In a message dated 1/20/2011 10:11:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
mcneely4@COX.NET writes:

Either  the practice stopped, or Toyota improved the beds (or I got an
exceptional  one).  My '93 Toyota Pickup (just before the name change to
"Tacoma") ran  for 297K miles before I sold it to a fellow going to Mexico to sell
it  there.  I sold it to him for more than I could have gotten by selling it
 to someone planning to drive it here, btw.  I used the dog out of the
bed, hauling everything from firewood to dirt to gravel, even beach sand, and
it never rusted.  That was one tough truck, too.  I took it onto  roads most
people wouldn't take a 4wd in Mexico, and drove it on the beach  untold
numbers of times in Texas.  Never  rusted.

mcneely

I just talked to a friend who had his Toyo truck recalled and bought back
from him by toyota for frame rust.  they paid him above the kelly blue book
valve for excellent condition  later  mark  d