i bought it for $100

77 20r-4speed might be a 5 speed but i was scared to try while driving it with a frozen caliper on the freeway

looks to be a early 90's lowrider project complete with a tweed interior, well done channeled frame, and air shocks in the back/ cut springs in the front. comeplete set of yet to be named 14's with dead low pro's


anywayz, time for some pics


towed it away from the crackheads house to the nearest gas station, threw some fresh gas in and it started right up

note: tabs say '96


drove it about 10mi on the freeway to my friends house, only real problems were the flat spots in the tires and the locked caliper, and i think i boiled the brake fluid on the way


missing all of the side markers


holy F its tweed, even the headliner... but why purposely put in a brown interior with blue truck?


best pic i can get atm of the frame channel, but you cant see the welds, no sign of cracking and the whole frame is painted green. the shock mounts are what you see off to the left, those dont look so hot but i havent really checked em out yet.

 

awesome project!!

 

Nice find! Time for some TLC (Toyota Love & Care)

 

Super nice find! Every now and then we Toyota mini owners find jewels hiding in the strangest of places, I too know this feeling. Congrats on the find! Goodluck with your NEW project, Im sure itll work out great for you! DiggN the brown tweed j.k. man, twas better than my thrashed blanket seat cover & cracked dash, although my door panels are mint ( black - original ). Best $100 youve probably ever spent man huh?!

 

yep one of my better deals.

best deal i made was for my celica, $75 i threw a new starter in it and drove it home after it sat for 5 years. dude wasnt thrilled i did the starter in his driveway. still driving it today when its not torn apart.


back to the truck.

got a better look at it today. lots of crack head style touches, and oddly some decent work. its like the PO started smoking crack while building this truck.

the shock mounts are moved back 2in on some custom plates welded to the frame, and it looks like the bed was cutout more to do the work then for the diff to clear...


but there is no chance in hell of that becoming a problem at the moment, the air shocks are flat and the shocks almost bottomed out in the pics above. with air the rear rises another 5in

i under stand the old ass in the sky look but this seems above and beyond the call of duty. shorter air shocks and flipping the springs is comin up. im also gonna murder the truck with flat black

 

Man thats an awesome deal. Keep us updated on your progress.

 

man, u got lucky man. what are your plans w/ your new ride???

 

planning to re-do the rear suspension so its slammed like it should be then paint it black.

havent really thought much farther then that

 

ill buy it from you!

 

this one is for sale


$800
stock steel rims w/good tires
no canopy

i want $600 for the rims and tires pictured alone.

drive it home today and yes i realize im in washington and your in florida, it will make it just fine.

 

let me got some shipping quotes ill get back to you.

 

hey man, ship me on a plane over there, ill make the deal for ya and drive her home lol cost ya couple hundred in gas, less then shipping her.

 

hell ill drive it down there for gas n food and 3-4 days on the couch


now back to the new truck

got some pics of the doesnt make sence suspension/bed mods


its not even like the shocks are in a different position or they use different mounts or the diff could come anywhere near the bed


gonna fix the suspension in the rear so it fully uses the channel, use the new shock mounts to plate the frame over the channel, install a bended chunk to fix the cross bar.

then air shocks powered by a converted a/c pump

 

i cant sell the canopy cuz it belongs to this truck

or @ least the collection of beer boxes full of parts that makes up that truck.

 

I want the Datsun!

 

It's mine and you can't have it

Besides it's in beer boxes all over my garage atm...

 

thats my truck and thats final

 

That truck looks just fine without the canopy just as well, the one I want it for is in boxes too. Someday just been to hot to get motivated, besides I hate sanding and bodywork, another motivation killer.

 

i thought sanding and body work were a good reason for a rat rod with flat black paint