1998 SR5 Rebuild / On-Going Project

Hi All!

Bought it in Arizona last September and flew out to pick it up.

It looked GORGEOUS.... I have been a car guy my entire life, and I even missed some existing damage. The truck had been in a front end accident at some point in its life... and the core support had been cut in half and pulled and then welded back together at the bottom radiator beam? The drivers corner of the apron and inner wheel well was also pretty crunchy. This was all covered by a fender liner.

So when I got home, one day going over a rail road track, the front pretty much broke off at the firewall due to the body being poorly fixed. This is when I found all the damage seen. So I took it to a shop to get the whole thing fixed good as new. They found me a new front clip, new frame to core support frame mount, new bushings, new lights, new windows, new frame to body bushings. We also did mechanical work... and everything turned out amazing. They also repainted most the truck, same color I bought it in, but put a fresh coat on.

My goals for the truck is a Supercharged 4.7 2UZ paired up to a manual transmission. It currently has the W55 5 Speed Manual.

I am also planning on re-doing the entire interior, leather, with a nice sound system. We want to get the body/chassis to 1 million miles and my wife and I plan on keeping it forever. We want to use it as our summer camping/road trip vehicle.

Thought I would share. I am so excited to have my own and be a part of the crew. I hope you are having a nice night. Thanks!

342,XXX /1,000,000 Here we come....

Last photo is from when I bought it.

 

Welcome, be sure to post some pics

 

So this was when I bought it. I thought I had found the cleanest 3rd Gen, with a 5 Speed Manual in existence...but boy was I wrong... It had some hidden damage.

Pictures coming soon.

 

That's a sweet looking 3rd gen!

 

Welcome, nice

 

SCOPING OUT THE DAMAGE I FOUND AFTER BUYING

 

THE NEW FRONT CLIP

 

NEW PAINT AND INSTALLED

 

NEW WINDOW SEALS, NEW 3rd WINDOWS, NEW WINDSHIELD

 

NEW SRQ HEADLIGHTS, TOYOTA WAS NOT GOING TO FIT THE NEW GRILLL, REQUIRED FILING OF TABS...

 

NEW SRQ GRILL AND LIGHTS WIRED, NEW BUMPER TURN SIGNALS COMING TOMORROW...

 

NEW TURN SIGNALS ON, HALO DRL AMBER / CENTER BLINKS AMBER WITH TURN SIGNAL

 

TRAGEDY STRIKES AFTER TOYOTA JUST DID SUSPENSION WORK AND SAFETY INSPECTION? WTF?!

 

CLEAN OEM SPORT HOOD SINCE IT IS AT THE BODY SHOP GETTING ITS FENDER REPLACED

 

I ALSO, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE TRUCK A NEW ACCESSORY... A BOAT. DONT TELL THE WIFE... WE ARE ALREADY EATING RAMEN EVERY NIGHT.

 

Bummer, the dreaded LBJ failure. Definitely good to remember to change them often with Toyota OEM only!

great build, love a fellow resto-mod 5speeder!