Toyota Stalking, er...um, SPOTTING with Charlie™ (Hilux/Truck, and T-100 Edition)!

This seems to be a mishmash of a 1989-1994 pickup, a 1993-1998 T-100, and a 1995-1997 Tacoma; I think it most closely resembles a T-100...

 

Finished product!

 

This one kinda looks like a 1970s Toyota Chinook camper...

 

1989 Toyota pickup; No A/C, no power steering, no rear bumper, factory radio delete...

It has power brakes and a heater, which were of course standard; Literally the cheapest Toyota truck you could buy in 1989, and I love it!


March 26th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

1991 Pickup


March 27th, 2022:

Horsham, Pennsylvania

 

Saw this on the highway somewhere in Northern California during a family vacation back in March 2009!

 

I actually found pictures of the only other truly no-frills Toyota truck that I've ever seen in person, taking during a trip to Northern California back in 2009! Specifically, the pictures were taken at the Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur; Like the white 1989 I saw a couple of weeks ago, this red truck has no A/C, no rear bumper, and not even a radio!

 

1995 Pickup


April 20th, 2022:

Warrington, Pennsylvania

 

I was actually taking pictures of a red RC 2WD Tacoma that I saw in the parking lot when another guy saw my TOYOTA hat and pointed me towards this truck.

1989 Toyota 4x4 with a custom wood bed; It apparently has a remanufactured 2.4L with less than 40K miles. It also has factory A/C! This truck seemed to be mint, though I didn't look at the frame, and I believe that the bed was likely replaced because it rusted out...


April 30th, 2022:

Englishtown, New Jersey

 

1996 T-100


April 30th, 2022:

Englishtown, New Jersey

 

1991 Pickup


May 14th, 2022:

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

 

1984 Xtracab Deluxe 4x4


May 14th, 2022:

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

 

After the Cars & Coffee, I stopped for gas and junk food at a nearby Wawa, and the owner of this 1992 XtraCab 4x4 V6 drove up to me with the intention of asking me about my own truck! Believe it or not, this thing is an Ohio truck its whole life! The previous owner took incredibly good care of it and had piles of maintenance records. The truck is rather sparsely optioned, but still quite well-equipped; It has A/C, tilt steering, intermittent wipers, and cloth seats. The only thing not stock about it is the stereo system.


May 15th, 2022:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

 

Low miles!

 

Ice cold R-12 A/C!

 

Tiny jumpseats!

 

Good old 3.slow!

 

I saw this gem at a car show at the Red Mill Museum Village; It is a "Mini-Cruiser" obviously based on a 1986 Toyota 1-ton cab/chassis, and I initially thought it was a Dolphin, but the woman who owns it corrected me. The owner is an older woman who bought it from the original owner in 2016, after her husband died; The truck had just 22K original miles on it when she bought it for just $6,000. It now has about 60K miles on it; She drives it! She's drive it coast to coast and numerous places in between, and though it's incredibly slow, it's got a 22R and is just as reliable as you would expect! ENJOY!


May 22nd, 2022:

Clinton, New Jersey

 

First, I will take you inside the cab...

 

The truck does have working A/C that has been converted to R134a, but a blower motor has gone bad after nearly 40 years and the A/C is rather weak at the moment; There is no A/C in the camper part...

 

Less than 62K original miles!

 

Aftermarket cruise control that has does not work; In typical Toyota truck fashion, this one doesn't have intermittent wipers...

 

Aftermarket 1980s tape deck that recently quit working due to an electrical issue; Likely to be replaced...

 

I have peeked through the windows of numerous Toyota campers over the years, but I don't remember much about them, like whether or not they had features like power windows and intermittent wipers; This one is built on a fairly basic truck. It does not have intermittent wipers, and in this picture you can see it does not have digital clock that would normally be located to the right of the HVAC controls...

 

Look how clean it is!

 

The owner wants to replace the front seats...

 

Let's go inside!