I will be looking forward to your cupholders. Been checking in on you figured you been really busy. I know how that goes. One step at a time and you will eventually get to where you want, someday...lol, I know that one too.

 

im still looking for my cable to upload, but yea i have been busy. i will get things done sooner or later.

so today is the first day of rain so me and my friend just put the top back on the berry. i alread miss having the top off haha.

now as far as an update, im waiting on a high steer drag link, tie rod, and tie rod ends tht i bought from some1 on pirate. now i just need to buy arms then my steering situation will be done.

also im looking at buying an 89 chevy s10, the guy says everything is good except their is no paperwork on it and has no front brakes all for 450obo. sso i need to talk to my uncle to see if he can get his trailer and help me get it, if so ill have a 4.3l for the scav. will let you all know soon

 

I had the top back on for quite sometime, guess we got to enjoy it when we have the chance.

4.3 have quite a bit of power. I have had one and it will scoot you down the road real nice.

Find that cable!!! Just kidding.lol.. Enjoy watching your build.

 

haha, i will do eveything i can to find the cable today. just for you =).

as for the top i took it off again haha. its nice and sunny for the next week the rain was a 1day thing.

 

found my cable! hahaha

so for my cup holder i found a piece of exhaust tubing and a piece of metal tht i cut a lower case d shape out of and drilled a hole. one of the holes was already their. the tubing sitting on the metal:


i then welded the tubing to the metal and wanted to paint it black, but the only paint i had tht was black was rubberized undercoating for wheel wells, so i used tht, thinking it would help fit the can better.:


it came out great, i love it. now i will have to make one for the pass. side. in do time haha.


also i find a pool noddle a while back and found a great use for it:

now i dont hit my head on the hard roll bar anymore.

on the scav i have the skull shifter and while cleaning it up tht day before driving it tht weekend i decided i didnt like the t-cas shifter so i did this:


it is an old ball out of a computer mouse that i drilled a hole in and jb welded a nut in it.

and since im on the scav here is the new to me heater face plate, it makes me so happy:

i knew what all the setting were before but it is so great to see the settings now, i put a peice of packing tape across the front to keep it from being broken anymore.


and tht is all, actually i cleaned the berry out and did a lot of organizing but i dont have any pictures of tht.

 

That is a great idea on drink holder. I showed the wife that and she said that would be the perfect place. Outstanding idea. Great job.

On your faceplate,you have the correct one, yours shows 5 positions were the red/blue ones only have 4 positions marked. On that style just make sure you dont bump it with your finger as they tend to be really brittle. I think they were really thin material.

 

yea i have 2 of the red and blue ones but they dont tell you where the air is blowing. and it is very brittle tht is why i put the packing tape over it.

thanks for the complaments on the cup holder

 

Hey twisted haven't checked in for awhile, you are the master of repurpasing things. Nice work on the cup holder I did something similar in a truck I was driving once. Keep it up.

 

Nice 4runner, cool color too

 

thanks, i have a family who owns a repair shop and love building old muscle cars so their is always old parts or scrap laying around, just about everyday i will look in the pile and think to myslef "what can tht be used for?" then i go to work where at an apartment complex where people throw things away all day long and i do the sam thing.

thanks

 

Just checking in on you. Figured you have come up with another great idea and just hadnt posted it yet. Hope all is well.

 

havent done anything yet. the weather has gotten really rainy and random this week so im just waiting for sunny days. i did get my tie rod and drag link and 3 tie rod ends. now i need 1 more tie rod end and high steer arms and i got the whole set up.

 

havent been on in a while due to lost internet connection at my house, havent done anything to the trucks due to being busy and broke, however i found a set of rims in a dumpster at my work a few weeks back and my dad bought me tires for xmas. installed the tires and rims on the berry last night and im so stoked. i have pictures on my phone but cant load, but the tires are 265/75/r15. now tht i got the tires it has got me back in the mood and im looking for some coils to raise the back then ill install the tube bumpers off the scav on it.

 

i got some coils of a rear end of a 90's tahoe, im going to install them today after work.

also got some stickers from wabfab from the xmas give away. i got to say he is awsome. i asked for a specific sticker just to hopefully get lucky. and not only did i get tht sticker but 2 others also. and the best part it was free. installed one on the berry today the other 2 will go on the scav. i also painted the black trim around the slider windows on one side of the top looking very good. as soon as i get internet will upload pics.

like i stated before the new tires is getting me back in the mood. it feels great!

 

got the coils on, lifted the back like 6-8in.

also installed the smitty bumper to.

will load pics asap

finally the pics are here

probably the future owner of the berry one day:


next my new sticker, thanks wabfab!


my xmas present:

265/75/15

on the rims i found in a dumpster:


On the truck:




then the pass. side sliding window trim
before:

after:


painted the wipers:


flexing out sum:



and now with the tahoe coils and smitty bumper:



after installing the bumper i took and cut off the metal brackets tht use to hold the plastic corner caps on, just to make sur if anything happens my tire wont hit them.

going to pick-n-pull tomarrow to look for parts. trying to get it ready going on a wheeling trip next sunday with my uncle should me loads of fun.

 

Glad to see you back at it. Tires look like a nice xmas present.

 

in the process of painting part of my dash, well actually sanding it down right now. will post when done.

 

just finished the dash, will post pics when i get home from work later tonight.

 

trying to get my phone to connect to my comp may have to us the gf like i did last time to put pics up.
i have had a battery box(the ones you use to jumpstart a vehicle) for a while. my dad made a plug a while back to plug into my cig lighter to charge the box while driving. well tht got broken a while back, but he just bought me one. so now i have my batt. box in the truck also. and the weird thing i found out is if the batt box is pluged in with the key off the box backfeeds to the radio and clock. i was thinking about just rewiring my cig lighter to another 12v acc but i like the fact tht i can play my radio with the truck off. so im now thinking about putting an on off switch in-line of the cig lighter so i can make an open circuit when the key is off.

also thinking of installing a headlight buzzer so tht it makes noise when the lights are on and the key is off because my daughter killed my truck today by turning on the headlights and the gf didnt relize it. haha



but i have some very good news:I may be getting an 81 4x4 short bed. needs alot of work but my friend is giving it to me for free.

 

good deal on the coils I used the stock ones out of my 97 and the worked great. keep at it buddy.