I’ve found some decent info on newer pickups, but nothing quite right for the 1st gen. My pickup has been painted and I’m missing emblems I think.

Are there any identifying features for each trim level, or does anyone have a link to a good VIN decoder?

I have power steering, no air conditioning, and an AM/FM radio. No wood grain, and a blue vinyl bench seat.

 

post the year and a picture of your dash.

 

The first 8 digits of your VIN # will tell you. From your photo it looks like you have a long bed so the VIN# should read:

JT4RN48D= Long Bed Deluxe
or
JT4RN48S=Long Bed SR5

 

1983

 

You have a deluxe.

Base model came with bench seat, one piece rear window, one piece side windows, 4spd, and no tach.
Deluxe model came with the bucket bench hybrid you have here, sliding rear window, vent side windows, 5spd, and no tach.
SR5 model came with bucket seats, sliding rear window, side vent windows, 5spd, tach, oil and additional gauge cluster under the dash.

There's other stuff like consoles, door pulls, chrome, side defrost vents, ducted side vents, radios, bumpers, 'oh crud' handle etc.

For some real fun options, look up the Mojave Edition.
We're talkin' chrome side mirrors, sunroof, themed color scheme, top options picked across the board, limited run of 3500 in the last six months of this generation of Toyota trucks.

 

Also, SR5 had the 3 spoke SR5 only steering wheel. I think the SR5's had wood grain on the dash too. Oh and tilt wheel. Maybe some other things too. The bench seat bottom is different on the '79-'80 models. Solid all the way across and not split like shown above.