Buying a '63 Townie this week. /6 & other ?'s.
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 7:36 am
Howdy, hooking up the trailer to the back of our (ahem) Toyota and heading N.West.
Found this for my wife: https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/6107613107.html
We're going to be there Sat. am (Leaving Thursday after work and taking our time forth & back. Google says 19 hours
one way.
Anywho, as this will be the wife's summer driver I'm unsure of a few things and would like to find some answers.
Power steering for the /6. Doable.? Anything bolt on available.? I know these are great motors, what should we
look at first when we get it home. This thing hasn't been driven much, assuming the gas tank will need cleaning as well
as the carb, gas filters, oil & other fluids (brake-tranny-rearend). If the carb's crusty what can we replace it with
that will keep the reliability thing going but maybe make a few more hp.? Will be looking for a header as well to help it exhale.
Any chance of a.c.?
Would like to add an 'unobtrusive' small back up camera that doesn't shout 'hey I'm a back up camera'. What are you kids using.?
Lastly, this thing is a whole lot of green. Breaking up the paint a little would go a long way I think. Maybe repaint the bumpers
front/rear, and do the grille and headlight surrounds/bucket things back to silver or the colors we go with on the bumpers.
I know I've seen pictures where the belt-line at the top of the doors is used as a paint color break line to change tones to something
'else'. Anyone did this to their trucks.? I'd love to see a photo if you have.
I think this is the cleanest townie I've seen in a while for this kind of dough (we've talked the owner down some, we actually reverse bartered back up some as we thought she'd come down too much (I know, I know, but wanted to be fair). It even still has the third row seat.
So honk/wave if you see a silver Tundra with Colorado plates pulling a trailer that has a rottweiler sticking his head out the window.
Looking forward to hearing from the sages on this truck, and their ideas about it.
Found this for my wife: https://seattle.craigslist.org/kit/cto/6107613107.html
We're going to be there Sat. am (Leaving Thursday after work and taking our time forth & back. Google says 19 hours
one way.
Anywho, as this will be the wife's summer driver I'm unsure of a few things and would like to find some answers.
Power steering for the /6. Doable.? Anything bolt on available.? I know these are great motors, what should we
look at first when we get it home. This thing hasn't been driven much, assuming the gas tank will need cleaning as well
as the carb, gas filters, oil & other fluids (brake-tranny-rearend). If the carb's crusty what can we replace it with
that will keep the reliability thing going but maybe make a few more hp.? Will be looking for a header as well to help it exhale.
Any chance of a.c.?
Would like to add an 'unobtrusive' small back up camera that doesn't shout 'hey I'm a back up camera'. What are you kids using.?
Lastly, this thing is a whole lot of green. Breaking up the paint a little would go a long way I think. Maybe repaint the bumpers
front/rear, and do the grille and headlight surrounds/bucket things back to silver or the colors we go with on the bumpers.
I know I've seen pictures where the belt-line at the top of the doors is used as a paint color break line to change tones to something
'else'. Anyone did this to their trucks.? I'd love to see a photo if you have.
I think this is the cleanest townie I've seen in a while for this kind of dough (we've talked the owner down some, we actually reverse bartered back up some as we thought she'd come down too much (I know, I know, but wanted to be fair). It even still has the third row seat.
So honk/wave if you see a silver Tundra with Colorado plates pulling a trailer that has a rottweiler sticking his head out the window.
Looking forward to hearing from the sages on this truck, and their ideas about it.