1977 Toyota Sunrader Camper Review - My Happy Place!

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  • čas přidán 7. 09. 2024

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  • @ModelA
    @ModelA Před rokem +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!

  • @JCVACCARO
    @JCVACCARO Před rokem +24

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

  • @Humblemango610
    @Humblemango610 Před rokem +13

    I love that the radio is branded “Craig” 😂

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. Před rokem +10

      Dankpods has entered the chat

    • @ModelA
      @ModelA Před rokem +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 Před rokem +1

      I would love to see a @Dankpods review of that

    • @Humblemango610
      @Humblemango610 Před rokem

      @@captainevenslower4400 Me too

    • @Project_Low_Expectations
      @Project_Low_Expectations Před 7 měsíci

      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.

  • @hollybirge4087
    @hollybirge4087 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      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 Před 4 měsíci +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.

  • @KenanTurkiye
    @KenanTurkiye Před rokem +4

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

  • @hollybirge4087
    @hollybirge4087 Před rokem +6

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

  • @jimmyjimjims7483
    @jimmyjimjims7483 Před rokem +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)

  • @KenBober
    @KenBober Před rokem +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.

  • @LifeAfterLosing
    @LifeAfterLosing Před rokem +2

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

  • @stefanm67
    @stefanm67 Před 6 měsíci

    I loved the 70's. That vehicle takes me right back to those days. Great video of a great vehicle. ❤

  • @Project_Low_Expectations
    @Project_Low_Expectations Před 7 měsíci

    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

  • @bwofficial1776
    @bwofficial1776 Před rokem +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 Před rokem +2

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

    • @whoawoahh
      @whoawoahh Před rokem +1

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

    • @piggy310
      @piggy310 Před rokem

      @@whoawoahh The crapping dicktator.

    • @piggy310
      @piggy310 Před rokem

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

    • @Project_Low_Expectations
      @Project_Low_Expectations Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @gm12551
    @gm12551 Před rokem +2

    That steering wheel being off center is crazy

  • @IZOKSXZHS
    @IZOKSXZHS Před 2 měsíci

    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.

  • @brantisonfire
    @brantisonfire Před rokem +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.

  • @Spheredalai
    @Spheredalai Před rokem

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

  • @sofloflow
    @sofloflow Před rokem +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.

  • @lesklower7281
    @lesklower7281 Před rokem

    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

  • @steveschmidt5574
    @steveschmidt5574 Před rokem

    Super cool camper! Always love your final thoughts.

  • @tristankelsey1746
    @tristankelsey1746 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @Clement.V
    @Clement.V Před rokem

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

  • @aenoymotors
    @aenoymotors Před rokem +1

    Man that thing is COOL.

  • @bazilwreckerloughead
    @bazilwreckerloughead Před rokem

    I love how definitively 70s that thing is!

  • @JCVACCARO
    @JCVACCARO Před rokem +2

    Sunrader or Dolphin. Decisions. Decisions.

  • @michaelhoskins832
    @michaelhoskins832 Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @aaronsesula2033
    @aaronsesula2033 Před rokem

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

  • @kiraleaf
    @kiraleaf Před rokem

    A living piece of history you can live in!

  • @AR-wh2vp
    @AR-wh2vp Před rokem

    Thank you, for your unique videos!

  • @oldskool1979
    @oldskool1979 Před rokem +2

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

  • @GForceVRX
    @GForceVRX Před rokem

    I agree it’s a great looking little truck!

  • @MrBbbakersk
    @MrBbbakersk Před rokem

    This is all Ricky, from trailer park Boys, needs

  • @MustangsTrainsMowers
    @MustangsTrainsMowers Před rokem +1

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

  • @hoomanAdnan
    @hoomanAdnan Před rokem

    Super cool ❤ from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

  • @VashSpiegel
    @VashSpiegel Před 10 měsíci +1

    The rear dinette layout is better.

  • @VladimirBlarp
    @VladimirBlarp Před rokem

    Holy hell is that steering wheel out of whack !

  • @williamdixon8961
    @williamdixon8961 Před 3 měsíci

    Good review.

  • @williamdixon8961
    @williamdixon8961 Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @veronicavelasco8456
    @veronicavelasco8456 Před rokem

    sweet, I love it

  • @piggy310
    @piggy310 Před rokem +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 Před rokem

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

  • @waters1801
    @waters1801 Před rokem

    great stuff! Thanks!

  • @ClaudiaTheCamper-pu6bt

    Love it. It's a beaut.

  • @wiscoshenanigans
    @wiscoshenanigans Před rokem

    😊

  • @dave11686
    @dave11686 Před rokem

    So cool

  • @kc0lif
    @kc0lif Před rokem

    nice vehicle.

  • @michaelcoffey7362
    @michaelcoffey7362 Před rokem

    Cool 🥰

  • @althunder4269
    @althunder4269 Před rokem

    How do they mount 2 tires on one wide rim?

    • @mattremmel9365
      @mattremmel9365 Před rokem

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

  • @infernoking7504
    @infernoking7504 Před rokem

    Omfg thats adorable

  • @watchingitallhere
    @watchingitallhere Před rokem +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 Před rokem

      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 Před rokem

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

    • @mattremmel9365
      @mattremmel9365 Před rokem

      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 Před rokem

      @@bldontmatter5319 Safety is for wimps.

  • @Babar13-2
    @Babar13-2 Před 7 měsíci

    bigger*, lmao stop eating tacos bell

  • @piggy310
    @piggy310 Před rokem

    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.

  • @anthonyrivera4735
    @anthonyrivera4735 Před rokem

    I'm sick and tired of manual trucks

    • @waters1801
      @waters1801 Před rokem +9

      no these are awesome

    • @guywithphone9222
      @guywithphone9222 Před rokem +2

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

    • @cfc1001001cfc
      @cfc1001001cfc Před rokem +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 Před rokem +10

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

    • @bwofficial1776
      @bwofficial1776 Před rokem +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.