Vehicle Description
1985 Toyota Sr5 4x4 I got this truck in July 2022 from the family
that bought it brand new at the Toyota dealership in La Quinta Ca
in October 1984 (Truck was built in 84 but it is a model year
1985). The truck has always lived in the dry climate of Lake Havasu
city. I bought this truck as a father son project and our objective
was to get it back in nice running, driving and overall condition
but not go crazy to the point of restoration or painting over the
original condition from the past 37 years of it's life. I wanted
the next owner to see the condition and once they are the new owner
they can decide to restore or detail it as they see fit. There is
nothing worse than looking at a vehicle and seeing spray paint
covering the wheel wells and frame/suspension leaving you to wonder
what it looks like under that paint, so we left it alone in
original 1985 condition. - Here is a list of things we replaced on
the truck - Belts - air filter - oil/filter - vacuum lines from LC
engineering and a OEM Toyota PCV valve - battery - cap, rotor,
plugs, wires - 31x10.50r15 Pathfinder Tires from discount tire. The
Wheels from 1985 come with the truck as well, they were a gold
wheel with chrome lip but the gold is flaking off . - fuel pump,
screen, ALL rubber fuel lines and gas cap - odds and ends like tail
light lenses, interior dome light lense, plastic door trim by door
handle, dash cover, wiper blades - front and rear shocks -drive
shaft carrier bearing - exhaust was replaced behind the cat with a
new muffler and tailpipe since the original muffler had a leak. I
left the original cat and all emissions parts that came on the
truck new Incase it were to sell somewhere that does emissions
testing. (This does not mean it will pass, we don't have emissions
testing here I simply kept the components on the truck) The paint
and graphics on the truck appear to be original from what I can
tell and I don't see any areas that look to have any body filler or
body reapirs done. I cut, buffed and polished the paint and it
turned out really nice considering it's age but it's in no way
perfect and I'm not a professional detailer so I'm sure the right
detail pro can make it look better. The sleeper cab on this truck
was installed in 1985 by the original owner and from what I can
tell has always stayed on the truck since 1985. It was color
matched and you can tell the company that painted the sleeper used
a base coat/clear coat process which the clear in parts has started
to fail but the color still looks nice. I have driven this truck
locally on the highway and around town and it drives great and has
plenty of power. It will drive 70mph down the highway without a
problem. -THINGS THAT I HAVE NOTICED WHILE OWNING THIS TRUCK- While
we did spend the last 5 months fine tuning this and cleaning it up
there is always more that can be done to make something perfect and
if someone tells you a vehicle is perfect they're probably lying.
So the things I noticed that could be addressed are -passenger side
rear brake sometimes will stop harder than the rest (still
completely road worthy I'm just pointing out things I noticed) - on
startup sometimes it will run a little rough (again still
completely driveable, just has a little sputter/miss at idle
sometimes). - you can hear a timing chain noise and from what I
have read the guides will go bad and it's common in these 22re
engines. -driver seat is original and has the typical wear and tear
so the seats could use a reupholster or covers. -A good painless
dent guy on the passenger bedside lower panel could really make
that look great. Unfortunately I live in small town Havasu and we
have one PDR shop that was unwilling to work on a vehicle this age.
- Ac is original r12 system. It is 100%completely there and the
belt is still on the compressor but I never got into updating it to
134a. It does not blow cold. I Have a clean clear AZ title in my
name that is signed and notarized. Please Note The Following
**Vehicle Lo
