Hey guys,

i'm a recent new member to Toyota mini's and thought i would say hi and share my project truck with you.

i'm 25 years old and live in the UK, i have been building my mini truck for just over two years and i believe that it is the only mini truck in the UK at the moment.

the truck was pretty much standard when i got it apart from the wire knock ons and a heavily damaged 2.4 diesel engine.

my first job was to replace the engine so i sourced a 3.9 v8 and a conversion bell housing kit to fit it, unfortunately i didn't realise that the linkages for the manual column shifter bolted to the original bell housing and it would be way too much work to fit the v8 so i opted just to replace with another 2.4 diesel. ahh well low and slow it is

i think thats enough chatter for now so i will let the pictures do the talking.

please bear in mind the truck is still a work in progress and some modifications are temporary.

hope you guys can tell me if anything should be changed or made better etc

 

welcome to TM. truck looks great, and i never thought id say this but those 100 spokes dont look half bad when the truck is dumped. hope to see more progress pics..

 

Looks good. I want tht diesel motor haha

 

Yup Im buying some, always though wires would look sick on a bagged toy and now i know they do.

Welcome to TM man, good lookin truck, I like seeing more and more newbs with bags it makes me smile.

 

thanks for the kind words guys, this truck has taken over my life and bank balance for the past few years and i'm so happy it is road legal and close to completion.

it has been so difficult building this truck in England as it is almost impossible to get hold of things like compressors, valves, bags, air tank etc so i have had to import everything from the US at great cost

and if it wasn't for this site and you guys and the helpful how-to's and project threads i would not of known were to start!!

yea ive always been 50/50 on the wire wheels but they are realy starting to grow on me

thanks,

Steve

 

nice looking truck...bagged and drag it bradda...keep us posted w your work...wanna c the engine

 

Welcome,keep Mini Trucks alive on the other side of the pond!!

 

Welcome! I'm glad you are enjoying your truck and fixing it up to your liking.

Rick

 

I've always been a fan of wire rims just something about them ..like that exhaust ya did there to keep it up

 

I am confused. What is this "completion" you speak of? lol

Looks nice man. Good work.

 

Thanks guys
"completion" haha yea no such thing, lets not say completion but instead lets say not in dozens of pieces sll over the floor ;-)

 

Dang man, those Daytons... i love them (never thought i'd say that) but they seem to just make that truck. i also think it's awesome that the shape of your tail lights is similar to that of your exhaust tip. keep up the great work man, it looks really sick.

Is there maybe a body drop in its future?

 

damn, that looks very interesting. Those tail lights, I've never seen them before!

 

thanks guys yes there maybe a body drop planned for the future and maybe a larger wheel size? i haven't decided yet.

here is a link to ebay for the rear lights, not sure if they ship to the US or they may evan be available on ebay US??

LED Rear tail Lights Toyota Hilux Mk3 pickup lamps NEW | eBay

 

I love body drops. In my plans when i bag the truck in years to come.

funny, i played with the shipping thing at the bottom of the page, and it didnt say you couldnt ship to the US, didn't say you could either. lol