1982 Toyota Pickup for sale by owner - Larned, KS - craigslist (2024)

I am the second owner of Ol’ Blue and purchased this truck from the original owner who lived down the street from me. He took very good care of the truck and it was always garaged and all maintenance done. I used to see him in the truck at the community mailbox and I’d be driving my ’79 Toyota 4x4. I always pleaded with him to sell it to me, but he invariably refused. He was retired with his wife and they towed the truck behind their motor home on vacations. He estimated the mileage to be 60K lower than what it read on the odometer. One year later, he agreed to sell it to me because he bought a brand-new Silverado.

I purchased Ol’ Blue in 2005. At that time, he had 200K on the clock and was in remarkable condition. The first owner had the truck repainted because of numerous rock chips from towing and accidentally dumping a load of gravel for landscaping on the side of the bed and not in it—OUCH! When he purchased the truck new, he had made a plywood bed liner (you can see the caulking that got on the bed in the photos), but that bed liner kept the bed in excellent condition.

This truck was the second purchase in my collection. My wife drove Ol’ Blue for a couple of years as a daily driver, but after we moved to a home with a 2-mile gravel road, I started noticing rock chips and retired him to the garage. As indicated by the photos, there is hardly any rust on the truck, except for a small amount in the bed seams. I have neutralized with a rust neutralizer.

The truck shifts smoothly, and the engine doesn’t burn or use any coolant or motor oil. Compression checks out at 150 # 1, 150 # 2, 150 # 3, 148 # 4. After the truck has been sitting a while on cold start-up, he runs a little rough for 30 seconds or so and then clears up and runs extremely well (I believe valve guide seals are a little worn). It has done this since I purchased him. All lights electronics function as they should. I still need to find the charge lamp relay that quit (just affects the warning light).

The body is in excellent shape. It has some normal rock chips on the front and a couple on the shell. There are a few minor, very small dents that I tried to show in the pictures. The interior is almost flawless. I replaced the faded original carpet, but I kept the old one for the future owner. It too is in excellent shape. The dash has one small ½ inch crack on the back of the instrument panel that you can’t see. The factory seats are all original and I put covers on them to protect them when I purchased him.

Tires are in great condition. The original chrome SR5 wheels look new. The air conditioner blows ice cold (I rebuilt the compressor and converted it to R134A). It has the original factory Toyota stereo that works as it should. Has original carburetor and California emissions equipment.

I located the shell in a salvage yard after I purchased the truck and had it professionally repainted to match. Back then, Stockland only offered white, but I thought it would look better to match the blue color. The inside of the shell should be repainted.

I have performed all maintenance on schedule throughout my ownership. The truck has always been garaged and very well cared for. He is mostly a garage king, but I do take him either to the store once in a while or for a highway cruise.

Some things I have done to the truck, excluding normal maintenance items, are as follows: Install new carpet kit; purchase and repaint the original shell; replace muffler; replace alternator, coil and voltage regulator; replace clutch kit and bearings (NACHI, EXEDY JAPAN); replace shocks (KYB); rebuild AC compressor and convert; replace fuel pump; remove and clean EGR system; replace O2 sensor; replace auxiliary accelerator pump and replace all vacuum lines.

The reason Ol’ Blue is being sold is that my wife and I will be moving in the next year or so to a rural location where I will not have the garage space for all my collection nor will I have storage space to rent close to my home. So, it is time to pass them on to new owners who I hope will enjoy them as much as I and my wife have.

I have a clean Washington title in my name. I live in Washington, but stay at a home I own in Kansas part of the year, the truck is located in western Kansas.

Ol’ Blue is definitely a head turner and you will get pestered by strangers everywhere you go!

$19,400 cash, cashier’s check, or possible wire transfer. We will need to do an exchange during normal banking hours to verify cash or cashier’s check in the bank. I will meet you at a place of your choosing in my town or at my home. Contact me by email if you have any questions or want to set up a time to come drive and take a look. Leave your phone number and I will call you back. I only check my email once a day so I will respond as soon as I can. Thanks for looking. Please, no trades and no sight unseen sales. For more information, photos and other Toyotas I have for sale please visit my website at: https://yodacollectibles.godaddysites.com/