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mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
6/9/13 9:58 p.m.

88 Toyota pickup. I am the 3rd owner. My uncle bought it new and sold it to his brother who sold it to me for the grand total of $300!

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UberDork
6/9/13 10:03 p.m.

Nice!

Looks just like the one I saw them giving away on some old game show on the Game Show Network the other day.

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade UltraDork
6/9/13 10:20 p.m.

I'm extremely jealous now.

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo Mod Squad
6/9/13 10:46 p.m.

Sharp lookin' truck!

EvanR
EvanR HalfDork
6/9/13 10:51 p.m.

If you feel like taking a trip, drive it to Las Vegas. That would sell for $3k here.

mad_machine
mad_machine MegaDork
6/9/13 11:23 p.m.

I liked those and the original Nissan hardbodies. Great little trucklets

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo PowerDork
6/9/13 11:37 p.m.

No side mirror on the passenger side? Was this common or am I missing something?

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid UberDork
6/10/13 12:23 a.m.

In reply to EastCoastMojo:

I believe in the 80s, some companies still had optional passenger sided mirrors.

Kenny_McCormic
Kenny_McCormic Dork
6/10/13 12:31 a.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote: No side mirror on the passenger side? Was this common or am I missing something?

Well into the 80s it was a common option. I had a 98 Mitsubishi Mirage with some options that didn't have one.

Woody
Woody MegaDork
6/10/13 1:26 a.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote: No side mirror on the passenger side? Was this common or am I missing something?

I know that they were still an option on base model Hondas into the early 90's.

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
6/10/13 6:34 a.m.

I've got 300... Wait... Never mind. You can keep it, but I'll be back next week...

pinchvalve
pinchvalve UltimaDork
6/10/13 8:13 a.m.

Those things run forever!

EastCoastMojo
EastCoastMojo PowerDork
6/10/13 8:18 a.m.

Ahhh, makes sense. Thanks guys.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH UltimaDork
6/10/13 9:00 a.m.

SO JELLY T_T

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy SuperDork
6/10/13 3:10 p.m.

Needs bigger box flares to be really GRM, but it is a great truck as it sits.

benzbaronDaryn
benzbaronDaryn Dork
6/10/13 3:28 p.m.

Nice whats the spec? 22re 5 speed? Love my little truck but mine is getting ugly, just put a smittybilt front bumper on so if push comes to shove I'll be shoving.

RX Reven'
RX Reven' HalfDork
6/10/13 3:29 p.m.

just in case you're wondering where the sentimental tug came from...

donalson
donalson PowerDork
6/10/13 4:31 p.m.
EastCoastMojo wrote: No side mirror on the passenger side? Was this common or am I missing something?

yup it was an optional add on... IMHO wed prob have fewer accidents without it as people might actually look over their shoulder on occasion lol.

to the OP... nice looking $300 truck... a GF in HS had one with the manual trans and I loved driving that thing... so simple... if I could find one for that price I might jump on it... thankfully the in-laws have an '98 s10 kicking around for when I have the need for a wagon to tote things around... but i'd rather the toy

mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
2/21/14 1:16 a.m.

I'm gonna update this in the morning with current pictures and try to stick to my plan when I finally get it set in stone.

Cotton
Cotton SuperDork
2/21/14 9:56 a.m.

I used to deliver groceries in one almost identical to that. The owners of the grocery store won it in a raffle from Coke iirc.

bikerbenz
bikerbenz Reader
2/21/14 4:50 p.m.

now you can sell it to me for 250

mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
2/22/14 12:31 a.m.

This is the day I got him. He had sat for 3 years. There was a small forest growing in the bed.

I cleaned,polished,took the old peeling graphics off, and painted the wheels black.

I lowered it 4" all around and pulled out the broken bench seat.

That brings us to today and the future. I'm ordering a set of rota rkr's 15x8 in gold on Monday. Then ordering some new shocks.

The outside is going to get painted macadamia metallic and a 60s camaro rear bumper.

Now comes the part I'm flip flopping on. The engine. I would like to have about 180-200 hp. So I'm thinking I'm going to have to do a motor swap and I have no idea what to do. So in the mean time I'm thinking I'll just get a cam, a new carb, and do an exhaust.

Any suggestions? I'll get a picture up tomorrow of it lowered.

mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
2/22/14 4:28 p.m.

Cuda
Cuda Reader
2/22/14 4:38 p.m.

I learned to drive on an '89. I wish I had one of those. Did you lower it???

mrhappy
mrhappy HalfDork
2/22/14 4:49 p.m.

Yeah 4" all around.

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