ya theres about a 1in strip welded on to the fender on my pass side



ps you've got PM

 

hey nuff, my hilux fenders lined up, and after removing them there is a 1" gap at the bottom while its setting where it should be at the top. did you try to bolt the rear top and bottom bolts, then pull the front into place? oh, and mine is an aftermarket from a fender bender.

 

i tried everything i could, even the old skool body guy trick of jacking the car up at the middle to make the body flex.

still no go.


but hey, it looks ok for now.

 

so a long time ago i was diagnosed with ADD.


i think that was BS, i just wasnt interested enuff to pay attention.



i mean, cutting this out with a razor pen took full concentration for like a half hour.




and now a lil night photoshoot on the wrong side of the tracks

 

Looks great! Did you save the template?

 

what template?


i taped over the "toyota" then cut it out with a razor pen, sprayed with some aluminum paint and tore the tape off.

took all of a hr to do em both

 

wheres interior pics of your ride

 

Hmm... I didn't realize that 'Toyota' was already there on the mudflap.

Looks really sharp! It jumps out at you now!

 

looks like crap at the moment, currently working on it. by the end of next weekend i should have some progress.

 

hey shonuff,
finally got enough time on the computer to check out your build, good sh*t bro.
lol youd never believe how much time ive spent looking for a set o them chevrons, nothing round here.
also i reckon your chassis has been cut behind the leaf springs, may have something to do with the bed differences.
you guys are lucky over there, if we flipped our leaves or had tyres stickin out past the guards without flares we wouldnt be allowed on the road lol. looks cool

 

Ok so now im a bit confused. Ive been under the impression that my truck is a 76' but browsing through this section I find that the "vents" behind the doors on mine match those of the ones in here. So am I a 76? Or is the one 'vent" i have from an older lux?

 

If you look at Nuffs first picture on page 1 at the gas station, those larger ones are 77-78 vents, page 11 of the black beast, the small vents are 75-76

 

well theres your answer. that sounds like the right info to me as well.

 

I gotta repaint my ironman...
Dude, your truck is looking gooood

 

Rad, thanksfor the info. So next thing I would say is if anyone ever finds a passenger side one PM me lol

 

thanks for the compliments.


the small vents were 72-76, the vents were the same with the earlier grill.

 

Just read through all of this for the first time...

So when you got this truck the rear shock mounts were all messed up? Did you put it back to stock as in this photo



What did you use to put it back to stock, did you cut this from another Hilux or just get some steel and fab it up yourself.

The PO of my 73 cut the whole bar out so I have to do something, I see that the stock bar runs through the frame I think, I think of just butt welding a new bar to the cut one wouldnt be that strong, Im just looking for a way to do it.

Also other stuff I read, my 73 gas tank is on the driver side and bolted to the bed which sucks, its in the way of the exhaust, and 74 is when they went to the passenger side, I remember you saying something about the gas tank door on the bed you got...

 

lol, this thread is a mix of 2 trucks.

for your situation, i'd recommend a couple fish plates welded to the frame, and then a bar welded in to mount the shocks to. it would work fine.

 

Cool thanks. Did not realize this was 2 different trucks