Hey everyone! I'm 14 and my uncle started me on this truck for my first time car. The old frame had a crack on it so we had to pull everything off of it. I started welding for the first time a little over 11 weeks ago, and I finished it two weeks ago. The cab holes are busted, but I already cut thick pieces of metal for them, and my uncle welded them on the outside of the holes and I drilled the holes. Next weekend we will weld the thick medal to the inside of the cab and I'll drill the holes again and i will slap on some undercoating on and inside the cab and the new frame. Here are some pictures I have, I have a lot more recent ones on my phone and I'll try to get these up here as soon as I can.

I have dual gas tanks and I'm planning on dual transfer cases, probably a two inch lift to start out with, a new paint job, I was thinking graphite gray with black stripes. I need new seats and carpets, and I want a front bumper guard too. Any help is appreciated or suggestions!

 

Welcome to Yotatech. Nice that your uncle is getting you started young with lots of good advice and helping you do some major work. Wish I would of started some major project at your age. You keep this and you are going to be doing some serious builds when you get some time and experience under your belt. Take all of the advice you can from him and it will get you leaps and bounds ahead of having to learn it on your own. Looking forward to your build.

 

Great project!! I agree with Terry about starting young. It will catapult your ability to do this kind of work when you are older. And any chance you get to soak up free knowledge that someone is offering.... DO IT!!

 

Thanks guys! That means a lot. Sorry about posting in the test section. I'll get that fixed right away

 

Hey everyone, I just made my first major purchase on my truck. I got shocks. And for those who don't know my first post about my build is in the test section.

 

Ok I guess I'm not in the test section. Sorry everyone. Anyway I bought rancho rs 5000 for my truck. My first real purchase. I put them on today but I'll post pics later. I'm tired. Had a long day.

 

...Nice truck...Welcome...subscribed...!!!

 

Nice!


As mentioned quality guidance is gold ! One day it'll be your turn to pass on your knowledge & experience.

 

Nice guys it means a lot! So just a heads up, my uncle sold my topper without talking to me. I own the truck, cause I'm putting so much money into it but I don't hold the title. I already have the money to buy it from him and I plan on doing that this weekend, for a birthday present for me. He sold my topper to some guy who could weld shut a leak in his thermostat I think ( once he told me that he sold my topper I stopped listening ). I would have understood and I would have been willing to sell my topper to help him out if he would of talk to me about it instead of doing it behind my back, and telling everyone that I haven't bought it yet so he can do whatever he wants with it until I buy it.

 

Thanks man!

 

Keep grinding man . Who needs a topper anyways.

 

So here's what we did the last three weekends. We pulled the cab off the dolley and put it on jack stands, than We fill welded the thick plates on the inside. Than we put all four shocks on, cause I ran out of welding wire. After that we vacuumed out the cab. After a week I got more wire and finished fill welding. Than we under coated the inside( I'll get better picks tomorrow, it was still wet before we left but I went wild) we also undercoated the bottom of the cab after we picked it back up. We have one more hole to drill, than we are putting it back on the frame, dropping the engine in it, and putting the transmission in, and maybe everything else if we have time.

 

I hear ya, I was just more hurt that he didn't talk to me about it first and did it behind my back

 

Hey guys I have a question, do any of you know where I can find a 2 inch suspension lift for a 84, or is their such a thing? like certain website or something along this lines? I looked online but all it gives me is 2.5 inch and up.

 

autozone carries lowering and lifting block sets for the rear end and then you just adjust the torsion bars. the adjustment bolts are right below your passenger and driver seats.if anybody else has any better recommendations feel free to correct me but autozone lifting and lowering kits are only 40 bucks after tax tops

 

dammmn you're only 14? you're off to a good start

 

NWOR for the lift.Check build for a buddy thread thats what theyre running

 

The springs are really nice quality and made in the USA. They have them in stock and got to me in about a week.

 

My springs the truck came on were Downey NHK 3" from NWOR and theyre really nice I Ruf'd them and sold the other pair for $150

 

Nice.