Have been scouring Facebook marketplace for months and months and the 80s/90s pickups always caught my eye. I have a 97 LX but I’ve always wanted something smaller and more barebones, and the idea of a 4x4 22re with the 5 speed always got me excited. I finally had some cash saved up and started looking seriously.
Anyways, a few weeks ago just a couple minutes from my house I found a pretty interesting 94 pickup. Interior in great shape, head gasket had been done in the past few hundred miles, and the engine, transmission and clutch are all in phenomenal shape. Only 195k on the truck. I met up with the guy who owned it and got him down to 3k on the price so bought it without doing as much inspection as is probably smart, but I don’t regret it. It has a custom built bed, and the frame has been replated and is actually very solid now. Only issue is he sprayed the whole underside to protect from more rust. But for 3k I figured it is what it is
This is the start of my build thread. Always wanted to do one and never got around to it on my LX. So far I’ve put on a new junkyard lower control arm cause the original one was totally shot. I’ve replaced the rear drum and shoes and all brake components in the rear, and have new rotors and pads for the front but waiting to do those until I can go ahead and rebuild the axles and replace bearings and races for peace of mind. Also switched out the 33x12.5s for 31x10.5s.
The truck runs beautifully and is so much fun to drive. I think I got a pretty good deal on it but feel free to tell me I got ripped off if that’s the case haha. Planning to update this as I go. Here’s a couple pics of her
Anyways, a few weeks ago just a couple minutes from my house I found a pretty interesting 94 pickup. Interior in great shape, head gasket had been done in the past few hundred miles, and the engine, transmission and clutch are all in phenomenal shape. Only 195k on the truck. I met up with the guy who owned it and got him down to 3k on the price so bought it without doing as much inspection as is probably smart, but I don’t regret it. It has a custom built bed, and the frame has been replated and is actually very solid now. Only issue is he sprayed the whole underside to protect from more rust. But for 3k I figured it is what it is
This is the start of my build thread. Always wanted to do one and never got around to it on my LX. So far I’ve put on a new junkyard lower control arm cause the original one was totally shot. I’ve replaced the rear drum and shoes and all brake components in the rear, and have new rotors and pads for the front but waiting to do those until I can go ahead and rebuild the axles and replace bearings and races for peace of mind. Also switched out the 33x12.5s for 31x10.5s.
The truck runs beautifully and is so much fun to drive. I think I got a pretty good deal on it but feel free to tell me I got ripped off if that’s the case haha. Planning to update this as I go. Here’s a couple pics of her