Driving it home now 
1989 Isuzu Trooper
- Thread starter RooflessVW
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Pretty clean...
Was it parked in the Basemant of the dealer since 1989? Great looking! 
I aways liked them, even bought one of their pickups from Joe. One of my neighbors had a vintage Trooper. Ran great but the tin worm worked it over good.
Nice find; best to keep it in NC: those things didn't last long in the Northeast IIRC.
Yes sir! 2.6 5 speed.
Got it home. Runs pretty good but I'll give it a valve adjustment and general tune up.
Man that looks really nice!
Beautiful, amazing off road, gutless and tippy.
My HS buddy had a 1982 Swiss cheese addition (rot/rust) which was such a blast bombing around white mountains/off-road of NH till we rolled it in HS.
My HS buddy had a 1982 Swiss cheese addition (rot/rust) which was such a blast bombing around white mountains/off-road of NH till we rolled it in HS.
Nick1994
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Saw one just like this at Home Depot a few hours ago. Should have gotten a picture. Was blue.
Love the old boxy SUVs
That's a really nice find, especially the M/T. I had both a 1996 (until the teenage son totaled it) and a 2001 Trooper. The latter had the larger engine. If I recall, I used to feed it Shell 5w30 and Nippon oil filters. Nice vintage 4WD for the beach. Good luck with yours.
I actually saw a 1st gen Trooper the other day ago - but it was nowhere as nice as yours.
Isuzu was weird back then - Japanese built but they also hit up GM’s parts bin thanks to that corporate affiliation. I think the V6 option was the same 2.8L used in the S-10 or Chevy Celebrity/Corsica/Beretta of that time before their in-house 3.2L V6?
Isuzu was weird back then - Japanese built but they also hit up GM’s parts bin thanks to that corporate affiliation. I think the V6 option was the same 2.8L used in the S-10 or Chevy Celebrity/Corsica/Beretta of that time before their in-house 3.2L V6?
looks like new car
Nice find. Really amazing condition, it's even hard to find 2nd gens in that shape. Troopers are very capable and neat vehicles. The parts availability and getting it worked on has always scared me away, but I'm sure you can handle it.
