Recent content by rickashay

UPDATE With the driver's seat out of the truck to install the extended seat rails, I got my first proper look underneath it. Despite the truck and interior being in great shape, 30 years is still 30 years, and there was the inevitable collection of dirt, dust and debris hiding in all the places...

Oh wow this is good insight! I actually have always wanted to use Solidworks but could never justify the cost for what I was going. I've tried Fusion and didn't like the interface so I went back to Shapr. I used AutoCAD a bit in high school too but I'm definitely an ammeter. I will 100% be...

Hey Ryan! I'm currently using Shapr3D. I was designing purely on my iPad when I first learnt the software, and Shapr is great for that - very fun and intuitive with the Apple pencil! I do feel like the lack of sheet metal tooling in the software limits me a bit. I might need to learn something...

Ok, I need to get this thread up to speed. Got the truck home in April. Basically parked it in my garage and didn’t touch it. Here we are in September and I haven’t even driven the damn thing. I promised myself I would sell my ’99 4Runner that I had been building for several years before really...

Appreciate that! Excited to be back on Mud. Thanks for doing that. I posted in the AZ thread and am heading there next to check the replies. Fingers crossed. Cheers! Thank you. Ryan! Cool to see you on here too. Can't wait to see your Tacoma re-build in action ;) I appreciate the sentiments...

Oh there is no chance this truck will be seeing anything but a garage and breezy summer days ;)

Appreciate this. Will do! I actually chatted with the P/O today (the one who bought it off the family of the deceased). We were able to find the persons name and it turns out during his ownership he was a Professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and he resided there during his...

Hi Arizona Land Cruiser folk! I just fired up my build thread after driving my new-to-me 97' Land Cruiser from Phoenix/Prescott up to BC Canada early in the spring. I'm going to pull an excerpt from my build thread (HERE, if you are interested): "Below, you will see my 1997 Land Cruiser: Desert...

OEM+: An Exercise in Restraint OEM+: the philosophy for this build. To me, OEM+ has always meant understanding why Toyota engineered these trucks the way they did and making thoughtful improvements that enhance the original vision rather than overwrite it. After two decades of owning Toyota...

Cool thread. I reespect all the cleanup work to revive this thing! Going deep on the interior is something not a lot of people do, but I feel it's one of those things that really makes a truck feel special when the interior is 'fresh'.

Long time lurker here. Both on your old LX470 and now this. Love the good photos and the amount of detail showing what you are up to. Seriously, thank you for documented stuff here instead of on social media. As someone who's been around since the forums were "the way" it's amazing how much...

@kreiten excellent photos! Just a future 200-Series owner lurking this section of the forum looking for good photos of nicely built 200's - I landed on a gold mine! Looks like there is a lot of excellent technical discussion here combined with some good comradery. Keep it up gents!

Hey, I know you! Super slick rig. Glad to see a thread for it.

Hey Ian! Glad you made it home safe and sound and it sounds like your whole trip went pretty good. It was great to see you, the wife, and the new rig! I cant express how clean it is. The interior looks brand new. Definitely another great find and hopefully worth the wait. You should post a...

Very cool build. Really like all the pre planning in order to have a better execution. It looks very good! Your overlanding trip doesn't look that bad either, what a nice way to "transition"... I might need to do this one day. I'd be interested in a production run. I'll ad my personal...