Retro Tacoma - opinions?

[Willie G]

The new Tacomas seem to lend themselves to the retro look (IMHO).

Curious for your opinions....

[creepycrawler]

Trying to revive the old Ivan Stewart paint scheme. I met him once and he was a hellofa nice guy. Most of the buying public won't even know who he is though.

[Wulf]

I love it

[creepycrawler]

I love it

Do you know who Ivan Stewart is without google?

[Wulf]

Do you know who Ivan Stewart is without google?

Some old racing dude

[creepycrawler]

Some old racing dude

The Ironman. You show respect to your elders you young wippersnapper and on top of that, GET OFF MAH LAWN!!!

[Rex Ashton]

I usually would hate yellow/orange/red together, but that's a badass looking truck.

I get the reference, but even without it, that truck is cool.

[Rex Ashton]

Being more specific, I like the paint scheme.... I'd delete those KC daylighters with an updated LED bar.

Other than that, it would be welcome in my garage. It might take some convincing on the wife for it to be her new daily driver, but I'd put the work in....

[Willie G]

I'd want these wheels -

http://www.americanracing.com/wheel/6337/ar62-outlaw-ii

I agree on different lights...maybe (they are KC's after all)

[Wulf]

I'd want these wheels -

http://www.americanracing.com/wheel/6337/ar62-outlaw-ii

I agree on different lights...maybe (they are KC's after all)

So when are you doing it? :p

[Rex Ashton]

I actually like the factory wheels.... That's a rare statement from me...

[Willie G]

So when are you doing it? :p

Patience, Grasshopper....

I definitely have it on my mind.

I have the truck and that's a start.

[vb]

I love it

Yup

[Rex Ashton]

Patience, Grasshopper....

I definitely have it on my mind.

I have the truck and that's a start.

You bought it? That's a cool freakin' truck!

[Willie G]

Sorry. No, mine is just plain white....

[Aaron]

Love the retro look, kc's and all! Grew up idolizing Stewart. Even had his game for the original nes. Between him and Michael Fox in Back to the Future, I was destined to be a Toyota truck fan for life.

[kemosabee]

I've been contemplating painting mine with the retro look, I'm not a fan of the new Tacomas but love my 1st gen.

[74BuckinBronc]

That could easily be done with a wrap!!

Those KC's are likely their retro LED series, so I'd leave them to keep the retro theme, but I suspect we are only talking the the paint scheme?

[Wulf]

Sorry. No, mine is just plain white....

right now

[newracer]

I think it looks great.

[Sam I Am]

I have always been a fan of that color scheme. I do have to say that the whole package seems to work, though I am not a fan of the body style otherwise.

[Rex Ashton]

Sorry. No, mine is just plain white....

Gotcha. That would be a cool scheme.

[Willie G]

Found this picture this evening. Access Cab with the American Racing wheels I linked above.

[creepycrawler]

Found this picture this evening. Access Cab with the American Racing wheels I linked above.

So much better looking than the new truck...

[cheftyler]

So much better looking than the new truck...

I agree, but I am shocked you didn't bitch about it being a Toyota

[Colorado_Baja]

Looks way better than this in my opinion.

[creepycrawler]

I agree, but I am shocked you didn't bitch about it being a Toyota

I started to.

[Aaron]

Looks way better than this in my opinion.

If it wasn't red/white I might not agree with you. Should have picked the green/white photo instead. That scheme looks killer on the new GM trucks. I personally like the looks of the GM trucks better than the Toyota double cabs. Toyota needs to come out with a real bed size as an option...

[Aaron]

[Rex Ashton]

Looks way better than this in my opinion.

It’s funny to see my truck all retro’d out. They even nailed the wheels. I still like the Tacoma look though

[Willie G]

Aaron - Have you ever built a belly pan/skid like this?

[creepycrawler]

When i met him, he and i think Don Adams maybe were at MHJC All for fun week in the early 80s. They both ran the little obstacle course that was set up and Ivan launched his truck pretty nice but Don Adams in his jeep had to run the course differently but was quick as well.

They then swapped rigs and neither one could drive the others rig worth a crap so it was pretty funny.

[Colorado_Baja]

If it wasn't red/white I might not agree with you. Should have picked the green/white photo instead. That scheme looks killer on the new GM trucks. I personally like the looks of the GM trucks better than the Toyota double cabs. Toyota needs to come out with a real bed size as an option...

The side stripes on the old trucks ran with the body line, the bulges over the fenders on the new trucks ruin it for me. The bottom of the stripe on the front fender doesn't line up, silver center caps on white wheels the whole thing looks like an after thought to me.

[BumperMan]

Looks way better than this in my opinion.

You bite your tongue. That is one sexy beast there.

[creepycrawler]

You bite your tongue. That is one sexy beast there.

No.

[Aaron]

Aaron - Have you ever built a belly pan/skid like this?

Yes and no. I have built a lot of different skids over the years. But none probably as intricate as the set in question.

[Rex Ashton]

Ok, you guys got me looking at this Big 10 Chevy retro stuff now.... Not that I want to do it, but there's some cool schemes out there... It just piqued my interest since it was applied to the truck that I now have.... (The red/white Z71 pictured above)

Some of the pics would not embed here, so here's a general google image link ---- we'll see if it works ??

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...-xzbGEOze3pYM:

[GPP33]

The toy is sweet, stripes need to come up further though. Only painting the bed highlights how short it is, they should have come up to the front door like the original.

The Chevy is the ugliest paint scheme I think i’ve ever seen. WTF? Who thought that looked good?

[PovertyByJeep]

Ok, you guys got me looking at this Big 10 Chevy retro stuff now.... Not that I want to do it, but there's some cool schemes out there... It just piqued my interest since it was applied to the truck that I now have.... (The red/white Z71 pictured above)

Some of the pics would not embed here, so here's a general google image link ---- we'll see if it works ??

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...-xzbGEOze3pYM:

John Elway Chevrolet on Broadway has a red and white retro "Cheyenne Super 10"

[tacotoy]

John Elway Chevrolet on Broadway has a red and white retro "Cheyenne Super 10"

I saw that someone had done one with the green and white scheme, but I feel like the swapped the grille, that colored bar going across kinda ruins the front end look if you are going for retro for me.