He isn’t on mud, and I was contacted by a friend of his that acts as a liaison. I did deliver the trekker to him though. He wouldn’t be happy if I put pics on the web so I won’t, but I will say he’s in Texas and has over 90 79-83 pickups, trekkers, trailblazers etc. If one has been on the cover...
Howdy y’all, just dropping in to see if anyone has pics of custom high roofs intended to add headroom for sleeping in the back. Pop tops are cool (Campteq is the dream but extremely out of budget), but this would be easier and I have some roof rust to tackle so figured might as well completely...
Truck is back together besides a couple slightly broken things that I don’t have replacements for yet (pic from when I was taking it apart, it’s cleaner now)
Stoked to have a nice painted front end, wheels that don’t kachow, and an axle housing that’s prepped for more abuse! Next step is a...
The gussets are the upper and lower fin things visible in that pic of the axle! Here they are up close and personal though. Booger welded an inch at a time alternating between all 4 to try and prevent warpage. Haven’t used this welder since I welded the sliders on a few years ago, and they’re...
Gussetted fresh axle housing is in, time to pack the knucks and birfs with moly, get the spindle and hub on, and get this thing back on the road. Ended up not messing with the 4runner, have been dailying the KLR
Haven’t had any time to put into Papa Smurf so it’s time to go! Locked up engine but I’ll throw in a 70k mile 22R from a rear ended 2wd mini. Mystery trans (4spd). Driveshafts, suspension hardware, interior etc is good as gone but if you have a first gen parts truck this could be a great move...
This surgery will probably put the dude down for a few days. Need to do some work to the 88 4runner so I can have a backup rig before I start this. Went most of the year without a backup! El Duderino has been my only daily
Hehe I think I bent my axle
@HemiAlex should have a replacement for me in a month
And on @landcrusher909’s recommendations I will be gusseting the knuckle balls, trussing the axle, and may do a shackle reversal and go ahead and transfer the air lockers to 4:10 diffs while it’s all apart. 😳