I got my first 720 for free. Two new tires and brake pads and I drove it two years untill I put two more new tire on it. Then year 3 it tried to kill me when the carb stuck in wide f**king open. New Weber and it was back on the road. I also put new wires and spark plugs on it. Year for I got a caviler and it sat in the drive way and mice went to town in the cab and it was so bad to drive because mouse sh! T was flying everywhere. So I bought a 4x4 720 and used my old one for parts until I scraped the old one. Sold the 4x4 a year after. Now I want a another one. Best truck ever if you keep the rust, and mice at bay. My first one had the outline in the bed of it originally having a 5th wheel at one time. These trucks are actually build heavy duty for a mini truck. Lots of lugs, big brakes and they take a beating and ask for seconds.
Comments from a young pup. 😂 Obviously this car has seen a lot of ware and is not representative of what it was like when new. These in their original form were as quiet as an empty church and silky smooth, looking at the dash you can see the aging from the sun. Materials break down and loved old cars are normally cared for. In its day this was a very lovely car. I'd love to have a Super Coup and a garage to use to bring it back to new.
I just purchased a 1993 Accord wagon cb9 , Ex.. with only 62k miles carfax approved.. it's a Arcaidia green, with tan cloth interior, .. super fun to drive especially with the sunroof open...
While I agree with your opinion of the 89 car being better than the 97 car, I respectfully disagree with your undeserved praise of the 1989 MN12 car in general. The MN12 program went millions of dollars over budget and missed performance and weight targets for this car. The car weighed more than a quarter of a ton more than the 9 th generation car it replaced. With only a 20 hp increase over the engine output of the outgoing Turbo Coupe not being enough to offset the weight increase,people LOST their jobs over this car. Then there was the issue of the supercharged 3.8 V6 blowing head gaskets and damaging the cylinder heads from customers deferring maintenance on changing the supercharger drive belts and the timing belts on the engine. By the time this car reached production, this car's intended rival, the BMW 6-series was already being retired and about to be replaced by an 8 series that went further upmarket and fell victim to many of the same criticisms the MN12 T-bird faced (overweight, too large, and migrating too far upmarket. Perhaps the most ironic twist of fate is that both the MN12 Thunderbird and the BMW E31 8 series were cancelled at around the same time for many of the same reasons (personal luxury coupe market was declining, too many premium coupes chasing fewer customers as well as skyrocketing MSRPs and insurance costs). It didn't help that this was when SUVs and crossovers started to become competitive alternatives.
Yes! I owned one and it was the best car I’ve ever owned. Only problem was that it was built by Ford! Always a problem but I forgave it of its maladies. I owned a Grand National and this was a much better driving car! The car did however move a whole bunch of GM loyalist to the Ford product line. I ended up buying Explorers an Expeditions and the Lincoln LS so it was a wind for Ford, eventually.
12:26 because the 2uz engine is much, much better. I used to own a 2nd gen Tacoma with the same v6 as the 4Runner and I currently own a 2020 Tacoma with the new v6. Neither one comes close to the v8 in my 2004 200k mile 4Runner in bottom end torque or refinement. Offroading on the v8 is a pleasure, and I can just crawl over obstacles without revving while both of the Tacomas wouldn't clear them without a lead footed approach. The gas mileage is only 1 mpg worse than what I got in the old Tacoma, which is insane tbh. I am so in love with that v8, I wish I could replace the v6 in my newer Tacoma with an old 2uz
Broke that fan belt on a trip one day. The gas station attendent asked what it was off of, a washing machine? From that day forward it was dubbed "The Maytag". It was a good little car.
