'89 Commuter Truck project

[TRAILTOYZ]

I sell Toyotas, and got tired of having to tell my customers that I drove a VW Jetta to work. Decided to sell the Jetta and buy an old 4cyl high mileage truck so I could brag about Toyota dependability

So I bought this thing on Craigslist for $850. Sold the hammered camper for $150 and have put about $100 more into basic maint. items. Had the frontend recall stuff done at the Toyota dealership, replaced the idler arm and fixed the squeaky steering stops.

89 x-cab 4cyl/5speed
179k miles

Behold the transformation...

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

bye bye running boards...and then off to test the wheelability...

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

5/8" heater hose over the steering stops with a shot of grease in the end fixed the squeaks. Sorry about the bad blackberry pics.

Got started on the flatbed...

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

Have to build the sides and the headache rack and put the deck in, but I think it turned out well. Next up is u-joints, front fenders and the windshield.

21MPG at 65 so far.

 

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Looks good, but why is the flat bed so high off of the frame?

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

Tire Clearance. Wanted to leave enough room for the 32's to articulate. Maybe too much. I dunno

 

[WristPin]

hahahaha for 32's?!! oh watch out!!!

slap some 35's on there and you might not look so goofy

i like the camper. i want one just like that

good work

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

You guys keep raggin on me and I might leave the 28's on there and take some cool poser shots. May even get a tire off the ground.....

 

[TRAILTOYZ]

Bed turned out halfway decent. I'm thinking a set of TRXUS MT's on steelies might be in the near future, as well as a 6k winch for the back.

 

[macneill]

Nice job!