Finally started a build thread...

[DesertLake]

or is it an un-build thread, since so far the wrenches have been going lefty?

http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...pig-build.html

[chicago]

ABOUT FRICKIN TIME!!!!!
Ive been HEARING about this for almost a year now!
Looks awesome so far...er, well...a good solid start any way!
If you need any help, gimme a hollar!

K

[krokarthecrooked]

Well Lookin good so far bud keep up the good work ill be tearing my 40 apart soon enough and doing a spring over and v8 and trans with power steering in the process hehe


Dan

[DesertLake]

Originally Posted by chicago

ABOUT FRICKIN TIME!!!!!
Ive been HEARING about this for almost a year now!
Looks awesome so far...er, well...a good solid start any way!
If you need any help, gimme a hollar!

K

You need to have a bunch of kids.
Seriously, you'd be amazed at what they can do for a schedule.

When you did that rear chop, was there any special trick to make sure the cut line on the inner fender matched the outer fender, or did you just eyeball it?

[DesertLake]

Originally Posted by krokarthecrooked

Well Lookin good so far bud keep up the good work ill be tearing my 40 apart soon enough and doing a spring over and v8 and trans with power steering in the process hehe


Dan

Mmmm power steering.

[rusty_tlc]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

Mmmm power steering.

Nice write-up and a good start on the process.

PS is definitely one of the top three best mods ever for any LC.

SOA and Front Disk brakes are right up there.

[chicago]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

You need to have a bunch of kids.
Seriously, you'd be amazed at what they can do for a schedule.

When you did that rear chop, was there any special trick to make sure the cut line on the inner fender matched the outer fender, or did you just eyeball it?

I cut the front/ outside FIRST (obviously)...I used a laser level in addition to taking measurements and marking the line I wanted. I stepped back and looked at the laser line to see if that was truly where I wanted things and made the cut accordingly. I left the back side of the fender in tact.
Then, I took a piece of flat sheet metal, a bit longer and wider than the hole left, and leveled it up over the hole. I then scribed a line on the bottom edge of the sheet metal on inside of the rear quarter that remained.
Getting the bottom piece to cover and seal the hole is the hard part. Its a lot of cutting and grinding to get it to fit with the least amount of hole filling welds.
The easiest way to do that is to get a piece of papter that is long and wide enough to cover the hole, tape it up, then rub the edges with your dirty ass hands/ gloves to give you a nice tamplate to cut from.

K

[chicago]

[quote=DesertLake;3309770]You need to have a bunch of kids.
Seriously, you'd be amazed at what they can do for a schedule.


Thats why I didnt have any kids!

Ive got the grand kids living with us now, and that is hard enough...

K

[chicago]

I checked the build thread...
I dont see much progress happening!
Where are you at with that PIG!?
Theres a "PIG run" in the end of Aug., so lets get on the stick and get that BEOTCH wheelin!

K

[DesertLake]

I'm afraid the pig has gotten turned into a work bench for the house projects over the last few months, goal for this week is to get it cleaned back out to work on it. The only progress is a bunch of welding practice, and that's during lunch at work. I've been meaning to go back and look at your chop thread, how you welded it and so on.

Couple of questions for the locals:

1) Can I legally drive it on the highway without a windshield (yes I'll wear goggles)? It's going to be a while before I put a headliner in, and I don't want to trash an additional set of window rubbers.

2) When I brought it into the state, it had the CA BAR tag stating that the 71 Chevy truck engine was in fact legal in the 74 toyota. But since I non-op'd it for a few years, when I put it back on the road is NV going to insist on all of that 1974 smog shtuff?

[locrwln1]

Originally Posted by DesertLake

Couple of questions for the locals:

1) Can I legally drive it on the highway without a windshield (yes I'll wear goggles)? It's going to be a while before I put a headliner in, and I don't want to trash an additional set of window rubbers.

2) When I brought it into the state, it had the CA BAR tag stating that the 71 Chevy truck engine was in fact legal in the 74 toyota. But since I non-op'd it for a few years, when I put it back on the road is NV going to insist on all of that 1974 smog shtuff?

#1. Sorry, windshield required. If it came with one, then you have to have one. PM'd you.

#2. For NV on a '74, all they care about is that it will pass the "sniffer", so I wouldn't worry. Anything '81 and after, you have to have all of the smog stuff (visual, etc.), pre that, tailpipe only.

Jack

[DesertLake]

1) D'oh! I was hoping I could drive to work with my face shield on.

2)

[chicago]

If you need help, lemme know. Im not too far from you. I live in Damonte ranch, so its only about 10 min.
I was just checking up on you to give you a lil kick in the A$$!

K

[DesertLake]

Yeah, I probably needed it. I'll give you a call when I get to that point, probably in late august. I'm going to try to pop out the dent that is right in the middle of the cut first.


I got sidetracked onto a three weekend project that I'm now two months into. I'm building an elevated fort for the kids, last weekend I finally got to a point that I could leave it alone for a bit. I was telling them that it's a dog house more than 4 feet off the ground, and the ladder was just for them to get inside to clean it out. Last weekend when it turned out the dogs wouldn't walk up the plastic slide, the kids suggested that maybe they could use it as a fort instead of a dog house.

Lying to kids is fun.