Clutch Cargo
Observer
So, after hanging around the forums for a while now, I figured I'd finally start to document my truck's progress. Took me a while to start getting stuff done but now it's finally gaining momentum.
Picked the truck up in October 2015 for $2300. Just over 183,000 miles on the clock, leaked oil from the valve covers, had a cracked windshield, and the 4wd wouldn't engage but I couldn't care less. Mainly because it was completely rust free! Originally purchased in California, it spent almost its entire life in Colorado and Texas before being brought to Connecticut a few months before I bought it. The seller's uncle was the original owner and they both maintained the truck meticulously and kept extensive service records and all the factory literature/window sticker which I was given. Couldn't have asked for a better situation. I had been searching for a montero on and off for at least six months, only coming across Junkers and trucks in fairly rough shape when I spotted the ad on Craigslist for this. After trying the number in the ad and being told the number was out of service every few days for a couple weeks, the listing was taken down. Damn, I missed out. Months later the same ad popped up and I emailed the seller immediately, eventually finding a reply in my junk mail, days later. Come to find out, the seller had taken the ad down after no one had called and then reposted it just recently. After I told him the story of how I tried to get ahold of him he realized the number in the listing was one digit off. I was the only one to ever get ahold of the guy and go see the truck, it was meant to be haha. He even gave me the wind sail that was on top of the truck in the deal and taught me how to set it up.
Picked the truck up in October 2015 for $2300. Just over 183,000 miles on the clock, leaked oil from the valve covers, had a cracked windshield, and the 4wd wouldn't engage but I couldn't care less. Mainly because it was completely rust free! Originally purchased in California, it spent almost its entire life in Colorado and Texas before being brought to Connecticut a few months before I bought it. The seller's uncle was the original owner and they both maintained the truck meticulously and kept extensive service records and all the factory literature/window sticker which I was given. Couldn't have asked for a better situation. I had been searching for a montero on and off for at least six months, only coming across Junkers and trucks in fairly rough shape when I spotted the ad on Craigslist for this. After trying the number in the ad and being told the number was out of service every few days for a couple weeks, the listing was taken down. Damn, I missed out. Months later the same ad popped up and I emailed the seller immediately, eventually finding a reply in my junk mail, days later. Come to find out, the seller had taken the ad down after no one had called and then reposted it just recently. After I told him the story of how I tried to get ahold of him he realized the number in the listing was one digit off. I was the only one to ever get ahold of the guy and go see the truck, it was meant to be haha. He even gave me the wind sail that was on top of the truck in the deal and taught me how to set it up.
