What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Starting off slow and easy.. maybe this for a 1st mod? Sketched sample before buying. Leaning towards the 4 lights vs 3..

 

Yep - and keep em spaced out like that... they don’t look as good when they’re clustered all together in the center.

 

right.. I’ve see quite a few with the four clustered. Agree with spreading out for a wider front end effect. Now just a matter of how much mods or shaving to my grill to achieve this and where to get’m from.

 

Light mod today...went on easy and I chose the "cement" color as it matches the "Tacoma" symbol on the floor mats well.

 

OR Bisquits and Gravy with Chicken Fried Steak!

 

AliExpress for cheap and they probably fit a faux Pro Chinese grille without modification. Chump change and might be worth a shot.
Haven't tried mine yet, still somewhere in the mod pile.

 

4 spread out a little looks better to me.

 

Nice. See yours above.. look’n good . Def going with 4 across.

 

Went to the dealer today for the 15K service and found my Christmas present on the showroom floor. What a beauty. Fully restored inside, outside and engine/drive train. She can be mine for only $46K.

 

I just had a set of Grabbers put on in September and love 'em.

 

Simple, but nice-lookin’ one today... @MESO smoked turn signals installed after their Black Friday sale.

Had to wait for the weather to warm up a bit, so as to ensure I didn’t crack any of the snaps on the mirror casing.

Thanks to @Bustabeatgeorge for the install video, I had mine both installed in less than 10 minutes.

 

looks great!

 

I love the old land cruisers. I had a 76 and regret selling it.

 

For that money it's probably an on frame restoration, I'd tread lightly. Still a very sharp looking cruiser!

 

I don't know. We did a frame off last year, including new drum to drum front and rear Dana's, on a 1970 Bronco and only had around $20k in it. Had to pull the body anyway to get the vin off the frame. It is possible that is a frame off deal. If so that is a fair price. Then again I have seen those selling for $15k in rough shape.

 

I would expect a true ground up restoration would be half again to double that price. If you or I were doing it for ourself I wouldn't worry. Unfortunately when someone else and in this case especially a dealership has had a hand in it I'd be suspect. All I'm saying is I'd be very very careful buying this one. If I were considering buying this the very first thing I would do is try to figure out where it spent its life. If it came from any place other than a warm weather state then I'd walk away.
Could be wrong, it may be darn near perfect but it reminds me of the saying, "all that glitters is not gold."
It does look very nice! JMO

 

Finally got the last blackout overlay on my wheel. It hasn't been warm enough to get it done. While I was at it I went ahead and cleaned out the back seat where my two little booger factories sit. While I was vacuuming the passenger side rear door the little felt piece in the door handle disappeared. I dug through my shop-vac and couldn't find it anywhere.

Admittedly I haven't searched yet but any idea where o could get a replacement?

 

You could do something like this: https://www.vividracing.com/-p-1524...oQ3uQI7qmdj3SynfhQIPc_Wotl3Xz08MaAtvGEALw_wcB

 

Just added the V1 billet shift knob from our own TW member 7r41lbr34k3r. Looks great and fits great. Just needed 1 yellow shim and it fit perfectly.

 

The "all the glitters is not gold" reminds me of a recent fraud case. I inspect parts and contracts from vendors for the DoD. A couple of years ago I received some suspect bronze pipes. After a little bit of handling the bronze started flaking off. Then a magnet stuck to it. Bronze paint on cast iron pipes. The taxpayers paid heavily for that. The vendor was already paid and shop was history. So your point is valid.