83 Toyota raccoon hunting truck turned trail rig

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I picked it up like this, the bed was for coon huntin I was told.













got some professional help putting the grill on

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chromoly axles for the front

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[grob23]

Rig is lookin great!

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Originally Posted by grob23

Rig is lookin great!

Thanks man.



I forgot to do a spec list, I'll add to it later if I remember something else.


In no particular order...


5.29 gears in the diffs

Yukon chromoly grizzly locker front

Detroit locker rear

Chromoly dirty thirty axle shafts front

Stock shafts rear

WARN hubs

Double transfer case 2.28 front 4.7 rear

Custom drive shafts front and rear

FJ80 high pinion third member front

Refurbished the stock 22R

GM alternator with adapter bracket

FJ80 master cylinder

Steel braided bake lines

GM rear discs and calipers with adapter rear

New stock front calipers and rotors

17" black steel wheels

37" 12.50 BFG KM2's

Marlin crawler bumper

Trail gear lift, springs shackles shock hoops high steer etc...

Fox emulsion shox 14"

Custom inner roll cage and flat bed

Smittybilt 8000lb winch

[ittybitty]

Are most of the earlier pictures from out in the Lithonia area by chance? What is the driver of the red Samurai's name? Mark?

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Originally Posted by ittybitty

Are most of the earlier pictures from out in the Lithonia area by chance? What is the driver of the red Samurai's name? Mark?

Actually these trails are west of Atlanta on I-20 around Douglas and Carroll counties. Lithonia is east of Atlanta on I-20. I'll have to check it out tough

I know the guy in the red samurais nickname is 'Gomer'. He's my cousins good friend from high school. I'll find it out if his real name is mark.

[Colby]

I love your toyota Richard! Probably the coolest little rig I have ridden in/driven. Glad you started a thread here on it, ill contribute:


and the RC version I built before my tube skills were found. I think its time I retry.

031 by colby419, on Flickr

[ittybitty]

Ok nevermind...the trails look identical to some power line trails in around Lithonia that I use to ride on quite a few years back. I thought they had pretty much been shut down...that's why I asked. In any case they're some good looking trails

I doubt Gomer is the guy I'm thinking of.

[2WheelFlyer]

Great truck! seems like you have put a lot of effort into it gonna go full tuber?

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Originally Posted by 2WheelFlyer

Great truck! seems like you have put a lot of effort into it gonna go full tuber?

Thanks man. Not sure what I want to do with the cab.

[jayman43]

I went and looked at a 92 hilux. All it needs is a gas tank, and a small hole in floor fixed. $700. I'm a jeep guy but wouldnt mind a Yota. My dad had two of them, If I remember correctly I think it was blizzard of 96 he had to take storm window out of the screen door and dig us out. Fired up the truck and let snow melt around it. It drove right through all that. I remember he had one of those net things where the tailgate went. It reminded me of the desert trucks. He used to have me go out and lock and unlock the lockers on it when we went wheeling.

Great truck man, enjoy it!!!!