So i went to go look at an 81 pickup from a guy on craigslist, and the posting said it was perfect well it was not.. but the guy was the owner and driver of a pro rock racing team that runs all toyota drive lines and such and he ended up giving me a job with the team called rock tech racing. He also gave me the truck and more parts then i can could ever imagine for it. So now im building it into my dream crawler. It was such excting news and i just wanted to share it with people who might think its cool (unlike my girlfriend). This is my first posting to YT but i have been reading posts for a long time. let me know what yall think. sorry i dont have a camera or computer i have to go to the library but i will be workin on some pics soon.

 

sounds like you're a pretty lucky duck to me, and i know how it is, my gf doesnt even know how to spell 4x4..

 

That is awesome!

When I bought my 81, all I got were lies...

 

when i bought my 83 over the phone i was told "yeah it's in alright condition for it's year" never saw it but i figured whatevers wrong i would fix it when i flew home from work

well, the frame is 100% perfect and por-15'd, 22r was rebuilt 3k km's ago, body's primered and ready for paint, new floor and it came with a second motor +lots of parts... it goes both ways its all luck i guess

what do you do for the team?

 

For the team Im going to help build the support truck for this year, and i will be driving one of the tow rigs all over the U.S. to all the events and il be in the pits at the events talking to people and going over all the nuts and bolts and fixing anything that needs to be fixed in between races. Im just super stoked for the job, Im graduating high school in May and this was the perfect opporunity. We will also be goin on trail runs just for fun on our days off when we are on the road. Im workin on getting a camera to take a pic of the trucks. to see some pics of the team truck you can google victors off road llc and go to the gallery and there is a couple videos of it. its the red Go-Fast buggy is the main rig and the white and sheet metal buggy is the start of the support truck.

 

Are you guys coming out to the King of the Hammers race, in February, here in Cali? If so I'll see you there. I'm stoked for you bro. I'll trade you jobs? lol

Sounds like its time to find a new GF too. haha Anything that takes attention off of them will piss them off naturally.

 

haha ya she gets mad at me for looking at yotas more then her. but ya well see you at king of the hammers were stoked for it!!

 

Ask her if she would rather you look at strippers? lol

Cool man, cant wait. I'll hit you up closer to then, and we can hook up.

 

seems to be the story on old trucks but oh well. sounds like you got a great deal...a cool old truck and a job when a lot of people of getting the boot..Best of both worlds
Round eye yotas are the best...mine is an 81 too.

 

ya i love the circle headlights. I have always wanted a 1st gen and i finally got myself one. cant wait for king of the hammers.

 

well man it must be great fun doing that for work..

im sure they will give you a computer soon...!!

is this just a race team or do they have a shop that they preform s.a.s and stuff for customers?

 

Ya Im hoping to get a computer for my graduation this year. but they are just the race team with a shop to do work on their own cars right now. My boss is hoping to open a shop that would do things like that in the next year or two depending on how things go.

 

So my the owner of the team just called me and said that he got phone calls from some of his friends that read my posting telling him i was bashing the team and talking bad things about it or him or i dont know, but just for clarifacation Im not saying anything bad about the team or my boss or anything. Im simply trying to tell people my exciting story and tell yall how stoked I am for the job and my new truck!

 

does anyone know where to find round bezels for first gen headlights? squares just dont cut it and i want that old school jdm look

 

left side:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HEADL...Q5fAccessories
Right side:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HEADL...Q5fAccessories


but you will need the buckets too...i see them periodically in the u-pull it's around portland. The bezels are always gone/fubared...

 

nice, i was actually thinking the entiretyof the bezel being round, i have square shaped bezels that fit my round lights, i just allready have a custom grill so i wanted something completely fit next to the grill. not really worried about running lights or anything..found this, kinda what i'm thinkin off FJ40: http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/con...rts/40_bib.jpg

 

Do you have any pics?

 

http://www.cruiseroutfitters.com/con...rts/40_bib.jpg