Captain Sanuk
WAMPA
Hey there!
Welcome to my 4th gen 4runner build thread! As i'm getting more serious with my build, i decided it was time to make a thread to organize everything. Before i get started though, i'll take a quick second to introduce myself-
I have been a member of Mud since 2011, but always loved Toyotas (Land Cruisers especially). Here is where my addiction began - My dad found a sweet '69 FJ40 for me to work on when I was 14.
It was pretty solid. I welded some panels in where the PO had cut the fenders to fit bigger tires. Other than that, due to me not having a licence, It sat until I decided to sell it. At that point my sister went off to college and left me her bone stock 89 60. I used the money from the 40 i sold to fix it up a bit.
I drove this rig through high school. My freshman year I ended up getting a job at a local fab shop sweeping floors, and that is when I started dreaming about building this rig. As time went by my boss made me a deal where I would trade my labor for parts. Here is what I ended up with -
I created a beast. Some of you may be familiar with the build thread a few years back when i went by the name of Tymanfj40 on here -Ty's FJ62 SOA Build check it out.
Anyways, moving on with the story. The transmission went out, and being a broke high schooler with no back up rig, i decided to sell it. I still kick myself for getting rid of that beast, but it was time to move on. The new owner said he was swapping in a Cummins, but i was never able to track him down to see the progress. My next rig was an 02 Taco. I beat on that thing for a while, then my dad decided he wanted to get into importing some more cruisers, so i sold the Taco and started driving a 1989 BJ70 turbo.
I drove that thing for a while, then decided to sell it to fund a 2 year volunteer trip for my church. Once i got back, I found a clean 1st gen 4runner with hopes of flipping it to fund a more practical family friendly build. I made some quick cash and found a smoking deal on a 4th gen Runner. Since then I have been catching up on maintenance and slowly started to build it as funds have allowed.
Welcome to my 4th gen 4runner build thread! As i'm getting more serious with my build, i decided it was time to make a thread to organize everything. Before i get started though, i'll take a quick second to introduce myself-
I have been a member of Mud since 2011, but always loved Toyotas (Land Cruisers especially). Here is where my addiction began - My dad found a sweet '69 FJ40 for me to work on when I was 14.
It was pretty solid. I welded some panels in where the PO had cut the fenders to fit bigger tires. Other than that, due to me not having a licence, It sat until I decided to sell it. At that point my sister went off to college and left me her bone stock 89 60. I used the money from the 40 i sold to fix it up a bit.
I drove this rig through high school. My freshman year I ended up getting a job at a local fab shop sweeping floors, and that is when I started dreaming about building this rig. As time went by my boss made me a deal where I would trade my labor for parts. Here is what I ended up with -
I created a beast. Some of you may be familiar with the build thread a few years back when i went by the name of Tymanfj40 on here -Ty's FJ62 SOA Build check it out.
Anyways, moving on with the story. The transmission went out, and being a broke high schooler with no back up rig, i decided to sell it. I still kick myself for getting rid of that beast, but it was time to move on. The new owner said he was swapping in a Cummins, but i was never able to track him down to see the progress. My next rig was an 02 Taco. I beat on that thing for a while, then my dad decided he wanted to get into importing some more cruisers, so i sold the Taco and started driving a 1989 BJ70 turbo.
I drove that thing for a while, then decided to sell it to fund a 2 year volunteer trip for my church. Once i got back, I found a clean 1st gen 4runner with hopes of flipping it to fund a more practical family friendly build. I made some quick cash and found a smoking deal on a 4th gen Runner. Since then I have been catching up on maintenance and slowly started to build it as funds have allowed.
