1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Gordon Murrays restomod Mark 1 Escort Cosworth, especially the engine bay, gives me the tingles...is a thing I found out today.

 

@Speedytech7 you know how many of these trucks were built in long beach? I just noticed mine says TABC. 07/95

 

TABC still makes cabs and beds for the Tacoma to this day, my father’s company was a contractor for them. I couldn’t find a straight answer as to why some first gens are marked NUMMI, and some are marked TABC. As far as I know all of the final assembly was done at NUMMI.

 

I just spent too much time reading the master plan for the Colorado Springs airport.

The amount of attention and lack of BS that goes into "this is what's there, this is what it ought to be, these are some ways (and their pros and cons) to get there" is oddly inspiring. They even break it down by different projected future-states... "if nothing changes, you'll need X, if you reach this threshold, you'll need Y, if you reach the next threshold you'll need Z".

It started with my curiosity about an unused terminal in the airport. I found out it was built in the mid '90s by Western Pacific Airlines. WestPac only existed for 2 1/2 years before going bankrupt, so the terminal was hardly (if at all) used and its pre-TSA design makes it unusable today.

Fun tidbit... WestPac used to sell cheap mystery flights. Book a weekend for $99 and find out where you're actually going at check-in. Sounds like it might have been a gimmick to fill empty seats on the planes.

 

Only my 95 said built by Toyota, both my 96s have said TABC

 

Weird. Eh. Oh well. TIS says nummi.

 

@01x4


At home for thanksgiving, dug dads old laptop out. It’s in such good shape…

 

It would also appear my trucks got stupid high idle now. I guess I need to pull the throttle and check it.. it’s not the stop. My guess is worn out bore after 482k

dashpots cracked too

 

I just looked at all the door jam stickers from all my partouts. All the Tacomas say TABC and the 4runners say Toyota motor vehicle corporation

 

Interesting. My 1998 days nummi. As well as the other 4. (Fathers included) the 95 is the only TABC

 

Found it interesting too.. the aftermarket radio in the 95 dims with the headlights on. I’ve never had an aftermarket radio do that without popping the fuse

 

Damn… God must be an ugly mother fucker! Bad genes will get you every time.

 

When's lunchtable 2023 happening?

Imma be there in my tundra

 

Been talked about plenty before

Death Valley

 

I'm never on here these days, but death valley it is.


Havnt been there since I was like 7

 

@Empty_Lord did you ever do it? Was it just a bolt on affair?

 

on which truck?

 

My 01 reg cab... it has a tore up bench that I'd like to replace with captains chairs like what we're on my 04 dc

 

the buckets were bolt in from an access cab. the center console needed holes drilled.. but the nuts were under the metal already

truck has 6 cupholders, 2 seats and rear heat... to a non existent rear seat