1977 Toyota Sunrader Camper Review - My Happy Place!

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2024

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  • @JCVACCARO
    @JCVACCARO Рік тому +24

    Those rear wheel wells look like they're from 70's GM truck.

  • @Humblemango610
    @Humblemango610 Рік тому +13

    I love that the radio is branded “Craig” 😂

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. Рік тому +10

      Dankpods has entered the chat

    • @ModelA
      @ModelA Рік тому +1

      That was a discount aftermarket radio. The Craig brand was K-Mart, I believe. The stock factory radio would have been AM only.

    • @captainevenslower4400
      @captainevenslower4400 Рік тому +1

      I would love to see a @Dankpods review of that

    • @Humblemango610
      @Humblemango610 Рік тому

      @@captainevenslower4400 Me too

    • @Project_Low_Expectations
      @Project_Low_Expectations 8 місяців тому

      Craig radios is what you bought to replace the AM radio with am/fm and sometimes cassette… but didn’t care about the sound and wanted to hook it up to the AM speaker.

  • @ModelA
    @ModelA Рік тому +6

    I was laying in that upper bunk in my uncle's RV while driving down the road in the 70's, enjoying that amazing view when all of a sudden, an owl took off and WHAM! Right in the glass. I was picking glass and feathers out of my hair for a week. Good times!

  • @KenanTurkiye
    @KenanTurkiye Рік тому +4

    Yes a very very appropriate term to use for this beauty:
    ''My Happy Place!''

  • @hollybirge4087
    @hollybirge4087 Рік тому +5

    Zack. I was a kid in the 70s and 80s. If I could go back and live in a time as an adult, it would be the 70s. You are not alone. And do t worry about the seat belts fitting as no one used them until the mid 80s.

    • @bldontmatter5319
      @bldontmatter5319 Рік тому

      The 70s was the era were things started to fall apart. That's when America was still America, but things like the gold standard for the USD went away, and cost of living became higher where wages did not match that growth. You can see in the 90s, the process of destroying the US as a generally liveable nation for all was complete.

  • @randyhoneycutt8153
    @randyhoneycutt8153 5 місяців тому +1

    Mom snd Dad Nd 4 kids took a long trip in 1966 in a camper very similar but on a Ford F100 pickup. What an adventure and memories to last a lifetime. We siblings still talk about from time to time. Great video, Zack.

  • @hollybirge4087
    @hollybirge4087 Рік тому +6

    Those R series engines are amazing. My Celica has a 22RE in it, and it’s so reliable

  • @jimmyjimjims7483
    @jimmyjimjims7483 Рік тому +4

    The later Toyota Dolphin motorhomes are amazingly cool I hope you get to drive one, I wish I had kept mine (but the automatic in those can be a bit inadequate)

  • @LifeAfterLosing
    @LifeAfterLosing Рік тому +2

    I wish they would build an affordable lightweight camper similar to this for the Maverick or Santa Cruz!

  • @KenBober
    @KenBober Рік тому +3

    My uncle had a set up like that but with a Datsun pickup. He did a lot of traveling for work so it was perfect.

  • @gm12551
    @gm12551 Рік тому +2

    That steering wheel being off center is crazy

  • @Project_Low_Expectations
    @Project_Low_Expectations 8 місяців тому

    This thing is so damn cool… I want to grab it and give it a great detail… wet sand, buff and polish, pains the wheels and bumpers… do a roll in bed liner on the floor inside the cab, polish up the plastic windows up high… mage her sparkle like the gem she is

  • @IZOKSXZHS
    @IZOKSXZHS 3 місяці тому

    Great video. Well done. Amazing the condition this thing is in. I would build a bathroom in it myself. Your personality adds something to the video process, keep up the good work.

  • @Spheredalai
    @Spheredalai Рік тому

    I'm more amazed after i read that you "film under 2 hours"... that's quick! impressive!

  • @bwofficial1776
    @bwofficial1776 Рік тому +8

    That's the worst way to make a dually I've ever heard but it's cheaper than narrowing a true dually axle. I also love the sketchiness of how it's just a slide-in camper with a removable cab window. The hatchback rear is interesting. It looks clean and period-correct inside. Manual trucks have a certain honesty about them, they're not made to necessarily drive well but to drive for a long time while doing work.

    • @piggy310
      @piggy310 Рік тому +2

      Nah... you're just obsessed with government telling you what's good and bad.

    • @whoawoahh
      @whoawoahh Рік тому +1

      @@piggy310I pooped my pants. It’s all Joe Biden’s fault

    • @piggy310
      @piggy310 Рік тому

      @@whoawoahh The crapping dicktator.

    • @piggy310
      @piggy310 Рік тому

      @@whoawoahhwhite trash Jo bidet clam are felons, Trump's fault...

    • @Project_Low_Expectations
      @Project_Low_Expectations 8 місяців тому

      What’s sketchy about the slide in camper, or the window being removed?
      Thats how they did things back in the day

  • @tristankelsey1746
    @tristankelsey1746 9 місяців тому

    What cool and hilarious little dually truck. I want one without the camper on it

  • @brantisonfire
    @brantisonfire Рік тому +1

    I remember one time my friend and I rented one of the 1990s Toyota pickup Uhaul box trucks to move stuff into our apartment. That thing was so sketchy driving at any speed above 45 mph. I can't see how anyone could take one of those on a long-distance move. I would be frightened to drive that thing on the interstate.

  • @lesklower7281
    @lesklower7281 Рік тому

    A Toyota ute camper from the 1970s with a very reliable 20R motor l like it and l grew up in the 1970s in Australia an l am glad the restored the camper with period correct materials

  • @bazilwreckerloughead
    @bazilwreckerloughead Рік тому

    I love how definitively 70s that thing is!

