The guys of Top Gear get themselves an old Toyota pickup.
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3 Zs, 1 "Rusty", 4 more to go

I use to sell Toyotas...a guy brought a 93 truck in to trade and it had over 500,000 miles on it...engine was rebuilt once...it was his farm truck...man you talk about a truck that was in ruins...the fenders were almost completely gone and the floor boards had holes as big as a paper plates....it was a real "Flinstone" mobile...lol
1976 280z 2+2 - Risen from the dead - garaged since 1988. Pallnet Fuel Rail and guage - ES rack and front bushings - 260Z 4Speed - Arizona Z Car Clutch - H4 Lights - Lots more to come...
Post Edited (Apr 8, 5:30pm)

Great video....and I agree totally.
We had a Toyota Tacoma on a local golf course construction
site....being built at a Mountain Ski area.....in 97...truck must
have been 80's version.
Real steep, muddy/rocky slopes....and we (construction crew) used
the poor old toyota as a real mule.
Same thing happened...frame broke but the body work kept it
together till the frame was rewelded. And again......
Z-On ... Gene
Street Modified 75-280,Tokico HPs,5-spd,Urethane Bushes,
JSK Fuel Rail....
72-240 ,stock..for now....back on the road after 20 yr hibernation !

Damn! I love Top Gear.
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toyota's are the best trucks hands down.i had two of them and really liked them.i almost bought another one but really wanted the titan.the titan is a bad ass truck and is a blast to drive.but after seeing that video unfriggin believable.especially putting it on top of the building.truly amazing.
Z's are like woman maintenance,maintenance,maintenance!
1971 240Z gunmetal metalic 5sp 4:11 gears in the rear
illuminas and purchased from the original owner w/136k original miles
Post Edited (Apr 8, 8:02pm)

That originally was broadcast on Top Gear a long time ago.
Toyota uses that segment in training classes to promote the durability of the product line.
I own an '80 SR5 longbed. Still passes smog with close to 200K on the clock on the original catalytic converter. Amazing.

woo
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'05 350Z Chrome Silver Touring
'73 240Z
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Truly built to last, almost solely. That is what a truck should be like. I know of a couple guys that had them alongside the old early 80's f150's on a mexican deer hunting lease. Those guys would leave it in the desert unstarted for 9 months of the year, then beat the hell out of them carrying a thousand pounds of deer stands and corn in the back. This one guy bought the tocama used with over 200k on it. Abused it to 300k over a 10 year period before rats ate all of its wiring to the point of no return.
19[TT]91
My TT beauty is gone.
2[00]2 Honda 954RR
Suzuki 1200 S; sportscar eater
19[I4]94 Integra GSR Sedan
Long live the Z...
aka SAHTT

That was a Hilux DIESEL.
The R-Motor, while nice a durable, is nothing compared to their Diesel line...
People Are Idiots, Just look around here and you will see!
Tony D: "Knowledgeable but Caustic"... rationull
My brother from another mother calls himself "Willie D"

dammit tony, dont go reminding me, Im thinking that was also a NA diesel hilux....
damm damm damm....
Currently own:
1990 2+2(For sale soon)
1991 TT(parts for sale)
1993 NA(parts for sale)
1993 Convertible(Converted TT)
1996 TT(with 9,124 miles on it)
"When you do things right people cant really tell that you've done anything at all."
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my DD is a '91 toyota pickup sr5 v6 4x4. bought it last july with 172k miles. now had 179k miles. i replaced the orig. clutch at 177k miles. previous owner used to tow his small boat and had big monter tires on it. truck has 3" body lift and 2" blocks and torsions turn up so he musta had some good sized tires on it. i just have 31x10.5's on it now. impressed the hell out of me that despite having big tires and towing that the clutch lasted that long.
i recently found out it does have a burnt valve #6 - very common on the 3.0 v6. cyl 6 only has 25 psi compression. despite that i towed a double axle trailor w/my '82 280zxt parts car on it. was able to do 55mph w/out too much trouble. didn't seem to mind it except for starting from a dead stop.
outside of that the truck is fairly trouble free. course i've had to do some normal maintenance, tires, brakes, tune up and stuff like that but it runs like a champ. plannin on doing a top end rebuild on it this spring and should be good to go for another 180k miles
definately an awesome vehicle. i grew up in a gm family and am glad my eyes have been opened up to better things.

I scouted a path across a river with my dad an uncle following in a Toyota 4X4 pick up... Damn beaver's dam burst and took out the bridge to our fav fishing spot so we had to find another path cross the river. I'll dig out pics one day.
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