It's so amazingly stock! I WANT IT!

 

heres an old picture of my 82. i havent done anything to it since i got it. i have plans tho. got just a few more parts to get and its going under the knife
its wet so the paint looks shiny, its actually flat red

 

Well, here's my 1983 for post 1983.

First day with Ferd 60/40 split bench seat. I consider this one of the best mods I've ever done.


This was a test run of my Truck-lite 33s for my signal lamps.


And this was day one, a little trip around the property. Terrified dogbeast is riding shotgun.
You can't see it, but I had no front driveshaft at this point.

 

RobotMoose, more pics of that grill, please?
Maybe one from further away?

 

I'll see what I can find.

here's one from before the round lights swap last spring:

I think it's about the same distance as before. It's the stock SR5 grille that I painted satin black.


Lovely parking job, there, Audi.

 

Thanks, I like them round headlights!

 

Thanks, Me too!
I love the simple honesty of it.

 

And I see that you fit the round headlights with the square headlight grill. I swapped everything when I did mine; wasn't sure that the round headlight bezels would fit with the square headlight grill. Looks like they do!

 

What year are those from? I like that a lot.

 

I actually read your thread the other day! I loved how Mr. T. left the holes in the core support to facilitate this swap. It was a PITA to get the nuts behind the bolts in lieu of the nutserts, but it was do-able.

It really isn't a perfect fit, like yours. I'm planning on scrounging up a replacement, mostly because I may have hit one (or three) deer too many.
By the way, anybody else ever mention that these things are tough?


They're from an '03 Ford Ranger/Mazda B3000 extra-cab. My Dad has the same year Mazda, and when my cheapo APC seats died, I went this way.

These sit really high. I'm planning on shortening the legs by about 2" so they don't ride so high, and they basically bolt in with very little drilling.
Ferd doesn't sell whole seats, but if you're lucky, you'll find a scrapper that specializes in domestic trucks, that what I ended up doing. I definitely recommend finding one with an actual showroom or warehouse, because soft parts like interiors get better care there.
I bought mine from Cordova Truck Dismantlers in Rancho Cordova, CA.
With the People's Republic of Kalifornia's cut, I paid $215

 

1980 on page 80!!!
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anybody else drooling over those pictures?
What shade of green is that? I'm shooting for a similar colour for my truck.

 

its 2003 nissan canteen green metallic...and thanks!

 

Oh, nice!
I'm looking for somewhere between that and British Racing Green, like this Lotus:

 

Picked up my '83 about a month ago.

Done so far...
New Shoes 31" BFG A/T's
New NGK Platinum Plugs
New Plug Wires
New Cap
New Rotor
Syn Oil Change and Filter
Cooling System Flush
New Radiator
New Top & Bottom Radiator Hoses
New Hose Clamps
New Stant Radiator Cap
New Stant Thermostat
New Shift and Seat Bushings
MT-90 GL4 Transmission Oil
New Carpet (not a carpet kit)
Grant Steering Wheel
New Leather Shift Boot

Up next. Difs... Recommendations on fluids?

 

^^nice job on the carpet..
Shifter bushing..get it from Marlin Crawler
what diameter Grant steering wheel did you go with? I need to replace my 13"

 

My goal!

 

@dropzone... thanks man... that carpeting job was cut and fit from a flat square piece of carpet. Started at the center where the shifter comes through then worked my way out. Brought me back to the days of high school carpeting, tinting and installing stereos in mine and friends trucks at 1:00 in the morning.

Anyhow, the shift bushings are Marlin, a whoppin' $20.00 for the nylon pair. However I do recommend the rubber accordian small boot replacement as this is the one I have shown in the photo that flaked away. An additional whoppin' $7.00. The one in my hand is pieces of the old one next to the new one installed. I didn't know it was all F'd up until I dug into it. Found pieces of the boot embedded between the bushings, not good.

As for the GT, 13.5. I love the smaller wheels, but for a 4X this is a perfect fit, IMO. Still smaller than stock.


@a_cent11... my goal as well and would have already done the carb, but not in Cali. I've read extensivly on Webers in CA and even if you can get them dialed in to pass smog, they won't pass visiual. If you know someone who smogs you're golden, but I unfortuanatly do not. The pic you posted... very nice!

 

here is my 80. it needs a little work but is a great truck.

 

sell that light and you could buy another first gen lol
j/k I'm just jealous!