rolled into the shop today ...
/89 "special edition" 4Runner .. for a Major body and paint refurbish ..














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looks like fun, you should suggest to the owner to ditch the running boards

I want to see it done bro, ill be keeping tabs

 

yep .. there GONE ... or soon will be


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cant wait to see after your done with it

 

Sweet another special editon, guess I don't have the last one left. Definitely will be bookmarking this ad to see the progress.

 

Man, I love those special edition 4runners! If I was able to buy a 1st gen, defantly the colour scheme I would want!

Lookin forward to seeing you work your glass magic on it

 

So aside from teh 2-tone paint scheme, anything else "special" about the Edition??

And if all teh rust is gettin' fixed on this one, looks to me like it's gonna be 100 % glass by the end, lol. Dern cancer.

 

hmm, still kicking my self for getting rid of my '86. would have been a great candidate for slackers magic. the search continues...

lee

 

dear god, looking at pics of rust like that make me glad to live in the desert of so cal.

 

Special edition runners weren't that special at all actually. From what I have learned and seen so far, they all had the special two tone paint, nice seats (a little different than standard SR5 seats) and as far as I know they all had A/C and carpeting. Everything else is pretty much base model. My truck has base model interior door panels, rear panels, guages etc. I also heard it was an alternative choice to the SR5.

 

Amen to That Brother

 

move to california. that is scary.

 

I thought we were bad for body rot over here, but that's worse than the '86 Surf of mine.

 

dont forget the little decal on the door ..

other then mentioned above .. no REAL differances ..

 

so a little bit more ..

got the rear door off and stripped .. wow what a job .. it was "toast"





also started pulling the "cosmetics" off the front ..





removed the running boards ..



and fenders





hard top front windows( L trim windows)



and finally the hard top ..





also started to "gut" the interior ..








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wow the ifs in the front of that thing is a good looking orangey colour.

 

wow, very rusty, never saw a 4runner tailgate that far gone before!

but, i know you'll pull it off, and make it all purdy again! good luck, looking forward to seeing progress

 

FLASH on the camera .. excents alot of colors , ORANGE is one of them .. although rusty .. suspension is only surface rust ..

yep .. new-er' shell is on the way .. no worries ..

(one day I will get my COMPLETE rear tailgate done )



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surface rust on heavy suspension pieces , is acceptable ..

but heres an inside view of the "stock" panels .. with some previous repairs .. some of you guys think ..welding in new steel works !!





WASTE OF MONEY .. like I have been tellin' you guys for years ...






so got the rears cut off ..






and started on the gate skin ..





did some POR 15 work on the truck as well as the gate ...





and "glued"

 

so late yesterday , I also POR15'd the truck , so all would be dry for todays work ..




ok .. so today fit the fronts ..







and trimmed the door edges ..



and fit the rears .. and gate .














glue tomorrow ...




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