Whats it worth, and is there an interest?

[Tee]

A scenario has presented itself to me that I would like to guage what the interest might be.

I want to upgrade my wrangler, my daughter wants it. She would need to unload her current ride.

Her current ride is:

1990 Diahatsu Rocky. All stock, 3000 on new tires, new battery last Feb, New alternator 2 weeks ago (I put it in Xmas weekend) 140K miles, but the majority of them racked up being pulled behind my parents motorhome. Rear bumper has a dent, other than that this thing is super clean..

So my question is:

Whats it worth?

Anybody looking for something like this?

T

 

[mmurry]

there arent even any diahatsu's for sale on all of ksl... one on ebay but it is a truck... seems like a pretty uncommon rig.... hard to get an idea of value when there arent any comparable rigs for sale...
kinda looks like a geo?? tracker? I am in the market for a car for my kid... been watching for a great deal on jeep... would probably be afraid to buy a Diahatsu for fear of not being able to get parts??

 

[Tee]

there arent even any diahatsu's for sale on all of ksl... one on ebay but it is a truck... seems like a pretty uncommon rig.... hard to get an idea of value when there arent any comparable rigs for sale...

Thats why I came here looking for possible value? NADA doesn't even list it??

kinda looks like a geo?? tracker? I am in the market for a car for my kid... been watching for a great deal on jeep... would probably be afraid to buy a Diahatsu for fear of not being able to get parts??

I've been able to find common stuff like radiator, starter, alternator but you have to order it. Took just over a week to get the alternator here. But Autozone was able to get me one. Radiator my dad ordered for it 3 or so years ago was able to get, just took 3 weeks to get it. I think it came over from Japan LOL

Considering just trading my daughter my Wrangler and building a buggy out of this thing. Doesn't leak a drop of oil, has a dual overhead cam Hemi style 1.6L motor that absolutely HATES gas. 10 Gal will go 300+ miles of city type driving. And has 150+psi compression in all four cylinders.

 

[bryson]

I may be interested... can you email pics to bts242@yahoo.com or text them to me at 801-949-5326.

Thanks!


Is it 4x4?

 

[jeep-N-montero]

I may be interested as well, can you PM me your phone number?

 

[Tee]

Thanks everyone, It appears the ride is only worth a few hundred dollars. So we have decided to keep it in the family. Been there for 20+ years already!! Might turn it into a buggy, might just be a fair first car for nieces and nephews getting licenses in the comming years. Daughter will still get my Wrangler SE, as soon as I find the Rubicon that I want.

T

 

[RNandKT]

These are pretty cool rigs, but they are not worth much. When they do come up for sale they rarely make it over $1500 in price. But a good rig and will run a long time when taken care of. They are a torsion suspension, and have weak drivetrains, very light duty (even by samurai standards) so not really a great rig to buggy out. But will probably get close to double the MPG that wrangler. I have seen several come up for sale with 250K+ miles still running. Parts are very hard to come by on them though. Diahatsu stopped importing into the US in the 90's and the Rocky was only imported for like 3 years.

Personally I wouldn't do anything to it. Just use it as your MPG vehical and run it till it dies. Great to have something cheap to drive when your Jeep "needs work" just sayin.

 

[uglyblazer]

$300 if you get sick of looking at it.