1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

honestly if im going for a classic toyota im torn on a 79-81 pickup 4wd shortbed or a fj 40/45

 

I think thats my new favorite toyota color

 

it is mighty pretty

 

Pickup would be a hell of a lot cheaper. But damn 40's are cool

 

pickup would be cheaper. but if im getting one i want a 1980 short bed 5 speed SR5 package in yellow
Thats the exact truck my dad bought as his first new vehicle in 1980

 

Think my TPS is bad high revs coasting to a stop and at idle.

 

IAC valve gummed up?

(a good scan tool with graphing could likely help you determin if its a tps issue)

 

That would be a sweet little truck, I prefer the 1st gen long beds I think, but both are great

 

Probably that more than lickly cause the K&n air filter was oiled. Hate oiled filters

 

any 1st gen runner or 4wd pickup would make me a happy man. but an FJ 40/45 would too

 

https://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/d/1980-toyota-crew-cab-5-speed/6699784329.html
Well that's certainly unique

 

https://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/d/1979-toyota-pickup-4x4/6694514316.html
This one is pretty sweet for an all original truck

 

man 5 grand??? one that clean around here would fetch upwards of 10k

 

It's got a good spot of rust on the bed but yeah doesn't seem like a bad deal. There are some nice "classic" ones on CL right now. I don't think people around here are very interested in stock ones

 

I rather build it then buy it built. I don't trust people to do mods

 

Yeah that's true, cost sooo much more though haha

 

im a build instead of buy guy. I mean i am building my truck from the frame up officially now
lol

 

Least you know what's in it. I've seen a guy from work took his truck into a shop charged him $4k. For a lift kit and bigger tires. They jipped him bad. Put lft block on the truck and same tires he had originally. And when I was there with him to pick his truck up. I asked the mechanic what all they did as I crawled under it. Took me 30 seconds of looking to realize that he's getting robbed

 

I'd like to be a build instead of buy guy completely. But when it comes to something like an old actually built wheeler, for one, I don't have the fab skill to SAS a truck or do something like that, and for two, it's hard when you could buy the truck stock for 5k, or 5k, for a sas'd truck, with lockers, OG longs, gears, duals, winch, armor, a lot of times a motor swap, blah blah blah. I'd have a hard time with that.
Eventually I want to build a truck from the ground up, but I don't have the money or skills now. Excuses I know haha

 

Wish I could get a frame Id fit it with a 4link rear Ford 9"