Topic: New member to the family

[Toy zuki]

Picked up a clean '85 toyota x-cab thurs. for $800 Motor is locked up(no oil).  Its full loaded though.  sr5 dash, pw, ps, cruise, rear defrost, buckets and console, efi, 30x9.5 a/t's on 15x7 outlaws, sunroof, clarion cd player, off brand amp and sub, 125,xxx origional miles.

No a/c, missing wiper motor, bumper lights, and hubs, but I can deal with that.  Crappy cell phone pics but I'll get good ones tomorrow after noon.



















Wasp nest.



spare parts

[Toy zuki [OP]]

Well I rolled it out and washed it yesterday to get rid of the wasp nest and little spiders.  Pushed it back in around 7:30 and almost got everything off the motor.  I'm hoping to get it pulled tomorrow(if only it was running so I could go pick up the cherry picker).  Heres some more Pics, still the cell phone cause the wife had the camera 

[Toy zuki [OP]]

Little black spray paint and I'll have the cool red camo like Crazywb
 

[Richmondo]

Nice find. You gonna put another 22re in it?

[slabcs]

Good price.  What is in store for the build?

[montanatoy]

Nice truck i also just bought a 85 yours looks to be alittle cleaner tho,  mine had alot of new parts on it and i picked it up for a grand and it runs great.

[Joey88RUNR]

Major score!...thats awesome

[bigarms23]

nice find what are your plans for it

[Toy zuki [OP]]

I'm swapping in another motor and I'm gonna use it as a DD.  I've got a 91 x-cab as a crawler ans an 88 zuk built so theres no need to destroy this one yet.  I change my mind all the time though and if I get lucky enough to hit a deer this winter(or something else happens to the truck) its definetly gonna turn into a wheeler.

Well I didnt get much done today.  I stayed inside and played with the kids(felt guilty about bein in the garage the last few days). But while they were eating dinner I snuck out and built a cardboard bumper.  Still dont have the camera with a flash though.





Its basically a copy of the TG winch mount with end caps instead of tubing.  It's gonna be a DD so I think a tube bumper would look kinda gay.

[crazywb]

Little black spray paint and I'll have the cool red camo like Crazywb
 

You make me laugh little man.  That's a killer deal.  Just don't mess it up like you did my 91.  LOL

[SolidAxle]

you sir are a lucky sob. nice truck, I will be watching this build. I also have an '85 extra cab.

[Duffil]

you need to paint your bumper. 

[Toy zuki [OP]]

You make me laugh little man.  That's a killer deal.  Just don't mess it up like you did my 91.  LOL

Your '91 is just about to be stripped.  Its way overkill for my driving style so the motors going in the '85, and the axles are going under the new sami(the one my dad used to drive).  The body and frame are going to be sold to a guy thats putting fullsize axles and a small block in it, and I gonna hang onto the duals and springs for when I get my tundra.  Then I can build the '85 as a back-up wheeler.  The ECU, harness, distributer, intake, and what ever else is going in my buddies '84 x-cab.
Heres the sami that the axles are going in, along with YJ springs and the IFS box.



This is what I built with your cab.





I sold it to Chris Wood for the $680 I had into it since he hit black ice and totalled That red one he drove back in Cali.  About 2 mon. later he ran it out of oil and locked it up

[Toy zuki [OP]]

Well it was a pretty busy day but I still managed to get the diamond plate done on the bed and the tool box mounted.  I still need to do some trimming on the tailgate section cause its from a 3rd gen but its better to big than to small.  Hopefully I'll get the cherry picker over here tomorrow so I can get back to the real work.

[NorCalToy]

nice score, and fun plans, so if your gettin rid of teh 91, what does that mean teh 85 will become?

[Toy zuki [OP]]

nice score, and fun plans, so if your gettin rid of teh 91, what does that mean teh 85 will become?

'85's gonna be a stock DD for now so I can focus on building the sami how I want it.  Next year I'm planning on getting a 00-05 tundra x-cab.  Then I will build the '85 for the wife to wheel.

[Toy zuki [OP]]

Finally got a little ass time on the computer so heres some pics.

Heres the block that came out.


And heres the start of my bumper.  I still need to trim it in and put the end caps on it but you get the basic shape of it.

winch plate




sides




tow hooks and fog lights.

[Toy zuki [OP]]

Got the end plates welded on today.