The Ultimate Vintage Toyota 4x4 Truck Camper? This Chinook is simply one of a kind

Quick Specs:
1978 Toyota Chinook 4×4 Truck Camper
Heavyily modified and rebuilt 20R Engine
5 Speed Manual transmission with 4 Hi and 4 Lo transfer case
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[@KC-wf7qt]

I don't even know what to say, this has to be the most meticulously thought out camper build I've ever seen. Drop dead gorgeous.

[@Narcan885]

What an absolute exaggeration.

[@tink5488]

@@Narcan885There are always those on videos like this that post "it's so perfect" when obviously missing a piece or two that could make it that.

[@Sk1tz092]

Totally speechless, can't wrap my mind about how beautiful this vehicle is.

[@q8venom]

Toyotally

[@OttoEx]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@snakecat586]

I know Bro.. daddy wants one

[@frederickhansen7108]

Took the words rite out of my mouth !!

[@twowheels2604]

Toyotally speechless *

[@du3223]

I’m not into old vehicles or truck campers but holy crap that was cool. The embodiment of passion and attention to detail.

[@OttoEx]

Thanks!

[@deedeebernhardt4]

The Toyota Chinook was our family’s primary vehicle when I was growing up! I have so many wonderful memories of traveling the United States with my family! Thank you for the step back in time! The only thing missing are the front and back windows in the canvas pop top!

[@OttoEx]

Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@MannyMoto1]

I would love to have a Toyota camper, they are so rare.

[@jamesmorgan9332]

Not only is this truck a masterpiece, but you have done a brilliant job at giving a history lesson and view of it! Bravo. Best KZbin truck video out there

[@marauderstephen3008]

I could see myself on many many hunting and fishing trips with this beast.

[@HakunaMatata009]

This layout with nowadays tech would have been awesome camper to take everywhere. ❤️❤️❤️

[@FEMA_Region_4_Slave]

Yes, this is the best camper of any kind I've ever seen.

[@deladyakarobin4777]

I think I just fell in love. :) .. maybe 4 years later as this was posted, but hey I love it.

[@danven1256]

The truck brings back memories. In 1978 I bought a brand new Toyota pickup for $3,838. Other than blowing the head gasket at 12,000 miles it was a pretty good truck.

[@thumperpaul]

Holy crap, what an amazing truck/RV! I’m a die hard Toyota fan, especially the old trucks, gorgeous as well as functional!

[@bigjay6743]

I'll say is that thing is built right it's held up amazing over the years What a beauty.

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

That 20R engine is a keeper, rates high! Great truck/Camper, should be saved and showed off!!

[@thehillbillyhilton3557]

CHERRY!!! Words just can't explain this beauty!! My dream rig when the kids are gone, or before the kids would have been great too.

[@danielvandergraft1095]

My father had a 77 chinook. He drove daily. He was a retired truck driver. So that ment. I had to put a clutch in it. A couple of times. Plus a floor board. In it. It give anything to have it back. Enjoy your toy. My father loved his. And thank you. This brought back. A lot of memories. 😊

[@buttguy]

Oh my god he has the optional 73-78 dash clock. I've never even seen one in anything other than Japanese marketing photos. Holy crap.

[@archygrey9093]

I had an old diesel 2wd hilux ute as kid on the farm, think it was a late 70s and i could have sworn it had a clock like that in it, i remember it ticking away, didn't think it was anything special. Will have to check it next time I'm out there, perhaps chuck a tarp over the poor little ute too.

[@greatdaneacdc]

I took a 1978 Chinook camper and reinforced it and it’s now on top of my 1995 Toyota T-100 4x4 ! Love it!

[@OttoEx]

Right on!

[@prior8t2000]

I'd like to see 👀 some video clips of your creation..

[@Scottydoing]

Man it sure is no wonder how this rig won so many rewards. Absolutely stunning

[@timdiv5433]

Look at all the room to work under the hood. Incredible SHTF vehicle.

[@portnuefflyer]

Best of all, it's a Toyota! All I've driven since the '80's.

