Builds Father, Son, and the Unholy UTE (1 Viewer)

[2fpower]

Last test fit

 

[2fpower]

Lots of welding. Started working on the hitch too.

 

[2fpower]

About ready for powdercoat

Here you can see my design for that forward structure, those two plates will be bolted together with some grade 9 hardware

 

[2fpower]

Got the bumper back from the Powdercoater, very happy....

 

[2fpower]

oops wrong thread.

If you want to see this follow my 75 build

Builds - 75 Series Truck - VZ shade tree special

Many of you saw this 75 series truck on ebay, then sold only to find a long list of issues with it here on MUD. I decided to take the plunge into the 70 series world because I want to teach my kids to drive a stick before they are off to college, and what better to do this in than a Toyota...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[84shortyota]

@2fpower Looking great. Those bends are tough! I made protection for my rig and I bent the radius of the rear wheel well archs. Same thing...took a ton of little bends. It is satisfying once you are done

Any pics of this? Looking to do the same to my 80.

 

[2fpower]

Any pics of this? Looking to do the same to my 80.

sorry, pics of what? the rollcage?

 

[84shortyota]

sorry, pics of what? the rollcage?

The wheel arch protection.

 

[2fpower]

The wheel arch protection.

gotcha... I did not do wheelwell protection, you will need to reach out to @scrowley

 

[84shortyota]

yeah i had quoted his post. Didn't mean to hijack your thread! Nice build!

 

[BobbyLight]

Read through the entire thread, the craftsmanship is really enjoyable to see (and motivating!). I think it's great having a father-son project like this. It's obvious there's a strong family dynamic here, something everyone should strive for. Excellent job all around!

 

[2fpower]

Read through the entire thread, the craftsmanship is really enjoyable to see (and motivating!). I think it's great having a father-son project like this. It's obvious there's a strong family dynamic here, something everyone should strive for. Excellent job all around!

Thanks for the wonderful comment....

A few things I have seen develop since we built this was my son has become an outside the box thinker and had really found enjoyment in projects. I have to attribute some of that to this project as not many people look at a car and say... I wonder how we can make that the way I want it to be.... This summer he taught himself autocad, arduino board logic and programming, 3d printing and designed and built a spiderman webshooter. Had almost 150k views last time I looked on arduino page on instagram.

He is currently applying for colleges. Michigan engineering is his top pick.... Yoda has become part of his essay about what he has done that makes him different than the average student. It would be pretty cool to think that Yoda has helped remove any desire to fit into the paradigm of the world around him.

One thing I never saw coming is related to scholorships. He is on the hunt for them in order to afford out of state tuition. We found one that he has to write an essay on " how you customized your car to fit you." I told him if he did not win that one, we would have words.....

If anyone knows of any scholorships that might help him, please let me know. We visited Michigan and were blown away by their engineering school. Recall that my family is Kansas State Alum, so this is once again "outside of the box" thinking. He has the grades and the ACT scores to get in, not to mention the work ethic and the horsepower needed, so we have our fingers crossed.

 

[BobbyLight]

Thanks for the wonderful comment....

A few things I have seen develop since we built this was my son has become an outside the box thinker and had really found enjoyment in projects. I have to attribute some of that to this project as not many people look at a car and say... I wonder how we can make that the way I want it to be.... This summer he taught himself autocad, arduino board logic and programming, 3d printing and designed and built a spiderman webshooter. Had over 150k views last time I looked.

He is currently applying for colleges. Michigan engineering is his top pick.... Yoda has become part of his essay about what he has done that makes him different than the average student. It would be pretty cool to think that Yoda has helped remove any desire to fit into the paradigm of the world around him.

One thing I never saw coming is related to scholorships. He is on the hunt for them in order to afford out of state tuition. We found one that he has to write an essay on " how you customized your car to fit you." I told him if he did not win that one, we would have words.....

If anyone knows of any scholorships that might help him, please let me know. We visited Michigan and were blown away by their engineering school. Recall that my family is Kansas State Alum, so this is once again "outside of the box" thinking. He has the grades and the ACT scores to get in, not to mention the work ethic and the horsepower needed, so we have our fingers crossed.

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He definitely has a huge head start on other engineering students, I have no doubt he will get accepted and excel in it. I did mechanical engineering and wished I could've had some sort of experience in CAD and programming prior to college. I fortunately received an Air Force ROTC scholarship, not sure if that's something he's interested in but if he's curious, feel free to PM me. I'd be more than happy to chat about my experience in ROTC and active duty so far. Not a lot is publically known about the engineering career fields in the Air Force but there are some really cool opportunities.

 

[ppc]

Very smart young son you have!!!!
He will have a great experience in Ann Arbor.
Hope he becomes a Michigan Man...... M Go Blue

 

[scrowley]

Any pics of this? Looking to do the same to my 80.

I have thread called..
80 series rear quarter protection

 

[2fpower]

Just needed to borrow my car, so that means I got to drive Yoda today!!!

 

[Honger]

This is a very cool thread. My oldest boy is already volunteering to help with the Troopy every chance he gets. I’d love to build his own car with him someday. Love this.

 

[2fpower]

New shoes. @Flatlanderfj40 thx.

 

[Flatlanderfj40]

Looking good!! Same thing I put on my sons ride.

 

[2fpower]

Senior pics