84 Toyota Dolphin

chast wrote:
Congratulations! She is a beauty! We have owned three Toyota micro-minis over the years and loved each one. I hope yours has the R22 engine—bulletproof! I hope you enjoy it and have many happy miles and adventures ahead of you.

Thanks, yes, 22R. works great so far!

garyemunson wrote:
Those are great little units. One issue I'd worry about is lack of parts. Anything that old is REALLY scarce in junkyards as very few keep older stuff around long anymore. Even simple parts, while still available are no longer kept on the shelf in many parts houses.

In 1984, the Toyota Pickup truck was without question, the most popular small pickup truck in the US, bar none. (probably around the world too) Finding parts, both new and used shouldn't be a problem for the foreseeable future. If you gotta have an older small truck, that would be my choice. That platform would even be a good candidate for a 4wd conversion. Just don't plan on carrying much or towing anything.

Chum lee

ron.dittmer wrote:
Our 1984 Toyota Mirage SEEN HERE was built on a 1983 Toyota C&C chassis. I believe your 1984 chassis has the same 2.4L engine, but with multi-port fuel injection which is so much better. Not just 19 more horse power compared to our California emissions carbureted engine, but today's fuel with 10% ethanol was so hard on a cold start diaphragm on the side of the carb. I had to replace it every-other year due it getting stiff and ineffective. It was dang hard to get and later very expensive to purchase.

It looks like your rig also has the updated rear axle with true duel rear wheels. You are all set with that.

Our little Toyota had a stick shift 4-speed and it was great. We bought it brand new in the fall of 1983 and sold it 23 years later with 107K miles for $4625 less than we paid brand new. It was one of our best investments in life.

We drove a slow and steady 57 mph on the open road, let everyone pass us by, and it served us well. Our trip average fuel economy was often just over 20 mpg, but that rig weight only 3500 pounds plus what we added into it.

Be very slow indeed.They are making modern versions of these in Australia with 4x2 or 4x4 Drive. They keep up with the traffic going up hills , Diesel Toyota Powered

Our 1984 Toyota Mirage SEEN HERE was built on a 1983 Toyota C&C chassis. I believe your 1984 chassis has the same 2.4L engine, but with multi-port fuel injection which is so much better. Not just 19 more horse power compared to our California emissions carbureted engine, but today's fuel with 10% ethanol was so hard on a cold start diaphragm on the side of the carb. I had to replace it every-other year due it getting stiff and ineffective. It was dang hard to get and later very expensive to purchase.

It looks like your rig also has the updated rear axle with true duel rear wheels. You are all set with that.

Our little Toyota had a stick shift 4-speed and it was great. We bought it brand new in the fall of 1983 and sold it 23 years later with 107K miles for $4625 less than we paid brand new. It was one of our best investments in life.

We drove a slow and steady 57 mph on the open road, let everyone pass us by, and it served us well. Our trip average fuel economy was often just over 20 mpg, but that rig weight only 3500 pounds plus what we added into it.

Those are great little units. One issue I'd worry about is lack of parts. Anything that old is REALLY scarce in junkyards as very few keep older stuff around long anymore. Even simple parts, while still available are no longer kept on the shelf in many parts houses. We had an Dodge van with a slant six and lost a timing chain on a trip about 15 years ago. I was surprised when the auto parts store had to special order it. Decided to update the truck because of that.

Congratulations! She is a beauty! We have owned three Toyota micro-minis over the years and loved each one. I hope yours has the R22 engine—bulletproof! I hope you enjoy it and have many happy miles and adventures ahead of you.

Whatever it takes! It looks good and Toyota builds good stuff. I'd come up with a bumper sticker that says something like "Give me a break, it's flat pedaled". It's no different than some semi trucks going slow so if people don't like it, too bad.

Hope to see you on the road. A classic!

gbopp wrote:
Congrats and enjoy.
Remember, RVing is not a race (at least for most of us). If it gets you to the top of the big hills, that's all that matters.

Agreed! Just glad I'm not following it going that slow!

Congrats and enjoy.
Remember, RVing is not a race (at least for most of us). If it gets you to the top of the big hills, that's all that matters.