1979 Toyota Pickup Dually Long Bed Review - A Factory Built Extended Pickup!

[@blautens]

When you test drive things like this, you're living your best life.

[@ChrispaulPeters-pu9dr]

I am bless to drive 86 4x4 20r and a 86 mazda b2000 se5 .

[@davinp]

Now modern trucks with back seats have a shorter bed.

[@EssenceofPureFlavor]

Depends on the truck.

[@yaboidustin2447]

​@@EssenceofPureFlavorreally doesn't though. Only ones without a stupidly short bed are single cab long beds.

[@TheOilChangeMan]

Nowadays the only way to get 8 foot bed and back seat trucks is to find a model of a mid cab half ton truck or buy a heavy duty truck. The majority of half ton trucks are crew cab 5 foot 5 short beds or extended cabs are the 6 foot 6 mid beds. All trucks have different bed length options but it is easier to find a heavy duty truck to get the extra seats and the long bed

[@cartercoffin3679]

Feel like people think this statement is absolute truth. But if you look into modern trucks, there are a lot of bed configurations. Let’s look at the F150, you have 3 cab options(single, extended, or crew) and bed options ( 5.5’, 6.5’, 8’) some combos aren’t compatible, but there are a ton of options for a person that barely uses the bed to something for a contractor. Think the most popular would be the crew cab with the 5.5’ bed, as that’s the most comfortable truck for someone that doesn’t need that bed space. I have an extended cab with the 6.5’ bed, which is awesome for camping because I have a camper shell, as well as hauling materials, and it can also seat 6 people comfortably.

[@kc0lif]

not

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

My dad had one. It was white with the stipes. Our family used this for many years. It had 300.000 miles on it when it was sold to a guy that worked at ASU. The last time I talked to him, it had 535.000 miles on it and was still running. I have no idea how long it lasted after that. That's the most amazing mileage I have ever personally seen. As a kid, I thought it was incredibly ugly.

[@Doctor_Robert]

6:55 I'm almost certain that diamond-weave headliner wasn't factory from Toyota. That looks like a State-side church-up. I love it! 😍

[@Hobotraveler82]

My dad told me that back in the 70's, he almost bought a Datsun pickup called the 1 ton dually. So seeing this really is cool. I like it. 😊

[@michaelschoch8776]

My Step-grandfather use to haul Toyota truck beds to Long Beach in the 70's and 80's.

[@edwardoavila7666]

I saw one of these with the RV camper back at work a while ago. I arrive at the parking lot about an hour before we clock in and homie in this truck comes out in flip flops and lights up a smoke. legend.

[@TheCarCrazyGuy]

My old '85 Toyota truck had the rare 22RTE, a 2.4L Turbo 4 cylinder treat!

[@OmarDenarzi]

This is the reason why I love the Shooting Cars channel, Who else review such brilliant and rare cars and does it in sucha fun, simple, clear and entertaining way.

[@cardiffchris]

Looks like they used the original front bench seat from the truck, for the back, the front buckets looks aftermarket. 7 foot bed is awesome for hauling motorcycles, easy to load since it's a reasonable height I saw one of these stretch jobs that was a 1987 Turbo 22re.

[@GeeEm1313]

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing about the rear seat due to that indentation.

[@richards8872]

Yep that’s the seat my 86 Toyota Pickup had

[@hivjuice1817]

These conversions were called a "Custom Cab" only about 2000 of the 84-88 generation where made. I own an 86 22re and my dad owns an 87. These conversions were made in 3 different shops on the west coast. 2 in California, 1 in Portland Oregon.

[@BangBang-hk4rg]

I was thinking that the backseat in this truck must be an incredibly rare part to find a replacement for. Then he showed it and it’s just a standard front bench seat thrown back there 🤣

[@eharris6347]

lol First thing I noticed too

[@The_Opinion_of_Matt]

I would just like to point out that the truck bed does indeed have tie downs. They are on the outside of the bed just below the top edge. You know, where it actually makes sense to have the tie downs for the tarp covering your load.

