'85 Xtra Cab Build

[mitsokid]

sweet build stretch. i'll be right there next to ya soon. Hopefully next week

 

[92yotaman]

What do you know about rolling? You dont wheel.

i WEBwheel... its much cheaper Sam

course you wouldn't know much about that cause daddy buys everything for you

 

[farmboy]

You take out a loan for that BMW? Maybe your parents will buy you a clue.

 

[StretchASU]

Nothing like the official 52x cheerleader and a male Olsen twin talking to each other to make a build thread about a stupid Toyota more interesting...

 

[SPOA87YJ]

a whole warehouse full?













































peas.

 

[92yotaman]

someone has to make it interesting cause we know youll never update it

 

[farmboy]

UPDATE: rig is still a pile









Can we paint it green like a big can of peas?

 

[StretchASU]

Only if Austin uses his artistic skill to draw a scale version of the "Green Giant" on the hood.

FBC

 

[DAWGTOY]

chris if you paint it green it'll be your MGBGT. (my great big green turd)


me love you long time.
dawg

 

[StretchASU]

Justin beat us to the punch. Wait til you see the new Mangler. Its like the Jolly Green Rockbouncer.

As for this pile...got a flat pitman arm. This should hopefully fix the tierod hitting the springs issue. Hopefully going to mess with it a bit this weekend.

 

[StretchASU]

Flat pitman arm raised it all a hair too much. The castle nut on the end where the drag link mounts hits the frame. Going to notch the frame and plate it in sometime soon. Just need to get the time and for the weather to cooperate a bit since its in the driveway and not in the shop right now.

 

[floydmorgan]

nice. i live down in spruce pine. maybe we can wheel some time

 

[mitsokid]

hey stretch was the flat pitman arm worth it. I'm going to be ordering my X-Over soon and I think I'm going to go ahead and get the flat arm..

How's it steering compared to before?

 

[47willys]

Saw this in some random storage unit somewhere in Deep Gap

so it must be true

 

[Wreckingball]

Haha nice. Hmm, haven't been to the shop in awhile.

 

[SPOA87YJ]

dash? bueno or no?

 

[StretchASU]

Bahahahhaa! I never saw that pic posted...Man that shop has some graffiti on the walls for sure. Damn Food Baby Fab has a bunch of ruffians in that shop.

Stan...dash is "finished" for now.

Got the steering finished up today, cut the front fenders a bit and added two leafs to the front spring pack. Some small touch up stuff to finish on Friday but its ready to go.

 

[brokeass4runner]

Sorry about the off topic post but holy $hit was that ski game in your avatar fawking epic.

 

[StretchASU]

Sorry about the off topic post but holy $hit was that ski game in your avatar fawking epic.

YUP. Thats a "SkiFree" avatar.

 

[Brownsxj]

Yeah man I told Nathan to post a pic of the shop pic, we should have added your number too haha.

And the SKIFREE thing always cracks me up!

 

[StretchASU]

Got this thing back out for a shakedown on Saturday. 2 extra leafs in the front packs, 2" wheel spacers all the way around and cut the fenders a bit. Its nice to be able to steer to full lock in both directions. Still have some things that need changing but it works ok as it is.

Interior cage, F150 springs out back and some Bilstein shocks all the way around is next.

 

[farmboy]

If you are buyin tube you might as well cut the frame off in the back!

 

[StretchASU]

If you are buyin tube you might as well cut the frame off in the back!

Its being discussed....

 

[braxton357]

So are you selling it or still building it? Looks like it works well.

 

[StretchASU]

I'm going to keep it and build it some more. It goes really well for what it is. The rear suspension doesn't articulate at all due to the 80's Skycrapper lift springs which is the only thing really holding it back.