The 96 Tacoma was wrecked in the fall of 06, or so the story goes. He turned the engine over in Oct/Nov and never since. It looks to me like the hood is propped up for these pics. I have not looked it over in person....yet.
I am very tempted to pick up this motor for a landcruiser build. I get to pull all the wiring, and most anything else in the engine bay. The motor has 146k on it, and apparently turns over...though without any coolant clearly I can't get a good test run on it. The motor, tranny, wiring will run...