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    Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    Am I missing something? Was the above copy lifted straight from some PR? Except maybe the four bar lights, this doesn't look anything like the BTTF truck. And at least as far as I was aware, the BTTF truck was nice, but was hardly anything drool-worthy. Wasn't it just a fairly ordinary Toyota with a roll bar and some lights? Maybe I just didn't appreciate trucks back them enough to notice. And that hasn't changed. I'd still rather have the DeLorean.
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    Image of KW802 KW802
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    It kinda' makes you wonder if anybody at Toyota ever actually saw the movie.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    Want that truck so bad...
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    Other Movie cars to make out of their modern equivilant:

    Starsky and Hutch Torino out of a Ford Fusion

    The Cadillac Nick Nolte drove in "48 Hours" out of a CTS-V

    The Homer out of a BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo

    The Ghostbusters Ambulance out of a CTS Sport Wagon
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    I've decided this is the vehicular equivalent of the creepy middle-aged guy who hangs around clubs trying to pick up the college students.
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    Chargeresque grille, wimpy bumpers, just not the same.

    Even the graphics relied on a slab-sided square truck to work. Sigh.
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    Edited by MushyHeirloom at 09/11/09 12:17 PM MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    "... rock-crawling street cred."

    So, it's the new Oxymoron Edition?
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    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    This doesn't make me want a new Tacoma.

    It makes me really, really want a clean '80s extended cab SR5 and three or four free weekends in the garage.
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    Image of zerofritz zerofritz
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    It's not even the exterior that looks like it's gone back in time.

    FTTY
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    Edited by zerofritz at 09/11/09 12:04 PM zerofritz was starred zerofritz was unstarred
    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    Easily matched black paint: no
    Bulletproof 22R engine: no
    No-frills zombie-ready equipment list: sorta - SFA gets you farther afield. Add three lockers for the ultimate mobility, only tank treads go farther.
    KC Hilites: yes
    KC Hilites that can actually illuminate the path in front of you: no
    Understated black steelie wheels: no, but basic white Ranchos are equally excellent.
    Flyweight practicality: no. BTTF weighs in at 3700lbs of post-apocalyptic fat.

    Verdict: good enough to drive, but not enough to want. I'll pay for the used 22R before I'll lay out for this. Sorry.
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    Edited by Elhigh at 09/11/09 11:50 AM Elhigh was starred Elhigh was unstarred
    Image of electricworry electricworry
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    OMFG! That's the first Toyota pickup in close to two decades that i'd spend money on. Though mine is not an '85 SR5 extended cab, it has enough of the look to prompt people to yell, "McFly!" when i roll past.

    And a solid front axle? Christ, pinch me...do it again...one more time, please.

    But the real question is the rest of that truck warlord grade like the old ones?
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    OK, quick comparo...
    Rims:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - Steel, black centers w/chrome lips.
    '08 SEMA Truck - '80s throwback satin finish aluminum.

    Graphics:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - None.
    '08 SEMA Truck - '80's throwback modernized with neutral tones.

    Bumpers:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - Large, burly double-tube replacements of OEM units.
    '08 SEMA Truck - Thin wimpy strap-on jobs, not to same scale as truck.

    Show Bars:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - Beefy double tube arrangement, tastefully complimenting bumpers.
    '08 SEMA Truck - Single tube unit, tubing dwarfs that of anemic bumpers.

    Paint:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - Deep Black, freshly waxed (two coats)
    '08 SEMA Truck - Camry Beige, freshly... meh.

    Aux Lighting:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - qty 6 KC Highlights, base KC covers.
    '08 SEMA Truck - qty 4 KC Highlights, '80s throwback smiley face covers.

    Performance:
    McFly's '85 SR5 - Basically stock. C'mon, it's lift, tires, bumpers, and roll bar... and we all know the story on that V6, don't even think about drag racing any Tannens.
    '08 SEMA Truck - Awesome, because that's why this truck was built, not to emulate some '80s movie ride but to eek every inch of performance out of the '08 Tacoma. Nice truck, poor benchmark. Marty's '85 SR5 was never the height of Toyota pickups, it just looked cool at the time.
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    Image of BWa1k BWa1k
    09/11/09

    @TimTim:

    He was drag racing Needles, never any Tannens.
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    Image of mydogisdexter mydogisdexter
    09/11/09

    @BWa1k: The truck was actually 22R (4 cylinder) powered, the V-6 was not available until 1988.
    /Toyota nerd
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    Image of TimTim TimTim
    09/11/09

    @BWa1k: I don't care who you're racing, don't do it with that 3 liter V6.
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    Image of b33g33 b33g33
    09/11/09

    @TimTim: I'm going to eke that eek for all it's worth.
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    Image of TTopJohn TTopJohn
    09/11/09

    @TimTim: Marty's truck was stock height - these things held 31 inch tires in stock form, one of the reasons for their high level of badassoisity.
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    09/11/09

    @All Ya'll:
    Dang, I'm hitting new levels of fail today... I need more coffee.
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    Image of TTopJohn TTopJohn
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    I love that interior! The exterior needs two more KC Daylighters and a more badass SR5 sticker job - just order the ones for an 86 4Runner and you're there. Yeah, marty didn't have them but whatevs, I like them. And I'd ditch the solid front axle in the name of better tracking - it went away in 86 anyway and the trucks were still warlord grade awesome.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/11/09

    @TTopJohn: As the former owner of an IFS 1st-gen 4Runner, I will be the first to say with confidence that I refused to drive that thing over 65mph. It was absolutely horrifying. I can't imagine a solid axle being worse.
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    Image of TTopJohn TTopJohn
    09/11/09

    @TV's Paul Y.: I had a friend with an 87 Toyota Truck, turbo 4, IFS 4wd with CO-OP Grip Spur mud tires - the same beige as this Tacoma. On occasion he'd drive it on 800+ mile road trips. Probably not the best highway vehicle, even with the IFS. But a solid front axle is always going to be worse. Even as posh of a "truck" as a WJ Grand Cherokee with tiny stock sized tires requires a lot of steering correction on the highway.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/11/09

    @TTopJohn: Mine was an 89 V6, with cheeeep 31"s; I could drift from a standing start on dry pavement, since the tires appear to have been made of iron (which certainly didn't help anything).

    I think I've just concluded that old-timey trucks have no business being on the interstate system, and that's that.
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    Image of Adam Spano Adam Spano
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    That cow catcher is extremely wimpy. Looks like a coathanger.

    Also, are those wheels and tires or did they just attach a couple chocolate donuts to the hubs and call it a day?
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    09/11/09

    @Adam Spano: I fail to see how BFG ATs on white steelies is a bad thing.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    09/11/09

    In reply to Marty's McFly Ride: Back To The Future Toyota Truck Concept, Driven
    "...most call it the BTTF Truck".

    Who is "most"? Mike Levine of PickupTruck.com? The 19 people who commented on the truck over at PickupTruck.com?

    The only "people" that connect this truck to BTTF is Mike Levine himself. This is a perfect example of internet regurgitation, where someone digs thru their hard drive and reposts something they found on the web.

    This truck is a year old. While it has an 80's retro feel, it has no design connection to BTTF except of what some e-writer says. Why are we seeing it again? Is Toyota out of ideas for SEMA 2009?
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    Image of Mike Levine Mike Levine
    09/11/09

    The project's lead and others at Toyota refer to it casually as the Back to the Future truck. When we were setting up the photo shoot, almost every conversation we had called it that.

    The official name: Tacoma Truck Concept doesn't exactly grab you.
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    Tanshanomi misses Rust-MyEnemy promoted this comment Mike Levine was starred Mike Levine was unstarred
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