T100

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 08/04/2015 at 13:15 • Filed to: Truck Yeah, Toyota, Theme

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I can’t be the only one who wants a T100, can I?

Specifically the last one, an SR5 4x4 with the 3.4 and 5 speed. I would say the 2.7, but since I live at 5000 feet the 190 hp and 220 lbs-ft work out to close to the 150 hp and 177 lbs-ft of the 2.7 at sea level (160 hp and 187 altitude corrected). I like that they are basically just a wider, longer hilux. They also had stronger axles and the 2wd version even topped out at 2450 lbs payload. That’s alot, even by today’s half ton standard (standard 4x4 payload was 2150 lbs). I mean, sure its slow, and the interior is generally unappealing, but it would make for such a great around town work truck.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:18

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I want one... For it’s front and rear suspension and axles. That’s something I need if I do the total chaos suspension to retain 4WD.

HammerheadFistpunch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/04/2015 at 13:19

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interesting, because its wider? I don’t know how the suspension is different than the 3rd 4runner.

Jcarr > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:19

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Why not T1000?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:19

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Yes.

HammerheadFistpunch > Jcarr 08/04/2015 at 13:20

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terrible conversationalists

EL_ULY > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:21

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*raises hand high*

We had a shop foreman and service manager’s meeting (Lexus/Toyota) once and I kid you not, all but 2 vehicles they came in were T100. And that’s not counting all the techs and salesmen from both brands that had them as well

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:31

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lo, my child sit and behold the downfall of cheap, capable and cheerful pickups and light off orad utility vehicles.

It is foretold of a time when trucks had solid axles. Some said the weight distribution was better back then. Other say a lack of articulation was the crux of why all the truck makers put independent suspension on all of their passenger trucks and chose to continue putting solid front axles with real locking differentials and even portal axles on their most heaviest of duty vehicles.

When your great grandfather was a young man on his own living in the freedom of pre-apocalypse California, he once bought a truck so simple so beautiful in its simplicity. This truck he shared with his son, though unfortunately when it came time did not pass it down as an inheritance. But it was the last of it’s kind. the last with a manual gearbox, the last of the era of extremely capable and reliable solid front axled light trucks.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:32

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My dad had a 95 extended cab DX. It was totaled when a kid down the street hit it from behind with a Corvette. Bent the frame, the rear axle wasn’t parallel to the front, and the drive shaft buckled up through the floor. Both were totaled but the Corvette really didn’t look near as bad.

HammerheadFistpunch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/04/2015 at 13:34

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My grandpa had a t100 for a little while too, then he got a 4runner.

HammerheadFistpunch > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 08/04/2015 at 13:35

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im sure the corvette went under the truck, resting on the engine wouldn’t do too much [visible] damage I would guess.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:36

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Wider, stronger, and coil.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:37

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My dad’s was just a Toyota pickup. End of naming convention. Pre-Tacoma, also pre-insane tendency to rust Toyota era.

nermal > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:42

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See, I think a new one would go over well, slotting between the Tundra and Tacoma in the size and price scale.

An old one, now? It’s victim to Ridiculous Used Toyota Truck Pricing Theory. Simply put, one that is 20 yrs old and has 300k on it will have a listed sale price about $10k too high, for what it is. The value isn’t there for what you pay for.

WiscoProud > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:49

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Not at all. I think these or the first gen Tundras would be the perfect size for odd jobs and rough duty. On occasion I need to carry 500-1000 lbs, but I don't need a fully loaded luxury pickup to do it. That and they come with Toyota reliability, which is always nice.

HammerheadFistpunch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/04/2015 at 13:50

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I sorta feel bad for Toyota because they get all the crap for the rusting issue, when it was a supplier that was to blame (DANA). That being said...they chose the supplier and should have been more vigilant about QC.

HammerheadFistpunch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/04/2015 at 13:50

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Gotcha.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:53

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I am amazed at how poorly the Japanese cars hold up to rust IN JAPAN. Although for as old as they look on the outside they have usually gone 3-4 times as far as you think they have.

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 13:55

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Still see a few around, they are different enough to be interesting but I would take a first gen Tundra over a T100.. Like Doug .

HammerheadFistpunch > nermal 08/04/2015 at 14:01

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I think they could bring back a T100 based on the Tacoma just use the same formula - Widen it and beef it up. I would offer it only in fleet sales at first, 2wd only then roll out 4wd. Watch as they start to flood the streets and consumer interest piques then offer an SR5 model and go from there.

HammerheadFistpunch > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 08/04/2015 at 14:02

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There was a period of bad Japanese steel, that has come and gone though.

HammerheadFistpunch > vicali 08/04/2015 at 14:04

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Its a good looking rig. The Tundra (especially the 1st gen) is a great truck but I hate the Ford Taurus interiors.

RockThrillz89 > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 14:20

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I had a ‘96 (I think) for a couple years. Never cared for it. Didn’t really complain, because my parents bought it for me, but I never felt any connection to it. It wasn’t a bad truck per se, but damnit, it wasn’t my 87 Blazer (which was parked for various reasons) and it was a Toyota. The long bed came in handy for my dad a couple times though.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > HammerheadFistpunch 08/04/2015 at 17:19

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Okinawa vehicles are almost exclusively from that era.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 08/04/2015 at 17:19

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i just traded one of those for a FoST

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > HammerheadFistpunch 08/05/2015 at 00:11

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Yep, that’s basically what happened. The C4 wedged under the truck, bent it, then rotated it 90 degrees and moved it about 20 feet onto the neighbors lawn. I’ll have to find pictures.

Shiarlis > vicali 08/05/2015 at 14:17

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2002 AC here. 2x4 :( But with 4x4 it never woulda made the 360k miles. At least, not without cracking the motor/trans/etc.