89 4runner build

[smashingchuck]

Picked up this 4runner off the Yotatech classifieds this spring. The truck is originally from New Mexico, and I picked it up from a fella in Wisconsin who sunk quit a bit of time and money into it before he abandoned the project.

The 4runer had a pretty solid foundation, featuring a 22r motor and a 5 speed, along with 5.29s and lockers front and rear. It has a header, and mass air from a supra.

The PO bought it with the intention of doing a resto-mod type project, but I guess he lost steam at the end. Heres what he did get done:

*Cleaned and painted the underbody with Eastwood chassis black
*replaced shocks and u-joints
*stripped and painted the body with Eastwood desert sand flat paint
*collected all new or usable interior parts, which I generally didn't use
*new dick cepeck 285s
*new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, fluids in everything.
*budbuilt skid plate

When I received the truck, the PO had just gotten it back from the paint shop. All of the interior and trim was in boxes... not even the seats where installed. It wouldn't start due to an undisclosed faulty ignition switch draining the battery... so we jumped it to unload it. Here's what it looked like the day after the ride... it got transported in a freaking blizzard so it was a little filthy when it got to me.