Time to sell the best vehicle I have ever had .
I am now doing less with my engine , and the time has come to change to a smaller vehicle . So - genuine reason for sale .
Toyota Hilux Pickup , single cab , 12 reg . 2.4 litre turbo charged diesel , 4 wd , diff lock , low range . rear tow hitch , ball and jaw . Only 60,000 miles , all rural , main road . Bought from my previous employers who had it new . Ply lined loadspace . Trade use was for carrying new industrial diesel engines .
Two front attachments for an A bar , or a front tow hitch for difficult manoevring . These front jaws slide into sockets bolted to the chassis member and secured with a spring loaded pin . Supplied By Watling . This has been used for the past three seasons to tow behind my engine with a full load of coal and 15gals. of water , without the least complication . It has also enabled me to push the engine over a mile when stopped with appalling coal and when night was falling . 'A' bar not supplied , it belongs to the threshing box . Rated to carry 22cwt , but capable of much more .
There is a matching Truckman hard top , and a tonneau cover with a very full set of support rails for the tonneau .
Radio and CD player .
Interior is good , but drivers mat worn . Paint and underneath excellent , allowing for usual small pickup marks oround tailgate .
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Regularly serviced , 5 m mot , would get 12 m if you want .
Remarkably good brakes , 100 mph , about 30 mpg . Two new tyres , other two 50 and 70 % . Good acceleration with 2nd generation turbo .
What more can I say , Toyota are the toughest pick ups , used by every militia and war lord in the middle east . Will carry a dozen desperados and a bren gun in comfort .
£ 10,000 .
Bob Allison , 01327 - 87 77 86 ,
jrballison@btinternet.com , or PM here on TT .
Photos available in a few days ( camera on loan )