Post pic of your 3rd Gen Taco w/ a scenic background...

Welcome aboard! Your truck is gorgeous!

 

Thank you!

 

That turns just begging to be hit sideways at 50+

 

Nut Uber scenic but all I got for now.

 

Taco con Nieve

 

Scenic…foreground?

 

Did you go up to/past Piute? It snowed up there last week and I don't know how many of the snow gates are open/closed.

 

Our destination was Piute LO, so yes, the Piute Mtn Rd was open with a couple inches of snow. At the top (8200') there was a little more snow. Jawbone had a few rutty sections on the switchbacks. All snow gates were open.

 

As iconic as it gets until I graduate and start having life.

 

Hey Stuck Sucks,

Really like the tailgate here! Whats the story? No stamped "TACOMA"?

 

Nope. I was in Upper Muley Twist Canyon in Capitol Reef NP a year ago, and while turning around, I backed about 1" too far into a tree branch which was sticking straight out toward the truck (I never saw it). The end result was "time to get a new tailgate." I found a guy on eBay who sells the shell of the tailgate, pre-painted your color and new for around 500$. Since it wasn't a genuine Toyota part, he couldn't emboss the word "Tacoma." I finished the job for under 700$ (aka Stupid Tax). OEM would have been thousands. The TOYOTA steeker is my tip of the sombrero to the classic trucks of the '80s (of which I owed several). Thanks to @quickstop for inspiration.

 

Road trip from Bakersfield to Flagstaff today.

Visited a few Route 66 roadside attractions along the way.

Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch


What remains of Baghdad







Amboy



Arizona Ford Proving Grounds



Seligman



Williams



Long Trip!!

 

Damn, that sucks. I immediately got vintage Toyota 4x4 vibes from the new tailgate.

 

@Stuck Sucks And what is the story behind the PEMEX plate? That is interesting...

Is this in honor of the esteemed state owned oil corp south of us?

I've seen a few tacos with pemex stickers around CA...

 

Yes, nothing more than that, although I had a hard time convincing a couple soldiers at a military checkpoint in Baja a month ago. I recently did the math and figured that I've been Baja bound 50+ times over the past 10 years (I worked with a desert race team and burned a LOT of Pemex).

 

Decent fishing, nice area.

 

Remember the Wildfires, and the red sunset's. This of June 2023.