Any 80s Toyota 4X4 Truck/Runner fans ?

[osadayo99]

I've been an old Yota fan for years, done some nice off-road mods on solid front axle models. Use them for daily drivers , firewood hauling , camping , trailing and hunting.
Just wondering if there's others out there ? [on site]
Thanks !

 

[Eagle_Adam]

I’m a datsun guy at heart but none of them came from the factory with 4WD.....

So naturally I’ve got a soft spot for any Toyota 4WD rig pre 85

 

[Eagle_Adam]

Although if I had the fab skills and tools needed I would copy my buddies 4x4 620 build

 

[CentaurG2]

Anything from the 80’s has long since turn to rust around here. You are unlikely to see anything from the early 2000 still on the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXJyXh252Ic

 

[Deleted member 150358]

My first car was a 1970 Toyota hilux. For the pos it was it had some good points. Well no actually it fried the points on a regular basis. Fun and economical to drive on the back roads and side streets. Embarrassing to turn onto the freeway with!

Always liked the 80's yotas but yeah here 3 years and the fenders were flopping like a chicken trying to fly!

 

[Deleted member 117362]

My 1985 Toyota Tacoma's bed seams started rusting the day I drove it off the lot. Trouble free otherwise.

 

[Eagle_Adam]

I cant even begin to come up with the Appropriate words to describe how happy I am that I live in Oregon, and Oregon has yet to turn to that devil salt to free it’s roads of snow/ice!

 

[Eagle_Adam]

Cus no salt = this for me!!!

https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/any-other-datsun-addicts-here.329266/

 

[CentaurG2]

Combine road salt with salt from the Atlantic and yearly state inspection, cars don’t stand much of a chance. Its alright. Cars are getting better and safer. Its good to upgrade tech, albeit costly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cW-ATJxLXc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePrK9FseGk

 

[wood4heat]

My Yota, sadly I sold it last Fall. Miss it today.

https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/got-a-new-toy-today.278506/#post-5325864

 

[stillhunter]

I don't always keep a truck for 34 years........... but when I do it's a 84 Toyota
now

almost new

20 some yrs. ago...unstoppable w 33-15,50 15 SXs .

 

[bfrazier]

Here's my 1985 - his name is Tojo and he has 380,000 miles on him. Picked him up last year just for driving around my property as a chore truck. Had to pull the canopy off so he can haul wood. A year later, he's carried at least 40 loads of firewood and probably a hundred other things. He starts and runs every time, so I'm happy.

Yeah, just 2 wheel drive. $800... cheaper than a good saw.

 

[osadayo99]

Nice rides Fellas ! Yeah I have a nice stable of old Yotas 1983 longbed SR5 , 2 -1985 Longbed and regular bed {lil camo} topped off with a 1985 Runner , All of them were junkers needing motors , trannys or major motor repair.
I've always run the same package 5;29 gears , centerforce clutch II, weber 38s with all emissions blocked off, Detroit locker in rear and truetrac up front. these little trucks are tanks off road they can't be beat !
*****Nice job on the green 83 remodel SWEEET !

 

[stillhunter]

Nice rides Fellas ! Yeah I have a nice stable of old Yotas 1983 longbed SR5 , 2 -1985 Longbed and regular bed {lil camo} topped off with a 1985 Runner , All of them were junkers needing motors , trannys or major motor repair.
I've always run the same package 5;29 gears , centerforce clutch II, weber 38s with all emissions blocked off, Detroit locker in rear and truetrac up front. these little trucks are tanks off road they can't be beat !
*****Nice job on the green 83 remodel SWEEET !

I had a 5;29 in the rear on my truck for some years w 33's. I never got to re gearing the front axle but used the 4wd a few times in the mud when I needed to. On the street the 5:29 was a blast. Take off from a stop made it pretty fast , fast enough to embarrass a few peeps who apparently wanted to race to the next stoplight. I could also cruise around town 35/45mph and it would roll on down the road w no peddle at all. I seem to remember it making 30mpg or more around town. In low, it would idle up very steep hills offroad. I used to get out and walk beside it now and then as it inched along. W the super swampers tslsx I rarely needed 4wd even w open diffs. I could park it in a deep mud hole, rev the motor and dump the clutch and it would jump around and then climb on out.......... good times.

 

[osadayo99]

I hear ya Stillhunter, Ive' always had 22R engines , in low gears they have a nice torquie pull to them . Like you I can just let the lil' beast idle up a hill . I'm a super swamper fan also ...outstanding off road in the muck tires. ...

 

[osadayo99]

BTW ...Stillhunter thats a great decoy you've got standing next to your toy !

 

[stillhunter]

Overheated the original motor when the thermo. stuck, driving home from work on a 96* day @ about 180k. Did'nt notice till it starting spark knocking and the gauge was in the red. I pulled over and let it cool off, ran a few miles/repeat till I got home about 10 miles. Flush/new t/stat and w pump. A few weeks later I noticed some steam in the exhaust at starting in summer , it would stop when it warmed up. I had other vehicles and only drove the truck a mile to the trash dump, hunting etc. within 5 miles or so of home for 2 years. The steam got worse. One day I pulled into a friends yard and he walked up from his garden as I sat in the truck idling. He said "you got problems" and nodded a the rear. I stuck my head out and looked back,coolant was pissing out of the tailpipe ! drove it home and parked it for good.
A month or so later I found a 82 2wd truck w 42k on the 22R. It had been rolled over and bought back after it was totaled. The guy pulled the plugs and filled the cylinders w motor oil. It sat for 13 years before I bought it. I put it in gear and rocked it and the motor spun easily. I had to cut down some pine trees that had grown around the truck to drag it home. I changed the oil,plugs, swapped carbs and cranked it. It purred like a kitten and no smoke. Put new front and rear seals on it,installed and rolled on. That 82 motor is in my truck today @ 214k. It's time to do the timing chain and the org. 84 carb needs rebuilding but the truck still runs and rides. I'm gonna R&R soon.

 

[roalco]

Here's my BJ60 (1984) bought it in '85 (it was just six months old), daily driver till 2012, now my fun ride when the weather's snarly or good! Just under half a million on it, and has outlasted four very good dogs (back seat pilots)... Thought I might fit the stihl to the front bumper as a trail clearer

 

[Jethro 2t sniffer]

Nice cruiser. Does this count?

 

[Corbet]

I’m a Cruiser guy. This is my 3rd. Had to move up to a newer model a while back to please the wife. It hit 250K on the way out this morning. I’d love an early 80’s mini truck as a toy if I could find the right one.