13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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Tercel__jon
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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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Petros wrote:Not a bad set-up, looks like 15" wheels:

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now that looks promising...any details?
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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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Yes, this was a picture of the old Downey Off-Road ski wagon. There was a brochure out there of the stuff they offered. I spoke to the guy that owned Downey before they went out of business and he told me the story behind it. It turns out this Tercel you see in the picture was one of those pre-production crusher cars, after his time with the car was done, Toyota was going to crush it along with the parts. I had no idea they did that.
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Tercel__jon
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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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tercel4wdrules wrote:Yes, this was a picture of the old Downey Off-Road ski wagon. There was a brochure out there of the stuff they offered. I spoke to the guy that owned Downey before they went out of business and he told me the story behind it. It turns out this Tercel you see in the picture was one of those pre-production crusher cars, after his time with the car was done, Toyota was going to crush it along with the parts. I had no idea they did that.
Darn. Cause knowing what size tires those are...would help ALOT. Sad they crushed em...
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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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hey anthonyz what size tires did you end up running on those black rims in your last pictures there?
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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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This one is a T4 that was set on a Toyota pickup frame and chassis.

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Re: 13" off road tires? help a brothah out! haha

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that is really the hard way to get a better engine and more durable transmission. I have seen a you tube video of something similar, a Tercel4wd with big tires up in the air like that. You can see enough of the frame in the video to know it looks like a truck chaises under the body.
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