1985 Toyota Pickup

[pardonmyn00b]

Time for a Class 1 rig!

After many months of thinking of what body to build for this year's season I decided on a simple second generation Toyota. It will be bobbed and should be relatively simple to make. I have a bit of experience with this body style. Ok, clock is ticking. Let's go...places!

The body will be plopped on an Ascender with a lot of GCM goodies.

These aren't the wheels and tires I will use. I love how the 1.55 Stompers look but this set is starting to rot. They are about 5 years old.


First up, GCM shock relocation kit and some eBay shocks.


GCM driveshaft adapter to make regular driveshafts work. The Vaterra design was daft.


And lastly, GCM transmission relocation kit and transfer case install. Going to try out that sweet new 35t Axial motor too. 3S mostly likely. I mean...6S, this is a comp truck. Truck fires 1st place!


There will be a servo winch up front.


Body is done. Just needs some paint.


Oh yeah and I forgot to mention I narrowed the axles by 12mm. Easy stuff, cut 6mm off each end, drill new holes and you win.

[cutlaSS]

Looks awesome. This is the first Ascender I've took the time to look at, I like the look of the chassis and axles. Subscrib3d

[eddievedder]

Me likey. Do you have a color in mind yet?

[JatoTheRipper]

I love those tires. I wish they'd make them in the new, X2SS compound.

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by cutlaSS

Looks awesome. This is the first Ascender I've took the time to look at, I like the look of the chassis and axles. Subscrib3d

That's why I'm posting it up here. The Ascender subforum is kinda...meh.

Originally Posted by eddievedder

Me likey. Do you have a color in mind yet?

I have some colors in mind. There will be stripes. Many stripes.

Originally Posted by JatoTheRipper

I love those tires. I wish they'd make them in the new, X2SS compound.

I wish they would make them a tad smaller at the same width. That would be brilliant.

[imthatguy]

How many stripes though?

[chino63]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

How many stripes though?

Might one say a plethora of stripes?

[Bananaclip]

Should build an 84. The 85 has the fancy pants fuel injected 22re. I like my trusty 84 22r.

[BigSki]

more pics of them extra skinny'd axles? Me thinks the small pumpkin would look good with a narrower than O.E. width. Does Albert approve of the new ride?

[cutlaSS]

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Should build an 84. The 85 has the fancy pants fuel injected 22re. I like my trusty 84 22r.

maybe he'll swap in a 22r

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by imthatguy

How many stripes though?

All of the stripes

Originally Posted by chino63

Might one say a plethora of stripes?

A cornucopia of stripes.

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Should build an 84. The 85 has the fancy pants fuel injected 22re. I like my trusty 84 22r.

Good point. I'd have to make an EFI badge for this too then. Ok, 84 to match my 4Runner now!

Originally Posted by BigSki

more pics of them extra skinny'd axles? Me thinks the small pumpkin would look good with a narrower than O.E. width. Does Albert approve of the new ride?

12mm didn't skinny them up that much. You can barely notice. Smiggin tested, Albert approved!

Originally Posted by cutlaSS

maybe he'll swap in a 22r

22Rrrrrrrrrrr

For pirates.

[ninja turtle]

Not all 85's had a 22re, some had 22r's.

[Bananaclip]

85 is when Toyota switched to fuel injection. The old toy's are so versatile folks run the 22r in 3rd gens and 22re's in first gens so forth.

[Yotapane]

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

85 is when Toyota switched to fuel injection. The old toy's are so versatile folks run the 22r in 3rd gens and 22re's in first gens so forth.

I've had a few 85 yotas, my favorite was my silver with black stripes 85 ext. Cab that had the 22re and the solid front axle, 525k miles and ran like a top...my new 1:1 project is an attempt to recreate it...

[ninja turtle]

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

85 is when Toyota switched to fuel injection. The old toy's are so versatile folks run the 22r in 3rd gens and 22re's in first gens so forth.

Ya I get what you are saying but my point was that there are 85-95 with 22r's stock. They didn't stop at 84.

[ETM]

I like how you work, pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 body finished lol. Looking Great

[Bananaclip]

Bodies far from finished. The 2nd gen IMO is the sexiest truck Toyota ever released. I'm certain nOOb will show us what a true second gen with a 22r..... Will look like soon.

[cutlaSS]

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Bodies far from finished. The 2nd gen IMO is the sexiest truck Toyota ever released. I'm certain nOOb will show us what a true second gen with a 22r..... Will look like soon.

Hopefully Noob show more "in progress" shots of the body. I have the perfect Trail Yoda that deserves a rebuild.

[pardonmyn00b]

Originally Posted by ETM

I like how you work, pic 1 pic 2 pic 3 body finished lol. Looking Great

Originally Posted by Bananaclip

Bodies far from finished. The 2nd gen IMO is the sexiest truck Toyota ever released. I'm certain nOOb will show us what a true second gen with a 22r..... Will look like soon.

Originally Posted by cutlaSS

Hopefully Noob show more "in progress" shots of the body. I have the perfect Trail Yoda that deserves a rebuild.

That is correct. The body is far from finished. It takes a lot of work to turn a first gen into a second gen. Probably easier to start from scratch. However, I'm not that smart. So... onward!


Next layer of crud added.


Wheels and tires finalized. GCM 1.55's with some PitDog GrowlDogs.

[eddievedder]

GCM keeps on rolling out some great5 stuff. Those wheels are mint!

So a lot of stripes huh? Maybe like your FJtoyman shock skids?