[@nathanjoseph4284]

Zach is basically a walking and talking automotive encyclopedia. I always learn at least one thing that's new and interesting from watching these reviews. 😎

[@rightlanehog3151]

Zack, My days of being jealous of Australia's Hilux Workmate are officially over. 🤩This is a timely reminder of the old, old days when the bed was the most important part of a pickup truck. 🤨

[@offgridliving4128]

I got ahold of a set of those rear wheels in the early 90 when I was working air a tire shop. I put them on my 1979 LB single rear wheel Toyota along with a homemade flat bed. Used it for hauling dirt bikes. Those were the days!

[@damilolaakanni]

More Toyota truck reviews please. Especially the T100 and first generation Tundra.

[@ShootingCars]

I have a first gen tundra video coming! Just filmed it 2 weeks ago

[@rightlanehog3151]

Bring back the T100!!!!!

[@Stormtrooper_98Trd]

​@@rightlanehog3151 I agree!!

[@lukemarks92]

Long live the t100. I got one!!

[@elirenigar9357]

20R is a phenomenal engine, mated to a W series trans is such a tough ass happy combo. And those 5 lug axles are impressively tough.

[@luisinhoens90]

Man, this truck brought me some really cool memories. Although mine was a 1984 Nissan 720 4WD with the extended fiberglass cab, tubular bumpers and 6ft bed. I always thought both these stretched/extended cab Nissan and Toyotas were outfitted by 3rd parties, now it makes total sense why these stretched Toyotas were way more popular. For the record mine was built by FabCo in CA and it remains the only Nissan truck I've seen with this conversion to date. I got mine about 7 years ago, it was rough, needed an engine rebuilt, paint, upholstery and tires but being a truck that spent its whole life in the desert it had good bones. During the 1st year of ownership I got it repainted, re-upholstered, and put some BFG KO2s in it. I also got the Z24 engine rebuilt and the clutch replaced. I even got the factory A/C converted to R134 and put some decent speakers and Kenwood headunit. It became my daily driver for over a year but being an old truck with 280K it would leave my stranded a handful of times so it ended up becoming my weekend toy. At least I got handy enough with carbs, starters and fuel pumps. I guess this Toyota is a bit quicker than my Nissan as it's lighter without 4WD. Mine did have a factory tach and the previous owner installed some longtube headers and a Flowmaster so at least she sounded good. 0-60 would happen eventually except when I drove through some inclines on I-15 and such. I would buy another one in a heartbeat

[@smokey4737]

Saw this on Marketplace and damn near sold everything to go after it! Great find. Absolutely love the look of it. Congrats on your truck.

[@rainbowmangarage]

Those tie downs on the outside of the bed are sweet

[@6thGearGarage]

Great find! I’ve always wanted to see one of these rarities in person. Your video is the most detailed review of one of these trucks yet 👍

[@jerryhenderson3820]

My dad had one when i was a kid. It was a 79 blue regular cab, long bed, dually.

[@tony64t]

Matt and Al should swap in a Lexus v8, redo the interior and basically do a restomod update on the truck.

[@maineiacman]

The Toyota truck based campers are fantastic. Rare to see a factory built pickup on that Chassis. Uhaul had a lot of box trucks built on them too.

[@lotuskid731]

Holy cow I’m in love! You’re great Zach, but I’m talking about that Toyota.

[@Apoc_Bone_Daddy]

That's probably the most rare truck I've ever seen

[@jamiebray8532]

These trucks were the coolest. I had a 80 Celica with the 20R & 5spd. Love that car. I got my license with that car.

[@Kamasaki286]

Right after he said that the bed had no tie downs he almost touched one. They are those teeth looking things on the outside of the bed rails. Old Toyota trucks where the best ever, had 2 4wds including a first gen strait axle 4runner.

[@Doctor_Robert]

Thank you, Zack, for bringing us new Malaise lore! ^_^

[@ValentinSerrano-nj4dc]

First time in my life to ever seeing that Toyo looks very practical because of the height 👍

[@rtdc5662]

That thing is a masterpiece.

