Finally got around to taking some pics of the 4runner.
Its a 1987 and thats about al i know but here are some pics to give you an idea of where im starting from

 

nice. looks real clean.

 

its an 87 wheres the rust!?

 

haha i know right i got it from a friend with a blown motor for $500 (but it was driveable), the body was so clean i couldnt pass it up, its in the shop now getting regeared for 33's and a new motor.

 

man that's clean. how many miles does it have on it? that'll be a sweet project

 

cleaner than my 94!!!

the guy my friend is living with has a CHERRY runner exactly like that sitting on 33's. not a spec of rust has ever even looked at the truck, and its ALWAYS covered when its at home.

i drool at it everytime im there.

sweet truck man!

 

odometer is showing 312,389 but i find that hard to believe based on the appearance and how is drives. Maybe the previous owner did some restoration thats the only conclusion i can think of

 

Congrats!

 

No road salt down in TX...

I have 350K on mine (original owner)

CLEAN 4Runner. Im jealous

 

I love living in an area where it doesn't snow, and is far from the coast. It makes for very clean trucks. Congratulations. Once you get it built up, you will have one top notch truck for cheap. Hell, you could probably sell it for a profit.

 

yeah i thought about turning a profit but i figured it being such a steal i might put a little money in it and drive it for a while and see what happens.

would you guys suggest putting lockers in when i regear im not sure if i want to spend the money but i know it will be more if i wait till later??

 

You might as well do at least a rear locker while you're at it. I know I would.

Looks like a sweet Runner, good find.

Fink

 

wow, looks brand spankin' new. great find!

 

thanks guys looking to make it a muddin machine by the end of the summer more pics will follow

 

I couldn't do it, I would find something already beat up to put in a mudhole and drive that baby..I never been able to wrap my brain around spending tons of money making something look so good, then go run off in the deepest mudhole they could find.. that just don't make good walking around sence to me

 

Nice clean truck, brought back some memories of my '86.
Since you have got the truck in a shop, IMO I would do the locker now. They would basically have to do the same exact work over again $$$ wise. Might as well have them do all the axle bearings too since they will have it pulled apart.

 

if ur plannin on muddin that purty thing, u need to do the lockers now. lockers and tires are the biggest mods u can possible do for mud. personally, id say lockers are number one. and thats not just mud, thats crawlin and yada yada. however, if ur gonna do it and its ur dd, look towards the expensive end. arb is the best in my opinion, detroit makes a bunch that u might want to look at too though.

 

Did ya buy a longblock, used motor? What is it costing you? I just bought a locked up 89 4runner for $700 and it has no rust. I bought a longblock from Japanese engine!!

 

well i dont know what you mean by spending tons of money i mean i bought it for $500 and might put a couple grand in it but thats cheap imo

 

the short block is getting rebuilt with a kit at a machine shop and then a new head from engbld.com and thats around $1,000