Well, this 83 literally got pushed into my shop by the cops. They ran the plates and found them to be bad, lit up the hoodlums in the truck, chased them until they blew up the transmission and ran on foot. The police literally pushed it into my shops parking. Didn't want it, but couldn't refuse a free solid axle truck. Its truly the biggest hunk of junk.

Anyways, build plans are; keep it as low as possible, spare bias 36" ltb's, 63" chebbies, ruf's, ifs box, highsteer, spare w56 in the back of the shop, doublers, chop down some spare jeep wj sliders, cut the hell out of the fenders, bob the bed about 14 inches, some sort of gears maybe 4.88's. Should make for a fun ride, gotta make the engine run right too. Pics? Oh yea.





Here is my other beater trail truck, built it in a garage while away at purdue. Rear geometry slighty boogered.

 

Nice one on the freebie. That Pathfinder is certainly built, what is the SAS in that from?

 

Looks like you've got your work cut out for you. Have fun. Sounds like you've got a good direction to take it.

 

Its a d44 from a 75 bronco, full chromo's ox locker, 3 link. The rear is stock nissan h233b, 4 link, detroit locker.

 

That pathfinder has some mad flex!

Nice lookin 83, good luck with er.

 

Thanks, I'll be doing the 83 up the correct way. Low and slow. I want a stable truck i can drive instead of trailering.

 

Low and slow is the way to go. I'm running 35's on my Tacoma with 2-2.5" of lift and plenty of cutting

 

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Can they even do that without checking the VIN # and not reporting it stolen?

Even so, it should have been "seized" at least and impounded till they found the right owner. Sorry, but if that was my truck and some hoodlums had it, I'd be a little pissed that the cops just handed it over to someone else. Even if it was after 20 years.

 

Already did the lien papers on it, its legally mine now. Obviously never been to vallejo before... they have other things to worry about like people getting shot than a beater truck.

 

Nice, I like the direction you're gonna take!

 

poor tailgate. they all seem to do that....

 

Good luck with the 83. Wicked looking Pathfinder.

 

It is amazing what a bobbed bed does for the looks. Very nice project you have there.

 

I know! Even in cali i cant find a good tailgate, maybe ill just go with those ugly nets.

Thanks!

Yea, cant wait to start tearing into it.

 

any more pics of the nissan...

and you can beat a free 1st gen

 

sounds a little fishy to me.

as far as not being able to find a tailgate, you just haven't looked hard enough

 

I cannot afford to do fishy things since i have a dealers license... im not going to do anything wrong for a junky toyota. find, as in 'free'.

 

Aww heck, i just relized this truck is a long bed. Damn, no wonder it looked so long. Dang, and i wanted to build a short bed. Oh, well. More excuse to chop a bunch off the bed.

 

Bob the bed a bit lol. Leave enough frame for some 63" Chevy leafs, though.