today , I dropped off my mock up engine , and tranny . we dropped it onto the frame , so Saul could build the tranny cross member . after this is done , it comes back to me to finish ... yippie , I almost have a roller ..

 

so the mock up has begun .. ;D

reinstalled the cradles .. front and rear , and the struts ..








some pics of the TIG welds ..



so anyway ..

I also dropped the cab on .. I still have to build all the mounts , but it'll give you an idea .

 

http://www.bpelowcountry.com/TomsToyota.htm
I dont know if anyone has seen this truck before, but its nice. Here is a picture of it if you dont click the link.



Eh sorry i just realized it was 85 pickups, but this one is 2wd and its going to be pushing some horsepower, sorry again didnt realize this wasnt about all 2wd toyota pickups.

 

dang .. thats cool .
same engine color , but i'm going to change mine to a candy red .. DIMENTIA DISORDER .

 

so dropped in the "mock up" engine , and tranny .
as suspected .. I have to cut the firewall . this is all going to work out great .. now with cutting the firewall , I have to move the pedals , and with that the seats .. which actually works out excellent .. the tranny shifter is now *exactly where it should be .. nice , I'm stoked .


also added the exhaust manifold , and turbo .. to see how much modification on the down pipe i would have to do .. just SICK .. I dont think I have to do any .. it fits the crossmember , and "new" firewall excellent ..

 

time to build the firewall

 

so now with the steering removed .. again .. I have now started on the firewall . first thing to do is remove all the stock mounts .



that done , in order to keep it somewhat "street legle" I need to have wipers .. so I'm working on the passenger corner , trying to get the wiper motor into the cowl , and hidden from the engine bay ...

 

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing this one come together.

 

little bit more today ...

made mount plate for the wiper motor .. so it will now be hidden inside the cowl .. I still need to cut the opening in the top of the cowl plate for access and mounting/removal , but pretty much done .



cutting some steel from a template


Tacking it into place


and finally finished filling , filing , sanding , grinding ..

 

Thanks .

 

As a pure blood 4wd kid, I can appreciate the work going into this truck. I'm stoked for the motor. Are you going to have any revealing badging or crazy exhaust? I think a sleeper would be awesome.

 

no .. no sleeper here ... she's full out custom .

I have 3" pipes and a custom down pipe off the turbo. i'm also going to put the supra "TURBO" badge on somewhere .. just not sure where yet .

 

Nice. On an episode of Trucks!, Stacie put an electronic thingy on the pipes that let him go from open header to legal muffled with the flip of a switch. That'd be fun to have.

 

they called .. looks like Stacy is doing a build up of a toy on his new show ..

they are interested in using some of my pieces I build at my shop http://www.toyotafiberglass.com .. were just "hammering" out the details ...



we'll see ..



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That'd be awesome if you got your stuff on there. Better finish the truck before they want to film...

 

hehehe. thats intense man. i like it. 2wds rock. i personally woulda loved the sleeper look for it, but the full custom should be awesome too. good luck with that.

 

Call me a moron, but does the term "sleeper" mean making it look stock & slow and then opening up a can of whoop ass?

 

You betcha. So when you pull up to the line, people think they've got this one in the bag. They stop thinking that once they get a good look at your backend.

 

so now with the mock up engine in it's place , and before I start on the firewall .. I have to locate the brake booster , so I can locate the pedals .

putting the brake booster in its place , will locate the pedals .



so now I need to make a bracket to hold them in place .



so now with the pedals and bracket bolted to the bracket bracket welded to the cowl .. I can start on the firewall







with the steering back in position


and just how I'm going to fit

 

so test fitting the dash .. going to do a complete fiberglass dash , so i'm getting a good look at what it's going to be like .. needs to fit the supra speedo .. I think it'll work .

my nephew loves his uncles shop , and the work .. and is already dreaming of the day he can come take over







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