You are all talking about
You are all talking about newer Yotas. I have a 1993 that I bought in 1997. It was a southern truck with a perfect frame and great body. About 60K miles on it then. Since I am in southern New England, I watched the chassis and washed it every chance I got. There is a dirt road nearby with many puddles of nice fresh unsalted water and I drive it during the winter to wash the salt off as much as possible. About 5 years ago, my mechanic told me that the clunk I was hearing was the front end of the rear springs, the shackles were sitting inside the frame. It was pretty rotted. I took it off the road and used it on the land but I missed it so I offered him the job of welding the chassis up. He did and it has been fine.
Now it's probably time to think about a new truck but I am not impressed by anything I see out there. Reading these posts just tells me that I don't want a Tacoma. I like being in charge of when the headlights come on. I like not having to push a button so's I can open the door to get out. I like that my truck is so old I have to do things that modern trucks have the computer do. (I also have a 1996 Ford Ranger in perfect condition that I can't get parts for any longer. Practically dead to me.) When I get in the old Toyota, it's my old friend. I don't have to crawl over a bolster to get into the seat. There's no 23 year old airbag in the steering wheel ready to explode and shrapnel me to pieces. And I think maybe it's time to reframe the old Yota. With 180K miles on it, the engine is like new. A little body work and a paint job and the old truck would be like new. But yes, there's that frame. I'm going to contact a local outfit that specializes in frame rebuilds. To me it would be worth it to spend the money and fix this old truck, restore it, if need be.
I'm not impressed with the new trucks. I'm not impressed with the quality of the work I've been getting from dealerships (Ford mainly, as the Toyota never asks for anything). I'm saddened by what I read here.
So, anyone have an opinion on reframing. I don't think it would qualify for a recall repair and after reading here, I don't think I care to do through Toyota. My old truck, like me, is pretty much retired. Neither of us has much more than a decade left of driving together. Does this sound like a reasoned solution?