Sorry im off topic.


"I do not recall Toyota ever selling a "Custom Cab" in the U.S.,"
I thought the truck's are called "Cab & Chassis". Am I wrong?

My California registration also cost more money than a normal "pick up" and it's
called a "truck" on the paper work.
I know when I buy parts at the dealer I have to say it's a C&C
to get the right parts for things like the brakes and clutch.

Thanks
Dan


oh BTW:
Those C&C trucks should have a second manafacture's label.
One from Toyota and one from the manafacture of the bed or whatever.
(mine has one from Toyota and one from Texas auto body)

"Danny G." <dandog (AT) pacbell (DOT) net> wrote

Back in 1982, Toyota imported trucks 3 ways:
1) CBU's, or completely built units. Some base short bed pickups came from
Japan with the bed installed.
2) Incomplete trucks, where the beds were installed at the port of entry.
If you look at the LF corner of the bed, there will be a sticker with an "S"
or "L" for short and long bed, along with the bed's serial number.
3) CC's, or cab and chassis. These were sold to dealers, who sent them to
3rd parties who installed beds, boxes, campers, sweepers, etc. They should
indeed have a second manufacturer's label.

The first CC's were half-ton but were later upgraded to 3/4 and 1 ton, some
with dual rear wheels.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

Every manufactures warranty has an exclusion for damage cause by neglect and
after market products. Do a search and you will discover those small Toyota
trucks, that had built in campers installed, were all recalled by the
conversion company by order of the NHTSA. Rear axles failures were causing
fires in the rear wheels that resulted in accidents as well as several
deaths. Toyota was not involved because the camper exceeded the GVWR

mike


"Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 12:20:30 -0500, "Ray O"
<rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
The later ones that were upgraded by Toyota were fine - it's the
early ones manufactured as 1/2-ton or 3/4-ton 'incomplete vehicles'
and the GVWR upgraded by the final manufacturer that were trouble, and
you have to watch out for them. And it got worse when the Motorhome
makers added tag-axles to carry even more weight - tag axles mounted
on air springs that only carried their share of the vehicle weight
when they were properly inflated...

If your "dual rear wheels" are 'siamese' rims on a common six lug
wheel-face (and not the usual 8-lug deep-dish wheels that mount
separately), you have a conversion on a conventional (not a
full-floating) axle and WILL have problems. There is way too much
overhung load on the axle flange from those funky wheels...

Been there, saw what happened when the axle flange snapped and the
left rear wheelset went through the shower pan and the bathroom floor
on the way out the back...

The final manufacturers tried to point the finger of blame back at
Toyota for axle failures, but they aren't the ones that re-rated the
chassis. After the problem was identified, When (not if) the axle
shaft broke, Toyota ate the costs and did a recall where they shipped
you a crate with a complete full-floater rear axle and a set of rims,
installation costs not included.

Oh, and you have to watch where the Toyota frame rails were extended
by the final manufacturer, they love to crack at the welds. Even
after they've been repaired and properly reinforced with fishplates
and box members, they tend to crack /again/ at the welds.

--<< Bruce >>--

"Bruce L. Bergman" <blnospambergman (AT) earthlink (DOT) invalid> wrote


Thank's for the information.

For what its worth every place I have worked for the last 20 years or so uses
the truck's with the stake bed's (usually 6' x 10') and dual rear wheels. The Toyota
trucks are the only ones that seem to be able to take the abuse.

I bought on of the older ones. It's a 1986 C&C (22re with 1/2 ton front end) 6'x10'
flatbed with 24' of boxes, racks setup for HVAC construction.

That thing has been one tuff truck. It's has to work so hard i'm lucky to get 12mpg.
My normally weight is already at 4,900 pounds and tossing a couple thousand pounds
in the bed is no big deal.

The weak spots for us is the clutch and front brakes. They all eat both. Stomp the
brakes at 60 mph and by the time your stopped clouds of smoke are comming from the front brakes.
Mine will not skid at highway speeds. (newer ones stop better) Well it did one time. But it
was from a 100' roll sheet metal strap that fell between the cab and bed hit the road and wound itself
around the frame and driveshaft at 70 mph. LOL woops.

Dan





That sucker must be related to the Everyready bunny because it just keep's going
and going. LOL

On Apr 4, 7:55 pm, ripoffsu... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote:
Ray O I happen to have an 82 Toyota Custom Cab 2 wheel drive and the
fiberglass cab still has a decal on it reading CUSTOM COMPONENTS
CORPORATION. Do you have any information about this or an idea of how
many were made? Thanks Retro

<raysadowski (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote

Sorry, I am not familiar with Custom Components Corp. Is there a city of
phone number on the sticker?
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

On Apr 15, 6:31 pm, "Ray O" <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
Thanks Ray O No city or # So if anyone has some info Bring It On
Thanks Retro