I have been wanting one for a while and i really like the look of the 97 model. Stay tuned I will have a video on mechanical repairs coming out in about 5 weeks and then the final video will be the body.

Thanks very much for the comment. I will work to improve the future videos. I will be putting out the completed interior video tomorrow and then there will be a mechanical repair video and a body repair video. After the Taco is finished I will be looking for another truck to perform a driver quality restoration on.

Great find.

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This was my first video for KZfaq. It was also the first video that I ever made. I watched other channels on KZfaq for a couple of years and just tried it for myself.

@@4x4mikey you nailed it for what I like to watch

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Get busy on your project. Good luck.

Thanks for the comment.

I live in a little town in the south east near the gulf coast. I have always wanted to visit Las Vegas and I will one day.

Harvey, The used cluster with tach plugged in to the existing harness. The tach worked and all of the warning lights worked. Toyota must have used one dash harness for all trucks. It also was wired for the clock. I did not show plugging the new cluster in the video. After going back and looking at the videos there are a lot of things I could have done better. I was very surprised but it is cool that it was just plug and play. There is one issue that I am going to add to the next video. The tach seems to be accurate at idle but may not be reading correctly when driving at highway speeds. I am going to verify that with my multimeter that has a tach and I will show it in the video. It is possible that the used cluster was from a truck with a V6. We will find out is it is accurate together.

60,000 is just broke in. You should try to get it from him if he will sell it. These are fun little trucks. I see that you are a fan of the square body. So am I and after I finish up this tacoma I am going to find a square body and restore it and video the restoration. It will be a driver quality restoration like the tacoma.

Bad ass watch imho

I paid $7800 I was the high bidder on Ebay. It had 150,000 miles. These trucks are hard to find in good condition. I was lucky with this one because you take a chance when buying a car on Ebay but this truck turned out to be in pretty good shape.

Thanks for the comment. It is good to see some tacoma fans from your part of the world.

In the next video I will be performing mechanical repairs such as repairing the leaking steering rack and replacing the warped brake rotors. I will also detail the engine bay and give it a tune up. In the final video I will replace the hood due to hail damage and work on the body and change the rear bumper and front grill. The body is in rough shape but it does not show how bad in the videos. There is no rust but it has scratches and hail damage.

I sent the seatbelts to Safety Restore. They are located in Massachusetts. They have a website. They only cleaned the mechanicals and replaced the spring that returns the belt. They also replaced the belts. They sew back in the original tags and labels on the belts. I believe that you can get different stages of restoration. They can just clean and replace the belts or complete restoration. It cost me about $175 for both belts.

Thanks!

It is a cyclo dual head orbital polisher. Very heavy and on flat surfaces it does the work for you. I bought it several years ago. I would not say that it is better than a single head polisher but it is a good tool.

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These trucks are hard to find in good condition. I wanted one for years and finally decided to find one and restore it. Check out my other videos on this truck.

I will be reinstalling the mud flaps in the final video when I perform repairs on the body.