real use to me, but i'm a sucker for old school Jap 4x4's, what you reckon?

[s.varty]

You,d get £100 (thereabouts) for scrap, if its got a good mot its a bargain. Bit juicy but it depends on how many miles you do.

[wicklamulla]

yep i loike Troopers too. Ole skool stuff is kinda cool now.

[djbobbins]

I had a 1993/4 3.2 V6 SWB auto box as a backup car / winter vehicle / log fetching toy; loved it.

 

I think I got more than £100 for scrap but it was a few years back; it was still fine on the body but the cambelt tensioners were failing, they are an Isuzu only part and the garage couldn't be certain that spending £500 doing the belt and tensioners would solve it, so it went to the big junkyard in the sky.

 

Made a great noise and only once once ever let me down (when it was parked for four months under a leaking gutter, filled the passenger footwell with about an inch of water and drained the battery). The other thing that cost me a few quid was a rotten rear crossmember, which had to be fabricated in situ to avoid the need to taking the fuel tank off.

 

Liked a drink though, especially on short journeys. Best I ever managed was a cruise from Staffordshire to the Lake District and back again, at about 52mph on the cruise control it averaged 21mpg.

[Will Heal]

a mechanic mate has a 1990 2.6 petrol trooper in his yard for sale for £200, totally original, swb, red over silver, really good condition, no real use to me, but i'm a sucker for old school Jap 4x4's, what you reckon?

 

 

I thought you had an old l200? How's that coming on?

 

 

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[IRE David H]

export market

[woodwizzard]

That will be a mk1 trooper. If in good clean solid condition you might be surprised how much it would make on ebay. They were prone to rusting out chassis wise. Sounds like a good buy.

[Parrott tree care]

That would be a good buy for off road toy

 

 

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[flatyre]

I thought you had an old l200? How's that coming on?

 

 

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still have the L200 but holding off doing any work on it as the chassis is so bad, waiting to see if a good one crops up with a knackered engine, if not its out with the welder.

[flatyre]

That would be a good buy for off road toy

 

 

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yeah that was my thinking, round here short wheel base 4x4's are getting good money for rock crawlers and off roading, also being a fair age I thought it might appeal to someone wanting something different. Anyway I just thought it would make a fun weekend motor for taking the family down to the Mourne Mountains and places like that, and when the novelty wears off sell it on with out loosing anything.