elmerfudpucker Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 and the other add ons like rock lights got ya covered there! I have a set of tantrums (8-32LED pods with controller) I will look into the price. Also, where you get the flair side bed? Quote Link to comment
mklotz70 Posted July 11, 2010 Report Share Posted July 11, 2010 Not normally the kind of build I would follow, but I gotta say......what I love about this build is how you just friggin' did it! So many guys, especially myself, spend all the time planning, making sure it's going to be just right....then never really doing anything. You just jumped out there and did it! Awesome work!! You and your bro, both seem to have that same kind of attitude and "take" on things. Keep it up!! You'll get so much more out of life than most people will ever even hope for!! Kinda sappy, but you both impress me! :) Quote Link to comment
AtomChurch Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 n00b. If you had your truck geared right it wouldn't even go 40! haha. Bummer. You better fix it so next time I am up in portland I can drive it. Its a good thing I didn't get you that core support. And hey I still have some new fenders for you! Quote Link to comment
AtomChurch Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Also I gave you a grill and it does not appear to be on your truck. and why isn't your bed bobbed yet? We need to get short wave radios and install them in our cars so we can chit chat everyday. haha Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 got ya covered there! I have a set of tantrums (8-32LED pods with controller) I will look into the price. Also, where you get the flair side bed? looking forward to the pricing haha. and that flair is stock datsun awesomeness. (p.s. spell check approved awesomeness and not datsun??) Not normally the kind of build I would follow, but I gotta say......what I love about this build is how you just friggin' did it! So many guys, especially myself, spend all the time planning, making sure it's going to be just right....then never really doing anything. You just jumped out there and did it! Awesome work!! You and your bro, both seem to have that same kind of attitude and "take" on things. Keep it up!! You'll get so much more out of life than most people will ever even hope for!! Kinda sappy, but you both impress me! :) thanks mike, it means alot to have someone say that, that i have heard can do anything! i really dont know what i am doing, this is the first build that i have ever done likt this, i am a terrible picture taker, but i love to build things, which allows me to just figure it out and get it done. n00b. If you had your truck geared right it wouldn't even go 40! haha. Bummer. You better fix it so next time I am up in portland I can drive it. Its a good thing I didn't get you that core support. And hey I still have some new fenders for you! first of all, atom, i was in single low 4th gear topped out, in double low i crawl anywhere and everywhere, you know that. but i think i am going o tripple case it and put some 4.7 kits in two of the cases so i dont really move at all, but will crawl up trees and such. and i would really like them fenders, haha my pass fender is totally messed up right now and so is my core support, on the brighter side of things i started bending the fream back today its almost fixed the cab is un twisted but the door doesnt shut, and i fixed the leaky gas hard line today. so progress is coming along with fixing it all up and getting back on the trail. ill probly thro some lights on it and drive on the streets soon so i can get all the kinks out of it. its kind of a bummer when your in the middle of the woods and it stops running and you have to rip the carb apart to see whats up 20 miles from camp...... Quote Link to comment
tdaaj Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 nice build. i'm glad you ended up using a half beet truck to start with too. some people take the nicest rigs and destroy them with thier unfinished projects. :thumbup: to you. Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 nice build. i'm glad you ended up using a half beet truck to start with too. some people take the nicest rigs and destroy them with thier unfinished projects. :thumbup: to you. well, i did use one to begin with........ but sense i rolled it, i had to get a new one. haha. so now i built a shop and am preparing to do a cab swap, pics of shop and new 521 posted soon, as well as my rolled truck. Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted August 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 here are some pictures. i took the old gauge cluster and made a more useful one. this one only has four gauges, after market fuel gauge retro fitted into the stock gas tank. works great when adjusted properly.. then we had a little fun with a stock toyota gauge... half doors i made. this is my bobbed 521 with half doors as i was leaving for the trip, which i put rod bearings later that evening, then leaving right after i was done at four in the morning. and they worked great the entire time. pictures of the rolled truck will be up soon. Quote Link to comment
elmerfudpucker Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 I can hook you up for $100 and shipping or we can pass them down to you one way or another, how about it Ratsuners, who wants to join the chain? I could get them to Vancouver, WA :lol: Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted November 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 morning after Quote Link to comment
67 411 Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 I love the way the 521 looks lifted. Also great job on the build! Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted November 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 thanks, i was super bummed i only got two trips out of it before i rolled it tho, haha. skunk has some oics of the progress so far on the cab swap. i will upload them or he will, and the cab swap will hopefully be done soon! Quote Link to comment
NCRmtrsprts510 Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 jesus haha that thing got smashed!! maybe you should of put the exo cage on it! that thing is in worse shape then my crawler haha are you running the 63" chevy springs in the rear? Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 haha that is after i hi lifted it so i could still drive it around i had three more days on the trip. yeah they are 63's in the rear. Quote Link to comment
NCRmtrsprts510 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 nice! whats stuffed in those axles? Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 welded 4.10 for diffs, and everything is stock for now, but i just broke a birf, so thinking about some bobby longs, six shooters and trinion eleminators. Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 well got the cab swap mostly done pick up soon. spent the whole making seat bracket and installing the steering colum. Quote Link to comment
AtomChurch Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 pictures! or ban. cause I can do that now. Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted February 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 i have finally gotten around to getting some stuff done on the truck, i have put the cab on and seats in with brackets instead of block of wood. the brackets were easy just time consuming. all i had was angle.... after that i installed the dash and hook up the wiring an installed the steering colum. then i whiped up some rad brackets, you guessed it from angle. and mounted my rad and fan. this is for those of you who are wondering why i bought new axles... then my shiny new axles came! 500 dollars, and i couldnt install then because when i tore my front axle apart i found a destroyed trinion bearing..... but i have two new ones in my hands, so tomorrow we will be good to go. sneak peak of truck..... Quote Link to comment
Wide14u Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 hell i think the roll over even looked good to me Quote Link to comment
AtomChurch Posted February 25, 2013 Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 Neat oh! Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 okay okay, well i havent posted anything in a while now, and i have alot to update Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 here is a sneak peak of the cage work and other stuff i hope you all will like. Quote Link to comment
cosmo Posted February 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 good bye to this and hello to this Quote Link to comment
AtomChurch Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Where dd you get that orbital and how did you decide which one to use? Any complications with the swap? How did you decide where to place it? How does it work compared to the steering box? What is involved with the swap? Ie new lines fittings, fluid reservoir upgrades? So maybe others can tackle the same steering upgrade. 1 Quote Link to comment
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