I already have both in the works.

 

Getting close. A few more things to do before its pulled, welded, and painted.

1st pic shows the 1" diameter bolt that will eventually be a twist in T handle. Its sleeved with 1.5 x .250 wall DOM through the swing arm, and lower portion of the bumper.

 

Tire carrier is done.

 

That looks really good man! I wish I had welding skills like that, when I built my tire carrier!

 

So, my 00' 4runner is getting loaded up for a 600mi trip to meet its new owner tomorrow. I leave at 5am tomorrow to go get this:


So, I am sure that I will want to wheel it first thing on Monday morning. So, mini-me, may see some dirt too as well as the "back up" rig. I'll hopefully get some pics up then of both in action finally.

 

Looks like a trade was worked out.
Does the new toy have heat for winter wheeling

 

Yes. Picked up the buggy in West Wendover an hour ago. Driving back to CO now.

 

Congrats man, looks like this will work out well. Is the buggy yota related at all? And do you think you will add anything to it to give it your personal touch?

 

Well, the deal is done. 4runner is somewhere in the bay area now. Buggy is sitting out front. I left at 5am yesterday and got home at 5:25am this morning. I stopped in Wyoming somewhere and slept for 2.5hrs last night, but drove 1300 miles yesterday. I'm wiped.

 

I got home at 5:25am after a 24 hour drive (1300 miles), Slept for three hours, woke up at 8:30am, and started working on getting the panels pulled/swapped and basically just left it on the trailer and went wheeling.

John, Ben, and myself went to do a shake down run. Hunter rode shot gun with me in it. We got to the trailhead at around 1pm.

Hunter and I










BigJohn seemed pretty happy.







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Ben getting some seat time













We got it into the shop today and stripped the rest of the wrap and cleaned up the panels, and added our own stickers to it.

 

Cool buggy, Scotty! Looks like you had a great time with it. What does it have for a drivetrain? Looks like it's built very well.

 

Dynatrac Axles front & Rear both D60
Detroit locker front/ARB rear with Powertank JetPak 3 mechanical actuation system and comes with spare jetpak tank.
Baja Roof Rack (for trail riding and camping gear/beer/etc)
New gauge cluster/dash panel with RPM, Oil Press, Coolant Temp, Fuel Press, Volts, etc
Mastercraft Seats and 5pt Simpson harnesses
Fire Extinguisher
5.0L Mustang Engine BRAND NEW REBUILD with all the best shizzle
Trick Flow Intake/hydraulic lifters/180 cam/brodix heads/custom exhaust manifold
347 Stroker putting out 350-375HP at crank
Chassis dyno'd 242HP with 42" Kevlar MTRs on it
Atlas II 4.3 t-case with cable shifters
C6 Transmission
ArtCarr shifter
Quick disco steering wheel with full hydro front steering
300M axle shafts front
Black Magic axle shafts rear (touted as even better than 300M)
CTM Joints
Drive Flanges front and rear
16g fueltank with remote fill
chromoly chassis all tig welded
R/L Rear cutting brake
catch cans on all fluid breathers so if you roll it, you just roll it back over and start it
Fuel Shut Off
Two Main Power Switches
Dual Optima Yellow Top Batteries
Tranny cooler fan and radiator
Warn 9500ti Winch with in-cab actuation
Rear 3000lb suck-down winch with in-cab actuation
12Volt Guy Switch Panel
Extra skins for sides
Bead-rolled roof
Regulation firewall
exhaust has muffler for reduced noise
brand new rear driveline by South Bay Drivelines
2.5" Sway-Away Air Shocks professionally built by Swat-Away specifically for competition rock crawling...difficult to unload on steep inclines and very smooth actuation
4" Sway-Away bumps in front
2" Sway-Away bumps in rear
Rear axle trussed
4-link front and rear suspension with adjustable mounting to change your antisquat
Anti-roll bar with adjustable linkage on rear axle
Adjustable seat mounts...i have them all the way back because I am tall.
Front axle has F450 dual piston calipers...rear has single piston
front and rear separate master cylinders at 7/8" diameter from Wilwood
2.5-3 turns clock to clock on steering.
Vehicle can do front and rear digs, cut left and right.
synthetic winch rope

 

At least put a cruiser grill on it

 

I am with ocdropzone ALL THE WAY on this!!!!

 

Do you have any videos? i need to see it in action

 

I realize this post is old news, but I'm wondering if it's possible you still have these pics and could repost them? I'm exploring options to add more seating to the 4runner and your post came up. If not, no biggie, just curious- thanks!