Progress and such.
Hints of front spring setup:
Got truck in garage:
Gutted interior and found:
Installed 1" Body Lift and started on duals.
Explosion:
And together:
And where I am hoping to keep it positioned for mounting. I am nearly flatbelly, the lowest point on the transfercase is only one inch lower than the frame. Frame is at 23" and t-case is at 22"
This caused a bit of a problem though:
While I had everything out of the way I welded together this little puppy:
Then I decided to start playing around with bed ideas. This is a mockup I came up with. The real thing will be built with square and rectangle tubing. The whole setup is bolt-on. This design integrates sliders and a roll bar into the bed. The boxes in front of the wheel well cutouts will house the batteries. It will have a tailgate, I just didn't mock it up. The tubing the model is sitting on represents the Toyota frame to give a bit of a visual on how it will come together.
And that is what I have so far. If you or someone you know is looking to buy a Marlin
rear bumper for a 2nd gen shortbed truck that is powdercoated gray, let me know.
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