18' RV on '79 pickup/Northern MN

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  1. Gary Bergerson

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    66,000 miles on R20 4 cylinder engine. This is a '79 Toyota pickup mini with the RV. All in very good
    shape. I'll try and post some pictures. Since I cannot figure out how to attach pictures here, I can email
    pics if anyone is interested.
     
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    Pictures....How much$....... 5 or 6 lug rear axle?
     
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    There are 5 lug nuts on each rear wheel. These are the wheels that have two tires mounted on the
    single rim on each side. I am asking $3000 or best offer. If you give me your email address I can
    fwd pics to you.
     
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    Not interested. You have the bad axle with fake duel wheels called "foolies". These axles are known to snap in half due to overweight stress put on the axle shafts from the fake duel wheels. The wheel(s) will actually detach from the axle. Not good when driving down the road.
     
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    Thanks for the info. Maybe my best bet is to part this thing out.
     
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    Try listing it on CL. There are a lot of people interested in these old motorhomes. Many of the coach appointments are hard to find, you may get lucky.
    The drive train is all Toyota. Engine, trans, body parts will interchange with 1/2 ton pickups.
    Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Good luck, Fred

    This is a link to show my conversion from "foolie" to a 1 ton GM setup. My rig is light enough to go to single wheels. Yours will require a full 1 ton Toyota ff axle.
    Conversion to either one will run 3-4 K.


    http://toyotamotorhome.org/forums/index.php?/topic/8365-axle-swap-foolie-to-1-ton-full-float/
     
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  7. Gary Bergerson

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    Thanks Fred, I just wish there was a Toyotaminis.com back in the early 90's when I bought this
    thing. I'm just thankful I haven't had any disasters happen while I've been driving it all these years.
    It was always so underpowered with the 4 cylinders pushing so much weight that I had to stay on
    the backroads of MN around the BWCA walleye lakes. Now it's time to put this thing to rest.
     
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    If you go to the site mentioned in my axle thread, they have a free for sale section. It will definitely hit a large target market.
     

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