tccrawlers 1983 ketchup and mustard build

[tccrawlers]

So ive been meaning on doing a build tread for sometime now i just havent.
it will be a slow buld so bare with me
the tale starts when i lost my truck on saint patricks day driving to the store to get some refreshments... well i didnt have registration or insurance because I couldnt get my old black beater to pass ca. smog  my smart ass decided to take it to the gas station lone behold there was a cop on the back road not the main road... well got it impounded  at that time I wasnt working at the time and couldnt get it out of impound.

So i decided to cash out my 401k (the little i had) just to get another toyota  and thats when i came across this one.

She is a 1983 toyota bed and frame with an 1980s cab
has a built 22r. alot of goodies
86 5speed w56
dual tranfercasesadapted by
1985 front axle 4.88 grears with a tru-track with old bobby longs
ifs rear axle with 4.88 gear and a detroit
cooper 35s
internal cage
lots more

so hers a few picsof it when i got it

and she needed a bath before i took it home to replace the clutch

[tccrawlers]

heres a pic of the black beater

[tccrawlers]

and so i tore apart the truck and found a stage 3 centerforce clutch shreded and a lightened flywheel. i dont quiet know how but yes it was done for
so i replaced with a stock one i had from a buddy. and took a leaf out front and rear. it sat to tall for me anyways. i was happy the way it sat after that.

[tccrawlers]

still had more to go but didnt want to break the windsheild at the time. a few beers later i parked it 3/4 of the way up on the wind sheild but dont have any pictures of that

[tccrawlers]

Ok I did live in sonora ca. curently in idaho falls id. and the trusty toyota took me all the way out here.

the other weekend my i went to my brothers house and decided it was time to trim some ass ended up taking 11 inches out and it was worth it it dragged everywhere

[tccrawlers]

here some pics of an 84 i picked up from a freind. had some personal issues had to get rid of it.

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[tccrawlers]

still trying to decide if i want to link the front or rear first. any input?

[H8PVMNT]

We scored a rock crawl this year and saw something kind of funny.  There were a good group of well built rigs.  Really nasty course. Big rocks, notched, vertical wall two trucks long. 

The cool linked Toyotas all flopped and bound up, got wedged, etc in a couple spots.  The good flexy but simple leaf sprung Toyotas cleaned the same lines that were flopping and binding the linked jobs.  1st place was a leaf sprung 4Runner.

That was a real eye opener for me.