Toyota SR-5 Sport Truck

[Chino]

Picked this up from the original owner, factory a/c and still has the original dealer frames.

[john70t]

A brand new vehicle is a terrible investment.
But I would buy that exact same thing, off the lot today, if available.

[Cajundaddy]

A great little light truck workhorse. I have rung out a bunch of these over the years. Variations on the "Chicken tax" have all but eliminated import light trucks from the US market. A small, efficient, bare-bones mini-truck sold at a fair price would probably sell like wildfire in the US today but alas...

[look 171]

I had two of them back in college. One I rolled off road out in the desert. I beat that thing like if my life depended on it (it did) and came back and asked for more. Bench seat, single cab, and nothing else. Not even a tach and it ran and ran for many hard miles. Bought another just like it but with the extra cab. I will buy another again if they were available again new. 30-40k for a small pick up is stupid money today

[72doug2,2S]

Yep, always loved my dad's little toyota. I remember it had a large stamped TOYOTA on the gate.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Chino

Picked this up from the original owner, factory a/c and still has the original dealer frames.

I had to think about this for a minute. You mean license plate frames, right?
Initially I thought, "It's a sad thing that having the original frame rails is a selling point - but it is a Toyota." LOL!
BTW my '03 Tundra still had the original frame when I sold it.

[wayner]

I have a 2005 Tacoma SR5.

My dealer replaced my frame...
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(Unlike unlucky chev truck owners who bought a new 2002)

[berettafan]

My 06 tundra was fast for a pickup. Very sporty handling and acceleration.

My '17 drives more like a luxury truck. Until you hit the tow/haul button. It is, I **** you not, like a darn boost button. Insane throw you back in the seat acceleration for a truck its size.


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[slow&rusty]

One of the best vehicles I ever owned was a Datsun 720 King Cab! Mini trucks are the best!

[porsche tech]

Nice find...back when they were still a reasonable size. I had a white 88 Mazda B2200, 5 speed A/C, extended cab, very similar to that and put lots of miles on it. Rust finally ate up the underside of it. I loved that truck. I'm jealous.--Dave

[billybek]

Wow! Looks like you jumped into your time machine and brought back a new truck...

[willtel]

Nice! I love that generation of Toyota and nearly bought one but I stepped up to the 85 model so I could get an Xtra Cab.

Let me know if you ever find a source for the factory shift knob.

IMG_3212-HDR-2 by willtel, on Flickr

[Steve F]

I have the 85 4x4 with EFI and regular cab. For the last 18 years, it keeps on trucking

[kach22i]

We don't get to see many of that vintage around my state.

Rust ate these trucks to pieces decades ago.

[hardflex]

I had to google 'chicken tax' to find out what it was. I had no idea it was in effect all these years. Small wonder the small truck has gone away despite a high demand.

I had a small Toyota before the EFI and I always wanted one.

[Otter74]

Great-looking truck. A friend of mine in Portland has the early-90s equivalent and he thinks it's the greatest thing he's ever owned. It's on perpetual loan to friends and requires nothing more than oil changes. A couple of us are going to be arm-wrestling over it if he ever sells it!

[vash]

i need more info.

what year is that thing?

[shlobeck]

Thank you, these old trucks always put a smile on my face. I will never drive another truck, 2.4l 22r motors is absoultely bulletproof. I Love my Porsches but Ill be buried in my Toy. My truck has a sticker inside the bed stating "assembled in Long Beach CA," meeting the chicken tax requirement. Personal resto several years ago, everything stock, '83 Sr5

[unclebilly]

Over the years, I had:

1987 4X4 Xtra Cab SR5 wrote off - got T boned
1986 4X4 Xtra Cab wrote off - T boned bus - lucky to be alive
1984 4X4 Regular Cab Shortbox with carb
1987 4Runner SR5
1980 4X4 with Weber carb, headers, wolverine cam - that 20R was as quick as my dad's 87 SR5 with the Turbo Gas engine
1988 4Runner V6

And a couple old Landcruiser. My wife still drives a Lexus LX450 with the lockers and JDM factory winch.

Awesome trucks, the newer ones like my Tundra, not so much.

[VincentVega]

too cool

I learned to drive a stick on a ~90 Toyota pickup. My dad had the cheaper Mitsubishi which was a tank. I loaded it down to the point the bumper dragged over speed bumps, loved that thing. I drove a buddies ~late 80's v6 a while ago and was surprised how slow it was, takes a little time to get used to the pace.