Favorite Toyota Ever Built

Love this one! How much did she cost?

 

1987 Toyota Pickup. Bought in '86 for $8k out the door. Still runs like a champ. My youngest's daily driver.

 

Amazing story of ownership

 

How many miles?

 

Prolly around 180k. I was stupid and wanted to switch to an Acura Integra in 1990. My folks took over the truck. Kept it for 30 years. My Mom kept wanting to give it back. She passed in late 2018. I finally relented and accepted it for my son. He loves it. So many memories in that little truck.

 

'79 is my unicorn

I built this '88 & sold it in March 2020, it just didn't have round lights

 

It was under $8k.

 

Here's my pick...



Runner up...

 

When my last kid gets out of college (5-8 years)...this is my retirement vehicle!

 

She’s a beauty! That’s 28k in today’s weakened dollar.

 

I recall there was a Toyota dealer on Rt 37 in Toms River that had these lined up on their lot facing the highway. They were the coolest looking trucks I had ever seen and I wanted one so bad but couldn’t afford it. Must have been around 1982. Don’t think I ever got over it and probably one reason I have my 1st gen.

 

This one checks ALL the boxes, except one...



...and @81Trekker went and did this:

All boxes checked.

 

Whichever I am driving for the day is my favorite.





Cruiser has 158k miles and runs like a champ. Had a leaking rear main seal and transfer case, so rebuilt the tranny and transfer while I had them out. Put in a new clutch too, but everything was working fine other than the leaks. It was a rusty mess when I bought it. Lots of new metal and seam to ward away the rust demons.

84 Pickup has 178k original miles with only regular maintenance. Has a tiny bit of rust on each wheel well. Thankfullynit hasn't spread. I rust treat internally with corroseal (blacked my driveway unfortunately) and am putting seam seal on. Will probably pull, repair and bolt on to avoid an ongoing issue. Still much cleaner than 99% of what I see out there.

 

The real question is are 4x4 beams ok for this thread?

 

I think that Celica in the top pic is the full-race version of my gal's GTS...but I think it may be an '86 but same both '86 and '87. I read she has the lamed-out de-tuned version of that very race motor.

 

nope, put it back the other way! hahaha
so sick.

 

That one came out of the dealership in Flemington.

 

Toyota didn't really build it though.

 

I love the matching trucks on white wheels. And the pickup is even a rare regular cab long bed. Very nice.

 

The first version was built with 100% Toyota parts