....naw...in all honesty I gave $850.00 for it in the beginning.....I got more in it now of course,but when it's totally finished(if thats even possible) I figure to have less than $2000.00 in it and a lot of fun....I've had some really nice rigs in the past and this ugly thing gets more looks and comments (good and bad) than just about anything I've ever driven.....it's a freak show,but I like it.

 

Haha alright I was gonna say that was like 115000 dollars! Its an awesome looking truck I really like it. Do you think you could show some interior shots especially of that extended cab part?

 

TY....yes,I'll get some pics of the interior and post them....it's insides are trashed right now because today I'm installing "chicken" lights under the dash and kick panels with lighted jewel switches out of a 50's B model Mack truck w/the old school stainless housing...a Bearcat 350a scanner and a Galaxy 99 CB....also trying to build an extension for my shifter so I have the shifter ball(blue metalflake no less : ) ) even with my shoulder.

If I had any sense I guess I'd start me a build up thread so everyone can watch this thing turn into a real freak

 

heres my 81 toyota pick up

 

My 81.. I think it was an 81, I never had a title for it and only had it for a few months.

 

Here's my '79 longbed. Just got it a couple days ago. I know the motor was rebuilt in '93. The head reads 22r though, so I imagine they swapped one onto the 20. Is there any easy way of determining this?

 

Someone probably just swapped in a complete 22R. Nice truck!

 

So I bought this truck 100% stock 10 years ago. All it needed was door pannels and carpet, other than that pretty clean truck. Had it up on 38.5 14.50 TSL SX's before I left for the Army in July 2004. I left the now dubed "Ol' Blue" in my friends field with a grenaded engine for the next 5 or so years. Went and got her Oct 2009, and went to work.



I installed the following, 7" Sky Jacker springs/shocks, 5.29 Detroit front, 5.29 Spool in the rear, bob'd the bed, dual t-cases, dual case cross member, Cross over steering, 10.2:1 Keith Black HP 22r, and 37 13 Boggers. Oh, and of course a fresh coat of paint.




Here is my 83 along with my 82


Here is Ol' Blue's maiden voyage (Mud Fest 2010)



Hope you enjoyed

 

If it's a 20R with a 22R head, it will be a gutless turd. The 22R has a bigger combustion chamber therefore the engine would have no compression. The part that has the sticker on it is just the valve cover, that is interchangable. You could always run the numbers on the side of the block, that should tell you for certain what it is.

 

hey^^^ cant you tell a 20r head from a 22r head from the intake ports? 22r and re are square and 20r are round? i think? if thats the question lol

 

Sweet thanks guys. I found the numbers, it's a 22r for sure. Now I just have to wait and save up some more scratch so I can start tinkering on her!

 

When you're ready I can get you stuff (weber, header, new engine, rebuild kits). I'm trying to get a small business off the ground working on these engines, so Let me know.

 

good point, didn't even think of that to be honest but it is a simple way to tell head wise anyways.

 

new to the forum and to toyotas. Jumped in with both feet. GF just bought me my first toyota . It is an White 81 22R long bed. She has the 83 orange 22r. they both became my projects. The 81 is my everyday driver. I hope i uploaded the pic right.

 

Looks like you found a keeper!! (truck and GF)

 

Great, another orange 1st gen

 

Looks like you uploaded a pic of a red truck

 

I don't have a pic but the 20r and 22r have different timing pointers next to the balancer. When I bought my '83 it had a 22r head and a 20r block. It was a turd. I thought it was all 22r until I broke the timing chain and had to open it up. I heard the 22r block and 20r head combo is good.

 

Thanks.....
I have to say, I love this rig. Did a recent road trip from Denver to Fruita for a mountain bike race, set the cruise control @ 78mph, crushed 1/2 the larger rigs up the pass, did a little wheeling after the race, headed back all on 34 gallons of gas. Got to love 410hp

 

my turck used to be camo> thats cool