[@user-go6dg1zq1b]

Jeeeeeez! This is the coolest truck build I've seen in a while! Well done 👏

[@sleeks9939]

This a amazing 😱 a little of 70’s 80’s Toyota roll up into one.

[@UA-oo8nj]

I've never seen this type of truck before but it's a really cool

[@MrSporkster]

Man, listen to those doors. Proper solid!

[@marcusholtzheimer9316]

We sure love our off-road rigs here in Oregon! Absolutely gorgeous!

[@larularae2106]

I want this so bad, oh my god. This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in so so so long.

[@CosmicComputer]

That's a gorgeous rig, holy cow! Thanks for sharing it!

[@Weatherby406]

Toyota needs to bring this back. For Under 45k.

[@user-oo6jo9sg4f]

It 👁️ looks 👁️ Good! The workmanship on the build, seems exemplary. 🙏🦉

[@VolvoLaplanderCamper]

Nice build, no useless extra things, a bit like my old volvo laplander camper.

[@christophed4579]

Why nobody builds this exact kind of campers today ? It's perfect.

[@philipjones3793]

Absolutely the most beautiful and perfect for me vehicle ive seen in a long time. I grew up seeing these. Beautiful... thanks.

[@greensavant2573]

Excellent! Brings back memory's. I had a '77 4 speed manual with the factory a/c, which worked a lot better than they look like they would. One item you didn't mention; this floor plan came with a fitted sheet. Put down the dinette table on a special frame, then all of the dinette cushions had to be put in a certain way, then the hard part was flipping it over with out losing one. Presto, a (small) bed for 2! Yours is the only other one that I have seen that still has the front bed extension shelf. The kids loved sleeping up there, and didn't want the privacy curtains put up. Also, our factory port-a-potty fit in the bottom right cabinet at the back entry door. The little Dometic LP fridge was actually a 3-way. Most newer Toy micro-minis used the 2-way (like my '86 Dolphin, and now '93 Itasca spirit). This little fridge would actually hold a case of beer cans! What a gem you have here!

[@gregmcnab9004]

Gorgeous!! Hope toyota comes back to campers

[@stevenyoung6644]

An absolutely marvelous build! The only thing I would have done differently would be to try and find a better place for the tachometer. One thing out of a million ain't bad...

[@TwistedThor187]

Having grown up in/around Yakima, it's always nice to hear it mentioned in a video not discussing apples or gunfire.

[@kevinkeller1046]

This is the very first video to make me truly green with envy. Congratulations man! Give that thing a full life and take care of her, she's such a time capsule.

[@386Clarke]

Nice truck. No doubt you were busting your nuts this whole video. Thanks for showing.

[@duanetrivett750]

Great looking vehicle. It looks rare.

[@theshapeexists]

Every one of these ive seen is more rust than metal. Very cool resto

[@colliefury2257]

Beautiful slice of history

[@HUHBAT]

Absolutely SUPERB!!! QUALITY!!! ALL QUALITY!!! ALL OF IT! WOW!

[@umustbbornagainActs2-38]

Never knew these existed. Wow.. stunning.

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

I knew I seen this before especially having those Oregon trail license plates, total PNW CLASSIC!

[@mxmlbll9590]

astonishing build, no question. great for a car show or an RV museum. But to use it and live in it ? meeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@matthewbrown2037]

That's a pretty neat rig. I do like those old Toyota trucks, and with that camper set up too it makes it into a really cool yet practical classic vehicle, which would still be perfectly usable to get away from it all for a while, even touring the USA, but taking the rural back roads instead of the interstate, plus trekking up through the mountains. Having had experience with well used and abused late eighties and early nineties Hi-Lux's I know just how capable these things are, not to mention pretty much bullet proof. Unfortunately try finding one, especially here in the UK. Because they lasted so long they tended to be beaten to death and just driven into the ground. So finding one, let alone a decent one has become pretty difficult.

[@danielmiller6983]

🤯 I’m absolutely blown away by this build..

