Friday, June 8, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1985 Toyota 4Runner Gran Ville

While 1980s Toyota Land Cruisers show up in self-service wrecking yards every once in a while, you're more likely to find a Studebaker Avanti than a Toyota 4Runner in such a yard. In fact, in all my years of visiting high-turnover, uniform-priced self-service yards, I can't recall ever having seen a 4Runner. Well, there's a first for everything!
The first-generation 4Runner was built on the Mujahideen Grade™ Hilux platform, and both the pickup and the SUV version have held their value better than just about anything from the 1980s. This particular example appears to be a crypto-RV-conversion done in that trailer-building superpower: Elkhart, Indiana.
Perhaps the horror of this 70s-style brown-and-white paint job pushed the truck's value down to where even 4Runner worshipers didn't want it.
If you're fighting the Rooskies in Afghanistan, circa 1986, the 22R-EC is an excellent engine choice.
The interior is pure van-conversion velour, right down to the 4″ thick puffy sun visors.
Somebody has already grabbed the axles and the dash assembly, but this truck still has some useful pieces left.

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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