Chopped 60 into ute input
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All you need is a welder and some ambition..
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Got the ambition and a welder. Tempted to cut in.
I've wanted to do this, but the rear end of my 60 is in good shape. But, if anything happens to it, it's getting cut up!
Why not just buy a tundra?
This would be better than a 7* series because the 60 body width is a few inches wider.
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Because you can't make a tundra diesel and legal in california.
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That looks sweet.This would be better than a 7* series because the 60 body width is a few inches wider.
LAMBCRUSHER
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The built thread is on pirate. It's a cali famous cruiser
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I'm definitely gonna check it out, didn't know about it but I also haven't been in yota community that long.
Its been done a fair amount on here. It takes a fair chunk of money to execute in a clean manner. Most I've seen don't turn out well with shoddy body work and weird execution because of underestimating the amount of money, time, and skill it takes to do a clean body cut. Then if u want to sell it, it can be tough finding a buyer with the same taste as the seller as far as mods go and it gets sold for pennies.
A viable alternative would be to take the 60 you plan to hack up and buy an aluminum fj45 cab from aqualu Aqualu Industries Inc. | Custom aluminum fabrication for the off-road industry. Specializing in replacement bodies and accessories for Land Cruiser, Jeep and Suzuki | 1-888-765-6714.
That way you have the rolling chassis and you have a nice clean cab to work with vs a complicated cut and splice.
That way you have the rolling chassis and you have a nice clean cab to work with vs a complicated cut and splice.
FYI they also sell a couple of stretched versions of the cab at +6" and +12" I believe. Find some donor parts from eBay or Craigslist or a rotted fj40 and have something really unique and if done cleanly a lot more valuable than a diced up 60.
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Thx for the info, definitely will look into all the options.
That would be pretty awesome in my opinion.
LAMBCRUSHER
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LAMBCRUSHER
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some body types are easier to make look clean; the 6X series body has but a few decent looking options...that 55 should have been cut about 3" further back for a real single cab; but more like about 13" back for the extra cab effect...it feels a bit "cozy" as it is. Meh; it'll be easier to cool when I get around to the a/c...ps; brace the crap out of it before cutting...hth
DFXR
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I'd drive that. The worst things I've seen done to 55s are always paint-related, never ute-related.
Look up Creative Conversions in Australia, they do it all the time. I had a hard time finding in any pics of 60's though, found a few on their facebook page a while ago.
I like what they have done, chassis needs extended if you want a usable truck, I'm thinking of doing it, but on the other hand, lot of time and money.
I like what they have done, chassis needs extended if you want a usable truck, I'm thinking of doing it, but on the other hand, lot of time and money.
This is another pic I found years ago, nice conversion, sorry I don't know who this belongs to.
