New here...wanna geek out on my new to me 1986 4runner

Hi everyone. My first ride back in the 90s was a 1985 4runner. Regretted selling it immediately. I've passively scoured the web over the last 5 years or so, but everything i found was way out of my range, or just too beat up for me. I'm far from a mechanic, so reliability was my main focus. Found one in northern mississippi, flew out and drove it back. Busted gas gauge and no headlights. Loved every second of the drive. Here it is after some work, including interior.

 

Nice score!

 

LOVE IT!

 

Nice.!

 

Thanks ya'll. I wasn't too sure about the seats either, but the original upholstery was pretty narly. The green plaid was on sale. It grows on you

 

Jeez is that a re-painted exterior looks new.

 

yeah, totally re-painted. apparently it was stagnant in someone's front yard for a few years. only has 120k miles on it, but took quite a bit of work to get it where it is now. freakin cherry red is a bit bright, but color wasn't really a big deal to me

 

Those seats are awesome.

 

Love the boxed classic look!

 

bad ass.......

i bet you had a smile, on the entire trip back..... bad ass man.

 

I love it. The color is good too!

 

I like the seats too- looks fun

 

Love the upholstery!

 

Looks Nice! … I purchased a brand new 1989 4R Deluxe back in the day; it was solid red including removable fiberglass top…I was twenty years old; paid $13,900 out the door … owned it for a little over 5 yrs and sold it for $10,000 cash w/ 104,000 miles on it … After seeing this post and 35 years later …still regretting letting it go! Absolutely a Great Vehicle and that 4 cyl 22 RE …well you couldn’t kill it… Thanks for sharing with us! … Enjoy!

 

Could we get some more photos? How about one of the back end with the tailgate open? I love these older runners.

 

I love it! The color and upholstery are great! Yes, can you post more pics of the exterior?

 

it's been at the shop having a few kinks worked out. here's the most recent exterior pic. excited to roll topless!

 

Dude.....I love the 1st Gen......I have an 89 3.0 V6.....

 

I had it re painted Pearl White...Added All LED's, Wheels/Tires, Customer Nfab style RB's....Touched up all chrome to Black.....Interior is pretty much stock except for added stereo system

 

Love the soft top! Don't know about that interior tho... reminds me of my neighbors AMC Gremlin.

 

the led's on your grill are sick! it's definitely got a gremlin vibe going on. pretty sure it's leftover old school vw interior. gotta admit, it's a slight improvement from this:

 

No leds here(I wish)! Those are on Tony's beautiful '89. Mines' been around the block a few times(in Big Bear!)
It's definitely an improvement!