The most stripped out vehicle I've ever seen

"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay) 12/15/2013 at 21:22 • Filed to: None

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Here is the most stripped out vehicle I have ever found at my local junkyard, any ideas what it once was?

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:26

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Well it clearly was body on frame. If those are the doors that belong with it, I might say 80s American. Need more pics to narrow it down.

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:27

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I say GM product.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:27

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Caprice? Body on frame, SRA and look at the doors particularly near the A pillar where the mirrors go.

Decay buys too many beaters > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/15/2013 at 21:32

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Could be, but it was deep in the import section and they are usually pretty good about segregating.

OneFastPuertoRican > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:37

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Pretty sure that's a Lambo, dude.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:38

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Body on frame is mainly a US thing though, well for the last decades that is.

Decay buys too many beaters > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh 12/15/2013 at 21:45

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Possibly an old 4x2 pickup truck of Japanese origin? Not sure, but the doors to me screamed pickup truck.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:52

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Could be, and then the options are pretty much endless..

davedave1111 > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 21:57

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On the basis that there aren't that many RWD Japanese trucks around, I googled Hilux chassis. Pics I found weren't great, but it looks like it might be:

It would be kind of appropriate if the unkillable truck even lives forever in a junkyard. There's an easy test next time you're there, to find out if it is a Hilux or not: see if it still starts...

Oh, and the doors look right, too:

Looks to me like you can see the space at the back of the door where the black bit is in this pic.

Decay buys too many beaters > davedave1111 12/15/2013 at 22:08

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I think you may be right here, those doors do look correct

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > MtrRider Just Wants Doritos 12/15/2013 at 22:11

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But look at how boxy the door frame is where windshield meets roof. Could be a Caprice, but not this generation. If those doors belong to that car.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 22:19

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If that's the case it probably wasn't stripped. It just rusted away.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 12/15/2013 at 22:22

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I noticed that but everything else matches.Mirror on door, inset B pillar, and noticeable tumblehome which means it isn't a truck.

lonestranger > davedave1111 12/15/2013 at 23:06

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I totally agree that it's a Toyota Pickup. By the way, the name "Hilux" hasn't been used on trucks sold in North America for decades. "Pickup" was its proper model name in North America from '76 to '95, possibly why you had trouble finding pics. Anyway, the front crossmember with seven large and four smaller round holes gives it away. Here's an '85 4Runner frame :

And a '93 Pickup frame 's front crossmember:

Lastly, it's hard to see in your pic, but that looks like a Toyota rear axle. The diamond-shaped housing is pretty unique to Toyota axles(they also use 3rd members and thus have no rear cover):

lonestranger > Decay buys too many beaters 12/15/2013 at 23:06

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See my reply to davedave1111. While these are 4WD 'Yotas, I think you've got a 2WD Toyota Pickup there.