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Hello, I bought a 170k mile 1992 rust-bucket 4runner a few months back that im trying to restore to functional-not getting laughed at-status, to do some light wheeling and general purpose 2nd vehicle beatery things. it had a headgasket blow at about 15 miles ago prior to me buying it, (thats why the guy sold it), got it for about $800.(ive driven it MAAAYBE 10 miles) it has a bit of rust in places that scare me, but im replacing the doors and bad rusted sections, i cheapo'd fixed the head with some block sealer, and haven't had issues with that yet since the "fix" if you could call it that. I plan to swap the 3.4 in EVENTUALLY, but im broke as F.

hope to learn alot here and thanks for being here. also gonna attach some photos if i can figure that out..

 

welcome

 

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

Welcome from Arizona!

 

Welcome from SoCal

 

Welcome to the forum, how does the frame look as far as rust is concerned?

 

well the frame seems solid, i haven't really gotten under it but from what i could see, the only things rusting are 3 doors (the driver door isnt actually rusting though yet) the 2 front fenders and the right side rocker panel. unsure of the rocker, but I have 3 "new" doors i need to paint, swap parts over and place on the truck, and i have 2 new fenders now on the truck i just painted one to "match" but its tiger stripey... the other is still white... the rims were on the heavier side of rusted to almost cancerous levels of rust, so i replaced them with 5 FJ Cruiser rims and some old 265/65r17 Michelin tires i had at my house that i used for a month on my 2016 Colorado... the interior is amazingly in good condition minus the driver seat(its torn up) the carpet looks almost new, everything works just missing a roof light cover and the 2 door panel mirror covers. oh yeah the antenna was broken off at some point but the radio still works...

 

this thing lived in Monterey CA for 29 years and its was a one owner truck. i still have the window sticker for it in the glove box. the guy i bought it from kept most of the service records for it too

 

Welcome and greetings from Minnesota - land of rust aplenty. You have got your work cut out for you. Have fun & post pics as you go.