finally back in the yota game guys! been looking for a 81 with the 22r and 5 speed for years! got a great deal on this one, paid $1300 and came with a extra 4spd, got a little rust in the bed and needs some help with the interior but i really like this pickup, put my stereo system in it already. supposofly has a detroit truetrac in the rear but i dont think it actually does. does anyone know what the hole right next to the cigarette lighter is for? and im posting a pic of my current line up, the nissan was my driver after i sold my 4runner and rolled it 6 times on june 13th on my way to work. bronco i bought 3 days before i found this toyota and the bronco is now for sale haha.

 

found another pic i forgot i saved from the craigslist ad

 

Glad you found another yota, that's a nice clean looking truck! That sucks about your Nissan, glad you weren't seriously injured though! What's your plans for this one?

 

thanks ed, i was lucky to walk away with cracked ribs, fractured elbow, and a concussion. the plans for this one are to leave it mostly stock, build up a hot 22r for it, eventually a small lift and 33's and regear it. for right now im just going to restore the interior back to stock and leave the outside as is. got a line on a factory power steering box so im gonna convert it soon

 

Nice 81 I wish I still had mine. I mean I do but its just a pile of parts right now lol.

Also I'm surprised that lightbar in the Nissan didnt squish.

 

i am too, it held up really well, the bed is bent where the lightbar is bolted in from it taking the impact

 

put my other wheels and tires on her today!

 

looks good with the new tires and wheels! I just recently lifted my 83' and put 33's on it, it's supposed to be my DD, but I've wheeled it more than my 4runner, lol... sweet lookin truck, keep up the good work!

 

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I'm keepin an eye on this 81 thread.

 

thanks ed and yotantn, i really like this little pickup, goes really well offroad too!

 

Looks real clean, a lot cleaner than my 87 anyway. What are you gonna do buly way of a hotter engine? I got mine bored.30 over with the head decked 15 thou and a Weber. Runs good with lots of power. But since you have the older pre 85 block you might wanna look into building a hybrid 20/22. Stroke, bore, decked head, oversize valves and a cam.

 

well my plan was to build the same motor i built for my 86, 22r/20r hybrid, cam, header, weber, bored, decked, just build a hot little motor

 

ok found some pictures that the previous owner took









also did a valve adjustment on it

 

Amazing..WHY would he get rid of that???

 

Yes! Curtis is back in a Toyota! Too bad about rolling that Nissan. I thought that was a cool looking little truck. Glad you're ok, though. For $1300, you got a great deal. Don't sell or wreck this one

I know your first blue truck was for sale again after you sold it. Have you heard where it ended up or what condition it's in?

 

guy needed the money i guess, pretty cool guy he said if i ever wnted to sell it to let him know first, he owned it for 10 years. and i loved that little nissan, really bummed me out wrecking it, just had it looking really good too :/ and shattered my aluminum directionals that were on my blue toy in the wreck , and as for the blue toy i tracked down and talked to the guy that owned it a couple months ago and he was trying to sell it, but at the time i didnt have the funds, tryed again after i rolled my nissan and couldnt get ahold of him, i have a couple pics that the guy from a few months back sent me if you wanna see them.

 

replaced the bulbs in the speedometer as they werent working, and fixed my dome light. is there a way to make the guage cluster lights brighter? i hate how dim they are

 

so i got a line on a complete power steering system, guy says the pump needs rebuilt, how hard is it to do that? and here is a video i took

 

started stripping the dash tonight, what a pain!!! fiberglass, epoxy, resin, silicone, just a pain to strip, dash is pretty cracked underneath, gonna probly cover it in either fiberglass, or maybe camo duct tape till i find a good replacement, we shall see what happens, got about half the dash stripped

 

I'd look into buying a new dash for it. Is the 2wd truck dash the same? I feel like you could get one out of a junkyard pretty cheap.