Nice 83 SR5 in SoCal

[Shoyrtt]

NOT MY RIG

This is on Racedezert :

http://www.race-dezert.com/cgi-bin/trader/atl.cgi?ct=2&md=second&id=10725

Toyota Hilux SR5 22R
Year :  1983
Price :  3500 OBO
Brief description:   For Sale is a 1983 Toyota 4x4 pickup.Interior is in good condition.Exterior is in Good Condition.Runs great nothing wring with it. 201k miles. Great Fun. 3500 OBO make an offer. All offers considered. EMAIL OR CALL FOR MORE Photos 

City :  Oak Hills/ Victorville   
State :  CA   
Zip/Postal Code :  92344   
Contact Information: Contact Person: Chris
Contact Phone: 760-792-2744

[KDXSR5]

Beautiful truck.

[Magoo]

 
yowza, that thing is nice

[jimbo74]

nice truck....

[Lonestar Honcho]

That's a nice first gen.    But not an SR5...

[Shoyrtt]

That's a nice first gen.    But not an SR5...

I don't know for sure but it might be. We can't see the tailgate for the "SR5" so the next clue would be the interior. It looks like and SR5 gauge cluster and steering wheel, but it doesn't have the little pod gauges under the radio area. It has the SR5 "wing" windows, but no sunroof. Those look like factory bucket seats which I believe only were offered in the SR5. We are just BSing here, so why do you think its not one?

Edit: Here is Zukizzy's old SR5 without a sunroof. I did notice that the for sale rig doesn't have headrests on the bucket seats and of course the factory stripes are long gone.

[Caboose]

and that nice bumper is gone.  still, a nice truck...


Edit: upon further inspection, that might be something behind the bumper.

[Shoyrtt]

and that nice bumper is gone.  still, a nice truck...

What nice bumper. Was the SR5 bumper in chrome?

[tmougeotte]

Wow that is a clean truck.  Good luck with the sale

[Caboose]

Look at the tan rig, it has a push bumper with what appears to be brush guards.

[jimbo74]

the listing says it is an sr5

[Lonestar Honcho]

I don't know for sure but it might be. We can't see the tailgate for the "SR5" so the next clue would be the interior. It looks like and SR5 gauge cluster and steering wheel, but it doesn't have the little pod gauges under the radio area. It has the SR5 "wing" windows, but no sunroof. Those look like factory bucket seats which I believe only were offered in the SR5. We are just BSing here, so why do you think its not one?

Edit: Here is Zukizzy's old SR5 without a sunroof. I did notice that the for sale rig doesn't have headrests on the bucket seats and of course the factory stripes are long gone.

Well...my '82 isn't a SR5 and it has (had) the same steering wheel, guage cluster and arm rests, wing windows and bench seat (look at the back portion). Thats the only true items I see that are exclusively non-SR5. If however it was indeed a SR5, it would have a 3 spoke steering wheel, a gauge cluster W/ tach, and the arm rests would continue at a 45 degree angle up towards the wing window. Other than that the SR5 decal that you spoke of on the tailgate.
Hope that helps.

Good looking truck nonetheless.

[Plekto]

Nice truck.  Just don't let Glen get his hands on it...   

[KYOTA]

thats not an SR5 wheel, they were 3 spoke "leather" wrapped. my non SR5 83 has the wing windows and power steering. SR5's had many differnt combinations of goodies. oh and notice the lack of SR5 armrests on the doors.

nice truck either way

[KYOTA]

SR5 armrest and not the greatest pic but an SR5 wheel I ran before the quick release wheel

[79-83earlyota]

  wow!  that's one of cleanest 83's i've seen in quite a while.  you shouldn't have any problem selling it!

[Tool Pimp]

I don't know for sure but it might be. We can't see the tailgate for the "SR5"

Ive seen this truck running around town and NO its not a SR5 but it is cleaner in person than in the pictures.

[kneedownnate]

What's hilarious is that people keep missing this one, simple fact: 

NOT MY RIG

This is on Racedezert :

[usmc_black_85]

i showed this truck to a buddy cause he is in the market for one and were goin to look at it tomorrow to see how clean it really is do yall think its worth 3,000 that is what the guy said he would let it go for it has 201k miles and its stock except wheels and tires

[Shoyrtt]

i showed this truck to a buddy cause he is in the market for one and were goin to look at it tomorrow to see how clean it really is do yall think its worth 3,000 that is what the guy said he would let it go for it has 201k miles and its stock except wheels and tires

I guess it depends on what your buddy wants to do with it. If he is in the market for a super clean, 1st gen, daily driver, then 3K sounds about right. Remember its in the high desert and probably has no rust issues at all. 

