So I have found a few more vehicles. Is there any members here I could confer with to ask for advice on narrowing it down a little?

 

Keep posting and im sure everyone will weigh in. Yota nerds love looking at yotas. Ask me how I know!
remind me where you are located again and how far youre willing to travel for the right truck?

 

That ebay one looks ok but def has some body rust. Looks like a cheap paint job and they missed some spots like top of tailgate.
not an $8k vehicle in my opinion but could be a good start to restore.

 

I have tried to get that seller from Ebay to answer questions but no response. I’ve actually found a couple more.

One is an 82 deluxe with original paint that is in great shape and supposedly only 110,000 miles, but it’s a 4 sp and no ac and no tach The original owner also cut a hole in the bed for a secondary fuel tank and the opposite side has hole from what looks like a side of bed mounted antenna. It would have to be repaired in those two areas but otherwise the body is great!

Second one is an 83 with 180,000 miles. It is also a daily driver and runs well supposedly. It looks good from the pics but the body has more dents. No rust is seen but I suspect it’s been painted. It’s a 5 speed with ac. It leads me to believe an sr5 but it has a solid rear glass. I thought the sr5’s had the sliding rear glass. I’m waiting on more pics of this one and I’ll talk to the owner tonight. This truck is actually quite a bit cheaper than the other