Snow White- 85xtracab Build

[Matty]

Hi,
   my name is Matt, im 17 from CT, and I have an 85 xtracab. I just ordered a set of TUBE DOORS for marlin and im excited about those for the summer time!
Specs on Snowhite
5in Skyjacker Softride Springs
diamond plate flat bed
33in. TSLs
just cut the fenders because of an unexpected tree hitting my truck
got a temp. bumper on it for now

[Makman]

   to the board.

'85 was a good year...not that I'm biased or anything.  Sounds like you've got some serious upgrades in the works so keep us posted.

[Matty]

i figured since im a noob id give ya a run through the truck 
sorry bout the darkness they get light this is just when we were restorin it and puttin the suspension on her

[Matty]

continued these pictures are the rockers being cut out, and then it comes to the truck being just finished, and my favorite thing is the shifter which is a joystick out of a crashed k-max helicopter gift from a friend

[Matty]

the truck with my daily driver a '92 4runner

[Matty]

some wheelin pics from a recent trip to VT and the new bumper thats on it temp to protect her

[Matty]

freshly cut fenders....

[mudmaster]

Love that shifter!!!!!!!!!! Used to work on Chinooks in the military and  to the board

[Matty]

not that any of you care, but the whole fam has yotas.  not trail rigs but toys none the less

'01 Sequoia, '03 4Runner, '05 Scion tC (Toyota), '85 Pickup, '92 4Runner, '85 4Runner (Not Pictured)

[KWP]

  to the board . your 92 runner is what mine used to look like.

[Matty]

yours looks awesome, my original intent was to do that to mine, but shes way too rusty, like beyond belief so im just driving it around takin it easy on her

[Rocksurfer]

  so you starting a Toyota used car dealership.

[Matty]

im tryin.  good start eh??

[crawlerdan]

welcome to the board bud, happy wheelin

[CTENG in KS]

DAAAAAAAMN, you weren't kiddin about that rust, huh?
For that front frame, there is this crap at home depot called hammertone paint.  Comes in black and grey and a couple other colors.  Any case, it is textured and the additive for the texture is a gluey substanse.  It bonds to everything, you can paint it right over rust.  Might want to grab a couple cans, it goes a long way, and hit as much of that fram as you can, at least stop the damage from getting any worse.  I'd be scared to grind all that off, might not be any truck left when you got done!

[Matty]

all the rust is gone except for the rust that is on my floorboards, the truck has been restored, i redid the frame, found all the weak spots and welded plates in all over it, and coated the out of it, its solid as hell now, and in those pics was only surface rust and body rust the major stuff is taken care of, the floorboards is the last place that i have found anything, but i wanted to know if there was replacement floor panels

[CTENG in KS]

Is it just the floor, or is the cancer into the structural part of the body mount?

[Matty]

the body mount on the actually frame is rock solid, the sheet metal on the floor in the cab that comes down and bolts to that is rotted out

sorry i would take pics but my camera took a bad spill and doesnt seem to want to work anymore

[CTENG in KS]

Yeah, I would stay away from the glass on that...I suppose the question is, are you comfortable welding sheet metal?  Probably a lot cheaper to get some 16-18G sheet metal and make the floors nice and beefy where they bolt to the mount.

[Matty]

alrighty then sounds good to me

my buddy had this idea because i was gonna cut some of the toe board out and the body mount area

that after cuttin the toe board part out to weld in angle iron around the perimeter of the hole, and then drill the lips that hang out on the angle iron and bolt like 1/4in maybe thicker plexy glass there so that you could see down at the tires, and it would take my rust problem out in the mean time

[MOB-40]

 

[bluerunner]

   keep on wheelin!

[4DEES]

   sweet truck! 

[Matty]

thanks...and

the cab getting lined

[CTENG in KS]

Everbody is lining the cabs these days...what is carpet passe?

I might do it, except that the runner has a lot of space to cover, and I have other devilishly clever plans for my "camper!"

Muuaaahahahahahha....muuaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[red]

bed liner is alot easier to clean than carpet. seals really good against water and all the offroad dirt u'll pick up. alot better than regular paint does

[Rocksurfer]

I used to just buy the base model rubber mat floor, but hey he wants what he wants.

[funkey pumkin]

my name is Greg Erickson i live in Kansas i own a 85 toy i have been rock crawlen about 6 mouth now and i love it. thanks to Duane Thurlo from TECHTAFAB I have been drag racing on drit now for many years now i just love rock crawlin and have met a lot of great peaple

[Rocksurfer]

Dang it, more bleed-over from other threads.

[mudmaster]

  I don't get it!