Well this is now my third Toyota truck. I still have my first which is a 93' 2WD shortbed, full show mini (under construction again) and then for awhile I had a 78' Hilux as a daily driver. Well I sold it a few years back and have missed it ever since. I came across this 71' on craigslist and told my buddy about it cause someone had dropped in a 18RG at some point. Well I knew he really wanted that motor for his 74' Celica project so we worked out a deal. He bought the truck to pull the motor then sold it to me for practically nothing. Well now that he has his motor the truck is mine. This thing needs a lot of work, but that is nothing alot of time and some salvage yard scavaging can't fix.

Anyone have a 20R head they are not real attached too.

 

looks really clean! i think the 18rg would have been sweet in the truck!

what's the plans for this truck? and can you show pics of your 93?

 

I dig it. I would just get the lights working and get an old school set of mirrors. I like the old VW ones. Its what I run. Or you could swap the fender lights for JDM style fender mount mirrors. Would look pretty sweet and you probably wouldnt have to drill the truck.

 

Nice project!

 

Well it's not much of a update but I did do a little work on the truck.

I finally cleaned and fixed the turn signals and fixed all the sidemarker lights. I do still need one amber one for the front. Right now I have a red lens on the drivers front fender.













Now the next thing is to fix the e-brake, and re-set the steering.

 

Nice looking truck. Small update but good one. Keep it up.

 

i just had deja vu, i could have sworn i just read the same update on JNC! keep up the work on it man, looks like a sweet little truck to me!

 

Lol I was just thinking the same thing!

 

LOL...... yep I cut and pasted

 

nice truck, nice start also... I dont have a 20r head, I have an early 22r head that has the open chambers and round exhaust ports if that may interest you, willing to let it go fairly cheap

 

Thanks, but I have a guy in Oklahoma that has found me a 20R head for $30.

I was thinking about selling it to help buy this early Corolla, but I am heavily considering just keeping it and resto-modding it instead.

 

how much you selling it for ?

 

that lux looks super clean

 

Thanks LoLux

What I keep struggling with is that I still have my first car which is a 81 Corolla sport coupe, and do I really need a 71 too. Also, I see alot more resto-modded early 70's Corollas done than early Hiluxs.

Plus, I could not only restore it and make it clean and mod it some but then I couold put some use to it as well.

I am just not sure what to do. Both my Hilux and the Corolla I am thinking of buying are both 71's. The only other thing going for the Corolla is that it has a 2TG in it.

 

i had a 73 corolla with a 3tc swap. it was fast and fun

 

I am about 80/20% in favor of the Hilux right now. Unless something changes my mind I think this is the way I am going to go.

I am thinking maybe some nice 14's or 15's, some JDM bullet fender mirrors and maybe even a front lip spoiler.

 

Well I have decided I am going to keep the Lux instead of selling it to get a TE27. I hink I could have more fun with this.

Anyway.... can some of you guys post pics of your stock door panels. I have a feeling the handle on the inside of my doors are from somewhere else. If they are I need to find some stock ones then.

 

Glad you decided to keep the truck.

Though I do frequently think about the Celica I had....




We gotta build our trucks so TE27 and RA2x owners will be jealous!

 

Good lookin truck, were all anxious to see what comes of it.. nice to see that the body is in above average shape... not many dings or anything from what the pictures tell

 

I have seen that car before, very beautiful. Your right though. I am going to build my Lux to look every bit as good as any classic Celica or Corolla.


You got any pics of your interior door handles?