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86 4runner

Custom front and rear bumpers
Regeared 4.88
Dual tcases
63 springs
Fixing to sas with mini truck axle and skys kit
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'87 4runner bought in August '23 out of Colorado stock and drove it the 2k miles home with the :princess:. Bought it to keep miles off the truck and told myself i would do a couple inch lift on and leave it alone. Then a Black Friday deal on the SAS kit came up.... :lol:

256k miles currently
22RE (22RE performance stage 1 rebuild with 56k miles)
W56 rebuilt by Marlin (56k miles)
Solid Axle Swap
'85 4runner front housing
Longfield birfs & inner axles
6 stud knuckles & arms
IFS Hubs
Tacoma rotors & V6 Calipers
3" TG front springs
4" TG rear springs
Tacoma E-lockers F&R re-geared to 5.29
4x4 Labs F&R Bumpers, set up for a future 8274 build
4x innovations sliders
35/1250/17 Trail Grapplers
17" Raceline Monster beadlocks
Holley Retrobright headlights (highly recommend)

Upcoming (thanks to more BF sales this year)
Dual T-cases
2.28 in both cases
23 spline on the 2nd case
AA adapter
Sky Skid plate
Sky Parking Brake (for future full float rear axle & disc brake conversion)
NWF Triple Sticks

At some point, whenever I can find a donor rig for a 01-04 3RZ swap that's reasonably priced, will start working towards that.
 
Found a photo album from my early 20s when I lived in Cali.
Pictures of my 83 before it got TJ springs and heavy duty shackles. Taken in 2001, got orders to korea in 2002 and had to sell it.
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Poorly cropped pic.🫣
Probably have a better pic somewhere
This is/was a ’72 Datsun 620, originally 2WD. Back about 1980/81 I converted it to 4WD. Dana 44 diffs, Dana 20 XFer case
Brakes were poor (had a vacuum leak on the booster somewhere) as was the suspension.
Sold it for almost a 90% loss on what I put into it after I bought a Scout II for $500 and the Scout was a much better rig than what I had created.
Should have got a Land Cruiser instead.
 
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Poorly cropped pic.🫣
Probably have a better pic somewhere
This is/was a ’72 Datsun 620, originally 2WD. Back about 1980/81 I converted it to 4WD. Dana 44 diffs, Dana 20 XFer case
Brakes were poor (had a vacuum leak on the booster somewhere) as was the suspension.
Sold it for almost a 90% loss on what I put into it after I bought a Scout II for $500 and the Scout was a much better rig than what I had created.
Should have got a Land Cruiser instead.
i pretty much learned to drive stick in a 4wd 620. I still love the lines of these rigs.
 
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