1985 Toyota Xtra Cab 4x4 - updated pics & vids p. 3

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By ghskid06
- Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:22 am #243998 I have not seen this. I love those trucks. An old friend of mine used to have one. It was on 33's, seriously some of the best trucks for off roading. They are so light they just climb over everything.

One night he was driving drunk in his eclipse and totalled it out. The next day he ran it over with the toyo. Took a couple tries to get it lined up but it was over in a couple of minutes.

Ever since my first time going off road in one of these i have wanted one. Other friends had rams and the like (I had a 93 s10 blazer w held its own). The toyota pulled a new superduty out of the mud one day after all the other trucks (most of them fullsize and with bigger...everything) had failed.

Unfortunately here in ohio it seems like all the ones that go for sale are rusted out as you said. Ive looked many times.

By MG6
- Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:32 am #246642 Nice!!! Turbo it up with the 22R :thumb: Get a CT20 on that bad boy!!!
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By teal_dx
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:07 pm #257975 I finally got the truck on some real trails in Wellsville. It did pretty well!
Here's some pics:
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and a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cin0FGkH-Sc

It's making some pretty loud diesel noise... time for new rod bearings. And there was a thin spot in the frame that is now a crack, so no offroading for a while...

If you've ever been to Wellsville, you'll probably agree that the truck was a little too nice to take down there. It was my first time and I found out very fast! I came back with a bent up bumper, cracked tail light, dent in lower bed corner, fender flare hanging on by 2 screws, and a new dent in drivers door. Next time I'm taking the bed off for sure!
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By ghskid06
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:31 pm #257980 "must be nice to have 35s" lol.
those little toyotas are just beasts. Nice vid man, sorry about all the damage.
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By eg-guy
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:37 pm #257987 Nice truck and video! looks like u wasted no time getting it out on the trails.

u planning on getting a winch for it?
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By teal_dx
- Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:43 pm #257989 Damage happens... this was the first real off roading test so it should be all good now once the frame/engine is fixed.

No winch for me... It's still driven on the road a lot more than off road. Plus one of the guys I offroad with has a nice Warn winch so he saves everybody.
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By 94EJ2
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:50 am #258018 reminds me of my old 82 toyota sr5 pickup that had a 2.4 swap out of a 240sx 37in military oz goodyear mudders on 16.5"s unfortunatly my camera that had all the other pictures of it on it got crushed and sat under water for about 30 minutes when i rolled it so i only have the pic i have of it when me and my dad got it home when i bought it not a very good pic at all its camo
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not trying to thread jack just wanted to share
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By teal_dx
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:56 pm #259698 Here's some more videos from Wellsville:

Me pushing friend's stuck FJ40 and f'ing up my bumper haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T30RsoyAyO4

the FJ getting stuck in a BIG trench:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm5mDc73CSQ

buddy showing off his Samurai parked on top of a big boulder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXZsmGAdlWk

same Samurai going through some muddy trails
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbbszJZJHs

The samurai flipping in its side at the end of the trail next to the burnt ram and getting stuck in the mud hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wREZ0HYbgiA

The FJ going through the same muddy trail but being wise and going around the big hole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuuKreKgyS4

A jeep and driver with big balls going up "scooby" and almost loses it coming back down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnj72Zpwls

I'm buying a 1986 Toyota 4x4 tomorrow and parting it out, frame is bad. I got the whole truck for the price of the motor :woot:

The motor is going in my truck, only 110k on it and it sounds better than mine ever did :)

By dawg316
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:47 pm #260814 nice find. toyota pickups are very popular here. great price for the pickup. every thing here is all rotted away lol. must lean like a cholo with no sway bars ? what mods you got planed for it ?

get a solid bumper front rear. mount a winch. add lockers. and you should be set for anything :woot:
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By 1ACarlos
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:24 pm #260819 That's awesome
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By teal_dx
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:55 pm #280119
dawg316 wrote:nice find. toyota pickups are very popular here. great price for the pickup. every thing here is all rotted away lol. must lean like a cholo with no sway bars ? what mods you got planed for it ?

get a solid bumper front rear. mount a winch. add lockers. and you should be set for anything :woot:


I'd love a build front bumper but they're big bucks... same for the winch. So my budget plan is to not get stuck :) One of the guys I wheel with has a winch, he's saved me a couple times. Truck is already locked front & rear.

The springs are stiff enough for road driving that it's able to take corners about as fast as a normal car when I have the 33 BFG AT's on.
With the 35" DC Mud COuntry tires on, it's all over the place lol.

I already put a 106k mi 22r in from an 86. And repaired the inner frame rails this summer because one of them was already getting thin and rusting through :thumbdown:
I parted out the 86 and actually made a profit + have every spare part I need. Then I bought an 87 for the fiberglass bed and I'm in the process of parting that one out to make some profit. Both trucks had rotten frames beyond repair.

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Working on these trucks usually ends up in a pile of rust on the floor. :lol:

Here's the new inner frame rail on the 85:
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After welding in I coated it with POR 15 :thumb:
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By teal_dx
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:01 pm #280121 I don't have the new bed on yet... still need to paint it to match. For now I'm rocking a quick home depot wood bed:
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I took it off roading like this last weekend:

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By dbrooks
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:50 pm #280138 That thing is soooo sick! :thumb:
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By Apexracing
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:03 pm #280142 Brian i'm jealous that looks like allot of fun!
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