recentely purchased an '84 X-Cab for $2K here in Denver, Colorado.  Best part...had a re-manufactured engine (totally rebuilt) with receipt for engine, and receipt for pro install at ASE certified shop.  Engine has about 35K on it now, and it runs flawlessly!!!    Has new 31" tires, new radiator, new brakes, etc.  Took it out today for it's first REAL trail run up "Carnage Canyon", which is one of Denver's toughest local trails, and surprisingly, it did really well...without a lift and lockers   I am partial to the 79-83's, as my username so obviously suggests...but i'm also 6'6" tall, so the X-Cab is really nice for me.  Immediate future plans involve a 5" lift, a new bed (with no rust), rear locker and 4.88 gears and 33x10.50 tires. here's a pic BELOW:

wow! awsome. sounds like how i bought mine. mine is also an 84 x-cab. only had 4K on a fully rebuilt motor. i also stand tall at 6'3 and needed the xtra room to fit my vertically freakish arse. good luck with the build bro 

Hahaha I'm exactly opposite, I bought my first gen because I'm 5' 6" haha. I'm one of them club footed midgets you hear about!

no offense, but man thats gotta feel like a caddy to you. toyotas back then were not known for their roomy features. LOL

hey you colorodo guys go to the MCR5 thread and vote for Moab  for the Marlincrawler roundup #5 next year

  ......this is the truggy I went with.....'82 Toyota pick-up body and partial frame, '84 4Runner drivetrain (22R, G52, t-case), 5.0 t-case reduction gears , custom 1.5" tubing throughout, Dana 60 rear, welded, with 35 spline axles and disc brakes, Dana 44 front with OX Locker, 5.38 ring & pinion gears, 4-link rear suspension with 18" Sway-Away air shocks, YJ front springs, 39.5 x 13.50 x 20 IROK'S on 20 x 9 Weld wheels.

Nice buy

Sounds like a good deal and thats a sweet looinig truck.    I paid $3,500 for my X-Cab 84 without a rebuilt engine, and i love it.  So you Scored
Hey is that black grill a stock option cuz mine is Chrome    so i ripped it all off.

yea, I think all non-SR5's came with black grills, and most of the SR5's had chrome grills.  I don't really like either one.
my favorite grill is on the 79-81's with the round headlights and the "X" pattern in the grill itself.  ......Thanks for the compliments on my '84 though....I like it so far, and it's tough as nails, i've been rompin' on it everywhere, and zero issues. 

yea, I think all non-SR5's came with black grills, and most of the SR5's had chrome grills. I don't really like either one.
my favorite grill is on the 79-81's with the round headlights and the "X" pattern in the grill itself. ......Thanks for the compliments on my '84 though....I like it so far, and it's tough as nails, i've been rompin' on it everywhere, and zero issues.

i believe the 83's were the ones with the X pattern.  it was similar to the 81s, but the 81's only have 5 squares with horizontal lines and the 83's have 6 rectanges with X's in em.  and yes 79-81 had the round headlights.  81 was the best year tho, cuz it was the first year of the 22r and the first/last year of the dual row timing chain with the steel guides.  anyways, i love extra cabs, and that sure is a nice one.  congrats on the purchase.

damn im surprised you made it up carnage without being locked i went up there eairly summer unlocked and only made it a little bit past the two big rocks you have to squezze between, i bet it was a pregnant dog getting it through the part right bellow the waterfall where you go around a turm while stepping up those rocks.  I didnt get to finish the trial until i returned locked.    to you for making it that is way intence for a stock truck

That is pretty good.  I've only made it to that squeeze also in my stock runner. 

79-83earlyyota, yeah that's the truggy I was talking about.  It is pretty tight!  I have an 88 4runner, but I used to have a '79 and I still think the first gens are my favorites.  Early Yotas are cool.

yea, it made it through Carnage with no lift and no lockers, truthfully ...31" tires are the only mod of any help.  I think i'm gonna be selling it though, because I offered $500 on that '83 I mentioned, and the owner accepted....so this truck is going to be up on the market....thinking about $2,200...as I have done some maintenance it required.  I know, I know, I just bought it, but I can't pass up the '83 for that cheap, and the X-Cab has a little too long of a wheel base for my likings after all.  Anyone interested?  Marlin Board gets first dibs..........................

Where do you live?
I live in lakewood.
Scott