[@alien69420]

Are you kidding me!!!! I love this marvelous machine. And I havent even seen the inside yet while writing this. OMG!!!

[@hohohaha999]

That paint is perfect 1978

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

Wow that 20R is amazing! Wow amazing!

[@hendy2754]

That thing is beautiful. What a badass truck

[@stephenmason5773]

What a glorious BEAST! Love the detail on this!!

[@garys4756]

Wow, what a classic camper 👍

[@ramramramram]

Gorgeous! I've seen pics of this rig over the years and always wanted to learn more about it. That is the coolest vehicle I've ever seen. Looks like its in great hands. Cheers!

[@l.d.p.9365]

Spectacular build! It makes me miss my 1985 4Runner that I rebuilt from scratch out of 7 junked Toyota pickups and 4Runners and I named it franken runner I love the overhead console because I built one similar to that in frankenrunner that has my CB radio my navigation system and my VHF radio. Both front and rear axles were cryode chromoly from hub to hub I had a TMax winch that I customized and waterproofed so that I can run it underwater if I need to do extract myself from a river. It took me 2 years and a lot of knuckle busting to build Frankenrunner. You mentioned LC engineering they're the ones that built the motor for Frank and runner and that's the reason that I lost it they didn't assemble it properly and I spun a main bearing long story short I had to end up selling the vehicle because I was hurt in an accident at work and I lost everything

[@nmarbletoe8210]

wow i had an 85 4Runner stock, what a great awesome incredible truck. sold it after i moved to Hawaii. one of the best trucks ever

[@nmelkhunter1]

That is really neat. The old Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation sticker added an extra degree of “old school cool” to the truck.

[@jimmybonifacio6734]

Thanks for posting! Amazing & didn't know they had the side by-side "hammock" option! In my opinion, the best camper toyota has to offer in that era!

[@OttoEx]

Agreed! Glad you enjoyed

[@buttguy]

I have nothing but respect for people who do tasteful builds, using the original engine (modifications welcome of course) and as much OEM stuff...even if it would have never been spec'd on that particular model...as possible. Customs that seem like a factory vehicle to the average person are far more interesting to me than crazy stupid mods that take away the soul of the original vehicle. And I would absolutely KILL to have the money to build that same exact 20R for my '77 pickup. Flawless build and one of my favorite Toyotas, and hands down favorite Toyota-based Chinook I have ever seen. Flawless.

[@14bqdonk]

Definition of perfect classic in modern days

[@mofosoto]

Killer! I've always dreamed of rebuilding one like this. I guess the next level would be to swap in a tacoma v6 power/drivetrain, dually rear axle, long travel front suspension with wide front fenders. I think you can fit a toilet/shower combo in there too.

[@KeithHinch]

But why would you?

[@mofosoto]

@@KeithHinch same reason they did upgrades and why you watched this video in the first place.

[@abdullahmahmood3040]

I agree with everything but long travel on a camper is the most useless/overkill option lol I’m sure you wouldn’t plan to smash any whoops but you would never be able to flex out the LT while being too heavy, no matter your leafs or air bags setup 😂

[@mofosoto]

​@@abdullahmahmood3040 i realize that it sounds stupid now haha. definitely no smashin. I really just meant it to give it a wider track in the front for better role-over stability. also with fenders because the camper cab is wider than the main cab so i think it will look better. idk tho, never seen a setup like that on even a plain dually truck(which i would also really like to see). I don't want it lifted any higher either. Still keep it with the classic look. I guess you could maybe just do a longer axle in the front if it's a straight axle?

[@abdullahmahmood3040]

@@mofosoto ahh yeah I see what you’re saying. More stability as it’s top heavy. Wider stance would help for sure. Check out the 3rd gen Tacoma camper review Tacoma beast did. I wouldn’t buy it if I had the money but I still 🤤 over it hahah kzbin.info/www/bejne/apmwpIqpr9trhbs

[@SP-vl1ps]

great video mate. so much detail, well edited, well shot and well spoken. 👍

[@kengyang1908]

Chinook campers had a look n style to them,,, wether on a domistic or import,,,they were the true visionary small RV builder

[@rudychacon7175]

That’s flipped sweet. Amazingly clean attention to detail.

