Price for 80 Series Landcruiser

Coops, I am in a very similar situation. My 1994 80 is a GXL turbo with intercooler, 150,000 kms and an almost identical list of accessories. I've done quite a bit of research into what the market will bear. Like you, I am not going to give my vehicle away and will be asking about $35K and not go below $30K. There are a lot of people (some on this Forum as well) who would say that it should go for well below $20K but I bet if they were the seller they would be looking at things differently.

There are also a lot of people who think the 80 was the last of the "real" Landcruisers and are prepared to pay for a well set up model with low K's. I'm sure you will be able to find them thru the AutoTrader.

Sounds like a nice cruiser. It depends on year model....the early ones before 93 are quite cheap....just helped a guy buy a 92 model for $13500 but it had a 6.5 turbo chev motor. Thats about the going price, the last cruiser i sold was a 94 petrol gxl auto and i got $8400 with 1 month rego and needing tyres soon...but straight.l
The cruiser i bought is a 95 turbo diesel sahara and i paid $22000...since then i have spent 4000 on a motor rebuild, so 26k for a sahara turbo diesel auto.
Sounds cheap right....but when you look at what the 2002 td6 nissan patrol is selling for (28k with 180kms) it wasnt really a good purchase....
Andrew

Coops
I know a guy who sold a similar vehicle to yours 12 months ago for 20k. He advertised it on these forums and got what he wanted because it was ready to go, and yours sounds similar. I would try doing just that. I would also consider advertising it abroad on some of the r/v sites, as someone might be looking for a outback travelling vehicle to use for 12 months and then onsell.
Failing that, all your aftermarket accessories would look good in the 4 sales section here :)
Andrew

It's so unfortunate that in the market all accessories don't seem to bring the vehicle value up much at all, I mean people are not willing to fork out the extra for a well decked out cruiser yet they're happy to pay 15 - 20k and then go spend 10k on top to get all the necessities they want (decent bull bar, wheel carrier etc etc).

We sold a '97 Troop carrier with a Chev 6.5L V8 diesel in it with minimal k's , it even had an engel fridge in the back, for less than $20k, could we have taken the engine out (which had cost us 15k to put in for starters) the car would have probably sold for say 5k less than it did.

Depends how much of a hurry you're in to sell - we were in a hurry to sell before moving interstate. If we could do it all again we would have transplanted the engine into now our 80 series but at the time finances didn't allow this.

One very reason we don't insure our car, at least if you total it you could sell off all the accessories etc, whereas otherwise the insurance company gets to keep it all and gives you less than half of what the whole replacement value is, plus you don't get to keep anything!

You should get some blind quotes from car dealers, give one just standard specs and description and then give another the whole list. Be interesting to see what they give you. I bet the decked out quote will only be a few k more whereas that dealer will mark their sale price up substantially & will have a much more attractive vehicle to sell. And that's basically what you're looking at - market price plus some and in the end you have a decked out vehicle that will ultimately be easier to sell, albeit it will be hard to do it at a price which is fair both for yourself and the buyer, usually it favors the buyer.

But if you wait for the right person to come along who requires all those accessories and sees the real value there you're on a winner, however you could be waiting a long time.

I'm wouldn't call myself that savvy in regards to the car market though, it's opinion based from past experiences.

A couple of thoughts...in the eastern states, prices have been low, supply has been high from people deciding to go smaller...over where you are, the prices may be alot higher....just have a look on ebay, i know most of the cruisers there cant be sold elsewhere because they are too ratty, but you will get the general idea....a later t/d sahara is on there for 18, and has no bids...not to mention the 97 models with ABS and cruise and srs airbags that are now 10 years old and cheap as chips....nevertheless...because cruisers are priced on condition more than model, i think you will get close to 20...with the accessories to the right person....

G'day Coops,

yeah it has been a while mate, I hope all is well with the fam.

heading to Perth and back this Sept/Oct, if the Wife finds the 90 series to small I'll see if yours is still available (as long as it has 8 sts though :)

best regards to you,

Jeremy.