bashed4runner
01-09-2002, 09:58 AM
I am planning a moab trip in march-april and need to figure out what to do with the beast, my dilima is that my body is pretty bashed up and a few trips ago I decided to rework the tailgate and bust out the window(whoops), so I really want to convert it to a pickup sorta or maybe a flatbed but I am trying to think of a way to put a back on the cab when I hack the rear end off. I was thinking a old soft top and just cut it to fit but I thought some body out there may have done this before or has a cool Idea. any info would help.
dangerber
01-09-2002, 10:22 AM
Funny...I was measuring out where to cut the back off of my 4runner last night! I'm possibly going to cut the bed off about 18-20 inches after the door opening, and just use sheet metal welded on to cap it off. THen I willl build a ~45" long flatbed. For the back of the cab, I'm planning on getting some sunbrella canvas, and make a mini-mini can-back. I was going to photochop some pics to see how it would look...
ColdNorth
01-09-2002, 11:14 AM
You guys piss me off. :mad3: You have perfectly good runners, and you're trying to make pickups. I, on the other hand, have a POS pickup that I want to turn into a runner.
Bastards.
:D
...Toyman (who seems to have disappeared) has an ... '85 I think ... Runner that he bobbed and covered. His website is down, but it's http://www.trailreports.com/ ...
...He took off the canopy, put a wall up to the deck height right behind his seats, and built a hinged cover for the rear area. To seal the back of the cab, he used a canvas top with a 'window' in it... It was a beautiful setup.
When I met him in Vancouver, he had his 1/2 doors in under the cover, and on the bottom of the cover he has an axe, shovel, etc strapped on.
...Until I decided I wanted rear seats I really liked the idea. :D
Just FYI.
dangerber
01-09-2002, 12:46 PM
Originally posted by ColdNorth
You guys piss me off. :mad3: You have perfectly good runners, and you're trying to make pickups. I, on the other hand, have a POS pickup that I want to turn into a runner.
Bastards.
:D
...Toyman (who seems to have disappeared) has an ... '85 I think ... Runner that he bobbed and covered. His website is down, but it's http://www.trailreports.com/ ...
...He took off the canopy, put a wall up to the deck height right behind his seats, and built a hinged cover for the rear area. To seal the back of the cab, he used a canvas top with a 'window' in it... It was a beautiful setup.
When I met him in Vancouver, he had his 1/2 doors in under the cover, and on the bottom of the cover he has an axe, shovel, etc strapped on.
...Until I decided I wanted rear seats I really liked the idea. :D
Just FYI.
Well, I don't know if I'd say my runner is "perfectly good"! If you wheeled where I do, following a bunch of flat fendered J$&Ps around, you'd want a pickup too! Actually, I want a flatbed, not a pickup. I need something that can stand up to a little tree massaging more than sheetmetal!! :D
rockota
01-09-2002, 01:06 PM
Post some pics, DAN! That might be cool!
bkg
Why don't you two trade trucks
dangerber
01-09-2002, 02:05 PM
Originally posted by rockota
Post some pics, DAN! That might be cool!
bkg
I need my red star first! :D
dangerber
01-09-2002, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by TRD
Why don't you two trade trucks
Umm, did you see where he lives?!!! :eek: