In accordance with the advert, at present’s Good Value or No Cube Chinook “runs and drives wonderful” and even comes with a composting commode wherein to do your corporation. Let’s see if its worth may additionally imply enterprise.
Volvo has a protracted historical past of constructing handsome coupes. Some had been extra-special, just like the coachbuilt 1989 Bertone Coupe we ogled yesterday. Sadly for its vendor, lots of you didn’t discover that two-door enticing sufficient to warrant shelling out the $12,000 requested for its buy. The end result? A considerable 78 p.c No Cube loss.
Contemplating that this week’s U.S. elections in all probability didn’t work out the way in which some could have wished, just a few people could also be planning to get away from all of it, at the very least for some time. Ought to that be the case, at present’s 1977 Toyota Chinook may be the proper hideaway. And it’s cell!
The gasoline crises of the Seventies wreaked havoc on gross sales of motor houses and journey trailers as gasoline grew to become more and more dearer and, generally, subsequent to inconceivable to seek out. That led to the appearance of a spate of smaller, extra gasoline environment friendly RVs, together with the Chinook, constructed by Orange County, California-based Chinook Worldwide.
Modern adverts described the Toyota Chinook as a “micro-mini motorhome” and touted the impressive-for-an-RV gasoline economic system, which was greater than double that of a bigger, extra conventional rig. The partnership between Chinook and Toyota ran from 1973 by ’78, with each firms contributing enhancements to the campers alongside the way in which. Afterward, Chinook continued constructing campers independently and remains to be round at present. It must be famous that Toyota can be nonetheless in enterprise.
This Chinook hails from the second to final mannequin 12 months and has a bolstered body and later 2399cc 22R SOHC 4 in consequence. These are constructed on the Toyota Hello-Lux Pickup chassis, though a pass-through has been minimize between the camper physique and the cab, making for tight however doable egress between the areas.
This camper comes with nearly all of the comforts of house, together with a brand new gasoline/electrical fridge, two-burner hob, sink, and house heater. Additionally, for all you shy poopers, there’s a free-standing composting commode wherein to do your soiled work “off the grid.”
In accordance with the advert, the truck works because it ought to, and has not too long ago obtained new water and gasoline pumps to maintain it so. Mated to the freshly pumped 97-horsepower 4 is a five-speed stick. The chassis is two-wheel drive.
Aesthetically, issues don’t look too unhealthy, though there are some tough edges and the canvas for the pop-top, whereas intact, appears moldy as all get out.
Within the cab, it’s all tidy if drained. Serape-style seat covers add a little bit of kitsch, as does some shag carpet and the sprint cap. The camper house appears simply as lived in however nonetheless completely serviceable and never with out its attraction. And because the composting rest room is transportable, you may really take it to the forest and decide if a bear does, in actual fact, shit within the woods.
The two,500 odometer studying touted within the advert appears suspiciously like a rollover, so who is aware of what number of miles this rig really has. The bottom is an previous Toyota pickup, so how a lot that issues is debatable. In its favor, the camper has a clear title and, per the advert, a number of upkeep data for some studying distractions. The associated fee to make this your own home away from house is $5,200.
What’s your opinion on this Chinook and that $5,200 asking? Does that appear truthful, given its situation and presentation? Or, at that worth, as a substitute of planning to get away from all of it, would you quite it simply went away?
You determine!
Seattle, Washington, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
H/T to Don R. for the hookup!
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