My build ...

[NashMan]

then what do all the natives do with only some dead animales wraped arounf there waste do

Ryan: If you go out in the sun down here you end up with skin cancer....

 

[slacker]

so test fitting the dash .. going to do a complete fiberglass dash , so i'm getting a good look at what it's going to be like .. needs to fit the supra speedo .. I think it'll work .

my nephew loves his uncles shop , and the work .. and is already dreaming of the day he can come take over

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[ilikebigbutts]

wow

this needs to be finnished and video's need posted

 

[slacker]

thanks ... i'm doing this in my "spare" time .. so it wont be "done" anytime soon .

 

[NashMan]

what made you pick that year of truck and not new 91 or some thing

 

[slacker]

There are a # of reasons but mostly because I love the lines .. kind of "square" .. i'm not a fan of the "rounded" line of the newer vehicles .

 

[slacker]

so I started work on the tranny tunnel .

It MUST be removable , because of the frame design . If ever I need to remove the tranny , it will have to come out from the top .

so .


here is the cab tunel frame .

shit load of work .. took all day .


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[jugodegolf]

:icon_razz :icon_razz :icon_razz :icon_razz
Unbelievable project. Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[fiyota]

this is coming along great!

 

[NashMan]

update ?

 

[slacker]

slooooooww .... and , thank you for asking !

Cab is back off , and set aside for now .. I really wanted to get going on the suspension .. It's been a real PAIN ..

Originally I was going to use the original coil overs (as pictured in a previous post) .. new springs were added a while back , so it's all good stuff , adjustable , I love it ..

set up the frame to "ride height" , did some measuring , and bascially found the top of the strut would be sticking out of the top of the box .. not what I want .

So I started looking around , and thought about "bagging it" .. checked out a few places like http://www.ridetech.com/productinfo/rideproe.asp and http://www.easystreetair.com/ ...

I really did some research , and was ready to buy , but wasnt really happy with the final result it would have neted .. so why go forward with that ?



SO ...



A new plan has emerged ... and i'm working on it right now ..

Can you say " CANTELEVER" ?

yep .. gonna lay the struts down , front and rear , just like the F1 cars .. well maybe a little different .. hopefully , couple issues , have arived , but thats where i'm at .



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[NashMan]

humm i had feeling this whould happen when i saw ther back of the truck

the cantaveler should work

but have you though of just useing custom sock that is just smaller most sprint cars shops/dawfr car and such might be good thing to look at

 

[slacker]

humm i had feeling this whould happen when i saw ther back of the truck

the cantaveler should work

but have you though of just useing custom sock that is just smaller most sprint cars shops/dawfr car and such might be good thing to look at

yeah .. I have .. and thanks for the suggestions .....

thing is .. I really wanted to stay "true" to toyota , and have all factory replacement parts .. instead of having all of these miss-matched parts

this is why I was so perplexed in the "air ride" suspension .. Thing is .. now once I get all of it "layed down " , replacement should be very simple .

cuz it will be for sale .. one day .

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[NashMan]

hummmmmm so how goes

 

[slacker]

yup ..
have it all drawn up ,ordered some bushings .. and started making brackets .

 

[NashMan]

wipe out some mad ms paint skillz and show us

 

[slacker]

I'll get some pics today .

 

[slacker]

ok .. so heres my plans . dont do the photoshop thing so bare with me .
it's a 2 lever system .

basically , I want to "lay down" the rear struts . like this ..

so right now i'm in the midst of making 8 bracket mounts ...

so I can get everything "tacked" into place .. so I can measure for the leavers . I now have the links made , that fit the original lower strut mounts .

and they fit like so ......

also have the side supports

and FINALLY got the bushings figured ..

 

[slacker]

so you wanted to see .. no comments ?

 

[Big Wang Bandit]

The whole idea of that type of suspension is way over my head