project from hell..lol, 86 yota w/22r that is on its last life, body is shot, 2 accidents in 3 days...bastards..lol, but its going to be a totally different truck when i'm done w/it hehe

 

started working on the tag box...all welded in and ready for bondo but a few days later i some careless chick rearended me at a red light..lol

 

ouch: all that work, gone in a blink of an eye,.

 

yea its structurally messed up.,..lol...but its kinda motivating me to build my 6.0/lq4 for it..lol

 

Man there is nothing worse than hearing about a Yota getting hit. Man that sucks. But now you get to have some more fun with it!

 

pics of the 6.0 getting torn apart

 

bought it for $250...w/wiring harness but w/4l80e..which i'm in search of now..lol....it being out of an "hd 2500" gives one option for a trans...the trans it came with...reason being because the crank is .44 bigger than a stock ls1 crank, which makes the seal pad bigger and different rear main, the ls1 crank will work but the motor will have to be re-balanced, i have the stock crank and an ls1 crank that i bought for $50 tht needs to be grinded and polished....doing this on such a tight budget is kinda of leaning me towards the stock crank

took the intake,wiring harness,water pump,a/c compressor,bracketry, exhaust mani's, coil packs...etc

 

tonneau cover i built this w/end..did it soo cheap...kinda got lucky w/it..lol, but it works and havent got a ticket in two weeks so its workin.woot woot

metal w/vinyl strip- free(took down display at my store)
vinyl- 2 72x54 sheets or black marine-$40
hinges-$5
staples-free (work)
screws-$5
aluminum strip to cover seam-$23 =(

 

Looks good, I like it!

 

nice

right on thats a cool project you got there,

 

thx guys, should be really tearing her down when i get something else for a daily..lol

 

update:
gave the body dropped bed away for free...i think i'm going bedless..lol

cut off previous owners horrible tub job and core support

pulled and sold 22r and 5sod trans

 

This is sad,

 

o ya why is tht ?..lol

 

why does this dude never have anything positive to say? and neverdone your truck looks pretty good

 

lol...thx dude, appreciate it....i ended up buying two 5.3 vortecs....same ls-series as my 6.0 but have lower miles n more tranny options...had to jump on it...so i can use the 6.0 in my 67, got both 5.3's for 300 off some dude hurting for mula

...i also cut down my 64 merc montery wagon dash to fit the yota cab but need finish tacking that back together...making it bolt in as well..pics up later this week

 

Drop some ls1 heads on that 5.3 and you're set!

 

yea that would help hp wise...i got lucky with these two motors...they both have aluminum heads..lol, which will less weight on my bags
...its deff a good idea predracer...i have a spare ls1 intake,crank, and cam but its a build on a really tight budget so i'm going to take my chances and go with a stock 5.3...i wont catch traction either way..lol....


pics of dash..so far:

 

dash update:
needed to section(shorten) 5 3/4" out of the dash side to side once steering column was centered...i started by cutting the dash in 2 but i needed to decide where to make my cuts before anything was done...so after measuring again again and again i chose to delete the radio because it was the flatest section.....the radio being 8 inches wide, screwed with my measurements...so i kept the right side knob of the radio and trimmed the 1st piece(driver side half) 3 1/2" and the 2nd piece(pass side half) 2 1/4" to get my fitment...they're not tacked together yet but its fits better than i thought it would...obviously needs "clean up metal work" done around the egdes which will be a bitch and flowing it into the doors...but i think i will like it...ecspecially since it will be bolt in

 

Keep up the updates, very kewl . . .