If you buddy is thinking about wheeling it, I would find a second gen with EFI. 

[usmc_black_85]

he is in the market for mainly a daily driver with some light wheelin nothin extreme i tried to talk him into getiing a third gen extended cab and sas it because it has a lil more creature comforts i wheel second gens efi so and he has been goin out with me and few other guys wheelin and he is not ready to do anything where he is goin to do any body damage so he is stuck on this one he say that this is the one he wants well we were gonna go look at it today and the guy flaked out on us he said last night today was good but then he called this mornin and said that he could not meet up today so now the plan is to go on sunday

[Shoyrtt]

he is in the market for mainly a daily driver with some light wheelin nothin extreme i tried to talk him into getiing a third gen extended cab and sas it because it has a lil more creature comforts i wheel second gens efi so and he has been goin out with me and few other guys wheelin and he is not ready to do anything where he is goin to do any body damage so he is stuck on this one he say that this is the one he wants well we were gonna go look at it today and the guy flaked out on us he said last night today was good but then he called this mornin and said that he could not meet up today so now the plan is to go on sunday

Maybe the price should be adjusted a bit lower than 3K because it is not an SR5 as advertised.  If your buddy does get it, make sure he spends some $ on an anti-theft devise. A clean first gen like that in the SD area might disappear in the middle of the night and head to TJ.

[Plekto]

$3K sounds about right to me as well.  With OEM SAS, it's already a good rig.  It just needs an ultra-low-range adapter/kit(MC of course), some bigger tires, skid plates, and about 4 inches of lift to be trail-ready.  Easy and cheap rig if your friends wants to actually off-road.  I'm thinking what - $5K total to do serious off-road and nothing to do dirt roads and the like.

[usmc_black_85]

yeah its a good starter rig but the guy who is selling is really flaky so i am gonna continue looking for him a rig

[Shoyrtt]

yeah its a good starter rig but the guy who is selling is really flaky so i am gonna continue looking for him a rig

Check Craigslist
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/590020777.html
or
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/584570170.html
or
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/586109198.html
or (see a pattern here)
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/586722914.html
a little different this time
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/591197224.html
on a roll here
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/589488542.html
last one but you get the idea
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/car/586913104.html

[usmc_black_85]

yeah i have been lookin on craigs list and on this board plus pirate and some of the other toyota boards but he hasnt really found one that has struck his eye i tried to sell him my runner and he likes it but he is lookin for a pick up so and he doesnt have the time to build one he need somethin that is gonna be reliable that he can also drive daily but he is also not in a real hurry to get one either so

[usmc_black_85]

so update on the truck we ran a clue which is like a car facts but its what insurance agents use to see if any claim was ever takin out on the vehicle well it came up that 5 years ago 1700 dollars was paid out on it and it was a collision claim so that means that it was either hit or the owner hit something and it wouldnt be a big deal if the owner told us but he told us that the title was clean and that he is only the second owner he would know that and we asked him for the vin number because it was a long way to drive just to go look at a truck so i wanted to do my research well he would not give us the vin number to it so we could run it and he made a big deal about it so it seemed fishy so needless to say but i dont think the truck is worth 3k anymore

[8D3TOY]

Identical to my 83, same carpet, seat, leather wrapped wheel, and everything even the same color I think hard to tell from the pics.  Mine has AC and the wing windows but it is no SR5.

[Plekto]

Well that would explain why it looked odd to us about whether it was a SR5 or not.  Pieces were replaced.  OTOH, he did do a good job of it.

The other trucks(craigslist links):
MOst of them didnt do a thing for me, but this one looked interesting.

The 1981 pickup is a bit high, but looks fine - I'd  check this out.  This is a daily driver by the looks of it and the owner is strapped for cash or can't handle two vehicles where he's moving.  This, IMO, is the perfect type of truck to buy - it works and runs and the owner is selling it because they have to, not because they want to.  Lifted a bit, so just add some armor and parbs and such and it's pretty much read to go from the looks of it.

Yeah, the paint is fugly, but he can always paint it.