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We are selling our 1996 Tacoma. Here is it's story.

We purchased this truck at auction about two years ago. It was owned by a public entity (can't remember which one) in Roanoke, VA. Thus, a southern truck and no rust. It was advertised as needing a clutch. We put in the clutch and put it on the road. The tach works but the speedometer reads 3-4 times faster than you are actually driving, and odometer adds up miles accordingly. So the 195,000 miles may be accurate, or may be inflated by the speedometer issue, we don't know.

I have searched and searched and can't find an instrument cluster to replace the existing one. The truck has a cable from the tranny to the instruments, but nearly all I see advertised for this year are from the 4Runner, which appears to NOT have the attachment for the cable. I asked at my local salvage yard, they looked it up in their book, and said the 95, and 96 were the same for the Tacoma, but finding one is not easy. So I am selling it as is, and you get to do the hunting for the cluster.

Overall the truck is in pretty good shape. Like I said earlier, it's 18 years old. There are dings and dents and scratches you can see in the picts. It will make a great runner with a little fixing. No rust which is a killer, and a Toyota, which is a winner.

Not many frills on it. Manual doors and windows. Split rear window. Bed liner. Standard bumpers which are a little bent here and there. Tires are fair. They don't need to be replaced now, but they are not new. There was no interior carpet, and the seat was trashed, so we went to the local salvage yard and bought the seat and carpet out of a 94. It looks pretty good, but there are some stains. I will get picts of the interior up soon.

A couple of other issues. We don't have a key to lock the doors. The key we were given works on the ignition, but not on the doors. Beware locking yourself out! . . . A guy bumped me last January at the polling place. We fixed the cracked valence and corner light with new ones, but the windshield washer resevore will need to be repaired or replaced.

All in all it is a good truck. I wouldn't mind keeping it, but circumstances find me with 3 trucks and a car right now, and I need to move a few on to new owners. I did some research and the other '96 Tacomas I found went for over $5000. At this point, I have about that in it, but like I said, need to move some extra vehicles. Starting the auction at $3000. No Reserve. Bid like you mean it. Email with questions. Thanks for looking.

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