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Wow, I'm back. Not too long ago I sold my green 96 5 speed... thought I'd buy something newwer like an FJ or newwer 4runner but missed the utility of 4 doors and manual transmission. Apparently I'm most comfortable with the formula the 3rd gen has so I'm back. The crazy part is I basically found an identical 4runner to my old one but this one is a 97 5-speed with 44k original miles. Only difference is that my old car had the rear diff locker... which I'll miss but atleast I'm back in a 5-speed. Just picked it up today in SF and I'm loving it. I'll try to take some pictures tomorrow during the daytime. She's by far the best one I've ever seen in person and I got it for a great price. I just spent the last 2 hours puting some stuff from my old runner back into this one to make her feel like home. This is gonna be dope.
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Here is the old girl for now...
http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/1...201/182740.jpg
... her interior.
I will post a picture of my new one. You'll do a double take, my family did too.

*update*
Here's the new girl!
http://media11.dropshots.com/photos/...123/020714.jpg
44k original miles, from the original owner, always garaged... never crashed. ALL ORIGINAL PAINT.
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Pics???? Gotta see this one!

Nice man, welcome back. 44k is unheard.

updated! I miss my vented sport hood and 18x9 BBS RW wheels. I think I'll go the same route and buy those wheels and hood again.
http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/1...201/182246.jpg
I had put a sport hood on my original one... and a few other neat pieces. But as you can see I had super dented bumpers and a few scratches and dents here and there.
http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/1...201/182308.jpg
You can't really see the dents in the bumpers really... but at different angles you can really see them.
http://media8.dropshots.com/photos/1...201/182327.jpg
It also had scratches and dents here and there... but none of those are big enough to show up in pictures.
http://media7.dropshots.com/photos/1...201/182410.jpg
You can see the dents on the rear bumper.
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Over all still a super clean car... with 87k miles at the time I sold her last year I got $12,500 for her from a local in Saratoga who bought it for his kid who was going to school at UC Berkeley.

man... already got a 16k offer for this new one. Colorado peeps are CRAZY for manual 3rd gens. So tempted, but what would I buy to replace it?!

DON'T SELL IT! Keep it man!

Very clean - looks nice.

44K is nuts. That is a rare truck indeed.

16 G's a really good offer...get one with lockers again...but finding one with super low mileage is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Or get one with relatively higher mileage for a lower cost and get air lockers and bumpers, lift and wheels if budget still allows, etc. etc..

Or maybe just keep it and build it!

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yeah but you'd make 6K i think that's more then enough money for some mods and heck you could even put a 0 mile engine in there for that price, i dunno that's a tough one man, 16K or a 44K truck, lol, really tough

That thing looks cherry...I'd def keep it, although $16k would be a really tempting offer.

Buy low sell high! Replace with another, and pocket the difference. I'd look at it like winning the lottery.
& yes, I guess we are crazy for the manny tranny here. I looked for months to find the right combination of price, condition, 5-speed, & locker. Miles weren't really a factor.

I say keep it. You're going to enjoy it for many years to come. And look at it as money saved, not money potentially lost.

I see you put it up for sale. Good call.

You're selling for $18,000?

Holy sh!t.

Good luck man.

Quite a few people have shown intrest in my 4runner so I decided to put it up for an amount that I wouldn't mind letting it go at. It's a great truck and I've even added a few things that I've collected over the years that would make it even better.

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Altimeter guage that matches the stock guages
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Front 2" hitch with a 9000 pound rating and tow loops (over built & rare)
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1...126/030903.jpg
Security chip incase I leave it parked somewhere for a long period of time.
If you take the chip out nobody can start the car and drive it away.
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1...126/030930.jpg
Nice Alpine CD player and speakers with great sound quality.
I will include the original deck if the buy wants it.
http://media11.dropshots.com/photos/...126/030944.jpg
As you can see, it's ULTRA clean and shows no visible wear signs.
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1...126/030246.jpg
Steering wheel and shift knob leather is perfect and still very supple.
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No leaky rear axle seals and brand new spare tire with no undercaridge rust.
http://media9.dropshots.com/photos/1...126/030822.jpg
It's so new even the keys look perfect and come with the ID tag just incase you want to order another set of keys.
I've even added an additional horn so when you honk it's quite a bit louder.