"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
08/06/2013 at 16:28 • Filed to: None
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
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As longtime fans of anything with wheels, and classic movies featuring wheeled vehicles, we here at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! get excited when real movie cars or even nice replicas come up for sale. Today's Toyota is not a real movie star but it's a pretty damn good replica of Marty McFly's prized 4x4.
There has been a lot of action lately among Back to the Future fans, with !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! time machine being created, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Biff Tannen's 1946 Ford Deluxe convertible was !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - one of the real deal cars from the films. Find this 1985 Toyota Hilux 4x4 Back to the Future replica for sale !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in Jamul, CA for $14.5k Buy it Now or make offer, with a few hours remaining.
This is heavy. The seller is quick to point out that this tribute truck is the correct year, being a 1985, but we'd like to add that it's also the exact correct model: an XtraCab 4x4 with EFI (electronic fuel injection) and a short bed. Being an '85 it is the only model year they were still available with the solid front axle
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the optional smoother running, more powerful EFI equipped 22RE. The truck looks to have been blue originally, and still is in the engine bay, and the seller does say it was repainted black recently.
The black / polished alloy wheels look correct, along with the rear tubular bumper and "show bar" in the bed...
...and the KC Daylighter accessory lights on the show bar and the front tubular bumper. Aesthetically, from five feet away it would be hard to tell this replica apart from the real deal, and that's awesome. Commendations are in order for the true fanatic (i.e. the seller) who built this true to form. Unfortunately it's missing the period-correct
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, which were optional from the DMV in the '80s and the first reflectorized plate design offered in the state.The 8Sxxxx sequence is fairly recent but could be explained if there was a lapse in registration requiring new plates to be issued.
The last two images are screen grabs from the original Back to the Future film; can you spot any differences from the replica? Aside from the aforementioned license plate, it looks like the replica is missing the TOYOTA windshield sticker, the original front turn signals mounted in between the tubes of the aftermarket bumper, and all four mudflaps. I apologize for the crudity of this comparison, so get out your nerd glasses and see if you can spot anything else...
Even though the color has been changed, this is probably the closest you're going to get to Marty's truck if you ever want one. It is claimed to have no rust, a recently rebuilt engine and transmission / transfer case, and a partially restored interior. Paint the engine bay black, find some NOS seat covers and add the few missing finishing touches and you're there. Think, McFly, think! Your density has brought it to you...I mean, your destiny. Just don't get caught ripping off any plutonium in this bad boy, or let anyone call you chicken.
P.S. The original truck used in BTTF parts II and III has been found and is being restored. See it in all of its orange glory
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Originally posted by CFlo as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Image credits; ebay.com and imcdb.com
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Takuro Spirit
> DailyTurismo
08/06/2013 at 16:33 |
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Edit: The movie truck had smoked headlight covers
lonestranger
> DailyTurismo
08/06/2013 at 17:00 |
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Right away, before I read the part where you asked if we could spot any differences, I knew the tires were wrong. The tribute truck has BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/As, the movie truck had Goodyear Wrangler Radials. It's easily corrected, but since it's otherwise so correct, one wonders why it doesn't already wear the Goodyears.
And if we're picking it apart, there's no front turn signals (in the bumper between the tubes), the TOYOTA lettering on the tailgate is placed a little too high, and how about a TOYOTA decal in the windshield?
HammerheadFistpunch
> Takuro Spirit
08/06/2013 at 17:29 |
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That actually makes a big difference in the look, the rest is minor. Either way, I've always liked this truck. Not $15 grand worth of like....but still.
Remarkably-Average-Avalon
> DailyTurismo
08/07/2013 at 00:29 |
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I'm glad someone did this. The Toyota really is the coolest vehicle in Back to the Future. Sadly, it would probably win a drag race with the DeLorean too.