You all wanted to see pics of my Rebel Edition '82 yota....here she is in all her glory. As far as I know these were only sold in the South. My dad bought her brand new from the factory and she's been part of the family ever since. Still runs well, hard to idle sometimes though! She's our wood cutting truck so there are numerous dents, dings, and rust on her. The interior is a wee bit beat up too. The ball joints are shot also I think, quite a "shimmy" if you want to call it that when you hit 35mph or so.

Do you all think she is worth saving? I want a nice off roading rig, but I dont' know if it's worth putting the money into this thing when my '99 Tacoma is in perfect condition mechanically and a nice platform to start from as well.

 

that is one badass classic truck. A 99 taco is a dime in a dozen no offense. if u have another car to DD then id pick the 1st gen hands down.

 

The 99 is my DD...I know they aren't rare. Just looking at $$. If I could weld I'd be all over the '82! Maybe I need to learn. It's just that I need to replace the floorboards, bed is all rusted up, frame needs some work too. It'd be a ground up rebuild. Something to keep my busy though!

Thanks for the compliment on the yota, this thing never dies! It was running on two cylinders when I took it off my dad's hands. He thought it was a lost cause, I took it down the road and gave her some gas, cylinders came back in 10 miles or so! She seems to heal herself sometimes. That was when I was 16 and didn't care what damage came to the Rebel. I know it's solid front axle makes it one bad mutha in the woods, never been stuck once. I've pulled out many a shiny "rig" with this stock yota. A beast for sure!

 

looks like a good starting platform to me, ive seen alot worse. welding is pretty easy to learn if you have time. i tought myself the basics and now im pretty good at it. if you end up starting this project find yourself some scrap metal to practice on before welding up the floors or anything(booger welds are nasty).

edit: also you will save yourself big money by makeing this your wheeler, it will be alot more expensive to use your taco, there are plenty of cheap ways to lift that 82.

 

Do the 82'! I love those trucks.

check this out for parts:

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/pts/635560338.html

You can learn to weld, i did for my rig!

 

Straight axle trucks dont use ball joints.

 

i prefer the 83 Mojave Edition in Canada. REALLY NICE RIG! 3" lift factory! your Rebel could do with some work but it would be a nice project truck.

 

I would rebuild it and paint everything back on like it is that would be one bad ass truck.
You got the time you have a dd why and then show your dad what he missed out on lol

 

That is badazz. You can either restore that thing to its glory($$$$) or just build it up to wheel. It should be light enough that you can tow it with the taco (flat tow or dolly) without problems...check on that first(disclaimer).

Either way, nice truck.

 

So if it doesn't have ball joints then why does it shake like hell at 35mph??

Also...the floorboard is rusted quite a bit...how should I go about fixing that? I was thinking of just cutting out the floor and welding a new piece of metal (what kind??) back in there?

My dad has a friend that is a great welder and he does stuff for us for free, so maybe I don't need to learn how to weld...we will see.

Thanks!

 

tires out of balance?

 

nice truck. I'd probably not restore but fix the parts that are broken. Then i'd build up a wheeler. If you don't want it, and if i were a bit closer, i'd take it off your hands.

Anyway could be badly balanced tires, or one of the weight could have fallen off (happened to my friend), or maybe tie-rod ends?

 

Not dis-crediting you or anything, but does anyone else
think its odd that a Japanese truck would sport factory confederate flags?

Was it just a dealer-installed thing?

 

Yeah...it is odd for sure. I've only EVER seen one other Toyota Pickup like it. They were only sold in the South, I know that for sure. It was from the dealer at least though....my dad's friend bought it brand new and was too tall for it! My dad bought it from him with like 100 miles on it for 5 grand....the rest is history.

As for fixing it...I want to fix the floorboard, rear bumper needs to be welded back on, passenger headlight housing needs replacing. I'd like to change out the head gasket, new spark plugs, new seats.

Oh....and I wanna fix WHATEVER is making the wheels shimmy. I dunno what better way to describe it but this....It would be like going 35 miles per hour and driving over speed bumps one tire at a time. It's quite a shake.

 

DEF RESTORE IT BACK TO MINT... it needs to be a rebel it all its glory!!! but weld the rear and wheel the snot out of it \m/

 

Great looking truck. And since it's already bought and paid for you are already ahead of the game. The idle problem could easily be a vac leak or perhaps a choke problem check out http://www.bluebassdesign.com/boonin/carb_faq/#ci

As for the wheel shimmy problem, check the wheel bearings and you may want to consider a knuckle rebuild kit which comes with new bearings for inside the steering knuckles.

 

beforre you go and rebuild the axles make sure your wheels are balanced, that was my problem.

 

That carb FAQ is awesome!! I'll play around with that this weekend.

As for rebuilding the knuckles on the front axle....

I'm pretty sure it's not a wheel balance issue as this has been a problem for many sets of tires. This truck usually just goes up the road I live on, about 1/4 mile, and hits the woods where I cut wood. Don't even need to hit 35mph to accomplish that.

If it's not the wheel balance then it could be the knuckles but what about the dampner on the front of the truck? Could that be the issue? Tie rods look solid so I don't think that's the prob.

Thanks!

 

Not the steering dampener, i took mine off my 85 and it drives 70 with no shakes.

you should have some one follow you when you drive it to see if it is the front that is shaking.

Good luck, sweet truck.

 

yeah just rebuilt the front axle.. get your amily friend to fix body.. that truck is nice and i would like to see more pics~!