thanks ....





so some pics of the shifter boot mount ..



here is the "ring" with the clips .. the shifter boot will be sewn to the ring , and the held down with the clips .. on to these studs .




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do what i did

 

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what did you do ?


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haha i got my mom to sew me up a camo shift boot (mostly because i cant sew) lol

 

ahhh .. very cool !!
Yes this is the plan .. new boot



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so .. not much going on .. but I have been collecting some parts .. got my front bumper finally .. (thanks to Adam )
also got my rear seats (thanks to Darren) I also picked up a stock 89 4Runner roll bar i'm goin to try incorporate in to the build .
also finally got my stock wiper blades and mudflaps (thanks to Paul)

thoughts for a rear bumper are leading to a 4Runner as well .. it has a straight bar with ends .. It has the "winch hole" .. but i'm thinkin' If I can get a banged up one .. I can weld up the unwanted holes , and have it re-chromed ..
and I think I have the rear licence plate lamp worked out .. I hate to think of it , but the 2008 Nissan Pathfinder has my perfect solution .

anyway .. thats where I'm at !!



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cut and weld the bottom frame .. i'm also going to trim the fiberglass section it sits in ..



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very interested to see some pics!

 

for sure ..


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what are you gonna do for a shift boot?...i need one as well for my 81

 

I heard they have these devices called sewing machines.........

 

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strange as it is...i have heard of them. a sewing machine would get in the way of trying to shift gears though. i am more in the market for a boot similar to the stock one. there are tons of options on the net for sale, but none of the ones i've seen look as though they will work. I was looking for some first hand knowledge, not some dude that thought he had a good idea by using camo print to gay up the interior of his truck. thanks for trying to look smart and clever, but you lose.

 

Holy sensitive batman!

 

Dude really why you gotta be like that or did someone pee in you cheeroes this morning it was a gift and really its not that un-common to see camo stuff in montana because alot of us hunt up here so it was kinda cool i thought so keep opinions like that to ur self i know ppl have there own thoughts but u dont have to sound like a total arse just to say you dont like it. And i do like it so haha and it wasnt a print the old boot riped so i had the idea of just makeing a new one so i wanted camo so tell what is so freakin gay/wrong with that and oh ya exuse me for taking a dump on your perfect world

 

strange as it is....i have heard of doctors being able to retrieve what crawled up your ass and died.

 

Thanks Xjdubber lol

 

ok .. so back on Track !!!!






so I was able to get to the shop today to work on my own stuff (finally) ...


pulled the top off . and the outer fenders ... got the fender inners all cleaned up , and ready to repair the cracks and add the tail lamp pockets .







also figured the placement of the rear seats and then pulled the tub off
ready to start cutting that up


also started on the rear seats .. pulled the seat covers off of the bottoms , and got everything measured and figured .

the factory 4Runner width measures 51" .. max trekker width I'm going to make work is 42" which means I'm going to cut the tub and the seats to fit .

I have measured the seats and had to cut 4.5" out of the frames .. 2.25 on each side , 3" in .

got one done today








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I have read the thread, (what a great build up by the way!) but maybe I missed it. What trans, bellhousing combo are you running? I can see that the v6 was designed for a left side clutch fork(evidenced by the factory right side exhaust), but in one of the pics you show a right side clutch fork?
I have not yet learned to id on sight.
Thanks for the help.

 

its from a /95 3.0L truck ..