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Photography by Christian Hazel
1983 Toyota Front Passenger Side
Dean Jahnz’s ’83 Toyota shortbox.

1983 Toyota Rear View
Dean was nice enough to roll his truck onto its side so we didn’t have to get our shirts dirty crawling under. If you look closely you can see his diff-mounted traction bar to prevent axlewrap.

1983 Toyota Rear View
Don’t complain about burying your tires ever again. Check out the cool 4x6-inch box tubing bumper that doubles as an air tank. It also firmly holds in place a receiver-mounted Warn 9500i winch for when the Swampers just can’t cut it.

1983 Toyota Emergency Brake Rotor
Dean fabricated a pretty slick emergency brake on the T-case yoke from the rotor of a Honda 650 Nighthawk. We don’t usually see Honda street bike parts on trail trucks.

1983 Toyota Interior
The interior was kept functional with strategically placed Auto Meter gauges, no carpet, and R.C.I. highback seats.

1983 Toyota Truck Bed
The bed, from which Dean chopped 17 inches, is loaded with a fullsize spare and a Chevy four-core radiator thatholds dual Pontiac electric fans. In back of the radiator sit a slew of extra parts and a full tool set including air tools.

1983 Toyota Air Compressor
Under the hood sits an on-board air compressor fashioned from an old York air conditioner piece. It’s driven directly by the crank via the A/C’s clutch. It has a standard pressure switch set for 90-120 psi that automatically fills the air tank/rear bumper.

1983 Toyota Front Axle
Using DOM tubing and 3/4-inch rod ends, Dean fabbed his own heavy-duty tie rod.

1983 Toyota Driveshaft
Dean did the axle meshing very cleanly. Without examining closely, you can barely tell that this is a Toyota hybrid/Ford 9-inch rear axle. Even the disc brakes are stock Toyota.

1983 Toyota Front View
Driving sideways at the Ma & Pa Rockers event in Wisconsin.


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