[@doug6191]

8:46 - This truck has superior tie-downs to today's approach. The tie-downs are outside of the bed - 3 on each side and 2 on the tailgate, all just below the lip of the sidewall - and can be accessed no matter what you have in the bed. I hate today's standard of 4 tie-downs low inside of each corner, especially with sidewalls that are shoulder height and unreachable when standing outside.

[@doug6191]

This approach also meant no holes cut into the bedliner to access tie-downs, so nothing (dirt, rocks, whatever) got into those holes and stayed there for eternity.

[@hivjuice1817]

These conversions were called a "Custom Cab" only about 2000 of the 84-88 generation where made. I own an 86 22re and my dad owns an 87. These conversions were made in 3 different shops on the west coast. 2 in California, 1 in Portland Oregon.

[@bwofficial1776]

Cool build but I'd figure out a true dually rim setup if I wanted to actually use it. I'd love to know what this was used for back in the day or if the original owner bought because it looked cool. I like these old-school beds with external tie-downs.

[@CAslayerlukeCCHawk]

No tie-downs???? What about outside the bed rails

[@weedian710]

So many cool things about this truck! Love the tailgate latches.

[@pinolyzerproductionsinc.1062]

8:47 it’s interesting how tie-down technology has improved but beds are much shorter, except for a few models of trucks, and people using trucks more for luxury than work

[@luckyjinx9474]

It would make a badass old school mini truck build.

[@slapdoctor707]

I don't like toyotas much. But this Era is one I do. I never knew this was a real option tho

[@Veritas419]

U-haul used these as a box trucks but ran into trouble because the brakes were not large enough

[@jamesappling1212]

Always liked the Toyota tonners. Especially the little landscaper dumps.

[@rustyshackleford1656]

Back in the late 80’s I think Chevy made a prototype dually s10 with a 350 and almost put it into production

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

The revolutionaries truck 😎

[@blessedjuggernaut]

Imagine putting this body onto a TRD 4 Runner frame, then doing a 5.7 Tundra motor/trans swap.

[@KingM4Bmw]

That cruise control 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CzechSixTv]

Toyota/Long Beach Fab had nothing to do with the final configuration of that truck. Toyota built it as a long bed chassis and LBF made/installed a standard long bed on it like any other Toyota pickup from that time. That's where their involvement ends. RV Specialties Inc. of Santa Ana CA. did the stretch, fiberglass cab extension and dually conversion. The stretch and dually conversion came from their Scat line of RV builds. They also did conversions to Datsun pickups using the exact same 1/4 windows and dually fenders.

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

That is such a cool truck. Last year I saw a '98 Nissan super cab dually driving on the high way, I think it might have been home made though.

[@Thattruckguy379]

My dad has one currently in storage with like a little sleeper kinda thing but not a flattop it was extended up

[@darwinmichel2087]

A coworker had a one ton 1980 something Toyota truck he used to pull loads of steel. You can do it but it wasn't fast.

[@garretts318]

Yoooo - that combo is like unheard off and straight crazy. Id drive that sh!t hard

[@RedneckHillbilly-ho9md]

Well your buddy's had me fooled because I would have sworn that the Shenanigans crew made this out of an old camper.

[@nickallen937]

I have a long bed 1979 Toyota pickup 4x4. Kinda built for off road. I want one of these to tow it to the trail! Haha

[@hotburner4859]

Very cool, never heard of these!! Thank you for sharing!

[@joepicart5345]

Dammm I never saw or heard of 1 of those

[@ufooooooooooooooooo]

I see a similiar one locally except it has bigger rear windows and the whole bed is flared. I always figured it was some rv company conversion but maybe it was factory as well. My 82 has those vents below the dash as well and I'm sure they're factory because the fresh air vents through them.

[@StringerNews1]

A lot of the small trucks in the '70s had 5-speed transmissions. But IME to get to 55 MPH, you had to keep it in 4th and pray you didn't zing the motor with no tach.

