Rigs & builds you wish you owned or never sold

share rigs & builds you’ve come across recently that you wish you owned, or maybe you used to own.
the purpose of the thread is
inspiration, idears, fun, nostalgia.



a clean simple 2nd gen




done out 2nd gen






an all black 4th gen




modded, black or grey new 6th gen






an older modded taco




local Vancouver taco this month




whatever this is!:

 

My first 4rnr. 2007 SR5 in great shape but didnt have the room to keep this one and my other 2 4rnrs (2011 & 2022) at the house. Sold it at 210,000 for $6000.

 

now that’s a slick 4th gen! man the 4th gen grew on me like crazy. it’s a funny thing about these toyota’s.

 

When my budget increases, GX550 has to be to be in the top 3 choices.


3” lift, and 35’s

 

Thx! yeah i miss her

 

so expensive though, i can only dream and live vicariously through you guys. Lol!

 

I'd love a clean 2nd gen:

I used to own one and I miss it.



In my formidable years, a mid-90's Ford F150 Lightning Prerunner was a dream truck:



I like 70's era SUVs. A Blazer, Bronco, or Wagoneer from that era would be pretty sweet.

 

Got rid of this 10 years ago because I didnt have room for both this and an SUV my wife and I needed to haul stuff around as we were starting a business. Wish we never started that business and I never sold this car.

 

What really started it all.

 

I feel you man! I had to get rid of my baby in 2017 when my wife got laid off unexpectantly right after the birth of our son. :-(

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_VSn24uy-fg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qixPksVEEM4

 

Dude what a bute. Sorry to hear that car is clean AF and clearly has some real work done to it. That exhaust came out really well. Sorry man

 

Thank you. It wasnt a legit 442 but my tribute to one. Its 1972 with swapped in 71 rear tail lights bc I liked those better. Best time was 11.37 @ 119. I think it got 5-7 mpg. Lol!!

1972 Cutlass Supreme (originally 350) AC car
65000 original miles
Paint (Radiant Green)
Original vinyl top, interior, carpeting and rubber Oldsmobile floor mats
Unmolested body and interior (dash, center console, etc.)
Rally Pack optioned
Power windows, door locks, trunk release
F block - 462 ci w/12:1 compression
C heads – ported, polished, decked, Comp Cams Roller Rockers
Edelbrock Torker Intake (ported, polished, powder coated)
Proform Holley 850 DP no choke horn
Keith Black pistons
Eagle forged rotating assembly
High volume low profile 7 quart oil pan
Comp Cams Solid Lifter: 568” intake/ 545” exhaust, 108 ls & 305 duration
Trans Specialties TH400, big drum, sprag, 3500 stall converter, transbrake, manual valve body
Ceramic Hooker Super comp headers 2 1/2” exhaust to 2 chamber flows, over axle pipes running to the 442 bumper with exhaust cutouts. electric cutouts for open exhaust via switch.
Mallory distributor, 6AL digital box with dial rev limiter and blaster coil
9” Nodular rear, Detroit locker, 4.30 gears and 31 spline moser race axles.
Quick fuel electric fuel pump with stock tank
Adj upper rear control arms
Adj drag shock front and 50/50 rears with 2 airbags
(275/60/15 rear & 245/60/15 fronts) Super Stock 3 rims
Super Stock 3 rims with Hoosier slicks
aluminum radiator with dual fans
Trans cooler with electric fan
manual steering and power brakes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x9wjPe7Bscs

 

Damn dude. Thats some work. Thanks for sharing I was very curious as just from hearing it, you could tell a lot has been done. Super unique car too. You dont see those. You ever think about reaching out and trying to buy her back?

 

Thank you! yep it was quite a build. Back in high school through college I also had a 1969 442 (legit and #s matching 400 ci, 4 speed with 3.90 gears). I’ll try to dig some pics of that one.

nah dont have the $, time or need to go back to that type of vehicles.

 

Another one I let go. SMH!!

90 Notch back. 331 stroker with 150 shot, TKO 500 trans and 3.73 gears. Scary fast because she was so light even with 295/50/15 tires in the back.

 

2001 Gen 1 Tacoma TRD 4 door Prerunner. Gave it to my son at 16. He was still driving it in 2023 when an 18-wheeler jackknifed and hit him and 3 other vehicles. Needless to say, it was totaled. And with only 189k on it, it ran like a top. But he survived with relatively minor injuries, which was a miracle.

 

damn sorry to hear but glad hes ok

 

ouch!

 

Yeah he was fortunate to have survived at all, much less no serious injuries. Concussion, knee smashed into the emergency brake handle, broken ribs from the seatbelt. He told me he saw the truck coming in his rear view mirror but there was nowhere to go. Like I said, just a miracle.

 

Excuse the poor photo, I owned this vehicle pre-digital photo days, this is a photo of a photo taken circa 1998.

73 Chevy K10 4x4. I bought this in 1993 when I was 14, and sold it 2001ish, to buy a Trans Am.

This was pretty stock when I bought it, I did body work and primed it with desert tan primer, redid the interior, had the engine rebuilt, tranny rebuilt, added a 4-in lift, 35-in tires.

It came stock with a TH350 and NP205 transfer case, which I later found out was rare, and stock 373 gears.

I really regret selling this truck, both because the value of these has gone way up since I sold it, and mostly because my dad and I worked on this a lot, and he's gone now.

 

what a BEAST!!

 

"Private Property", Carburated with emulsion tubes.

 

I saw this sitting in front of a house. So, I just knocked on the door and asked if it was for sale. Just got back from working in Detroit.

 

Still got it, needs some paint but otherwise still solid

 

https://youtu.be/rtytXHvvQdo?si=fSo6KPR_96lomu35
Still got the car not the cam. Just did a quick swap of the valve springs and a 292 cam while the engine was in the car.

 

I put a baby cam in it and increased displacement.

 

375 stroke .30 Over 11.5 compression.

 

I miss my '79 F350 4x4 Super Cab. It was really long, really rusty, and my mom said it had to go. C6, NP205 case, Dana 60 front, 70 rear with 4.10 gears and a Trac-Lok. Factory dual batteries. Dual tanks. Factory front and rear sway bars (camper package). The 400M had a horrible vacuum leak and barely any oil pressure. A one-owner, old man truck with only 79,000 km. How that old man bought this Ford brand new and so thoroughly neglected it in 20 years and such low km, I will never understand. I was just out of university and had no money or space to give it the care it deserved. I sold it to a guy from Illinois for a small profit so it wasn't for nothing.

 

I would love to get another 3rd gen and do a 'clean' upgrade like the OP's first pic...or maybe go a bit further like 40" with some technical (but doable) lower suspension modifications like this just to have (more) fun in deeper snowdrifts.