which Troopy - 75 or 78 series

A good second hand 78 series troopy or any second hand 78 series troopy are as scarse as hens teeth . They hold there value well so i would say 20 grand is impossible with low kilometres . On the other hand a 75 series is always going to have high kilometers to start with . They are 10 years old at least .

I would keep your eyes out for the 78. As always, a cheap example will end up being a deer one, so dont buy a bucket, ensure you get books and service records or dont jump.
There was an rv troupy on ebay the other day for that price...
Andrew

I had a 78 series and rebuilt the gearbox 4 times in 2 years, this is not uncommon, they were the worst gearbox Toyota made, I sold it with 154000 km on it, the 78 series turbo has a stronger gearbox.

Cheers Steve.

My '97 75 series has been absolutely bullet proof. Always heavily loaded, tow in 5th. all the time, good economy.
Look under a 78 and see what they have taken off in the way of bashplating, also much more plastic everywhere.
But then again, who wants to sell a top vehicle to only replace it with todays (mainly engine/transmission) crapology?
Sounds like even the new V8 has its little worries.
If you can find a good late 75 series, negotiate and buy it.
furph

We have a 2000 Troopy 78 series - like others have said, the gearbox is a weak point. There is a 2 piece shaft on the 2000 to 2003 models that stripped splines with no warning - end result, no drive and several thousand dollars to fix. Once it has been fixed, all should be fine as the fix is a single piece shaft in with no splines to strip.

Other than that, we have had no problems at all over 230,000km.

Are we going to sell it, not even in our long term plans as we love it. My wife prefers it to our Rangie.

Stevesub

Thank you all for your comments. Bottom line seems to be that with a $20k budget, we look at Troopies from about 1998-2000, giving a choice between a late 75 series or early 78series. From what's been said here about the gearboxes in the early 78 ones, they aren't really an option unless the problem shaft has already been replaced.

This narrows things down pretty well - a late 75 series with low km and/or lots of extras, or find more $$ for a later 78, before the "luxury" car tax pushes all prices up another notch.

Thanks everyone

John

their is NO "luxury" car tax it got turned down in court

Hi John

I got a 2002 78 series troopy isnt the fastest thing in the world but im sure i will still be driving it in 20 years and yes the gearboxs are a little on the weak side but if you go into the NT thats all you see is 75/78 utes and troopy theres a reason for that

"YOU CANT KILL THEM "

But for $20,000.00 good luck getting a 78

Glenn