1978 620 King Cab 4X4

[jrock4224]

wooo hooo . resourceful... nice job on the radiator...looking forrward to seeing it in the mud

[Eagle_Adam]

:thumbup:​  closer and closer every time i stop by this thread!!! 

[]2eDeYe]

Can't wait to see this finished up and on a trail!

 

Me too!

 

wooo hooo . resourceful... nice job on the radiator...looking forrward to seeing it in the mud

 

Thanks, :D

 

:thumbup:​  closer and closer every time i stop by this thread!!!

 

A little more closer now :lol:

 

 

 

 

 

Steering is almost done. I need a hydraulic adapter to mate one of the Nissan hardlines to the Toyota box. The other line bolts right up. Hopefully I can get the adapter after work today.

 

 

 

 

Tie rod is in.

 

 

Drag link is alsmost ready. Need to drill some holes in the pipe for some plug welds and burn it together.

 

 

 

Sitting on the suspension now. So close. :D

 

 

 

 

I am going to run the stock bumper for camping, just do not have enough time to finish up the winch bumper. At least I'll have 4 wheel drive this year. :)

[Eagle_Adam]

epic trail truck is EPIC!!!

[Farmer Joe]

dang!

 

this is so trick.. i cant wait to see it.

[1lo620]

Looking good Steve alot different from last time I saw it.. Keep up the good work...!!!

 

And you never dod make me those carrier bearing spacers...lol!! Ah well...

[]2eDeYe]

Sorry Dave I am a slacker. :lol:

 

 

Made it to camping. Have a great Memorial weekend everyone. :)

 

[Eagle_Adam]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH  :thumbup:    :w00t:    :w00t:   :w00t:   :w00t:

 

 

all that work and only one OIC!!!  :confused:

[q-tip]

What adam said!!!!!

[Farmer Joe]

holy poop!

 

i knew it would be good!

[]2eDeYe]

Thanks guys. :)

 

Made it out and home with no issues. Of course I still haven't put the front driveshaft back in.   :lol:

 

I need to find the correct power steering lines, the throttle body style doesn't really work to well with the larger intake plenum. I had to adapt the  Nissan lines to work with the yota box so that will need redone when I source the correct setup. Works well enough for now though.

 

home made adapter kit, I'm no plumber lol

 

 

Works pretty good. 

 

 

Shocks n stuff all mounted up. I need to order some more appropriately sized shocks, these are way to huge :lol:

 

 

Engine bay shot.

 

 

 

Packed up and headed out.

 

 

Gonna need some bigger mud flaps. :D

 

 

 

 

Camping! Fuck ya!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campfire cooking some Ling Cod my buddy caught before camping.

 

 

Shovel Oven

 

 

Natures Art

 

 

 

Stops here and there

 

 

 

 

 

Packed up and headed home. 

 

 

 

 

 

Dog tired dogs :)

 

 

 

Hope everybody has as good of a weekend as I did. :cool:

[q-tip]

Oh man I want one even more now......the rig looks great man!

[SandyMush620]

Any driving impressions to speak of Redeye?

[]2eDeYe]

Thanks q-tip :)

Drove great, straight down the road, easy to steer. 

[jrock4224]

damn son thats some view from your camp spot....... where did u go ....looks awesome man

 

 

 

by the way the burl wood pic u took ... if u turn it on its side it looks like a cow head .....just sayin

[]2eDeYe]

Looks like a fish too :lol:

 

Just south of Darrington, up off of Mt Loop quite a ways. Mt. Loop is down in that valley. :)

[jrock4224]

yeah the other way it does look like a fish..... nice...left brain vs right brain

[Abe Froman]

That was a lot of upgrade's, it's great to see it back on the trail/road again.

 

    It looks great !

[Shonuff]

flashback to getting ready...


barely 50miles from camping and i show up at the hippy's to caravan...


Needed to batten some hatches and put the rear 35's on. Problem was the OG rear end was a bit skinnier then the front but a dude up the street had a set of spacers for sale. Went on a adventure 1 block away for more then a hr to unbolt 2 2in spacers from a parts rig :o:


installed the spacers themselves were outside the body





this is how much the bolted up tire is out of the fender on the front



the back








turns out the tires are too big lol



i had a plan... and made hippy make the first cut :_|_:


fluids tight and nuts wet, lets load up



on the road....camping, fuck ya!

 

 

[]2eDeYe]

That thing was loud, glad it quieted down. My garage looks trashed, prolly cause it was. :lol:

 

 

 

Thanks for the help Nuff :thumbup:

[heretic]

I drool EVERY TIME I look at either of your trucks.!!

 

That thing is so badass

[Eagle_Adam]

X2 ^^^^ 

[]2eDeYe]

Thanks guys.

 

No pics on this page yet, how about a shot of both. This is my view from the couch. :D

 

[Eagle_Adam]

lucky SOB... 

[Jester]

Nice job Steve! Glad your weekend shake down went well. I know how those last minute things can stack up. I was prepping my old flat fender Willys for Foster Mud Flats one year and ended up pulling an all nighter. Finally put it on the trailer about 4am. Never did get the brakes bleed till the event. 

Good times!