So long to an old friend. 13 years ago I found a POS 85 4runner on a car lot in Medford. My buddies told me it was the ultimate wheeler, 85 4runner SR5 with the 22re. The truck was rough, it was totalled from a roll and had a cracked frame and almost none of the electrical worked properly, they were asking $4000. Even the used car salesman said "So you wanna project huh?" I traded in my old Honda Accord and financed $800.
It slowly began to evolve. Tires started with a mismatched set of 31's discoverer's, then bald 35" mud campaigners, 35" BFG MT's, 36" SX's, and finally 38.5" boggers. The body was rough and didn't get any better of the years, I finally square tubed the front and rear and cut off anything that wasn't pertinent to wheeling. I hydro-locked the first 22re within weeks of getting it so I replaced it with another used one and finally put in a Chevy 4.3 with a th350. I only ever flopped it once, broke 1 birfield, 1 front axle, 3 ring and pinion sets, 1 transfercase main shaft and sheered numerous leaf spring center pins. I drove it from Jacksonville to Ashland every day in college and as it aged it became more of a trailer queen as it became too much of a hassle to keep it completely legal and wheel the crap out of it. I even rented a Uhaul one time and drove it 70 miles with nothing strapping it down. It took me to the Rubicon, the coast, K-falls, and as far north as Eugene. Today was its final day, sold to the scrap yard for $150. Rust in Peace. You will be remembered.
It slowly began to evolve. Tires started with a mismatched set of 31's discoverer's, then bald 35" mud campaigners, 35" BFG MT's, 36" SX's, and finally 38.5" boggers. The body was rough and didn't get any better of the years, I finally square tubed the front and rear and cut off anything that wasn't pertinent to wheeling. I hydro-locked the first 22re within weeks of getting it so I replaced it with another used one and finally put in a Chevy 4.3 with a th350. I only ever flopped it once, broke 1 birfield, 1 front axle, 3 ring and pinion sets, 1 transfercase main shaft and sheered numerous leaf spring center pins. I drove it from Jacksonville to Ashland every day in college and as it aged it became more of a trailer queen as it became too much of a hassle to keep it completely legal and wheel the crap out of it. I even rented a Uhaul one time and drove it 70 miles with nothing strapping it down. It took me to the Rubicon, the coast, K-falls, and as far north as Eugene. Today was its final day, sold to the scrap yard for $150. Rust in Peace. You will be remembered.
To a life well lived!
your junk.
