Heh heh heh. Got it for a song in the boonies of New York, as the shackle bushings squeaked badly. I got that ride for less than the ticket up and gas back. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Drove it back down to Tennessee, had my mechanic grease the bushings up good, and here I am.

How 'bout a welcome for the new guy?

Welcome to the 'Wire! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Looks like a clean truck. Sometimes they just need a little love.

What's the vital stats on it? (year, engine, etc.)


James

Welcome! love the 1st gens. What are your plans for it? Where in TN are ya? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

High mileage (150k+), overall clean truck. The 2.6 engine is in great condition for the mileage, looks like it was babied pretty well. Rear carpet ripped out down to bare metal (rotted?), some cosmetic damage to the front, a few dents here and there. For some odd reason, there were a ton and I mean a TON of cornstalk pieces wedged way up inside the underside of the body, only spotted them when it was on the lift. Spent a good ten minutes yanking them out.

I'm thinking it needs some 33s. There's always a few junked troopers in my area, so I might get some spare part vehicles while I'm getting replacement headlight trim. The tape deck isn't functioning, and some of the speakers are dead. That'll probably be the first thing I take care of.

I'm in ETN, between Knoxx and Chooga. Know any good trails?

hmmm, my guess would be they're remnants from a joyride through a corn field. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

welcome aboard.

The front air louvres are all broken out though. Are they an easy replacement from junkyard parts?

Congrat's on the purchase. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Is this your first trooper? Oh and welcome to the board. I haven't been on here very long at all and everyone has been super helpful. Buncha good folks on here. I've yet to meet anyone, but there seems to be a few Isuzu fans in the East Tn area. I just moved to Church Hill (close to Kingsport), so it's nice to find others that are into these trucks. Everyone where I'm from thought I was dumb to look for an older "cracker box" to drive around. Then when they couldn't keep up on my home trails, they started asking what I would take for it. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> That box will carry this cracker around as long as it still cranks.

JC

You mean on the grille?

I am in the process of converting my 89 to 86-style grill and headlights. I need to order Hella lenses and Weatherpack wiring, but once I'm done you can have my grille if you want it for free, just not sure how to get it to you. I'm in Tampa.

Tellico <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" /> is about an hour south of Knoxville on the NC border.

Another than Tellico there is Royal Blue about 45 minutes north of Knoxville if your looking for Mud and across I-75 there is Sandmine for rocks.

Then you got Windrock which is 30 minutes west of Knoxville just past Oak Ridge, great for extreme rocks.