well after wanting to do this forever the time has come. the plans are to get the top chopped off and sealed, bob as far as possible, and eventually an exo. today i got the top all off.
heres a before picture

and what it looks like now

i only had time to take 1 picture but when i go work on it tomorrow ill be sure and lots

 

Looks like a start to a very rewarding project.
Looking forward to the end.

 

ya it should be a fun one thats for sure

 

You my friend will have the best looking 2nd Gen I've seen in a long time. I love that look. I've seen it before but not for awhile. Awesome....

 

I tried soo hard to win a 2nd Gen 4runner with the back cut and welded very nice in the back on ebay before I bought my 84. I was outbid in the very end at the last minute.

 

I'm waiting for the day I see a 3rd gen with the back cut off. I may have to sell the 84 for something like that.

 

MossyRocks did it...

 

WHAT! I'm going to have to do a search....

 

search the pirate4x4 forum.

To the OP, nice man looking good. good luck with it

 

thanks guys. ya i would definately look at mossyrocks rig it is by far the nicest chop top 4runner ive ever seen. actually its what made me want to do mine so bad

 

4 Hummer did it too. I will be doing it when I finally get my frakin' 3.4 in ther (It is sitting in the garage) To get rid of that extra weight not to mention that rear glass that gets so easily broken is WAY worth it!

 

ya when we were lifting off the top it was alot heavier then i expected so that should be nice, and i am also going to gut the tailgate which should also get rid off extra weight since that thing is pretty heavy

 

i got a little bit more done today
back ready to be welded back on

 

tacked in place

one side all welded up

so thats where im at so far. i have to work all week so it will probably be slow going until next weekend

 

Nice youll love it on the trail

 

looks good man, can't wait to see the finished product. i'll more than likely go this route when the time comes... good to see more people doing it.

 

looks great, i'm planning on doing this as well. but i'm wondering, what did you do with the seat belts as far as relocating them?

 

I'm so jeolousE!

 

i gotta a little bit of welding done today but not anything worth putting up a pic of. about the seatbelts, well i havent really got to those yet i will probably just find some seatbelts that only go across your lap until i figure something better out. i have also been thinking about putting in bucket seats in the back but im not really sure if i could with the hump that the bench seat sits on but if i do figure out a way then i would probably stick 5 point harnesses back there and make some custom mounts

 

where in Castle Rock are you? i'd love to swing through on my way to or from portland and see this in person and have a couple