Whats up Toyota Mini Fam...its been a few years since ive been up here in the club, but it feels amazing to be back in the Toyota mini truck scene again...built that awesome 83 22/20R hybrid and boy was that baby fast !!!! ended up selling it for rent money and havent touched a toyota truck again...until today...got a sweet deal on a 85 2wd 22r for $850.00, gota little front damage interior is a little rough...but that 22R hummms like champion....going to be fixing it up & making it badass & its awesome to be sharing with you guys again woop woop

 

Welcome back, whats the plans for the truck?

 

First I gotta do the cosmetics...replace window & window regulator, replace ingnition switch, replace clutch slave cylinder. ....then ill start working on the body, plan on droping it...flipping the ball joints & grabbing a set of drop spindles...also make some steel lowering blocks for the rear (have had terrible experiences with aluminum)....swaping the fenders with 4X4to get that nice tuck.....working a deal to grab a early 22R so i can build another hybrid...i think this truck is going to be bad ass when its all said & done stokked to be back though for sure !!!

 

Also need to swap out this 4 speed ASAP

 

Sounds like u got a solid plan, look forward to see the progress..

 

So found a rad dude on the East side of Washington that is scraping his 4X4 SCORE !! Grabbing fenders, grill, bumper, valance & a bed next weekend....suuuuper stoked !!!, havent really worked on the truck this week, stuck waiting for on parts in the mail /:....if anyone in PNW needs a straight Japanese bed let me know, we can do a trade or something

 

Replaced the ignition lock cylinder, door glass, window regulators, and new window crank this week....if you are ever replacing a ignition lock cylinder & you are at that step of removing it, make sure to set the key into "ACC"...then it will pop out no more starting the truck with a screwdriver hahaha....anybody got a 22R header ?

 

So got my front end fixed pretty stokked looks 10x better....definitely needs a new grill....after the install of a new bed, ill start the paint and the suspension part... super happy man

 

Looking better. Bed next step? If i was alot closer i would take a look at ur jap bed, as im thinking of replacing mine.

 

Yeah man the bed is the next step, been looking around & have a few options, the jap bed is pretty straight, no rust or anything..just needs a handle for the tailgate....if i dont sell it or find someone that needs it. ill probably end up tossing it !....any tips on taking the bed off ?

 

Bed is very easy to remove. 8 bolts with 2 nuts on each, then u have the fuel fill hose, and tail lights..u and 1-3 buddies can lift it up, or u can jack it up and brace it and roll truck from under it..

 

Got my front end painted & new grille...loooks wayyy better hellllla stokked woop woop picking up a early 22r for a hybrid build and a bed next week coming together

 

Have u thought of getting a 1 piece front bumper? I think that would look really nice.

 

Yes ive thought about it just havent came across one yet, the guy i got the bumper from sold it to me for $10.00 and it was alot better than my last one....dude i super dig your build that you are doing with your truck !!! Its looking dope !

 

Thanks man, just trying to do it "slow" and get things done in "stages" so i dnt get burned out like years ago.

 

I just realized u got the front painted. Did u paint just the fenders and hood?

 

Yes painted the front end was tired of the mismatch colors haha, but i scored a awesome intake setup, Offanhauser intake, a weber 32/36 carb, fuel pump, regualtor, gauge.....so i plan on deleting the egr, i ordered the block off plates for the intake and head....do i need to also block off the air injection at the exausht manifold also ?...
I plan on ordering some headers in the future just wondering if in the mean time i need to block it off

 

Yes u will need to block the exhaust manifold air injection ports.

 

Ass i knew i shoulda bought the whole block off kit haha...guess ill bust out the angle grinder and make some haha