the first day i brought it home, well heres the details of the truck bought it for 1800, it had a 6 inch lift of unknown kind, 529s open front and rear, flatbed and rollbar. 22r with stock carb and exhaust stock motor. and 36 inch bucshots made by gateway they dont make them anymore with like 70 percent tread.

 

long story short i ended up seize the motor and it sat for 6 months while i figured wat to do.

i found a guy in the phone book who has been buildin toyota motors for 20 some years and has a shop behind his house. so we bs for a week or two deciding wat all i want done. i got it bored 40 over, 268 cam from eb, some pistons and rings from i cant remeber, balanced and blue printed, port and polished head with bigger valves etc.... so much more id have to get my paper out to tell u all of it. he seemed to like me and only charged me 1300 for it al with a new clutch ... wat a deal...

i also found a weber 32 36 elec choke during this that was brand new for 150 on craigs was on a guy truck who couldnt tune it, so i had my guy rejet i to stock besides one up on the primary idle thanks xxtreme for the tips on wat to jet it to.

 

oh and my header that i should have painted first picked it off craigs for 40 bucks its a headmen comp series

 

i want to lower my bed which meens ill have to cut of my rollbar and weld some pipe to it to make it flush with the cab.... then my truck box should fit behind the rollbar like it should be




now the roll bar is really thick i trust it in a roll over

 

now the seat is ugly but i fixed it with some foam and some yellow duct tape
but overall interior is good just dusty, no cracks in this dash wooooo




like my window roller upper works good but am still going to tack it on there with a mig.

 

ugliest part of truck for some reasons. 1 mud flaps but its all i had. 2 my license plate is gone wtf. 3 i hacked off my frame to the shackels can i still do my 63 swap? 4 the bed is way to high,and the box needs to be under the rollbar but it dont fit till i lower the bed and raise the bar

 

no rust anywhere on this truck got to love oregon and the pnw for that.
i got a new fender off craigs for 20 bucks just needs painted no dents at all

 

new 35 12.50 15 mtr kevlars brand new on brand new steel crager 15s now my old buckshot are still 60 percent but im saving them for the mud

 

the tires have 50 or so miles on them super quiet but i like loud tires. havent got to test them out yet offroad

 

my motor has 1.2k on it now and will be driving from vancouver to creswell oregon its kinda by eugene..... tommorow about 120 miles im going to be doing some maitnence on my truck while im in my home town changing the oil,doing the gear oil in both diffs probally hasn been done since the po put gears in, doing my extende diff breathers, and installing my holley fuel pressure regulator to help the weber on hill climbs. i am also talkin to my girls brother which happens to be my best bud who is a machinest and has access to all sorts of cool tools and wat not... were going to plan some traction bars,my bumpers at least the front and hopefull my bed issue.

 

we did my exhaust last time i was down 2.5 inch no cat to a 40 series flowmaster coming out the side of the end of the cab in front of the back tire will post pics on it tommorow as i will have to take some

 

my best bud the machinest is going to paint my truck this spring or summer i just half to buy the paint since his work has a bad arse paintin building. now ive always wanted a truck this color its a really bright yellow kinda like swimmerboys. i wanted it before i came here so i aint copying lol and where the hood comes up on the 2nd gens wll be black on the cowl looking part rest is yellow and my bed and bar will be repainted also

 

does anyone know if i can still do chevy 63 swap even though i cut the frame to the shackel? did think i would end up wanting to do it at the time

 

now after i domy regulator and if it doesnt fix the hill climb issue i will be modding the weber by drilling tiny holes and routing the excess gas via a hose to the charcol canistor so when the carb is tillted that gas thats extra go in to the canistor

 

ill also be taking some poser flex shots tommorow to see how this thing flexs as ive never seen it

 

weve also got plans to fab a jerry can holder for both my cans and and axe mount that will most likely mount on the back of my cab and a spare tire mount for the bed. still workin on gettin my hi lift since mine was stolen ..... willdef post pics after i get somethin done

 

goin to be puttin my new fender on as well today just needs some paint and some sandin

 

If you cut your frame after stock location shackles , you will need to get creative on the 63 swap. You will need to move your rear shackle mounts atleast 4" back from stock, sometimes a little more depending on the shackle angle you want. The last one I did we moved the rear mount 4 3/8 and had about a 30-35* shackle angle. You can always build a rear cross member or bumper off your frame and mount the shackle hangers off that on the bottom or on the back side of bumper. The shackle will be hanging out back pretty far , but it seems like with 63s and a bob or flat bed they always do hang way out the back. Other than your bed I like your build.

 

ya i dont like the bed either it needs work actuall a whole new bed but its just cosmetical im only worried about performamce lol one day

 

Ya if the truck performs well that's all that really matters , I mean come on are these arnt show trucks , lol.