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I know nothing about 4x4s except landrovers, having always run dropside trucks. We need an old 15 - 20 year old basic pickup as it will only do around 10 local miles a week. There are lots of older Ford Rangers, Hiluxes, Izuzus etc about for £1500 - 2000 but I have no idea which to avoid when buying a fairly old 4x4 model. I have heard some makes of that age will always be rust buckets. Any advice would be much appreciated.

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I know nothing about 4x4s except landrovers, having always run dropside trucks. We need an old 15 - 20 year old basic pickup as it will only do around 10 local miles a week. There are lots of older Ford Rangers, Hiluxes, Izuzus etc about for £1500 - 2000 but I have no idea which to avoid when buying a fairly old 4x4 model. I have heard some makes of that age will always be rust buckets. Any advice would be much appreciated.
The ones you mentioned all have a good rep, and for sure could be that buckets, buy atleast you will be able to tell if you have good luck underneath first.

I have had a few older hiluxes and they have done me very well. Very slow as the older ones are n/a but less to go wrong. Hiluxs also have a excellent resale value.scrappers export for £1400 easily.

I'd look at towing capacity aswell if required as it can be surprisingly low. My DC mk3 hilux is 2t for towing and the single cab I had was 1450kg or something ridiculous.

Cant remember which but some if izuzu 3.0 or 3.1tds have had poor engine issues but this may have only affected troopers. If I needed a replacement vehicle I'd certainly look at the isuzu
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I've owned most older pickups up to 3K in value, and out of what you've mentioned Hilux come out tops, all day long - almost everything else apart from some Rangers will suffer on the chassis, or have a duff engine prone to failure. If you can find a decent Nissan D21 / 22 they are worth a look but check underneath and ideally only buy one that's had the weak bottom end bolts replaced (D22). I found a respectable D22 king cab with 90K on the clock for 1100 quid to use in the woods, and it's fine.

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Stretch ur budget to £2500 and pick up the cleanest hilux ya can. Rear tubs can be scabby but its realistically a plate up, fill and spray job at a couple hundred quid if your bothered. Check chassis and tub mounts to chassis, if thats all good then theyre pretty much bomb proof.

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29 minutes ago, Acerforestry said:

I've owned most older pickups up to 3K in value, and out of what you've mentioned Hilux come out tops, all day long - almost everything else apart from some Rangers will suffer on the chassis, or have a duff engine prone to failure. If you can find a decent Nissan D21 / 22 they are worth a look but check underneath and ideally only buy one that's had the weak bottom end bolts replaced (D22). I found a respectable D22 king cab with 90K on the clock for 1100 quid to use in the woods, and it's fine.

Just watched my old D22 go up the road . No sign of any smoke and drives like a dream . Oil and filter changed every 6K on the dot . Sold it for £500 with 100K on the clock . If he does the same with the oil it might do another 100K !

 

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