here is my 82 4x4 the day I bought it

a couple days latter on the way home from pick & pull

after a $38 paint job and a straight trade on tires and rims "sweet deal"


What a differance!!! I absolutly love my 1st generation toy got about $1400 into it
so far thats perchace, smog, back registration, and parts, lots more to come!!!
Tell me what you think!

 

Here's my 81 I just picked up. It is super clean and the interior is like brand new.

 

toyospearo, I agree with the other two guys, if ur in ca you could definatly find one for the same price that is a little more sound, but if you want it and the dude is a friend id bewilling to pay $500 for that, it is a straight axle toy and thay ARE bad ass. If ur looking for a play toy and you can get it for $500 get it, but if you want a daily driver and you can still get it, DONT!!! Keep in mind this is just my opinion. I bought mine for $500 and i realize I was damn lucky, ask me about it and i will tell you.
Good luck.

 

hey pbr What did you pay?

 

lookin at this almost makes me cry. i have one identical except for one years difference, mine is a 82, sittin in my yard with a busted windshield and a beat up cab from a limb. you have a nice lookin truck there.

 

hey PBR, did you get that off craigslist?
here is a pic of my 83.

 

that ^^ is a clean first gen! i like!

 

specs please
671-sr5

 

hey, I like what im seeing very nice rides!!!!!!!!

 

To PBR; ... hey guys, is it just me, or does it look like some CGI movie ghoul, is crawling out from underneath the truck, on the passenger side? Doesn't that look like a twisted hand, on some emaciated arm, coming out from under that truck?

 

I like it!

very sweet truck...i like the classic paint

 

Thank you, I am a newbie to this and this is my first yota in twelve years.

 

1983 SR5 4x4 Shortbed
22r motor with headers
has a 4" susp. lift on 35s with 2"spacers
everything else is mostly original
picking up parts to restore the interior (slow process) swapped the truck for an 86 toyota 2wd truck came from riverside, CA currently on Guam
in the process of bringing it back to its original form.

 

Looks like a mud flap and a leaf to me lol

All these nice looking stockers being posted in here it makes me want to get another 1st gen to have as a restro ride.

Yesterday I took my crawler out to the local playground for its first rock since I finished my four link rear.






Thanks to my girl Julie (pictured) for not bitching while I was gone for like 6 wks and Big John of 4x4Beast Fabrication (pictured) for helping me with the 4-link, among other things!
Can't forget Extreme Gear Off Road for supplying me with the parts needed to complete this build.

 

damn rockalot u really know how to put on a show wish i were there!!!!

 

I am ALL ABOUT , that extended stinger up front. tell us about it, and do you have any clean pics of it, to see how it is attached?

 

Thanks myyota85, next time ur in Cali ring me up and I'll take you out, Rubicon and the Fordyce trail are my stomping grounds.

rangerruck, the stinger is one piece that pierces the 2x4 tube that runs under the front of the frame used for the front spring hangers. We burned holes into the 2x4, ran the stinger into it and welded it up... makes it really strong that way!

 

First off I want to say other than owning an '84 Supra 15 years ago, I'm a newbie to Toyotas and this site has been a very useful reference so far.

That said, here's the truck I picked up this weekend for $500. '82 DLX, all original, just a hair over 98k original miles. The guy I bought it from (second owner) recently put new tires on it, a fuel pump, new brakes, and a windshield. It looks as though the maintenance has been kept up and everything works, even the A/C. He sold it so cheap because the engine sounded like it was about to blow up and he had no interest in having it sit in his yard and didn't care to fix it. Honesty got the best of me and I tried to tell him it was just the water pump bearing, but he didn't care b/c he was already shopping for a new truck. $30 and a water pump later, and I have a great running truck.

Keep in mind the pics were taken right after I got it home and I had yet to clean it.

 

DUDE!!! that is a awesome all origional truck; even inside the
engine bay is awesomely clean!!!! I don't even know if I would do anything to it, cept to make it look as all origional as possible, just newer.
and that is barely any miles for a truck that is almost years old....

 

Thanks! I'll post new pics tomorrow. I picked it up friday (3 days ago) and have been working on it all weekend. I picked up an SR5 cluster at the local pull-a-part and will install it in the morning. Otherwise, I thoroughly cleaned it, touched up a few odds and ends, installed a trick cup holder, did a little maintenance, and installed the radio in the dash.

As a newbie here, I'll claim ignorance and ask if there is a Toyota classifieds. I really need a drivers side door panel. Apparently the window came loose from the regulator and instead of fixing it, the PO pulled the panel off to access the glass when rolling it down. Problem is that he decided to store the panel under his lean-to... that leaked... and had rats... etc...