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A buddy's 88 4runner 290k and old blue has 400k.

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1984 22R. Very first vehicle I've ever owned since High School 86'. Lots of ever changing modifications and many stories through the years. This is how it sits today but will probably change again someday. So for now I'm just trying to make your every day Daily Driver, Rock Crawler, Pre-Runner, Overlander vehicle :)

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MOTOR & TRANS:
TOYOTA - 2.4L 22R
CAMDEN - SUPERCHARGER
CAMDEN - INTAKE MANIFOLD
HOLLEY - SNIPER EFI 2300 CARBURETOR
EARL'S FUEL CONNECTIONS
MSD FUEL PUMP
DOWNEY - MID RANGE CAM
DOWNEY - SMALL TUBE HEADER
LCE - PRO DISTRIBUTOR
FAST - E6CD IGNITOR
FAST - E92 COIL
FLEX-A-LITE - 238 FAN
RON DAVIS - DOUBLE PASS ALUMINUM RADIATOR
MARLIN CRAWLER - HEAVY DUTY G52 TRANS w/ SHORT THROW SHIFTER
MAGNAFLOW 2.5" EXHAUST
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SUSPENSION:
6" LIFT W/ SPRINGS AND SHACKLES
RANCHO RS9000XL ADJ SHOCKS
5.29 RING & PINION GEARS SPARTAN LOCKER IN REAR & LIMITED SLIP IN FRONT
37" COOPER SST PRO TIRES w/ 17" WHEELS
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Some early photos when I first got the truck
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IMOGENE PASS, Colorado. Elev: 13,114'
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I have more story and pics at: Holley - My Garage website.
 
Stolen and Trashed in Summer of 1990

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There's quite a story on how this went down, I'll try to summarize the best I can.
Summer 1990, Saturday about 1:00 in morning watching TV in front room of Girl Friends house and I hear my truck start up, I run outside and see my truck backing down the driveway. I stupidly but instinctively jump on the back of it (oh and I have no shoes on!), GF is screaming bloody murder. We take off down the road with me on the back holding onto the roll bar, then they try to drive under some low trees to try to get me off the back. We drive by a party going on in someone's front yard so I yell "help they're stealing my truck" like some sort of drunk idiot on the back of a pickup truck lol.(or that's how I imagined I appeared to the partiers) but someone did believe and jumped in their vehicle and followed us but these thieves had a "follow" vehicle which blocked the nice guy as we did a fishtail in a cul-de-sac and then shot through someone's front yard. By this time we lost the follow vehicle as well. The thieves then stopped my truck on a dark neighborhood street and got out, one with a screw driver and another with a pipe wrench. They were yelling to get off the truck but of coarse I didn't want to get off MY truck. Anyways some wrestling/fighting ensued as I tried to get back into my truck and take off but that didn't work out so good, 1. I didn't have my keys and 2. they ripped out the ignition switch. Well more wrestling went on and we ended up bending my drivers door completely open so the door touched the fender. then as we moved back towards the rear of the truck one of the thieves got back in, started it and started leaving and at this time the other guy jumps on the back and they took off into the night as I'm standing in the middle of God knows what street with bare feet wondering what the hell to do now.(this is before cell phones obviously) I forced myself to approach a house (at about 1:30 in the morning remind you) that looked like there was a light on. I knocked and they answered the door! I couldn't believe it. I explained my crazy situation and they were kind enough to let me use their phone. I believe I called my GF first which she had already called the police and needed my location which I had to ask the nice people where the hell I was lol. Anyways police showed up, I explained everything, and they went and did their thing. I then went cruising around the town with my Dad on the off chance we might spot it (which we didn't) but we had some nice bonding moments driving through some shady parts of town :). Well the Police found it about 6:00am looking like this:


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Awesome story and history you have with it.
Were the thieves ever caught?
My Uncle who was on the Police force at the time told me that it looked like it was part of a car theft ring going on and then about a year later that ring was put out of business by the police :). So I can't say for sure, but I want to believe that they were caught :)
Another interesting tidbit is in one of those pictures you can see a slight Hill and driveway behind the truck and I guess that was actually the police Sergeant's house LOL, he came out in the morning to get his paper and saw my truck and called it in, crazy story and very brazen thieves!
 
@DAK004 the current version of your Pickup is awesome - great work. I love the older shots too - they're like a snapshot into the style of the times - the little fairings, the wheels, light covers... haircuts ;)
 
@DAK004 the current version of your Pickup is awesome - great work. I love the older shots too - they're like a snapshot into the style of the times - the little fairings, the wheels, light covers... haircuts ;)
Yeah I really think we should bring back the mullet haircut although I might look a little funny with it now with a balding spot on the back of my head. 😁
 
Working Toyota.

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Bull: "You call that a bullbar? Let's just see about that..."
 
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94 model extra cab 5 speed

3.4 stripped down with K&N filter, headers, 2.5” exhaust with high flow cat and exhaust

Dual cases

Full float FJ80 rear with 5.29 gears and welded spool and 63” Chevy springs

FJ60 front, trussed, original Longs, 5.29 gears and lockright. Marlin steering arms and custom tie rod and drag link using FJ80 tie rods.

40” Maxxis Razr radials

Bed mounted aluminum fuel cell and retained the 3slow fuel pump and sending unit to keep the gauges working.

DOM cage

And it’s tagged and insured. Still finishing the loose ends.

soon to get the front and rear winches mounted. curved light bar goes over the cab. Plenty of rock lights and heated leather JK seats too. Been building it myself for the last 3 yrs.
 
Joined a short while ago when I brought a landcruiser, but thought I’d visit over here and share a couple of restoration projects I’ve been working on. I had an 1988 pickup in high school but had to sell it to pay for college and ramen noodles... Luckily, since then I found an 87’ and an 89’ 4runner. Too much time and money to list, but if anyone’s interested I could do a write up. Hope the group enjoys looking at these as much as I have putting them together. more pics in albums.






 
@devero4 are your wheels 16” or 17”?
 

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