If you only want to read about the 60/62 series, read no further. Sorry if some don't think this content is pertient, but I felt it was so good Toyota material.
Any way, there is a show on the Discovery Channel called "Top Gear". It is a British recorded show about anything on four wheels, right up my alley. Last night their last segment was about the "Indestructible Toyota truck". They took a rusted out 1985 Toyota pickup w/ diesel and 100K + miles as their example. They talked about how tough and durable Toyota's are and wanted to prove it right or wrong. So they put this truck thru the paces, I'm not going to remember every test but I'll give you the highlights. The big one was they tethered it down in the ocean at low tide and watched the tide swallow it. A tether broke and it ended up, up side down rolling around under the water and in the sand totally submerged for 5 hours. They pulled it out, had a mechanic work on it for 4o minutes and not replacing any parts the whole time and it fired up and ran fine. They had it do a free fall from above a guys head, at least 6 feet high. Dropped a travel trailer on top of it, then just drove the truck out from underneath it. They finished off by setting the interior on fire. After all this it still drove fine, looked like hell, but drove fine!! Great entertainment! Can we boast that we share parts with this truck!!??
Any way, there is a show on the Discovery Channel called "Top Gear". It is a British recorded show about anything on four wheels, right up my alley. Last night their last segment was about the "Indestructible Toyota truck". They took a rusted out 1985 Toyota pickup w/ diesel and 100K + miles as their example. They talked about how tough and durable Toyota's are and wanted to prove it right or wrong. So they put this truck thru the paces, I'm not going to remember every test but I'll give you the highlights. The big one was they tethered it down in the ocean at low tide and watched the tide swallow it. A tether broke and it ended up, up side down rolling around under the water and in the sand totally submerged for 5 hours. They pulled it out, had a mechanic work on it for 4o minutes and not replacing any parts the whole time and it fired up and ran fine. They had it do a free fall from above a guys head, at least 6 feet high. Dropped a travel trailer on top of it, then just drove the truck out from underneath it. They finished off by setting the interior on fire. After all this it still drove fine, looked like hell, but drove fine!! Great entertainment! Can we boast that we share parts with this truck!!??
