Been playing with it recently afterhours. I got the tranny tunnel 90% done, shaved the back cab wall, stripped some more paint, cut off the messed up rear door skin, and been doing more sheetmetal. I also got a rack&pinion.
started with this
the door lock is located on the back for pickups and on the front for 4runners, so i ended up having both.
made these
ended up with this
Decided to stick with my 22RE motor so i stuck it back in the truck and made the tranny tunnel. Im using an Xcab driveshaft for mock up and ill just stretch the front half when the time comes. The tunnel is only 4.5'' tall so i was even able to fit the bench seat in the back with some minor mods.
I had to bust ass to have it ready for sparks last year and i never was happy with the drivers side rear doorskin. It was low all across the length and we couldnt get it pulled out, so i had all my friends at the show sign it and i finally got around to cutting it off fri night.
ill get some metal ordered up and make my own doorskin. The hard part is gonna be putting the handle hole back in it.