[@antoineboisvert4251]

My grandfather get the same truck and now he drive it during summer

[@gearheaddave9639]

few years ago, there were a few of these for sale around my area

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

I would love to find the 90s Toyota Uhaul box truck, get rid of the moving box and put a modified bed on it, it came with the dually from the factory

[@Doctor_Robert]

4:45 I must see you try a Toyota Dolphin RV now~!

[@bwofficial1776]

I believe he already did.

[@gerardomendoza9688]

8:46 the tie downs are those hooks outside all around the box. What do you mean no tie downs? C'mon those hooks are not there for looks...

[@BSFJeebus]

this just blew my mind, why hasn't toyota ever leaned into this?

[@ceehads]

I’ve never seen anything like that. Very cool.

[@FullTimeGT]

Really cool truck! What is the size of that bed, 7ft or more?

[@donovanchilton5817]

I’ve been looking for one of these trucks for years.

[@lrich8181]

Wash the blue coating off the whitewalls or turn them around to black.

[@user-gf5fb1zi6u]

Damn I never knew this f existed. How badass

[@KeaganExtremeGaming]

I once saw a Toyota pickup camper that were duallies and the inner wheel had an extension piece on the wheel for the outer wheel to bolt to the inner wheel

[@maineiacman]

That was a failure prone design that was recalled and replaced with a proper 6 lug dually.

[@NN-og4kj]

These pickuos were also know as a Toyota Custom Cab

[@moonshinershonor202]

A real survivor truck! WOW 😳😲

[@gunnermurphy6632]

Nissan 720 had back seats in 79, obviously much smaller tho

[@icelineman]

Looks like a motor home frame

[@kiraleaf]

it's so silly and beautiful.. I love Long Hilux

[@xotic8617]

That is so awesome

[@tommc3622]

The truck actually has 8 tie downs, they're just on the exterior of the bed.

[@crouchb15]

now I wish the HD tundra had happened

[@philspear73]

Cool but I don't recall you giving any horsepower/torque info, and curious as to what these things were rated to tow. Not much I'm guessing.

[@somenamelessdude8095]

For when you want a mans truck, but don't have a problem with your unit size

[@beexiong2995]

Its a custom truck. Toyota never sold them this way from factory. Factory means from the assembly line. This was sent to a custom fabricator

[@drivingdaily582]

Awesome!!!

[@CACressida]

This generation hilux had 4 door crew cabs for the middle east and African markets. I dont get why it took America till the early 2000s to get a crew cab truck.

[@insid3493]

THEY MADE THESE?!?

[@delux68]

Fyi, that bed has six tie downs on the outside of the rails.

[@cho2jzfe90]

If toyota did this to the new tundra and throw a hino diesel in it, I'll be doing hotshot all day with it❤

[@calvinhunt2335]

Hell YEAH 🎉

[@frankhernandez6524]

Never seen this one

[@jeretso]

Lower is better and easier to load.

[@josueflores520]

I’m jealous

[@dave11686]

Very cool

[@Zilla__man]

20r head swap👌

[@jeremybennett5547]

That thing rocking a 4 banger your not pulling or hauling anything in 5th gear… promise you that 3rd and maybe 4th if your lucky and have a tailwind

[@pab10100]

Very cool 😎 taco

[@gunnermurphy6632]

Please try to find a nissan 720 bushmaster

[@ModelA]

I would daily that!

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

3:15 how da heck you mount tires? guess not many shops would take it

[@davidp2888]

Cool truck but I wouldn't want to be in or near one when that rear rim goes.

[@jaxflfreebird]

The fiberglass cab is crap. I was hoping you would tap the metal vs the fiberglass. And I would think that over time the seal between metal and fiberglass would leak. The wheel shrouds, whatever they are called, appear to be fiberglass. The truck looks awful.

[@jimv77]

Most of the small dually Toyotas around me are owned by guys who run around the city for BULK trash day left by the curb looking for scrap metal ir anything of value.

[@rickc303]

No tie downs?! The entire lip bed is a tie down..

[@marioj3766]

The truck can't be complete without a camper on the back