The Pickle

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Finally one of my most favorite land cruiser mods has arrived!! And is installed. This is my 3rd wagon gear tailgate lid. Took me just over an hour to get this one unwrapped and installed

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I finally got my knuckle bone hitch mount spare tire carrier
It works decently enough a little wiggly with a 315 tire but my plan was to only put it on when i left my island. It does stick out abit further than i would like 2" too far to be able to shu the fadage door whish is prolly led me tk build a swing-out that could hug the body

alittle tighter
Craftsmanship is top notch altho


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Been busy got a kewl hinge and larch setup from 4x inocations and bent up a tire carier[ will snap a few shots of it open in a minute
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The itre rides low so as to not block the rear window it has a reciever tube type wheel holder to the swing out so i may make a holder that sits the tire up a bit

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ok more crappy cell phone pics. I decided I needed a better place to mount my Ram mount to support my ipad mini and iphone to run navigation and music, may end up having a mount for both we'll see.

someone on here had made this type of mount awhile back and I was intrigued. so to the lab I go and turned out this bar support mounted off of the front grab handle mounts.

 

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Build process

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Pic with the ipad mini installed need to tinker with its placement abit may need an extension well see

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Some additions to the pickle

 

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Finally got my 4.88s installed so nice ti have the shift points right for the 315's next up super charger???

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[Wrench]

Super Charger? NO WAY!!

 

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I think the super charger is a bit dow. The road


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[Wrench]

LOL OK I was gonna say.....

 

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Some mall shots of the pickle sitting on new ome heavy rear springs also added some more rear bumper protection

 

[mercedeezel]

your cruiser is lookin real good, keep at it. i like how the rear bumperettes/wings worked out with the stock rear crossmember. i will be stealing some of your ideas.

 

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Thanks the bumper is my never ending project i welded in some 3/8"s plate in between the tubes on the corner the view threw was bugging me
Also finally completed my set of atx mojave wheels and got a new welding helmet and oulled the rack and redid and cleaned up all the welds
I took the plunge and bought new paint plan is to shoot the pickle rustic green this spring

 

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Here is a finished pic of the bumper corner

 

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Figure to update this thread so as to have a record of mods so when i crash this one it will be easier to make an insurance claim

Anyway finished up the lower basket bars of the roof rack i like how the rack turned out

Next up is the rear bumper first took off the stock and got the body ready for the wings before i realized that all the after market bumpers require you to cut your rear cross member off I had re-enforced the stock one and mounted a 100 series hitch receiver and i like how that turned out
... So its wings for me. took the stock ones off and made the mounting brackets for each side

I also durebeked the lower body and redid the fenders

I like your rack! Almost asked "what company makes your rack" before reading your post fully.

 

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So i finished cleaning up and getting a fresh coat of paint on my roof rack and one thing led to another and i ended up painting the pickle rustic green t-621 still have to wet sand and buff but i am pleased with the outcome

 

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Been awhile since i updated thread. Been a fair amount of family distractions but those seem to be winding down
These pics are of my new recovered seats using the old seat covers side Resota bottoms and used a sealer gray color on them fresh for mom but gave them the heat and new seat foam really liked results also took out all the motors electronics and are turning them into complete manual
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OK the first shots of my wagon gear antenna CB set up.follow his instructions pretty much like the outcome
I changed out the instruments in the overhead Consol to have both my batteries voltage and a inside outside temp gauge