Topic: My 83 DD

[hotrod]

Here's a few pictures of my first gen. Im a freshman in mechanical engineering at auburn so this will be a slowly built truck.

[BUDDERS]

Looks like a good start.  What are your plans for it?

[hotrod [OP]]

Wanna keep it low and very dd-able. Needs lockers next. Maybe throw an aussie out back, other than that, mostly cosmetic crap, seats, round headlights, bumpers, winch. . . eventually a w56 with duals. . . the list never ends. . . 3rz has been in the back of my mind for a long long time. just dont want to give up my 24 mpg and have the truck down for that long.

[95SAS]

Wanna keep it low and very dd-able. Needs lockers next. Maybe throw an aussie out back, other than that, mostly cosmetic crap, seats, round headlights, bumpers, winch. . . eventually a w56 with duals. . . the list never ends. . . 3rz has been in the back of my mind for a long long time. just dont want to give up my 24 mpg and have the truck down for that long.

24mpg out of a 22r? dang!!! my 22re only gets about 16-18 highway

nice truck! looking forward to seeing your build up

[hotrod [OP]]

with 410 and 33's! . . . granted i cruise at about 60-65 and draft as much as possible. . . and thats after the 20 percent takin into account. so it might be a hair lower than 24 but its easily low 20's. which is good enough for me!

[REG535]

Nice truck and nice major. good luck at college, and the build toys are always fun 

[mtti1047]

nice looking truck... original paint?  wow... don't see those stripes too often anymore.  I took the stripes off when mine was only a year old... shouldn't have dun it

[hotrod [OP]]

original paint! i painted the roof though. Whenever i find a decent bed im gonna peraint the whole thing. not sure if i wanna paint it black again and then pay out the butt for new stripes or paint it a charcoal gray. . . id like to keep the black and old school stripes but we'll see. . .

[jimbo74]

love the diamond plate dash and gauge pods... that is slick

[toyomr285]

Nice looking rig.  What have done to it?

[hotrod [OP]]

not much actually. Here's the story on how i got it, My first vehicle was a zj. Had a little 2in spacer lift and some 31 at's. That thing got me into offroading at 16. All my buddys liked mud so i did alot of mud but always liked the technical trails better. . . Sank the zj in a mud hole got water inside all the way up to the brake pedal. (truck was tilted down a little). . . Pulled that joker out and drove it home. After a couple weeks the trans started acting up and we figured water got in the trans. Actually drove it for a month with a gimped up trans. Then dad sold it for 900 bucks. Which was an absolute steal i thought. . . So i Drove my late grandfathers buick roadmaster stationwagon for half of my senior year while originally looking for a black tacoma. . . This first gen was sitting in someones yard that i passed all the time and it got me curious figuring out what it was. So I did some research and found out what it was. the solid axle basically sold me on it, coming from a jeep. So one day i stopped by the house and asked the ole man if he'd sell it. Took it for a test drive and to my mechanic for a run down. motor died 6 times on the way to the shop, less than 4 miles. . . Ended up buyin it for 1200. Rebuilt the carb one night as really my first project on the truck. Replaced the front main seal. Found those 33's on rims for 200 bucks and it was such a steal i bought them thinking they wouldnt fit without liftin it some. So i bought them to force me into liftin it. . . One day I poked em on the truck just to see what theyd look like. And they didnt rub anywhere except the front lower valance. So that got chopped off and i ran em.

Now its got black steelies to replace them wide bling rims, aussie out back, 20r/22r hybrid with msd, fj rotors and v6 ifs calipers, round headlights, cant think of anything else ive done. just beat on it whenever i can!

Sorry for the autobiography, i was bored. ...

[REG535]

mmm now i wonder if i can fit 33s. any more wheelin pics? or more progress pics

[hotrod [OP]]

I dont have very many pictures of my junk. I dont own a camera, But this is a few that i do have




This was my laptop background forever



And this is what happens to starters in Alabama. . .

[toyomr285]

So you didn't lift your truck and could fit 33s?  As far as gears and birfields are they stock too?

[hotrod [OP]]

So you didn't lift your truck and could fit 33s?  As far as gears and birfields are they stock too?

yup, yup, and yup! tires measure out to a 31.5in tall. Im not locked up front yet so im not too worried about it. Ive beat on it and havent broke one yet. We'll see how long they hold up with the 35's sittin in the garage and a locker. . . only thing on fittin the 33's is i have 1.5 in spacers and 15x8 4in bs wheels. without the spacers they rub like hell on the springs.

[hilux-1983]

We all have to start somewhere. Looks like it's in good shape so far. Keep up the hard work!

[toyomr285]

We all have to start somewhere. Looks like it's in good shape so far. Keep up the hard work!

That for sure.