Well... small update, have not touched the 2wd one yet, still need to find out what year... because I picked up ANOTHER! lol. This is starting to turn into an addiction. This one has the body + frame to be a good FE truck, after the seller signed the title over, I got it all loaded up etc, THEN he tells me he has a 4x4 in better shape with a little front end damage and he thinks he has the parts to fix it O.o.
Anyway, quick specs on this one, which most likely will be my FE truck, and the 4x4 v6 one will be the work truck for larger loads. 1986 1/2 ton Cream colored (same as the other 2wd truck I have) 22r (old style) carbed, 5 speed stick. Has only 1 rust hole in the driver's cab corner, rest is solid but has a little surface rust starting. Been in MI since 1999, drove only 2 years here then sat. He uses it every once in a while to drive to his bother's house a couple of miles away, so it still got used a bit, but not much. Body had 265k miles, engine has around 120k.
Problems are fairly simple stuff, water pump bad, carb running rich, tail gate linkages are hanging up a little, door seals need put together right, dash cracked (have replacement too
), tires before too long (dry rot). While hulling it 2.5 hours going around 60mph the axles got fairly hot which transferred to the rims. No sizzling like the 4x4 one, but I suspect the axle bearings need replaced at least. Pumpkin and transmission were fine for temp.
I'm not sure if I'll drive it this winter or not, I need to do the body work on it and repaint it before the MI cancer (rust) gets to it and the body is junk lol.
Now for the photos... sorry they were a bit late at night, sun was setting.
I just noticed, my front tires are missing the hub caps. They look nice and areo of what I can tell, probably should try to source the missing ones, maybe try them on my corolla and see if they fit
. Might be a fair option instead of pizza pans if you don't mind the toyota logo on them.