hood Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thought I would sign up to show you oldschool folk one of my trucks Discussion thread viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26197&hilit=LEFT+HOOK+CRUMPY 82 SR5 looooong bed 190,000 miles approx 22r Petrol Original throughout, expect for wheels paint and lowering Riding on the right side Left Hand Drive Brought it in 2007 with the intention to run it has a daily, which lasted until the end of 2009 due to failure of its WOF with rust, nothing to major but I thought I would take it off the road and have it repaired properly rather than doing it half assed. First registered in Minnesota USA in 82, then it went Alaska. Its traveled a fair amount of miles throughout the states, originally owner drove it from the far north of the states to LA where it was imported into Christchurch in 88. This is what it looked like when I first brought it, minus the 18s as it was cheaper without them Got it home on a set of 15s and snow tires haha Parked next to my other truck Decided to rip the interior apart to see how its looking, nothing of cornern e.g rust but I didnt say no to finding $30 NZ and 5cents US Interior shot Here is the inspiration for this build, Seth Bomar's old short bed. Decided to convert the front end to the older style 79-81 Below I have a new grill to match (2nd grill in the pic) Thanks to Nath (Von Mako) @ Magoo's Street Rods for these rad chrome Missile Headlight covers I painted the rad support and have since fitted the lights Scored a new tray off trademe recently, which was a surprise at first to find one for this model Shipped from Christchurch to Rotorua Its rust free and only has a few minor dints from shipping. The original bed is pretty much gone due to rust and is not worth repairing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Present date 2011 Still sitting in storage waiting to be pulled apart. Any how dug out the old VIR report to have a look at its history and decide to do some facebook stalking to see if I could find the original owner who imported it. Any how the lady who brought it into the country surprisingly replied to my email. I received this..... Hi James. I bought the truck in Alaska in 1985 from a school teacher named Mike who was the sole owner. I drove it from Alaska to Tennessee in 1986 and then acorss the country to LA in 1988. I shipped it to NZ since cars were expensive then and new immigrants could bring in one car duty free at that time. It has driven the length of New Zealand many times. I sold it in 2004 because the clutch appeared to be going. Where did you get it and what sort of condition is it in now? I had that car for 19 years and it was a good one. I may have a few photos somehwere. Cool huh What it used to look like circa 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hood Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Got the old rust bucket tray off today, oh my dam what a bastard of a job that was Unbolted 3 bolts and had to cut the rest of it off But as a bonus called in to a local wrecker a scored a good set of tray bolts for nothing This is what I'm working with now, rails should clean up well after sand blasting. But for now I'm just getting the new bed on and putting it back into storage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well got the new tray on this afternoon but its wasn't the result I was aiming for. Its a NZ new bed and it appears to be a tad bit longer and none of the mounts line up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Back into storage Left the olds rolling dodgy as f@$k No operating taillights, tray tied down, obviously no wof or reg here Luckily I had my side kick with me, we made across town without a hitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Check out these billet style wheels that I picked up recently! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Made some small progress on this little truck Brought some tidy one piece glass doors Also the deal with the last tailgate that I had lined up fell through. But fortunately I found a brand new reproduction early model tailgate with the old style lettering, sweet! I brought it off estate_ (Thanks Grant) who I belive brought it from seedy Al I had to move it from where its been sitting for the last 6months to a new location. Took it for a spin round some back roads which was fun. Looking forward to getting this thing on the road Had to tow it to travel through town, Toyota towing a Toyota Discussion thread viewtopic.php?f=18&t=26197&hilit=LEFT+HOOK+CRUMPY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 Recently picked up a gen Toyota windscreen rubber I rang the local Toyota dealership for the hell of it to see what they were worth, or let along even stock one. And they happened to have one but wanted $400 for it, flag that I said, but they offered it to me for $200 plus gst. Still not content with that I took to ebay USA and found one, a genuine item and manged to get it and landed for $95NZ.....sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Get you some of this barn find! I was reunited with my lhd 82 yota today. I had to move it from one side of the barn to the other. I fitted a battery and sprayed some cold start down the carb and the old girl fired right up and ran smoothly, stoked! Nothing seized, not bad for sitting for 2 years. I was able to drive it out and back into its new spot. This has kept the dream alive! Hope to have this on the road in the not so distant future Discussion //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/29244-lhd-1982-toyota-pickup/#entry749009 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hood Posted October 4, 2015 Author Share Posted October 4, 2015 My mission from a few weeks back, thought I would share on here To bring the old girl home. Air in the tyres some cold start down the carb, a fresh battery and I drove it out of the barn. So stoked! Got it towed home with my AA membership, then when I was dropped off I took it for a spin round the block and happend to pass the towey haha First wash in 5 years haha New resting spot for now Discussion http://oldschool.co....up/#entry749009 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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