The new 1983 Toyota SR5 Long Bed. For a truck, it makes a terrific sports car. With an extra long 7′ bed. To carry your sports stuff. Or anything else up to a 1400 pound payload. And do it with ease.

Its powerful 2.4 liter SOHC engine, working with a 5-speed overdrive transmission, power-assisted brakes, and steel-belted radials makes trucking a real sport.

You can get the added convenience of a 4-speed automatic overdrive transmission. A Toyota truck innovation.

Outside, the sporty look is obvious. With a styling package that boldly calls attention to itself. Inside, too, there’s plenty of sports car feel. Reclining bucket seats with super soft vinyl trim. Wall-to-wall cut pile carpeting. An AM/FM/MPX stereo radio. And not just a few things more.

The 1983 SR5 Long Bed. Somebody did it right. Gave it all the right things. Plenty of room for your. And a look that lets you make the moves..look easy.

Here is an original 1980 Toyota longbox pickup that just came up for sale on Ebay. This is a one family owned truck and the seller provides alot of historical detail. Even though the truck has over 200,000 miles of wear its still in fantastic condition. This is not an SR5 model, but it does have air conditioning, a window package and chrome mirrors. It still sports the original hubcaps. It also has a 5 speed transmission, not because of being an SR5 but because its a longbox truck. Given the family history I would never sell this truck, but whoever gets it will appreciate the excellent care its had since new.

Sold on Ebay

Wow is right. A one owner truck with 39k actual miles. Nice. What a rare find. Well not quite. Here is the link to the Ebay auction:

1979 Toyota 2wd orange

The seller is also promoting the sale through YouTube as seen in these two videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48oN4thnLRk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roiCCnP-en8

The problem is the truck was just for sale at a dealer lot. I wonder how a one owner truck that was never abused and low original miles showed up here for sale at $1495?

VIN: RN42046767

Hey it’s a nice truck. But without a sixth digit on the odometer or a Carfax report, who’s to say if its 39k actual miles or 139k miles. Since the dealer sold it for less than $1500 it would seem that they didn’t believe it only had 39k actual miles.

I AM SELING THIS TRUCK FOR MY REALITVE

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT DON’T BID ON IT

I do have a problem with it and I won’t be bidding.

A 1984 Toyota SR5 Xtra cab.

It’s turbo week at SR5.com and here is the 2wd version of a Toyota Turbo truck. The asking price is far less than the almost 10 grand the 4×4 trucks are bringing. This one has quite a few miles but appears to be in good shape. Make an offer now! You just might be turbo’n around the neighborhood in this Toyota.

A 1979 Toyota SR5 longbox up for sale on Ebay. In great condition for sure. The only issue I have with the seller’s comments is the truck does not have air conditioning. I wonder about the 71,000 original miles at 2366 miles average per year of its 30 year life span. I checked carfax.com but they only go back as far as 1981. So who knows for sure. The rest of the truck supports the claim from the condition of the interior to the bright yellow paint. Make this classic Toyota yours- it’s not likely to find another one like this one again for a long time.

1982 Toyota Pickup Truck 2wd Automatic Original!

Here is an all original 1982 Toyota pickup truck for sale on Ebay by the second owner of the truck. The truck has the orig. paint and interior and has never been in an accident. The truck starts and drives almost like new and everything is in perfect working order, including ice cold A/C. The truck is rust free although there is some primer on the roof to protect the metal were the paint has faded. The truck has been garaged kept it’s whole life. Would be perfect for restoring or just to drive and enjoy.

Click on the link at the top of the page for more info or to bid. 

For sale: 1981 Toyota Pickup 1 Owner 73k Orig. No Rust Lk New

I always find it interesting to see older trucks like this one listed on Ebay. This one is interesting for sure and looks to be a fine example of someone that took very good care of their truck. Is it worth $3981 though? Hard to say. The ad says “one owner”, but it doesn’t sound like the owner is selling it. The original purchase price was not much more than $5000. Beyond the good condition there really isn’t much collectible value to the truck as it is a “regular” base truck with no options. Still it would be an excellent starting point for a project truck or a “restoration”. There is no apparent rust on the truck anywhere. Its been a long time since I’ve seen a box with no rust at the seams.

One thing I did notice about the truck that caught my eye is the box. It has the older two handle style latch system. As such the inner panel is one piece and is riveted onto the tailgate. This is not a 1981 box style. However looking at the auction listing I can see that this is a very early example of a 1981 truck as it was built in Sept of 1980. So I can believe the box is original to the truck. I also noticed that this truck has a fairly low VIN number – 5749 making it one of the first 6000 trucks to have been manufactured in 1981. Overall it seems to be a fine example of an original 1981 Toyota Longbox Truck. If someone decides to buy the truck please let me know. 

Truth is- Toyota has had some very successful ad campaigns and some very memorable slogans. Do you remember your favorite?

“Oh what a feeling, Toyota” has to be mine, maybe because it’s the first one I remember. Seems this slogan has gone to the birds. Updated link

The best built cars in the world. Yes! But what about trucks?

“What will you do with all the money you save?” Toyota. Buy a set of custom rims

“Hey Toyota, you’re terrific!” – Toyota.  

Bugger  didn’t make the official list

Everything keeps going right Great for trips around the block.

Think you’re tough enough to drive a Tacoma? Ummm no.

Loch Ness Monster even prefers a Toyota.

This has to be my favorite. Did you know that Hiluxs are unbreakable? Crikey!

I love what you do for me – Toyota! Awww group hug!

I’m sure that I missed a few. Leave a comment with yours.