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Hey guys i just bought a 79 4wd luv and my dad says theya are shit piles. from what i have read they are pretty sweet little trucks. i love the thing and i will NOT sell it, but the truck has a lot of rust, the steering has some slop and the engine is gettin ready to go. i need help, where do i go for parts. if i rebuild the engine will it last very long at all or do i need to go for a buick V6 or something like that. what do i so to my truck? suggestions anything and i want to see pictures of other luvs please send pictures

First of all, welcome to the site. You've come to the right place.

The stock eng. is very rebuildable. They are lacking power, but get about 22mpg. E Bay is a good place for parts as well as this site.
The new eng. will last a long time.
Rust is the only issue I'd worry about with your LUV.
Where are you located?

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

cottage grove oregon

another danged oregon person... well........ welcome to the site... j/k on the oregon part

welcome to the site and glad to hear we got another oregon luver. i just recently rebuilt my luv it had 286000 miles on it. i know because the guy i got it from said he watched it roll over twice. he used to drive it to montana every year. anyways they are very reliable. i don't have any experiance with the 4x4 parts though.

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1980 luv 1.8 finally running!!!...... and then like a moron i sold it
got another one!!! 1980 mikado. v8 swap here we come... nope divorce and cross country move happened.
got another one!!! 1980 4x4 mikado sport. rusty beater for now...

Your dad should love this, I only fill up my 1980 4x4 every two weeks, and drive to work and home. I use Conoco gas, and I get about 25 26 mpg. filled up a week ago this sunday and after driving back and forth to work and home, I've still got 3/4 of a tank of gas left. Beat that with anyone of the new fancy cars!

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1980 Chevy Luv 4x4 Mikado
the "Ole Man from Spokane"

Your dad is right. They are always right
Most of us older folks did not think much of the "Jap" crap. If you looked at the luv- toyota and others of that time you need to compair them to other trucks of the same time. NO v8, or 6cyl, under powered, noisey, single side beds, thin sheet metal, Not for big guys, and on and on.

What he thinks is bad is what makes them disireable to us.
I had a 79 4x4 Luv, but someone wanted it more than I did. They stole it 4 days before Christmas in 1990. I am sure it ended up in Mexico or some ranch in west Texas. I would still would have had it.

Dad will get over it. The Luv engine is ok, you just remember what you have. It is not a V8. If it is real rusty I would fix what it needs to be a driver, and look for a good body, or whole truck to do your thing to.
What ever you do to the drive train will fit into another luv tuck

Welcome to the best Luv truck site.
Richard

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75 Luv, 350 V8, TH350, Camaro rearend. New 1975 Luv Step side. Stock for now.
Grandmaster of the "Shade Tree" way.. I can't see the yard for all the cars. Come on down and we will sit on the porch and watch the grass grow.

hee hee hee

and yes welcome aboard!

Cali - 147 registered owners
OR - 102 registered owners


WTF?

Yea but I think only about 7 of us Cali members post regularly.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

Yea, I think our general "on the site" peeps are Cali, Or., and Idaho, with a few others that kinda are here and there.

and of course our resident "top poster" ... it is generally those three though

another guys trash is another guys treasure.

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Welcome to the site and unfortunatly your dad is wrong but now matter

As far as all you Cali and Organ peeps go, well I have nothing to say

It seems that out of all the AZ ppl I'm the Lone Ranger, I've seen many come and go, and none seem to stick around

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

Prove your dad wrong. That is what I did. He has had a LUV since it was new on the showroom floor in 79, but he always told me that the LUV frame and chassis and suspension would never support a V-8, well I bought one that has a SBC in it and he fought me on it the entire time. Now I just burnout and shove it in his face

But to the same token give your ol' man some respect, he has been around the block, and when you truck does break, you will have him to help you, and to repeatedly say "I told you so" to you.

Oh and by the way, I am a NOR CAL CALI poster
Austin

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1975 Chevy LUV Rockabilly Stepside:
Satin Black, V-8 Traditionally Named "Dean"

right now his trusty car he takes to work is broken so i can give him so much crap about my 79 luv still drives and his 95 sentra is stuck in the driveway but something happend and now i dont have any lights at all
idk lol

Yea. You'll learn to keep your mouth shut, huh?

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

well I`m from az too still step in here every once in awhile haven`t raced or worked on the luv in that time. due to life work and deaths in the family hopefully thigs will be improved soon. I plan to start working on it soon. it looks like az is going to get a classic car exemption from emissions soon. according to the law that passed house senate and the gov signed cars and trucks 79 and older with collectable car insurance will be exempt from testing. so I am hoping to get on the road soon and not just the strip.

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don`t have the luv no more but I still like em.72 el camino,
00 & 06 silverado one 4x4, turboed vw sandrail,99 banshee, 06 raptor 700, 02 polaris trailblazer.

Welcome to tha site dude

just simply say nothing and just go along with it.... then when you finish workin on it simply show him he is wrong

lol the whole light situation enplanes why you just keep your mouth shut....lol
yeah i know its hard to do but sometimes you got to.

i am a GA poster..lol....wth does that say about me huh?...nothing much really i guess

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hello my names Cody im from Tennessee an im new to the site.Im a proud owner of a 79 4x4 Luv i wouldnt get rid of it for anything in the world.I go it from an old lady down from where i live for 50.00 the body has some rust on the out side but the floor boards are a total wreck everything else it good it has the 1.8 4cylinder an it runs excellent im fixing to change it over to a webber 32/36 Electronic choke carb.I was just wondering if any one had any info on replacing or fixing the floors in the cab buying another truck for parts where i live is out of the question cus as far as i know in my state i have the only one left in existance i have been every where an the only thing that i can still but for it is running gear parts an accesorys if any one could help me out i would REALLLY REALLY APPRICIATE IT CUS I WANT TO GET IT FIXED AN ON THE ROAD I CANT WAIT TO DRIVE IT!!!!!!