[@sambrian5405]

This is a gem. Gorgeous

[@duggydugg3937]

had a 2wd one of these. never should have let it go

[@IrishLincoln]

This is phenomenal. What a beautiful vehicle.

[@jenniferfelts3899]

Always loved Toyota but this is awesome❤❤What a great build❤

[@minniesimmonsmoody4761]

Perfect for travel and small family 😊🤗

[@OttoEx]

Definitely!

[@Nevakonaza.]

Love this,The build quality is just outstanding and looks great!,Fantastic tour :)

[@M60gunner1971]

This is the greatest Toyota I've never seen!

[@caveman9275]

By far the most amazing beautiful vintage Chinook recreation I have ever seen! Truly a classic! Would love to own one!!!!❤ Thanks for the piece of history🙏

[@ZitherBeast]

They were ahead of themselves..... this is another nice video. Thanks for posting this.

[@OttoEx]

You bet

[@gnp5278]

This is great!! Why do these companies stop making these vehicles? I'd snatch one up in a heartbeat!!....this is very very clean for a 78....well done!!

[@archygrey9093]

I've got an 1981 Hilux 4x4 trayback with a diesel, was pretty cheap, looks quite similar to this one but without the double headlights. Apparently old diesel hiluxs are quite rare in America but in Australia they are probably the most common model.

[@CivilizedWarrior]

Yeah we never got the little diesels! Super cool little trucks.

[@87MookTV]

This is the kind of camper I need, just to drive around the States and take in the beauty. Does your friend take on new projects? Absolutely beautiful.

[@thatguy7085]

One of my friends had one of these when they were new.

[@curtforeman9014]

One word brother.....AWESOME!

[@thorseely]

Absolutely fantastic rig. What a great opportunity for you to own. Please take care of it and use it!

[@SanSabath]

Thanks for showing us this. This thing is so cool

[@eh235]

The guy did a great build. The shaggy carpet would have to go IMO. Cool over land vehicle.

[@masanju3]

That's a beautiful track!

[@JayWelchy]

That beauty lives in my state? I would never use it as intended, but damn ... so well done, love it love it.

[@markhines192]

Nothing digital and toggle switches...pure heaven.

[@VoyTe]

I am not a Toyota man but this Toyota is a beauty. Very nice RV truck.

[@XC797]

Very nice rig . The only concern is why have dirt catching carpet.

[@acornthedwarf8174]

The older I get the more I wish I had been born in the 60s... All the coolest things came out in the 70s and 80s. If this was made today it would be loaded with cheap plastic and paper-thin "metal" and 5 years after purchase nothing would work. This truck has quality fit and finish everywhere.

[@tashriquekarriem8865]

This is what passion and money can create 👌

[@7Andy77]

Totally awesome. I did enjoyed this tour. I hope I will get a car like this some day.

[@urosbukovec4435]

you will

[@robertoramos4302]

Would love to mate the Chinook to a Tundra - modern amenities with classic legendary chinook survival of the fittest comfort 💪

[@davidbaron6647]

That is AMAZINGING. WOW.... PERFIT IN EVERY WAY!!!

[@sadeaton]

Cool truck and video, thank you for sharing. I didn't know anyone else manufactured such a thing, outside of the Chevrolet K5 Blazer Chalet.

[@HillbillyMusings]

That Is one incredible vehicle sir.

[@atp1579]

No words, sickest ride ever

[@roadviewers7131]

Very informative and helpful video thanks for sharing God gives you more and more success

[@__-pl3jg]

That's stunning. Nice work.

[@einarmigerpaddelbootheizer6608]

Was für ein tolles Fahrzeug.👍👍👍

[@OttoEx]

Thanks!

[@MissMarinaCapri]

That’s impressive, thanks for sharing.

[@drone_boss]

Wow! Dream truck! 20R too!

[@swim2kill]

Very very well kept. It's beautiful