Figured its about time for me to give these whole rock crawling shenanigans a try by building a vehicle of my own. Ive been into desert racing for about 5 yrs now, grew up down in LA where the nearest off-road spots to play in are wide open desert, so naturally I went the go fast route.
After attending CalPoly and being an active member in the Polygoats 4 wheeling club for 5 yrs of my illustrious college career, I decided to take a break from desert racing, and slow down a bit and build me a rock crawler. But don't worry, its gonna have a nice go fast flare to it.
So here we go;
My Dad bought this truck new in 1999, i remember picking it up with him before going to a boyscout meeting one Thursday evening. I remember how excited i was that we were finally gonna have a "truck" in the family. Oh how times have changed.
With my old man finally buying a new car, and this hoopty being my sister's transportation through college, it was either bound for craigslist, or the shop. So, off to the shop we go.
Plans include:
Toyota T-case
Toyota axles front and rear
10" 2.0 c/o's rear
12" SAW 2.5" c/o's front
Air bumps all around
37" MTRs
Skids, bumpers, hydro assist, etc.
Simple clean interior cage
sat radio, GPS, race radio.
Here's how it sits after one night's work.
Axle out, Are these worth anything?
Stock BS cut off
Nice pile of crap for the scrap bin
Lil motivation
Tomorrow, hrs and hrs of grinding and cleaning the frame.
-Rob
After attending CalPoly and being an active member in the Polygoats 4 wheeling club for 5 yrs of my illustrious college career, I decided to take a break from desert racing, and slow down a bit and build me a rock crawler. But don't worry, its gonna have a nice go fast flare to it.
So here we go;
My Dad bought this truck new in 1999, i remember picking it up with him before going to a boyscout meeting one Thursday evening. I remember how excited i was that we were finally gonna have a "truck" in the family. Oh how times have changed.
With my old man finally buying a new car, and this hoopty being my sister's transportation through college, it was either bound for craigslist, or the shop. So, off to the shop we go.
Plans include:
Toyota T-case
Toyota axles front and rear
10" 2.0 c/o's rear
12" SAW 2.5" c/o's front
Air bumps all around
37" MTRs
Skids, bumpers, hydro assist, etc.
Simple clean interior cage
sat radio, GPS, race radio.
Here's how it sits after one night's work.
Axle out, Are these worth anything?
Stock BS cut off
Nice pile of crap for the scrap bin
Lil motivation
Tomorrow, hrs and hrs of grinding and cleaning the frame.
-Rob