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As with all builds, these take time and money. So here is an update on Marty:
The seller had placed in a drop in red carpet and red 1987 Toyota 4 Runner seats into the truck
Luckily, he also had the original seats, which he passed along to me. The red obviously was not going to workout. So after saving, the time came to get the original seats reupholstered and replace the red carpet.
For the seats, finding matching factory fabric was near impossible, so I went with a basic grey and had them keep true to the original stitching and headrest (Cost $525) and I also picked up the floor mats in factory dark grey from Vark Motors (On sale and free shipping for $140). With the help of my good buddy, we were able to tear down, trim, install and knock it out in 4.5 hours.
Here is our documentation:
The floormats are actually from an 89-95 Toyota pick up which I found on craigslist. They were good enough and will do the job.
Beautiful work!
You did not mention how you managed to have a dash without cracks. Garaged all the time?
I would like to see the truck in person. Please let us know if you're going to any car show in So Cal.
More power to you!
P.S. I believe the 1985 trucks do not have a starter relay. Is there anything that keeps you from starting if you do NOT press the clutch pedal? TIA
Last edited by RAD4Runner; Jul 3, 2017 at 11:58 PM.
Sorry folks. Iv been gone taking care of life stuff. In regards to the truck, mechanically I had to address an exhaust leak from a cracked manifold and seals, which I had to get fixed and then I had to save up to take the truck in for mounting of the mirrors and repainting of the doors. I dropped the truck off at a local body shop because I had some bubbling paint issues on one of the doors, plus I needed to get the door repainted since the old mirror mounts did not exactly line up with the new mounts, so I need to match that part. Since the doors were stripped for re-repainting, I had them mount the new mirrors and black door handles.
The mirrors on these used set were really scuffed up and bad. I end up finding an auto glass shop who cut me out new mirrors to use. While the mirrors were out, I sanded the
mirror frames, added a few coats of primer and semi gloss black to restore this set of mirrors.
Here is a quick before/after of the old mirror and handles compared to the new mirrors and handle.
Here are some photos I took of the truck as it stands now. I am about 95% done. I need to buy more accurate Goodyear Wrangler tires.I also need to connect and power up the front fog lights. But overall, I am really satified with the outcome.
Beautiful work!
You did not mention how you managed to have a dash without cracks. Garaged all the time?
I would like to see the truck in person. Please let us know if you're going to any car show in So Cal.
More power to you!
P.S. I believe the 1985 trucks do not have a starter relay. Is there anything that keeps you from starting if you do NOT press the clutch pedal? TIA
NO. The truck will turnover and start without pressing the clutch pedal.
It appears there is a replacment dash cover over the original. But I am not bothering to take it off to confirm.
The front windshield trim was a bit trickier to change out. #1 I would have to pull off the trim, which I have no experience doing. #2 the trim was already bent in several places and pulling off the windshield, requiring some work to fix, clean up and repainting #3 finding the replacement trim in black or in usable condition was not happening. Then it was suggested by local guy who also has a Marty Mcfly Dream Truck, to use a Black Universal Molding to achieve the look. Luckly, I found a vintage car glass replacement shop nearby. In addition, the owner use to work for Toyota in the 1980s repairing the windshields to these particular trucks and was extremely familiar and knowledgeable regarding the vehicle and it parts. Before the install of the new glass and molding, I ordered a custom TOYOTA decal to slap on the windshield.
Hi
Love your truck
Do you, or could you find the part number of the rubber seal they used for the front windshield. I too would like to get rid of my chrome moulding and just have the black rubber moulding.
If you can get that for me it would really be a big help
Thanks
Hi
Love your truck
Do you, or could you find the part number of the rubber seal they used for the front windshield. I too would like to get rid of my chrome moulding and just have the black rubber moulding.
If you can get that for me it would really be a big help
Thanks
Maybe contact Brown's autoglass 626.334.1992
info in the 1st pic you quoted
Originally Posted by T85
The front windshield trim was a bit trickier to change out. #1 I would have to pull off the trim, which I have no experience doing. #2 the trim was already bent in several places and pulling off the windshield, requiring some work to fix, clean up and repainting #3 finding the replacement trim in black or in usable condition was not happening. Then it was suggested by local guy who also has a Marty Mcfly Dream Truck, to use a Black Universal Molding to achieve the look. Luckly, I found a vintage car glass replacement shop nearby. In addition, the owner use to work for Toyota in the 1980s repairing the windshields to these particular trucks and was extremely familiar and knowledgeable regarding the vehicle and it parts. Before the install of the new glass and molding, I ordered a custom TOYOTA decal to slap on the windshield.
Last edited by dropzone; Feb 19, 2018 at 05:11 PM.
Jul 3, 2017 | 04:40 PM
