So about 3 months ago one of the most horrible things happend to me... my 2wd 87 pickup blew a engine and tranny and i really didnt know what to do... so i stumbled upon an 83 toyota pickup 22r 5spd with a sunroof, a/c, power steering for 450.00 a steal when i picked it up everything was mickey moused, it didnt have a radiator cap (almost blew the engine) interior wiring was a joke, it was very hard to start the engine because of poor ignitor wiring, half of the exausht system pipes were eaten through and was covered by aluminum foil, the intake system was a joke was not even bolted down, had no brake fluid so brakes didnt really work. lets just say i was having second thoughts about this car... so i reworked the intake system i took an 87 intake and installed it, rewired ignition system, installed a brand new 2 3/4 inch exhaust system with a flowmaster 40 series muffler, put a grant steering wheel and a hurst shifter and now runs great...

im now just thinking about what i should do next to the 83 and just kinda confused so here are some of my ideas... i want to swap in either a 7mge or a 1jz engine im not sure yet.. but at the same time i want to keep the 22r and swap in a 32/36 weber carb, with hooker headers and a bad ass camshaft.... and i wanna know if thier is benifit to installing a POSI traction rearend on a yota

some things i am going to do.. get my gauge cluster restored, my dashed replaced, fix my sunroof to open and close, restore the truck bed, lower the truck 3", put a new grille front and rear bumper,hid headlights..

People say that i could invest money and time into a diff car or something better ..but when you begin to put your sweat, time, money and love into a yota you cant help yourself to just keep going and turning that "bucket" into a true "mini truck"

RIP 87 YOTA (my first toyota)


New 83 Yota

 

sorry to hear about ur old yota man, but ur new truck looks sweet! do u know what ur side mirror came off of? and u definitely wont regret spending the money on this truck ya it takes alot of work but in the end u have such a unique awesome truck and it will definitely be worth it

 

Thanks bro i love the yota trucks very dependable you can beat the hell out of it and will start every time lol when i got the truck it came with that mirror its not factory.

 

Ok, so I find myself hearing about your story and thinking that sucks...but then i am looking at your new acquisition!! Based on what I know...looking at paint color, rims on truck, presence of sunroof...it is very likely that you have a Mojave Package there, or someone made it to look like one. Those are quite rare these days...heck they were rare when they were made in 83...less than 700 imported i think.

Needless to say, that is quite the sweet ride you've got there!! You definitely need to restore that bad boy!

If you can't tell I am excited bout this! Welcome by the way!

 

Welcome!

Sweet truck. I had no idea 79-83 had power steer. Wierd.

A v8 fits better than you know...

 

thanks bro....but man bro i was looking around and i think your right i tryed to see if it was a sr5 but i wasnt sure because on the tailgate it would say toyota with the sr5 on the side so idk that would be kick ass though... thanks for the info never knew toyota made a mojave edition lol

 

ya i was shocked when i found out it had powersteering too.. but what reall got me was the tilt steering column never had seen that in a 2wd before

 

wtf, tilt steerin column? lol damyumn! might BE an SR5, what's the steerin wheel look like? can i see pic?

 

dude i swaped the old steering wheel because it held together by duck tape (like really) but ya when i saw it had a tilt steering wheel i said the same thing WTF why cant they put this on all of the yotas lolz

 

i just noticed i put this in the wrong section lolz

 

I am positive that is a Mojave package. It is basically a hooked up version of the sr5. The paint color on your bed was exclusive to the mojave package. Also, the tilt steering and power steering were options for the sr5 and deluxe models in 83. I have an 83 longbed deluxe as my project...need to get pics up here, and an 83 sr5 that i am using for its parts. The sr5 also had power steering that i am going to swap over. The things I am most coveting is that sunroof! I would love to have one of those in my deluxe! My experience is though...limited but...power steering - rare, tilt steering...very rare, mojave...most rare! Sweet find again!

if you want some more info...www.toyotareference.com is a great site

 

I'm interested in those wheels if you don't like em'....

 

So i took some more pics today... so far i just put a flowmaster exausht system sounds perfect and i gained some performance from it so today is the last day the yota will look "normal" tommrow im going to lower it 3" and then begin doin some body work and preparing for my JZ swap.


Tilt steering wheel