Pickup beds from another year truck - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

86pickupproject · 05-14-2003, 09:15 PM

Hello, well finding an 86 bed in PA is impossible for a reasonable price and since the truck is going to be for a college kid there is no reason to pay the big bucks. I know that you can put on a later toyota bed easily enoght but is there any other brand out there that you can use? just wondering ... pictures would be great .... thank you

Xenon · 05-15-2003, 11:40 AM

Didn't you post up talking about a pickup bed already!

fast68 · 04-05-2005, 08:52 AM

i did

abo-ut an 88 regular cab bed going on an 87 xtracab

no one seems to know if this will work or not,

body changed in 88..

thanks

Greasygreg · 04-05-2005, 10:38 PM

I once put a stepside bed from an 80' chevy luv on an 89 toy and it actually looked good.

The best part was,IT WAS FREE!! AND..it was fiberglass for all you out there in the rustbelt, thats a good thing.on yor truck,they always rust out in the seam-weld area of the bedside,and under the boxfloor. Im almost certian that if its a shortbox,anything 84-88 should fit, although there is some variety of styles.

fast68 · 04-06-2005, 08:13 AM

ok then whats length of short and whats length of long on these ? overall- or box floor length only ?
did all years have both length ? in the 80s ?

luv must been gm/toyota hybrid then ?

i forgot what it was

i thought luv were mitsubishi or mazda,

hum,

fast68 · 04-07-2005, 07:57 AM

ttt....

EnolaGaia · 04-09-2005, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fast68

...i thought luv were mitsubishi or mazda, ...

Isuzu. GM didn't have a small pickup of their own, so they imported and rebranded Isuzu KB pickups under the label 'LUV' (Light Utility Vehicle).

The Big 3 / Japan corporate inbreeding lays out as follows:

- Ford / Mazda
- GM / Isuzu
- Chrysler / Mitsubishi

Toyota did set up NUMMI (and jointly design / produce some models like the Geo and the Vibe) as a joint venture with GM, but there are no 'corporate family' relationships between Toyota and any of the Big 3.

slacker · 04-09-2005, 07:18 PM

ahhh but there was ....

in /86 ish with the chev Nova /toyota corolla ....

GM and toyota have been colaborating for years .... ever notice the delco electrical equiptment in the t-100 ... and tundra

burger · 04-09-2005, 08:37 PM

I saw an'87 Hilux with an 80's Chevy stepside box on it the other day.It looked o.k I guess,but obviously they must fit without too much trouble..