I am so excited.. I finally have my truck back! (In a new cab!!)

Tippy II drove really well for the most part on Friday on Left Hand doing Big Motha Hill and then the parts further up on Left Hand 286 D. Having less weight up top and in the engine compartment definitely made a huge difference. (No more 2nd Gen body or 3.0 engine) The suspention issues seemed a lot better with a lighter engine and top. Even my All Pro springs are no longer de-arched!

Yes this was me actually driving...








Time to update the sig!

 

looks awesome im next rig is gonna be a 1st gen with a 1uz

 

Beautiful, Molly!

 

that thing is NICE!!
Good work!

 

nice 4runner.. so you guys used tippys frameand running gear and swaped this body and also a engine swap.

or am i reading this wrong.

 

saw the pics on FB...looks like she did awesome...like to see the smile on your face behind the wheel...
the conversion went pretty quick
have a good summer wheeling

 

Molly so great to see you wheeling again! Looks like fun.

 

What we did was:

1) Cut all the Armour off of Tippy:
2) Cut all suspention off of Tippy:
3) Weld all of the above under the new Tippy II.

So Tippy II has an 85 Frame, Cab and 22re. She has a 93 SAS Suspension and axles (although my original front axle on the 93 was an 85 - that was gusseted and fixed for Hy-steer)

Tippy II did not get the 3.4 engine swap as that was part of the trade to get the new cab and not pay any money to get this done. I am fine with a running 22re right now as I didn't even have another $1K in materials to finish out the 3.4 swap.

I can't believe how fast it went once we decided to scrap the 3.4 swap and trade that for a running 22re! But a huge chunk like about 2 full weeks of work were due to Troy and his friend Eric, who owns a shop with a lift and he let us use it....

And yes it makes me very happy!