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Ok, im gonna start a build thread in here for a project im currently working on.This is garrets toyota standard cab. I origionally had the opportunity to design the frame various other parts for this truck when i was working for another shop, but the final toutches to this frame were never attended to, and now some serious issues have to be addressed and fixed.The list of things I am doing on this truck are mostly basic, but some are going to be time consuming. I am goind to do a complete rear suspension change, do to bad bag placment and horrable lift, the rear fuel cell is going to get new mounts, because the current mounts are almost breaking off the tabs of the fuel cell, and there is no support under the cell at all. The air tank frame isnt useable, so i will be making a custom mount for the new air tank, and ASCO valves. A new tube core support is going to be thrown in up front, as well as a EDC mount and various other fixes. A new custom batter box will be installed, as will varous mounting points for the proportioning valve, air intake, and wireing. Im going to make custom mouting points out back for a 68 camaro bumper.There are various other things that will be getting addressed also, to make this thing a safe and dependable driver.I personally love this truck. It has the potential to be a badd ass yota. It lays hard on 20s and has alot of detail as it is, but when im finished with it, it will be even better. I kinda wish this truck was my own, because after a week of taking it apart and figuring out my complete game plan, there are ALOT of things i would do to this truck. ALOT.Here are some pics of how i got it.
Here is a pic of the lower bag mounts. keep in mind this mounts are stationary, and will never raise or lower. the clearance on them to the ground is less than 3"
Here is a shot of the full lift the truck gets at 150psi. its under 3" also.
Fuel cell mounts. No support under the auctual tank at all. Its wont last long empty, and wouldnt make it out of the driveway with gas in it.
all the measurments are off the frame, its stripped, and the powdercoat has been removed ware it needed to be. I also snapped a few pics of some brackets i cut for this project last week also.I cut off all the garbage that was on the frame, fuel cell mounts, bag mounts, body mounts, mounting blocks. I also smoothed out some of the welds that were ... well.........you can see for yourself.Before:
after, but before final smoothing with scotchbrite buffers:
Heres the carnage, my entire garage was coated in a fine film of purple powdercoat dust lol, i hope to never have to do that again haha. I will deffinentally send it out to get sand blasted in the future.
Heres an overview of the shit i cut this week, and machined this week. I like to plan nearly everything out exactly how i want it, then start building after its all figured out, sometimes it takes a bit, but if you just jump into building without any detailed planning you start making mistakes and things start to look like an afterthought. So i really wanted to have all my brackets and shock system, and bag mounts planned out and ready before i started any heavy fabrication, or final welding.I started out the week by machining some tube end caps. Ive usually made spikes in the past to cap tube, but these seemed like more of a challange, and they deffinentally were. Alot of stores/shops make these and sell them, fairly cheep, but i like stuff hand made, so i whipped up a few of them. They are going to terminate bars in certain locations, its hard to explain exactly what, but ill get to that soon enough.1.25" CR, machined down to a 1" head. Then radius turned, there pretty rough, but ill polish them before im done probably
I cut a couple handfulls of these also. They are from .750 plate steel, and are going to serve as tube clamps. They will clamp on to 1.25od tube and allow a clean place for wires to be held. I made some that hold 1.25od and some that mount to link bars and hold brake lines in place... There nifty.