1985 Toyota Xtra Cab 4x4 - updated pics & vids p. 3

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By teal_dx
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:16 pm #235787 it's awesome in snow... I HOPE we get a blizzard :twisted:

I don't even have any weight in the bed and I have not needed 4wd yet.

Here's some more pics that I took. This was right after I had it undercoated for winter - the first thing I did when I bought the truck in Dec.

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When I crawled under at the owner's house, I pretty much knew I had to buy it asap. it DID have some frame rot previously which was properly cut out and replaced with new metal. They guy did a great job on the repair, I saw his before & after pics. He also had a steel bed on it at one point which is why the back of the frame is beefed up, Then he found this southern bed.

Originally I planned on converting to fuel injection but after completing a list of what I need that's on hold. I never had a carb'd vehicle before- all those vac lines scare me. So I take pics before I mess with anything to be sure I put them back in the right place.

Also notice the massive long bump stops the previous owner welded to the frame. Maybe he put them on before the body lift because they look like overkill. I need to flex her out and see about chopping those down a bit.
I'm not going to do any serious wheeling until summer when I have another vehicle to drive.
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By Honda4life
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:58 pm #235791 That's sick teal. You gonna make it an all crawler?
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By teal_dx
- Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:17 pm #235806 nope, gonna fight the urge to cut it up. This truck is in too good of shape to take a knife to. I am going to leave the body alone. But I'll still take it off road, just carefully. I need to keep it functional as a truck and daily driver in the winter.

Plans include to keep the body original, just keep it from getting rusty. I'd like to convert the steering to hi-steer and maybe fab a few undercarriage parts to protect it. I need to do something about a rear bumper too since I got pulled over Tues for the truck being too high :x

I would love to convert it to fuel injection though :thumb:
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By OleFolk
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:59 pm #235983
teal_dx wrote:I would love to convert it to fuel injection though :thumb:


Turbodiesel I4 :thumb:
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By eg84dr
- Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:32 pm #235994 damn you teal!
i hadn't seen this untill now
im jealous now cause you have a solid axle in the front
you have a way of one upping us all i thought i had you beat with my 03 taco but damn then you pull this out
looks sick man
im happy theres another honda / toyota owner out there :thumb:
also got some bumper pics you should check out
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By ghskid06
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:22 am #243998 I have not seen this. I love those trucks. An old friend of mine used to have one. It was on 33's, seriously some of the best trucks for off roading. They are so light they just climb over everything.

One night he was driving drunk in his eclipse and totalled it out. The next day he ran it over with the toyo. Took a couple tries to get it lined up but it was over in a couple of minutes.

Ever since my first time going off road in one of these i have wanted one. Other friends had rams and the like (I had a 93 s10 blazer w held its own). The toyota pulled a new superduty out of the mud one day after all the other trucks (most of them fullsize and with bigger...everything) had failed.

Unfortunately here in ohio it seems like all the ones that go for sale are rusted out as you said. Ive looked many times.

By MG6
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:32 am #246642 Nice!!! Turbo it up with the 22R :thumb: Get a CT20 on that bad boy!!!
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By teal_dx
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:07 pm #257975 I finally got the truck on some real trails in Wellsville. It did pretty well!
Here's some pics:
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and a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cin0FGkH-Sc

It's making some pretty loud diesel noise... time for new rod bearings. And there was a thin spot in the frame that is now a crack, so no offroading for a while...

If you've ever been to Wellsville, you'll probably agree that the truck was a little too nice to take down there. It was my first time and I found out very fast! I came back with a bent up bumper, cracked tail light, dent in lower bed corner, fender flare hanging on by 2 screws, and a new dent in drivers door. Next time I'm taking the bed off for sure!
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By ghskid06
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:31 pm #257980 "must be nice to have 35s" lol.
those little toyotas are just beasts. Nice vid man, sorry about all the damage.
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By eg-guy
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:37 pm #257987 Nice truck and video! looks like u wasted no time getting it out on the trails.

u planning on getting a winch for it?
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By teal_dx
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:43 pm #257989 Damage happens... this was the first real off roading test so it should be all good now once the frame/engine is fixed.

No winch for me... It's still driven on the road a lot more than off road. Plus one of the guys I offroad with has a nice Warn winch so he saves everybody.
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By 94EJ2
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:50 am #258018 reminds me of my old 82 toyota sr5 pickup that had a 2.4 swap out of a 240sx 37in military oz goodyear mudders on 16.5"s unfortunatly my camera that had all the other pictures of it on it got crushed and sat under water for about 30 minutes when i rolled it so i only have the pic i have of it when me and my dad got it home when i bought it not a very good pic at all its camo
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not trying to thread jack just wanted to share
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By teal_dx
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:56 pm #259698 Here's some more videos from Wellsville:

Me pushing friend's stuck FJ40 and f'ing up my bumper haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30RsoyAyO4

the FJ getting stuck in a BIG trench:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm5mDc73CSQ

buddy showing off his Samurai parked on top of a big boulder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXZsmGAdlWk

same Samurai going through some muddy trails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbszJZJHs

The samurai flipping in its side at the end of the trail next to the burnt ram and getting stuck in the mud hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREZ0HYbgiA

The FJ going through the same muddy trail but being wise and going around the big hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuuKreKgyS4

A jeep and driver with big balls going up "scooby" and almost loses it coming back down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnj72Zpwls

I'm buying a 1986 Toyota 4x4 tomorrow and parting it out, frame is bad. I got the whole truck for the price of the motor :woot:

The motor is going in my truck, only 110k on it and it sounds better than mine ever did :)

By dawg316
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:47 pm #260814 nice find. toyota pickups are very popular here. great price for the pickup. every thing here is all rotted away lol. must lean like a cholo with no sway bars ? what mods you got planed for it ?

get a solid bumper front rear. mount a winch. add lockers. and you should be set for anything :woot:
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