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Originally Posted by standardbyker88

72-78 shares a bodystyle with only minor differences. there was a small and large cab vent. they had a 72-74 grille and a 75-78 grille. the front emblem went from the hood to in the later grille. the later grille came painted or plastichromed. the rear marker light moved from up high to down low at some point. the rear reflector moved from the tailgate to under the tail light. they made a fender emblem change from "hilux" to "toyota". the older trucks (72-74) seem to be the only ones ive seen that had a chrome inner door handle. but are swapable to the later truck. there was a steering wheel redesign at some point, eliminating the third spoke the older ones had. the obvious 72-74 motor being different, later had the 20r. ive also noticed the older beds had a different number of bed hooks than the later ones. later (again, unsure of the exact cutoff) ones had 3 for longbeds, and 4 for shorties. dont know why less for the long bed. lol. they also added a fuel filler door at a certain point. a/c came in a factory part with controls under the glove box, and a dealer version with controls above the trans tunnel. i think those are the only real differences. visually anyways. and 75 up had disc brakes.

You know a whole hellalot about hilux. I looked at a 77 before I got the 72 (B) and I was like " they have a gas cap lid now". I thought they were the same. Your like the toyota Yoda. That should be your new name.