  • @aenoymotors
    @aenoymotors Рік тому +1

    Man that thing is COOL.

  • @steveschmidt5574
    @steveschmidt5574 Рік тому

    Super cool camper! Always love your final thoughts.

  • @sofloflow
    @sofloflow Рік тому +1

    There's a guy with two of them near me, ones for sale. Sadly, out of my price range for something like this that would ultimately be a toy.

  • @Clement.V
    @Clement.V Рік тому

    This camping van is very beautiful.That will be good if the owner do a refreshment of the car, she really need that. 🙂

  • @hoomanAdnan
    @hoomanAdnan Рік тому

    Super cool ❤ from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

  • @JCVACCARO
    @JCVACCARO Рік тому +2

    Sunrader or Dolphin. Decisions. Decisions.

  • @kiraleaf
    @kiraleaf Рік тому

    A living piece of history you can live in!

  • @AR-wh2vp
    @AR-wh2vp Рік тому

    Thank you, for your unique videos!

  • @michaelhoskins832
    @michaelhoskins832 9 місяців тому

    Ugh. That squeaky clutch pedal would drive me crazy after a while.

  • @GForceVRX
    @GForceVRX Рік тому

    I agree it’s a great looking little truck!

  • @MrBbbakersk
    @MrBbbakersk Рік тому

    This is all Ricky, from trailer park Boys, needs

  • @oldskool1979
    @oldskool1979 Рік тому +2

    Its amazing that thing still exists... that steering wheel needs to be aligned.

  • @aaronsesula2033
    @aaronsesula2033 Рік тому

    I think I ended that video the best do you have any chance to review old boogie vans from the 70 s

  • @williamdixon8961
    @williamdixon8961 4 місяці тому

    Good review.

  • @veronicavelasco8456
    @veronicavelasco8456 Рік тому

    sweet, I love it

  • @MustangsTrainsMowers
    @MustangsTrainsMowers Рік тому +1

    A truck that’s actually slower than my 2011 Ranger 2.3 Supercab.

  • @waters1801
    @waters1801 Рік тому

    great stuff! Thanks!

  • @VladimirBlarp
    @VladimirBlarp Рік тому

    Holy hell is that steering wheel out of whack !

  • @VashSpiegel
    @VashSpiegel 11 місяців тому +1

    The rear dinette layout is better.

  • @ClaudiaTheCamper-pu6bt
    @ClaudiaTheCamper-pu6bt Рік тому

    Love it. It's a beaut.

  • @williamdixon8961
    @williamdixon8961 4 місяці тому

    Smell it? Yeah the smell of Pall Mall, PBR & woodglue, mmm, mmm.

  • @dave11686
    @dave11686 Рік тому

    So cool

  • @kc0lif
    @kc0lif Рік тому

    nice vehicle.

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 Рік тому

    Cool 🥰

  • @wiscoshenanigans
    @wiscoshenanigans Рік тому

    😊

  • @piggy310
    @piggy310 Рік тому +1

    There's nothing wrong with that dually set-up, and welds are stronger than the host metal..
    Your precious government doesn't know everything.

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 Рік тому

      They sure know how to bend over for globalists and take everything from you.

  • @infernoking7504
    @infernoking7504 Рік тому

    Omfg thats adorable

  • @althunder4269
    @althunder4269 Рік тому

    How do they mount 2 tires on one wide rim?

    • @mattremmel9365
      @mattremmel9365 Рік тому

      They welded two rims together to make the one rim and it’s not very easy to change them lol

  • @Babar13-2
    @Babar13-2 8 місяців тому

    bigger*, lmao stop eating tacos bell

  • @watchingitallhere
    @watchingitallhere Рік тому +1

    Holy fuuc that vehicle looks like a total safety hazard just from exterior observation.
    Loaded with gear and provisions? Totally unwieldy for sure. Just be glad these are no longer in production.

    • @emilyadams3228
      @emilyadams3228 Рік тому

      It only looks like a safety hazard to you cos you've been totally softened and weakened by the Globalist Safety Religion. Enjoy having nothing and being a slave. I'll be over here, thinking for myself and making choices and whatnot.

    • @bldontmatter5319
      @bldontmatter5319 Рік тому

      The 70s campers were so unsafe. Just plywood with zero protection

    • @mattremmel9365
      @mattremmel9365 Рік тому

      Yup not safe at all but we took it from Wisconsin to Virginia and back with no issues. 55 the whole way lol

    • @ModelA
      @ModelA Рік тому

      @@bldontmatter5319 Safety is for wimps.

  • @piggy310
    @piggy310 Рік тому

    Why the hell do people want ovens inside their campers, seems like a waste of space amd dangerous , a single stove top I can see but a complete stove/oven..stupid.

  • @anthony_rivera4735
    @anthony_rivera4735 Рік тому

    I'm sick and tired of manual trucks

    • @waters1801
      @waters1801 Рік тому +9

      no these are awesome

    • @guywithphone9222
      @guywithphone9222 Рік тому +2

      ​@@waters1801then don't buy a manual simple as

    • @cfc1001001cfc
      @cfc1001001cfc Рік тому +5

      Manual makes a lot of sense for trucks...you control when the shifts happen and this allows you to engine break down hills, saving your breaks. Staying in lower gears up hills helps to maintain power and torque. They are cheaper to repair and are more durable. Hell, this Toyota Sunrader is 46 years old survivor, and you can tell it hasn't been babied...no telling how many times it flipped its 5 figure odometer around in that time.

    • @Kwijibob
      @Kwijibob Рік тому +10

      I'm sick of manuals not being an option on newer vehicles

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 Рік тому +5

      I know, they're harder to drive to Starbucks at the mall. You might mess up your manicure having to change your own gears. That shifter can be hard to move if you can't lift anything heavier than a phone.