What mod's have you done to the 85? Did you rebuild the motor?
Mostly just under the hood. As of 37k ago, it has an LCEngineering EFI Pro motor, 94mm pistons, oversized valves, taller cam, balanced, blueprinted, ported polished, dual timing chain, metal guides, all those buzz words, K&N filter charger kit, all new balanced injectors, new LC EFI Pro distributor, JET Chip ECU mod, big bore throttle body, 30lb flywheel, heavy duty clutch and pressure plate (only around 8-9k on these, I had a rivet break on the first pressure plate
), throwout bearing, pilot bearing, clutch master cylinder, clutch slave cylinder, 2 row radiator that is supposed to be same capacity as a 3 row, starter, alternator, LC headers with heat tape, o2 sensor, full 2 1/4" exhaust, free flow cat, chambered muffler, new fuel pump, new battery (month or two old now).
Suspension is antique Alcan 3" from back in the days they built everything like it was a Mack truck. They are in the same town I live in along with AOR. Shocks are richard Cepek 77s at all corners, 4 inch extended stainless steel brake lines, coarse spline Spicer rear slip yoke and stub, 31x10.50 MTRs on steel black spokes.
The brake system was entirely rebuilt about 2-3yrs ago (master cylinder, rotors, calipers, rear cylinders...), but once again I got stiffed. See a trend here DAMMIT! I had problems right off the bat and took the truck back three times with no luck. I finally pulled the drums myself and found the adjusters not only not cleaned, but on the driver side it was installed incorrectly and was basically forcing the brake to be on all the time. I took the drums in and they were out of round and had them turned, but there is still a shudder to the brakes. I think the drums are so far gone they won't stay round and I'm one of those guys that uses the park brake religiously and that never helps.
I wanted to be sure the new motor would be fully supported by new parts all around it. Unfortunately, the jackass that installed it set up the TPS wrong and the follow up shop I took it to to check his work, failed to correct it either so the engine ran rich for a long time eventually causing the headgasket to fail. Being an idiot I took it back to the same guy who proceeded to do the headgasket and torque the ARP studs to bolt specs. Needless to say, that lasted for about 25 miles. Finally, I lucked into having it fixed by a guy that owns his own shop and does his own work. It's a real screamer now! But, with running rich for so long, it uses oil now. Joy. If I were going to keep it, I'd do rings and bearings on it and call it good for another 100k.
The basics: '85 EFI, around 210k, very little 4 wheeling since I used it mostly just to get where we were going. It's been on Top of the World Trail a couple times, but the was the hardest use it ever saw. w56 tranny with gear drive case, 4:10s with open diffs, Corolla SR5 bucket seats that will really hold you in place, but don't adjust forward or back for sh*t, some rust at the wheel wells, body is very straight with only a few dings.
I'll never make it as a car salesman. I'll always talk a car "down". I don't like to be bullsh*tted so I don't do it to anybody else.
In my current likely fantasy world, I want to get $4k out of it. Heck, I figure if somebody is willing to pay $2-3k for a SAS this rig ought to be worth something especially since it represents a pretty good start on a desert banger or trail rig.
