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!

[@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

[@MannyMoto1]

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

[@marauderstephen3008]

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

[@thegovernmentshill]

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

[@larularae2106]

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

[@mxmlbll9590]

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

[@HakunaMatata009]

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

[@thumperpaul]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@CosmicComputer]

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

[@bigjay6743]

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

[@Scottydoing]

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

[@HUHBAT]

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

[@marcusholtzheimer9316]

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

[@BALOYBEACHBUM]

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

[@danielmiller6983]

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

[@timdiv5433]

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

[@sleeks9939]

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

[@Weatherby406]

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

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

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

[@christophed4579]

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

[@Toyotas_n__Tools]

Wow that 20R is amazing! Wow amazing!

[@swim2kill]

Very very well kept. It's beautiful

[@stephenmason5773]

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

[@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!

[@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...

[@rudychacon7175]

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

[@garys4756]

Wow, what a classic camper 👍

[@curtforeman9014]

One word brother.....AWESOME!

[@user-go6dg1zq1b]

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

[@user-oo6jo9sg4f]

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

[@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..

[@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. 😊

[@alien69420]

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

[@sambrian5405]

This is a gem. Gorgeous

[@philipjones3793]

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

[@masanju3]

That's a beautiful track!

[@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.

[@colliefury2257]

Beautiful slice of history

[@IrishLincoln]

This is phenomenal. What a beautiful vehicle.

[@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

[@ZitherBeast]

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

[@OttoEx]

You bet

[@hendy2754]

That thing is beautiful. What a badass truck

[@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.

[@SanSabath]

Thanks for showing us this. This thing is so cool

[@SP-vl1ps]

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

[@atp1579]

No words, sickest ride ever

[@jenniferfelts3899]

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

[@gregmcnab9004]

Gorgeous!! Hope toyota comes back to campers

[@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

[@__-pl3jg]

That's stunning. Nice work.

[@portnuefflyer]

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

[@drone_boss]

Wow! Dream truck! 20R too!

[@davidbaron6647]

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

[@tashriquekarriem8865]

This is what passion and money can create 👌

[@adventuredenali]

That is perfection.

[@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!

[@UA-oo8nj]

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

[@MissMarinaCapri]

That’s impressive, thanks for sharing.

[@amirs365]

Speechless!

[@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

[@MrSporkster]

Man, listen to those doors. Proper solid!

[@M60gunner1971]

This is the greatest Toyota I've never seen!

[@shatterstar8733]

Stunning! I need one now lol.

[@rebeltvr6046]

Gorgeous 4X4.

[@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.

[@shnyazee777]

Excellent 👍

[@barbarianleatherandblades8686]

That thing is sick!

[@umustbbornagainActs2-38]

Never knew these existed. Wow.. stunning.

[@fullmindstorm]

What a treat to watch

[@7Andy77]

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

[@urosbukovec4435]

you will

[@BeSatori]

That thing is magnificient!

[@stephhaug3316]

What a beauty 😍👍

[@hearsayhenderson2623]

Absolutely love it

[@markhines192]

Nothing digital and toggle switches...pure heaven.

[@386Clarke]

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

[@brandonknight7240]

Absolutely amazing vehicle

[@rachelmccurry1936]

one cool Toyota love the side drafts

[@HillbillyMusings]

That Is one incredible vehicle sir.

[@Nevakonaza.]

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

[@hohohaha999]

That paint is perfect 1978

[@thorseely]

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

[@hennessy4666]

This is my dream camper...... Practical, styled, classy.......what more can u ask?

[@jcordero8947]

Outstanding!

[@rawdio.docdar5715]

Wow, just Amazing machine, would love one

[@clintstephens7287]

Spectacular rig.

[@robertclarkguitar]

That's outstanding.

[@duanetrivett750]

Great looking vehicle. It looks rare.

[@user-mh5oo4wj7g]

Good interior color,cosy!

[@parkerazz4385]

I love this!

[@14bqdonk]

Definition of perfect classic in modern days

[@theshapeexists]

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

[@TwistedThor187]

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

[@5280sky]

Wow Beautiful !!