so a little bit more cutting



also .. interior is now completely gutted ..



anyone need some good floor boards ?


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my first bend with my new bender
2" OD Sced 40



It's actually going to be my bend tool .. so I'm going to try out my powder coating as well with powdercoating it and saving it



I have to still "draw" up my tube work in my solidworks software so stay tuned .. STOKED !!


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added some rear suspension today ..
not done yet , still some tube to add , but the rear is off the jack stands










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As always looking. Wish I was closer to come over and learn a thing or two.

 

mght even put you to work




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Slacker I bow to you're awsomeness!! I have been kicking the idea around of doing something like this to a 91 that I can pick up pretty cheap. Love the custom frame, and I will be stalking this thread like a psyco ex girlfriend on meth!!!!

 

thanks ..



found some time today , so I finally cut the floor out for the body drop





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prepping the inner rockers for the new body mounts .. I of course found rust .. so now I have to fix that first .. I was really surprised , this cab was in awesome shape no rust at all , or so I thought .. just goes to show you , even if you think you have no rust .. you probabally do !!

undercoating wire wheeled off , and looking great



and cut out rust !!




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1 side done .. and ready




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also got the drivers side cleand and prepped this weekend



and .. drivers side has rust as well



I think to be safe , i'm going to cut it all out .. front and back rocker area , and strengthin both sides before I build the body mounts
and just for some giggles ..
heres the pile of removed edging and ground steel ..




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Yep cut that crap out. You know the deal. If you skip it, it will haunt you later.

 

absolutly ..



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wow i'm not even sure that i know what's happening here anymore.... What's going on with the rear drive setup? looks awesome!

 

went back and reread the beginning, now it all makes sense, idk how i missed that... this is even better than i thought it was going to be lol! NOW I'M REALLY IMPRESSED!

 

thanks .. stay tuned ..
this build is going to be NUTZ


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so over the last week , I have been building my repair panels and today I was able to get them burnt in , rears as well





now with the rockers repaired , I was able to get the cab height finalized @ 9" from the rockers to the Ground . + I also started on the cab mounts
Because there are only going to be 4 mounts instead of 6 , I wanted to make sure there were going to be strong .
cut out some 3/16" plate and surrounded it with some tube


Tacked into place I will add some more supports later , when I turn the frame over .



1 more front frame mount tomorrow , then I can get on the front cab mount


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Looking good. What are using for a tube bender?

 

I bought a magnum bender , it's a "manual" bender , just like the JD2 bender . KMS tools had a big sale and I got a super deal , includuding 3 dies .. I just couldnt pass it up


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and cab side mount

Bent up some 1/2" solid stock with the 3/16" plate . as well as a "fish plate" for the cab side , 1/2" stock actually goes threw the fish plate for a stronger "plug" weld , and a toyota stock body mount bushing , I now have the front mounted





and now the front of the cab is mounted
still have some supports and final welding to do when I can turn over the frame , but for now it's good to go

also .. the cab now has it final "stance"





acetone can for referance ....


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ok .. so I had a "peek" at the beginnings of this thread , and it didnt really start from day 1

so I'm going to refresh and let you all know the start of the build .

The build started with the stock truck which I had rebuilt the 22RE engine



although a great engine , it just wasnt what I wanted anymore ..

so , I bought a Supra



and "gutted " it





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