New here, howdy!

[locrwln]

Thanks Jack, that sounds pretty fancy for a trail rig.

Dan thought he was pointing me to a 100 here in town, turns out it was at Martins not the consignment lot.

The good news is I check their lot while I was there and found a '00 with 134K, cloth interior, locker, single owner, dark gray, third row seat, $16K. I'm not crazy about dark colors they tend to show the Nevada dirt more than light colors but it's not a show stopper.

I have a problem with commitment when it comes to car purchases, it may take me a long time to buy a rig.

Nothing wrong with that and while it was nice, it was the right:shakin: color. I too think the price was way high, but you never know in this market how cheap you can get a gas guzzling SUV.

Jack

 

[rusty_tlc]

Nothing wrong with that and while it was nice, it was the right:shakin: color. I too think the price was way high, but you never know in this market how cheap you can get a gas guzzling SUV.

Jack

True that. After I identify a few canidates I can watch them to see how long they are on the market.

My 40 was in the Nickle for over two months, I got it for well under the asking price. That was before they started getting popular again.

 

[locrwln]

True that. After I identify a few canidates I can watch them to see how long they are on the market.

My 40 was in the Nickle for over two months, I got it for well under the asking price. That was before they started getting popular again.

Patience when buying a car is always a gooood thing.

Apparently, alchemists have figured out how to turn Japenese metal and rust into gold.:hehe: Because 40's prices have gotten crazy.

Jack

 

[rusty_tlc]

We took a closer look at the 98 on the consignment lot today. I't pretty clean, the usual carpet stains, parking lot dings etc. The engine was dry except for a littl seepage around the valve cover on the PS. Brand new bootsd on the CV's kind of made me think for a minute. Mostly dry underneth except for right under the transmission. I'll crawl under it next time to see if it is just the pan gasket or what. I was wrong about the color it's light grey/silver. It does have the factory locker.

 

[rusty_tlc]

I think we will do this. rincess: is in love with the rig.

 

[Willman]

Nice rig!!!

Welcome to the ExPo!!

:jump:

 

[locrwln]

I think we will do this. rincess: is in love with the rig.

So it's looking like the '98 is a go? Very cool. Can't wait to see it up close.

Careful, Joanne won't want to go anywhere in the 40 after she gets spoiled by the 100.eepwall:

Jack

 

[rusty_tlc]

So it's looking like the '98 is a go? Very cool. Can't wait to see it up close.

Careful, Joanne won't want to go anywhere in the 40 after she gets spoiled by the 100.eepwall:

Jack

I don't know about that, the 40 with the bikini top on a summer day is a lot of fun.

I should know on the 98 by the end of the day.

 

[rusty_tlc]

:jump:

:exclaim: :hehe: :exclaim: :victory:



They need a new emotiocon for how I feel.

 

[Skillet]

Cool beans! Nice rig.

Now:

*Lift
*Bumper(s)
*RoofRack
*Drawer System
*Dual Batteries
*Etc
*Etc
*$
*$
*$

 

[rusty_tlc]

Cool beans! Nice rig.

Now:

*Lift
*Bumper(s)
*RoofRack
*Drawer System
*Dual Batteries
*Etc
*Etc
*$
*$
*$

My goal is to spend as little time and money on this rig as possiable. I already have way to much $$ and time invested in my 40.

It looks like an ARB front locker may be the first mod. I believe the common wisdom is that the front diff is the weakest element in the drive train.
After that probably;
-Lift
-Tires, it will be due by then anyway.
-CB/shortwave radios.
-I'll probably build my own drawers. I'm working on that for the 40 already since there are no commercial systems available for it. It shouldn't be hard to modify the dimensions for the 100. The tough part is sourcing decent hardware.
-no roof rack in the plans

 

[rusty_tlc]

We did a nice little ride Sunday.
Reno to Fallon, out on some dirt roads around Grimes point looking for Rnyolite. Back through Silver Springs, up Six Mile Canyon to VIrginia City, Lousetown road to Cartwright, back down Giger Grade to Reno.
A little bit of almost every type of paved road you might encounter from Interstate to rural two lane blacktop. Just a tiny bit of washboard gravel and old mining roads/ fence line roads.
A pretty good shakedown run to get familiar with how the rig rides.

Edit: I forgot to mention, we loved it!!!!