i finally got home today from vegas. havent seen my truck other than my photos i drolled on every day since september. as im driving up i literally thought to myself "damn, how does somebody drive it that low?" and laughed. i forgot how i have to bend over to unlock it. its pretty much grown into the yard. lol

 

so how much ground clearance do you have from the ground to the frame i have six inchs i took that from the middle of the door just wondering cause i think im pretty close to yours now

 

sounds like its getting there but you have a bit of catching up to do. lol. this is at the front crossmember sideways and the area near the front leaf mount on the flat stretch of frame.





and heres the new grille emblem/ornament im working on today. i ran out of filler for the back. im gonna fill it smooth then screw the brackets to the back. simple and should look cool. test fit it sits nicely. belt buckle i got in vegas.

 

sorry for the file size. ill compress them down later.

 

Did you get that trans swapped yet???

 

havent found a W58 yet. ive been busy getting trashed with old friends every night. lol. trying to bring some vegas back with me and keeping people up drinking to sunrise.

 

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/pts/1516465150.html

Not sure what your budget is, but I did see this today.

 

thats from the 6 cyl motors. different length and bellhousing.

 

i have a truck w58 if your still looking for one

 

hey cin, wanna make this the ugliest olive green you can think of? haha

 

atleast you dont have to lower this picture like everyone elses. haha

 

are you going to upadate the pictures of your interior of your toyota???

 

well the truck hasnt done anything but sit for 4 months...so nothing has changed. same seats. same door panels. console is still needing to be finished. been working on my other project truck since i already had parts to get it road ready again. whenever i get caught up on money and can work on this again i will.

 

sweet just did the full read through of the build, we are on the same page lol

your heater vents adjust, mine dont... weird

 

hmm...weird. lol. lets trade dashes then

 

wonder how much freight would be

 

i wonder that too. but its an option to consider. would it be worth the small amount of cutting and welding to flip the light knobs to the other side? the glove box door and cluster are more or less swapable.

annnnyways. i finally got a new trans in this tonight. drove it to my buddies place to test drive and have some beers. lol. it drove great. the W55 has a slightly noticeable shorter 1st gear. the bigger issue is my speedo is way off now. it used a 6x17 sender gear. my old one had a 6x19. how would i go about making this accurate again? electric conversion isnt out of the question if i can use junkyard parts and a gauge from a newer car. or am i safe to put my old sender gear in there to make it normal again?

also, i plan to build my rear notch soon, and make taller notches for the exhaust to tuck into. as well as sectioning my carrier crossmember. then i can get the rear down lower about an inch. not sure by what means though. maybe ill do my 4 link finally. but atleast itll stop bottoming out. and scraping everything.

i also have in the works a set of 67 plymouth 14x6 ralley wheels. they should fit the brake upgrades i have planned for the front. as well as tuck past the body. i will be running a 94 crown vic cop car rotor and a 95 4runner caliper. should all fit inside a 14. if not, ill make it fit. lol.

and ill get an in cab video camera mount made up soon too. since people all want a video it seems. lol. the truck is very loud. and surprisingly fast.

 

I don't understand why certain people out there get fast 20r's and didn't! It's not fair! Pouting....

Seriously though mine is slow as... well you know... And with a top speed of 75-80 behind a semi going down hill I get frustrated. Grrr...

Oh well, Your truck just keeps getting better man. Can't wait to see the notch work and all.

 

well its far from stock. it didnt have any balls when i got it. lol. it didnt even have a working carb. ive put a weber, ported a non-egr intake, fresh head with bigger valves, new distrubutor, plugs, wires, coil, big header, short 2-1/2" exhaust, 4.10 rear end, modded weber choke removal (cut the horn all the way off), yada yada. i grew up with motors. so for having a stock cam and bottom end, it pulls real nicely.

 

Oh well that makes more sense lol. I just have a weber. But no more 20r for me. I'm stepping it up now