Recent content by SoCalStig1

Hello everyone. Curious if anyone recognizes this particular 1986 4Runner. I had sold it years ago, and it looks like it was recently smog checked in California in 2025 for the first time since 2006. Would like to chat with the current owner (presuming they are a forum member) and see what it...

Good morning everyone! A few years ago I had posted a reply to this thread hoping to see if there was a way to find out if the '86 4Runner I owned from 1992 through about 2001 still exists. At the time, I was not able to locate any documents that had the VIN on it. Over the weekend I finally...

I will have to do some searching to see if I can find any of the old paperwork that may have had the VIN on it. The license plate that it had on it when I sold it doesn't show as having been smogged in California since 2006, so the new owner either wrecked it, or took it out of state, or who...

Looking at all of these photos is seriously making me wish that I still owned my '86. Without being able to find the VIN for my old one, can anyone suggest the best way to find out if the vehicle still exists (or if anyone on this forum may own it)? Not interested in trying to buy it, but...

Really enjoying seeing all of these classic 4Runners. Still a good looking vehicle.

Good afternoon all. I am loving seeing the pics of all of the 1st Gen T4Rs on the site. Makes me miss my old one even more. It was an Blue/Black 1986 that I sold to a kid back around May of 2002. Here are three of the limited photos I still have of it. I would love to find out if anyone on...