Hey guys, I have been looking around the web in search of a good forum for Toyota pickups/hilux and I think I have found where I need to be. Let me tell you a bit about my self. I have been in to the old Toyota stuff for years and love them to death! Like most toyota guys, I have more than I can handle. I currently have:
91 Corolla 4 door ( Daily Driver)
86 GTS Hatch
85 GTS Hatch
77 Celica
73 Celica
and now, the 77 Pickup
I have done paint and bodywork for two of my cars and have worked at a few auto upholstery shops

I have been wanting to get a Hilux Style for a long time but wanted disc breaks up front and a 20r so I went with this 77. It is bone stock right now The only thing that is not stock is some sort of after market A/c Unit. I picked it up for cheap from a really nice guy that bought it for his teen age son but couldn't get it running right. When i bought it, hey said he could not turn the engine over manually. I was thinking that worst case, the engine was toast.

My Goals of this truck are pretty simple. I want to lower it a bit, 2-3 inches, redo the interior, and clean it up a bit, but keep the stock paint. Swap to a 5speed and a 32/36 weber carb

*****I Am looking for a set of clean stock hub caps!!*******

Here are some pics









Let me know what you guys think!

 

Welcome to the site man bad ass rides.

 

I want your celica.....

 

Thanks for the warm Welcome guys!!

I though i would throw up a couple of pics of the 20r I did for the celica. A few pics of seats i have done

20r Celica



My corolla Seats



scooter seat

 

Awesome work! It's always good to have another skilled craftsmen around the forum! Cool pics! Keep 'em coming. That is one sweet Celica too by the way!

 

very nice upholstery

im on my 3rd week as a new apprentice at a convertible/upholstery shop, hope to be that good in a year or 2.


bet you you Aaron dont ya



ive got a set of stock hub caps n beauty rings, but im selling them as a set with the wheels n tires, $90.

 

Welcome to TM! Awesome cars!

Man, I miss my 77 Celica GT.


Hey, I just noticed that your from Boise! What part? I'm on State and Ellens Ferry

 

Thanks Shade Tree

*Yeah man, I have been doing it for about two years here and there, it just comes with practice, The guy that I worked with has been doing it for 20 years, he is AMAZING!
*I Know Aaron from www.Classic-celica.com, he is a cool guy
* I am very interested in your wheels and stuff do you have any pics? What are the Beauty rings made of? how are the tireS?

I Am actually from the Nampa Area, I have been in the Idaho falls area for school but I am moving back to Nampa this up coming week!!

 

so as to not thread jack too bad, here is the craigslist add for the wheels/tires.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/pts/1286426070.html

Aaron is coming to PSTOC's big toyota meet at the end of next month here in the seattle area http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2996


maybe you could con him into taking the tires back with him, or you could head over your self.

 

Sweet! Let me know when you get back. I can hook you up with a Toyotaminis.com window sticker if you'd like. And Freaks of Nature does Sonic Cruise's every other saturday. There's one this saturday, but I can let you know the schedule.

 

Welcome to TM! Nice rides and very nice stitch work too!

 

I am all about Stickers Count me in on some of those cruise nights when i get into town, I don;t know what car I will take but I can at least show up and meet people Thanks man!

 

No problem, just let me know when you get back to the area.

 

Will do!

Hey Guys thanks alot for the warm welcome and complements! I love this forum Already!

So I got a little something in the mail today! I picked up this 32/36 weber off of EBAY for fairly cheap the guy said it was missing a few screws, but there was a bit more missing than that..... Any one Familiar with this carb???




I have the same model on my celica, I this i will be able to fab any linkage





I went to the hardware store today and picked up some screws

Put the Screws on




yeah if anyone could send me a link do a good diagram of the 32/36 DGVE or let me know what i may be missing, I would really appreciate it.


So packing right now has been a little crazy, I am looking forward to work on the Hilux and be home.

Oh FYI, if anyone hasn't tried the Bacon Potato Burrito from TacoBell, dont bother, My wife ordered it, took one bite, and made me swap her

 

www.redlineweber.com

www.webercarbsdirect.com

www.carburetion.com

 

Thanks ShoNuff, I went to the redline site and they only had low Res but Webercarsdirect has some really good ones...now to see if they sell those individual parts.......


Ok guys this next up date is a little bit old but an update none the less. When I started working on it, first thing was first, I needed to make sure the engine would turn over, if I could not get it turned, I would have to source a new engine. So the first thing I did was pull out my big breaker bar, just in case the previous owner was just to weak. No luck. Next I pulled the belts and plugs, This was a nice little surprise! Brand new NGK plugs, not a single fire on them. Still, it would not turn over, my final guess of what to do is pull the starter, the previous owner had started doing this, but pulled the motor off, and the the gear reducer. I pulled the the gear reducer. Boom, Butter!. The engine turned nice and smooth. After an inspection of the reducer, I found the gears were crushed! This would explain the "Mooing" noise when we first picked it up and hooked a battery to it.

Next My wife and I started cleaning the interior. What a mess! not really sloppy just dusty.


dash is in pretty good shape and all the plastic is in pretty good shape.

my wife picking up change, We came out with about $7.43, man this thing is paying for its self!

I then removed the rubber mat and padding to get it really clean and check for rust, not much rust found. I called toyota to see if they are able to get a new mat in black, no dice, they cant get it, and if they could, it would be $275 Now i am thinking of a few option for what to do for the floor. MAybe find a after market rubber mat, Carpet, or maybe even Rhino lining.

next we removed the nasty seat cover to see what we had to work with, now I will be reupholstering the seat, but it is nice to work with clean patterns, and my wife refused to sit on the seat and steer when i push the truck. With the help of a bottle of PowerBright, I got it looking the right color and clean.

Unfortunately I forgot to take pics of everything cleaned up and put back together .....

so next thing to to now is to find a starter and get the carb bolted up and get this thing driving!.

 

Nice! Getting started on it already. $7 in change, nice! Thats a meal at McDonald's.

 

Or an Oil filter

 

OK guys, I just moved home! Whew, crazy. I started work on the old Hilux today. I pulled some of the stuff off of the engine bay. What all can I Eliminate when converting to Weber? I started to clean the in side of the engine bay and valve cover, I need to go to the junk yard and pick up a few parts. I was good to see the truck again.

so today I threw some tire shine on really quick to see what it would do and took a few pics





Smashed gears!





This is the new weber i got in the mail, the old one was missing a bunch of stuff



Any thoughts"?

 

yay weber