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The American pickup truck market is huge: not only new pickups are selling like crazy these days but also pre-owned ones, in either stock or heavily modified form.
The pre-owned pickup segment is a sucker for Chevys and Fords, but there are other brands, like Land Rover and Toyota, who have their share of enthusiasts. And for one lucky fan of Japanese trucks, this 1990 SR5 might be the steal they were waiting for.
The carmaker has been playing the pickup card on American soil since the 1960s, when the first Toyota with a bed out back made its way here. Since that time, it has grown into a force to be reckoned with, presently selling Tacomas and Tundras like hotcakes.
This SR5 is part of the older generation of Toyota pickups, the one that was all the craze not so many decades ago. Like many of its kind still out there, it is pretty much unspoiled, down to the factory cassette stereo fitted inside.
The truck looks as good as it does thanks to a repaint conducted in 2018 as part of a larger operation that included replacing the shocks, sway bar bushings, front CV axles, and driveshaft. Other than that, and aside from fitting aftermarket tint on the windows, everything else is original.
That includes the engine making the 15-inch alloy wheels spin. We’re talking about a 3.0-liter V6 paired with an automatic transmission - at the time it rolled off the assembly line, it was rated at 150 horsepower and 180 lb-ft (243 Nm) of torque.
The truck shows 163,000 miles (262,000 km) of use, and it is for sale on Bring a Trailer complete with service records, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Texas title in the seller’s name. At the time of writing and with a single day left in the auction, the highest bid sits at $15,000.
The carmaker has been playing the pickup card on American soil since the 1960s, when the first Toyota with a bed out back made its way here. Since that time, it has grown into a force to be reckoned with, presently selling Tacomas and Tundras like hotcakes.
This SR5 is part of the older generation of Toyota pickups, the one that was all the craze not so many decades ago. Like many of its kind still out there, it is pretty much unspoiled, down to the factory cassette stereo fitted inside.
The truck looks as good as it does thanks to a repaint conducted in 2018 as part of a larger operation that included replacing the shocks, sway bar bushings, front CV axles, and driveshaft. Other than that, and aside from fitting aftermarket tint on the windows, everything else is original.
That includes the engine making the 15-inch alloy wheels spin. We’re talking about a 3.0-liter V6 paired with an automatic transmission - at the time it rolled off the assembly line, it was rated at 150 horsepower and 180 lb-ft (243 Nm) of torque.
The truck shows 163,000 miles (262,000 km) of use, and it is for sale on Bring a Trailer complete with service records, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Texas title in the seller’s name. At the time of writing and with a single day left in the auction, the highest bid sits at $15,000.
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