'85 mini truck for trail use only

[Wayneraintree]

OK, you all can stop trying to figure me out
Not that you were anyway but sometimes I don't even know what's next!

I decided to sell my 37's to a good buddy and picked up this interesting concoction for 700$ 20 miles away from my house. Here's the skinny:

85' SWB single cab non SR5 model
No rust on the frame or cab, 83K original miles
Bench seat, nice interior, two sets of doors, good hood, comes with grill, bumper, etc. no bed
Trailmaster spring lift and shocks
Dual shock mounts on the rear
small block 350 in it that has new 202 heads with stainless springs maybe 20 mins of run time, edlebrock carb and intake, headers
tranny is an auto TH350 w/shift kit
stock minitruck T-case

I'll have some worn 35's to put under it, not sure if I'll keep the motor but we'll see... sounds like a birf breaker
Maybe weld the rear diff and call it good for now.
It will get a flat bed and exo more that likely....

I would like to flat tow it behind my wife's '04 4runner to and from the trails



This essentially means I am going to park the 45 in the garage in semiretirement mode. I can then clean it up and recondition it as I have time while driving it around town and maybe stocker type wheeling

Cheers to not beating the 45 and hooray for beating the mintruck

[Lugboot]

Methinks this is a good thing. Because i'm sure you'd end up beating on the 45 much harder than you'd ever originally intend to . . .

And minitrucks are a dime a dozen! Comparatively speaking, any way.

Back to blacks. . .

[jtaco1]

I saw that truck over on Paragon's site, it took for ever for that thing to go, good job on picking it up. Now if I were you I would work any bugs out of it and then run a dual transfer case setup and run 23 spline inputs to keep from breaking them with the V8 and weld the diffs

[zucruisers]

sweet man, you just gonna drop it off here so i can start on the flatbed and exo?

[zucruisers]

i think one or both of these would be a nice addition to that truck

http://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/180875-locked-toy-thirds.html

[Wayneraintree]

I was thinking the same thing for the exo and flat bed : )

John, I would trade the lockright 3rd for the aussie in the rear of the 45 if Dom needs it....

[zucruisers]

Originally Posted by Wayneraintree

I was thinking the same thing for the exo and flat bed : )

John, I would trade the lockright 3rd for the aussie in the rear of the 45 if Dom needs it....

that's a possibility, ill have to wait and see if dom can come up with the $$ to pay me though

[Wayneraintree]

Originally Posted by jtaco1

I saw that truck over on Paragon's site, it took for ever for that thing to go, good job on picking it up. Now if I were you I would work any bugs out of it and then run a dual transfer case setup and run 23 spline inputs to keep from breaking them with the V8 and weld the diffs

I was thinking just drop in 4 to1 gear in the t-case...... with the auto I should be all good. thoughts?

[CJBury]

I knew you would come to your senses and not kill that 45.

[Wayneraintree]

Did anyone notice the pimp paint on the doors????? Hilarious~!

And if you see the door glass, it has an etching or blasting of a cartoon bionic robot monster in the corner..... too cool : )

[racefanmartin]

Happy to see that the 45 will be a resto...This pup has your name written all over it and it was only 20 min's away ...can the bionic cartoon be our mascot

[Straydog]

4.7 case with an auto trans and 35's should be pretty sweet. My 4.7is just low enough with my stick and 33's, but your auto gives you more play. The 350 sounds like muderous overkill, though.

Just for the record, I like murderous overkill.

[jtaco1]

Originally Posted by Wayneraintree

I was thinking just drop in 4 to1 gear in the t-case...... with the auto I should be all good. thoughts?

That would work too, I am used to Tacoma stuff, we can;t re-gear out chain drive cases Anyways, that would be pretty good like Sean said, I would go with a 23 spline setup just to be safe with that V8.

[zucruisers]

Originally Posted by Straydog

4.7 case with an auto trans and 35's should be pretty sweet. My 4.7is just low enough with my stick and 33's, but your auto gives you more play. The 350 sounds like muderous overkill, though.

Just for the record, I like murderous overkill.

overkill is always good

[Wayneraintree]

Got the SWB mintruck to the house recently.... grooved the worn 35" Generic Mudders so they have a little more life....



Check out the etching.... so wierd I can't seem to get over it at least it came with another set of doors that match the red paint (which is actually nice for the moment)

[zucruisers]

when are ya gonna take the fender flares off?...those tires dont look as bad now

[CJBury]

The etching is ridiculous. Those doors make me want to flop it hard on both sides.

[Lugboot]

the etching looks like an Orc from Dork. it needs some death metal playing in the background.

[Wayneraintree]

The following is on the way to my place

30 spline Longfield birfs and inners
Chromo hub gears X2

Marlin Hysteer Kit, FJ-80 ends, DOM rods, and arms
4.7 - 1 Marlin drop in gears for the t-case
IFS P/S box mounting plate

Propane kit for the 350 from propane guy out of Canada

more to come



The 45 is now Bob's... living in VA!

[racefanmartin]

My head is spinning...
It's tough to keep up with the comings and goings...

[jtaco1]

I am going to come by your house in the middle of the night and transplant your money tree to my backyard Sounds like the front axle will be good to go, in the event you snap a rear, there are also chomos available for them. Are you going to run 21 or 23 spline in the case?? Should be a fun truck with all the new parts.

[Lugboot]

I'm starting to think Jeff doesn't own any of these--he just takes pics of random trucks and plays them off as his for a short time.

here's my update--I have a CB antenna now. And my brake fluid reservoir cap still isn't replaced. Beat that!

[Wayneraintree]

I really just needed to put some fundage into our domestic coffer..... and then build up something I can beat like there is no tomorrow that is the impetus for selling the 45 and building the mini.... that and the fact that the mini was $700

I ordered the 21 spline 4.7... we'll see how it goes... may go to a dual ultimate eventually so stay tuned on that one..

If anyone knows of a used set of 37" to 40" tires, let me know

[zucruisers]

ok, you're gonna have longs, now you're gonna need another locker for it arb? full spool? welded?

[Wayneraintree]

I think I am going to consider the options on the other locker...... welded may be a good way to go since I will have 2 spares.....

What I need is some tube ; )