my new daily/ woods truck

[Strait 666]

well last weekend i blew the head gasket in my 89 toyota 4x4, so i sold it on craigslist in a day and then found this at at a local stealership:

its a 1984, 22r, 91k original miles, solid front axle, 5spd, 89-95 bed, 31" cooper s/t tires. it runs and drives better than all 3 89+ trucks i had. its got a few problems to work out and it needs a radio but other than that its ready to go 300k + miles.:evil2:

 

[trydrew]

Wow, the body on that thing look awesome! Awesome as in no visable rust... Is there any?

Great find!

 

[Strait 666]

yeah theres some rust on the underside of the hood, and under the paint on the hood and the A pillar. but all in all its not bad for an 84, i plan on getting all that taken care of.

edit: i just remember that is an "other cars section" sorry about that mods, pls move if necessary.

 

[shaeff]

Nice, and you've already got a solid front axle. You're well on your way.

What are the plans? Is it a 22re? auto or 5sp? Are those 31x10.5's? Looks it.

Any plans for lockers/gears/tires in the future?

Am I getting too far ahead of you? LOL.

I've got a '94, and love it!

 

[1988SupraDreams]

Fuel injection is a must if you're gonna be doing some stupid stuff with your "woods" truck. Choking out is no fun.

 

[Strait 666]

yeah its a 22r 5spd manual. i'm gonna lift it and do gears and lockers and all that eventually. i put a head unit in it today, i'm going be to putting a system in it, and getting bumpers and a winch in the near future.
i had a 94 for my first truck, it was stock with 31/10.5s and it never got stuck.

 

[Entropy]

Ooo, thats a good one. Nice truck!

 

[gaboonviper85]

you lucky man! I'd trade you straight up for my supra LOL!

 

[shaeff]

yeah its a 22r 5spd manual. i'm gonna lift it and do gears and lockers and all that eventually. i put a head unit in it today, i'm going be to putting a system in it, and getting bumpers and a winch in the near future.
i had a 94 for my first truck, it was stock with 31/10.5s and it never got stuck.

Awesome. Lift/gears/lockers is in my future, too, but for now, the 31x10.5 BFG MT's will do it for me.

Check out www.marlincrawler.com for a rear bumper, and the ARB bull bar for the front is just amazing. (I have yet to buy the ARB, but it's SICK)

I've buried mine to the axles, and still got out. Great little trucks, these Toyotas!

We need more pics of yours!

 

[Loki]

Nice truck but 31's are weaksauce

 

[shaeff]

Not when you have a tiny four banger and no gears to push bigger tires.

 

[1988SupraDreams]

I run 31's on my New Taco and I never get stuck. But the rear end locker sure does help.

 

[Strait 666]

i was already planning on buying the marlin crawler rear bumper and possibly the front bumper w stinger. i'll get some more pics when i take it out in a lil bit..

 

[Strait 666]

some pics from today...

and then this happened...

i went thru it once on the way out and i got hung up when i was coming back the same way. i ended up having to call someone to pull me out and walk a mile down the trail. :3d_frown:

 

[shaeff]

Ah, that's why I always wheel with a support vehicle- and only one goes into the sticky situations at a time!

I hope you have extended front and rear differential breathers, otherwise it's time to change the gear oil in your diffs!

I was planning to get the MC front bumper with the stinger, but I think I like the ARB better, because if you hit something with it, whatever you hit will die. The MC front bumper doesn't have as many attachment points to the frame, if I remember correctly.

I LOVE my MC rear bumper, though. It's awesome.

Edit: If you haven't already, check out www.yotatech.com - it's a great site, and much more friendly than pirate4x4.

 

[Loki]

much more friendly than pirate4x4.

Pirate isn't that bad

 

[shaeff]

I've never been flamed there, but I've seen some pretty lame stuff go on. I'll stick to yotatech.

 

[dok33]

it runs and drives better than all 3 89+ trucks i had.

From what I can see it's 1/2 89+ (bed) Nice lookin truck!

 

[shaeff]

From what I can see it's 1/2 89+ (bed) Nice lookin truck!

I thought something looked odd about it! Now that you mention it, I agree 100%.