welcome to wacky Wednesday's, where everyone has a chance to show off their
car mods, and here's this week's winner, my name is Jason sway and this is my
1988 toyota sr5 pickup, so 1988 was the very first year that toyota introduced
the three litre v6 that's in this truck, also known by Toyota enthusiasts as the
three point slow, which they will call it right before they run away screaming,
arms flailing, terrified that it's going to blow a head gasket, and yes these
engines had a tendency to blow head gaskets, but Toyota fixed the head
gaskets in this truck under an extended recall so yeah, when I bought this truck
it was completely rusted, the bed was 100% unsalvageable, the interior was not
in the worst shape, but it wasn't exactly good either, it was just completely
everything was in disarray and disrepair and it was honestly on its way out the
door, rust is the Achilles heel of these
trucks, you'll be hard-pressed to find a single one out
there that doesn't have some rust on it, except for this one which now has none
whatsoever and I'm very very proud of that, there is just over two hundred and
eighty two thousand miles on the clock, and I had originally planned to either
rebuild or replace this engine, but it's running strong so until it doesn't I'm
just going to keep letting those miles roll up, I've wanted one of these trucks since
I can remember, when I was a little kid and saw Back to the Future for the very
first time, this was the truck this was Marty McFly's truck his was an 85 but
whatever, I have wanted this truck this was my dream truck as a child, my first
ever vehicle when I was 16 years old was a 95 Toyota Tacoma which I unfortunately
totaled, and I have wanted another truck like it ever since then, my grandpa
actually built this light bar for that Tacoma, and it was the one thing that we
saved from the wreck, so that was the beginning for me and my grandpa
and why he and I decided to restore this truck together, the first order of
business was of course a complete engine tune up, Toyota did the head gaskets on this
truck in 1997, so that saved me a lot of worry and grief, and was leaking a little
oil around the valve cover gaskets and also had an exhaust leak when I got it
so I had my mechanic go ahead and replace all of those and also adjust the
valves while he was in their, new PCV valve, I replaced all of the vacuum lines
hoses, relays, and valves and all that, new plugs and wires, new battery, post
connectors, just basic maintenance that had been long overdue
if you're very very hip to Toyota pickups in general, you'll notice that
the front fenders are actually not four-wheel-drive fenders, they are two
wheel drive fenders, which I ordered by mistake and then realized I actually
like them a little bit better, they don't have as much Flair, so you have more
overhang on the tire and it's something that's definitely unique to this truck
you won't see it on any other Toyota really, this truck is not my daily driver
but it absolutely could be if I want it to be and at some point it honestly
probably will be, it's had everything from a new clutch and slave cylinder, to
new gears in the rear end, to new brakes, it's basically a brand new truck, the
difference is that I only have a few thousand dollars in it, versus spending
thirty grand on a brand new one, and just like the brand new ones I even put a
GoPro mount in it, see saved you thirty grand, and it's way more special to me
because my grandpa and I did almost all of it ourselves together, the most
labor-intensive of course being doing all the bodywork, replacing the entire
bed which we managed to find one at Salvage with zero rust, which never
happens, and then repainting and all of that fun stuff, whoever bought this truck
in 1988 paid a pretty good chunk of change for it, because it's got every
single factory option that was available at the time, the sr5 package, the first
year of the v6, power windows, power locks, a factory alarm system that actually
still works, sunroof, the whole shebang, and I'm very proud of the fact that
today it is as nice as it has probably been in 20 years,
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