kevtek

Still new here so a little background...

Bought my first yota pickup 12/08 from a friend for cheap, made it legal, fixed many small items, fit some 31" BFGs and it runs great and does everything I currently need it to. However that frame is very rotten from the 90 thousand tons of salt thrown on our roads every year over here. Anyway I got a 4Runner for free out of the deal that has half a motor, half a body, and A LOT less rot than the pickup(frame anyway). Yesterday I finally annoyed my friend enough to get in his 06 tundra with his trailer and get it to my house.

pics of course...

pickup in december with the 33x12.5s first...


And the 4Runner yesterday right off the trailer...














So 2 Toyota trucks, one with a rotted frame, and one with a decent frame but bad almost everything else. I have some work to do but hey I'm saving a yota from the scrap yard

They're not pretty, nothing in comparison to many of the beautiful rigs all you have but They're all mine. Also just bought a new toolbox, got everything organized, and am tearing into this project every free chance I get

Updates to come.

kiyobrown

Thats one heck of a project. But you will know your rig inside and out when you are done.

Is the pickup a manual or auto? If its manual, are you converting over the 4Runner to a 5 speed? The 2nd 4Runner I bought was a 22re auto, and it was gutless. Now the 22re 5 speed, not much better, but still a little bit easier on the motor, and better gas mileage.

Keep us posted with the pics...

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Those RED accent pieces hurt my eyes...grill, center console, gay stickers.

Looks like a fun project.

85excab

i like the grille, it looks good, but the rest looks ricer

anthony1

iTrader: (1)

Will the finish product be a 4runner or a pickup?
you're going to miss the summer wheeling this yr then.....

T-1000

OK...I saw a 4Runner at the junkyard today, and it had A/C controls for the rear seats!

Is that piece of machinery on the trans hump a little bitty A/C unit?

bowhunter1

Mine has similar unit and its a rear heater.

Matt16

Yep, rear heater. A second heater core and fan.

kevtek

Pickups a 5spd and yes it's going in the runner, the 22RTE moves the pickup around quite nicely I expect it to be a bit slower in the 4Runner but hopefully not too much.

Agreed, I had my tinted safety glasses on most of the time the other day. Thankfully most of it is unneeded or can be painted.

No kidding...

The grille still has to go.

4Runner. For the large part of the project the pickup will still be on the road. Once everything is fixed, painted, and put back together on the 4Runner; The motor, tranny, tcase, ect from the pickup that I know works great will go in the 4runner. Tires too of course

Well got some work done last night and today after the moms day thing. Started by cleaning the trash and leaves out. A pile of bolts, about 5 dollars in change, someone's medical insurance card, and who know what later I started taking pics:

Cleaned out, Rear seats, trim, belts and carpet out..



Tailgate, grille, lamps, left fender, rear electrical off and she topless




And a few other things after dark which I will snap some pics of tomarrow. Suppost to be getting some good rain soon so she had some help from the pickup:


Still alot of work ahead but It's comming along, can't wait to get this thing out there.

abecedarian

My truck saw your pics and decided to convert to Isuzu.





nah, just kidding. It's a work in progress so... updates and pics.