cruiserinsanity
SILVER Star
A few weeks ago I found this 1982, SR5, pickup rusting away in a junkyard here in rural Alabama. It has been dead for a long time, and has had the rear axle shafts, rear diff, and a few miscellaneous pieces robbed from it, including the relay rod.
This is how I found it, the bed destroyed, filled with trash, but overall pretty complete and not extremely rusty, so naturally I had to have it.
I obtained it along with a ‘87 4WD truck from Johnny the Junkman, who I met on the side of the highway when I was leaving notes on MK1 Rabbits.
@Godwin and I went and got both trucks last Saturday.
The ‘82 is pretty complete and has its engine and transmission. The 22R in it turns over and the truck itself only has 161k miles on it according to the odometer.
My plan is to make it run, of course, and swap the axle from the ‘87 under it, run IFS hubs on the front axle with FJ60 rotors and V6 4Runner calipers.
I’m not planning on making this thing a giant crawler, just a capable little reliable pickup.
Yesterday I pulled the intake and carb off to clean all the rat crap out.
This is how I found it, the bed destroyed, filled with trash, but overall pretty complete and not extremely rusty, so naturally I had to have it.
I obtained it along with a ‘87 4WD truck from Johnny the Junkman, who I met on the side of the highway when I was leaving notes on MK1 Rabbits.
@Godwin and I went and got both trucks last Saturday.
The ‘82 is pretty complete and has its engine and transmission. The 22R in it turns over and the truck itself only has 161k miles on it according to the odometer.
My plan is to make it run, of course, and swap the axle from the ‘87 under it, run IFS hubs on the front axle with FJ60 rotors and V6 4Runner calipers.
I’m not planning on making this thing a giant crawler, just a capable little reliable pickup.
Yesterday I pulled the intake and carb off to clean all the rat crap out.
