Drive it, stash it away or flog it? Opinions please. Update from last year...

[mk2_craig]

Answer:

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/31/toyota-buys-daihatsu-small-cars/

[danthecapriman]

They are in short supply now, largely because they were worked to death (they have huge towing abilities) and they were, short-sightedly, ridden hard and put away wet.  As this one has been attended to, the only thing sensible is to use it and continue to look after it.  Be prepared to put up with cash offers every time it is out and about though, their maker only makes white goods now.

They are brilliant for towing. Years ago I used a blue non turbo one on NI plates to tow a huge flatbed trailer that had been built out of girders and armour plate with my Capri on it and it dragged it all around like it wasn't even there.

This one was rotten though, massive rust scabs and holes all over it.

[djimbob]

I had one of these briefly, by all accounts make landies look like they sort of are, outdated, unreliable, etc etc. (never owned a landrover personally, just seen the economic and psychiatric side effects)

 

Sold it to a farmer of course!

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Definitely needs mega rustproofing and gentle use rather than have the shit beaten out of it like all the rest. What a find.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

There are plenty of farmers over here would pay ££££££ for that.

The saying "they don't make them like that anymore" is thrown around a bit much, but in this case it couldn't be more true.

 

All the local farmers have moved onto navaras and the like

 

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[matty879]

i had one a while back,and as much as i loved it i had to let it go,i just couldnt afford to run it,even on veg oil when it was 50% cheaper than diesel.i would rustproof the fuck out of it and disconnect the speedo for 11 months of the year and enjoy it. another plus is they have a train weight of about 5 tonne so you can tow pretty much any thing you want.

[Junkman]

devaluing

value

profit

 

DRIVE that hopeless heap of shite. It's a fucking CAR, for God's sake.

[PiperCub]

White background = £££££

 

That's what I was thinking! One for 4Star Classics to do one of their usual 'OMG-BarnFind-TimeWarp' jobs on and charge about £25K for. 

 

4x4's aien't my thing and I agree with most everyone else here, use it but look after it and it'll at least get you your money back when you sell. Someone will always want something that's rare which these are as they've mostly been used/abused to death but I don't think it'll ever be worth that much - not in our lifetime anyway. It's a nice thing though and I'm glad such examples exist even if I personally have no real enthusiasm for them. 

[brownnova]

If it were me, I'd drive it. It's what it was designed to do...

 

I might even go off road in it, but that might be pushing it a bit far...

[scruff]

Stash, put the word about that it's "there" (via Toyota etc), and wait for an offer that appeals.

I am gonna go against the general consensus and say that to the right buyer that will make good money.

[BavarianRetro]

I drove a brand new one in about 1988 and thought it was shockingly bad. And that's from someone who was regularly driving Land Rover products at the time.

 

I thought it looked good, but the reality was a disappointment. I can't see it ever being worth fortunes. It's never going to be an enjoyable thing to own and drive. If it was cheap, take the profit and get out.

[garbaldy]

I drove a brand new one in about 1988 and thought it was shockingly bad. And that's from someone who was regularly driving Land Rover products at the time.

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The later independent ones are much better as they went all coil and torsion.

[BavarianRetro]

Ahh right. It was definitely a leaf sprung one I drove.

[DodgeRover]

I had a leaf sprung fourtrak I though it was much nicer than the series Landy I jumped out of, Diesel engine was nice and they pulled well, reasonable comfort to. Shame they seemed to rot on a diagonal starting just behind the front wheels and ending up at rear arch level.

 

Personally if I had the space I would be lathering that in wax and putting it away.

[barmatt]

Well, my mate that bought this car has basically had it sat in his shed for a year trying to decide what to do with it, the answer is......

 

http://www.angliacarauctions.co.uk/en/classic-auctions/latest-classic-car-catalogue/saturday-4th-november-2017/1991-daihatsu-fourtrak-dl/

 

I'm probably going there for the day anyway, so it'll be interesting to see what it sells for and where it goes, I reckon it'll end up on ebay with a white background for crazy £'s, that guy is always at ACA.

 

Once it's sold I might even fess up as to what he paid for it.

[Wack]

Stick it on eBay with LOTS of pictures , host them somewhere else and html the links into the text so they appear in the listing , make sure classic car is in the title

 

99p NO RESERVE and hold your nerve

 

Or drive it , cars that make money as classics are cars people didn't have the money for when young , nobody counted sleeps waiting to collect a fucking daihatsu

[dollywobbler]

Sorry, I completely missed this first time around. Would have loved to have featured it. These leafers are a bit rough and ready, but that condition is truly remarkable.

[Asimo]

There are parts of the England/Wales border country where these are still really common**so I'd put it in a Brightwells auction at Leominster, close to their natural habitat.

 

**I think they are liked because they are tough and compact and much better than a (too long) pickup for towing small stock trailers.

[kinkersaab]

A lwb one..... A long time ago that was a thing i didnt know..... It was only when buying a sill for one i was given the option of swb or lwb.

[Lacquer Peel]

My school taxi was an LWB Daihatsu Fourtrak 7 seater with sideways facing seats in the rear. Rural life yo.

She replaced it with an early Terrano which wasn't as cool.