Author Topic: a few of my built Toyotas........... (Read 9500 times)

webilt · « **on:** Dec 28, 2005, 10:48:15 PM »

I have had fun in the last 6 years building Toyotas,(actually owned a 1981Toyota 4wd longbed new in 1981,, and an 834wd shortbed new in 83,, than I strayed a little!!), until 1999 when I decided that the 1955 CJ-5 Jeep I had built was just not cutting it,!!,, the build was fun (D44s front/rear/lockers/ full rewire/3.8 v-6/t-98,/35s,ect........but after heading down Caddalic Hill on the Rubicon one rainy afternoon on 5/99, and hearing over the C.B. that there was a group heading up,, we pulled over, my Wife and 2 daughters were wrapped in plastic garbage bags and blankets to stay warm/dry (I had a very limited heater, no wipers, and a leaky soft top) as we waited for the vehicles to pass by I noticed that they were 3, Toyota's,, 2, 4runners, and a Extracab,,,,, they all waved as they passed by,, theywere wearing tee shirts and I could hear the stereo's playing,, as I looked over at my family sitting/shivering, waving back,!!!

we finished the weekend at the Springs,, and headed home,, that is where I found yet another crack in my elderly 1955 frame,,!,, the next weekend while at work I visited a local used car lot at the local College,, and focused on a shinny 1988 4Runner,,!!,, I meekly called my Wife and suggested what I thought was going to end my marrage!! (sell the Jeep that I had put soo much time/$$ into and buy/build a Toyota 4Runner),, I waited for the yelling to start,,,,,,,but what I heard was a very calm ""OH MY GOD, THAT iS THE BEST THING YOU HAVE THOUGHT OF IN A LONG TIME !!!, I HATE THAT JEEP,!!)

So it was on,, I immediatly sold the Jeep, (a friend had been eyeing it for awhile),,(not sure why?),, so I bought the 1988 Toyota V-6 4Runner and started my first SAS. in Nov1999, (have since done 7 sas's),,I called up Marlin and he hooked me up with all the parts for a dual cased 23 spline crawler, mated to the V-6!!,( His Brother actually hand delivered it to me on Thanksgiving Day) , that Runner lasted until I completly destroyed it back in 2004,, in which my newest rig build is the current 1990 4cyl 4-door Runner,,, and now I cannot own enough Toyotas.!!

here are a few pic's of my Toyotas,, starting with the 1st fleet as of 2.5 years ago,, than the current fleet (with the exception of the 94 4-door in the back yard waiting for my 15 year old daughter to get her licence) 8)

webilt · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 28, 2005, 10:53:00 PM »

here is the 88 in it's prime

webilt · « **Reply #2 on:** Dec 28, 2005, 11:02:52 PM »

my 85 extracab,(on the left) fullwidth D44/14 bolt, 40s and GM TBI 350/700R4,, and my good friends son's high School Senior year project (87 extra cab D44/D60 triple t-cases and 39.5 TSLs,

webilt · « **Reply #3 on:** Dec 28, 2005, 11:14:54 PM »

and my latest project, the 90 Runner,,

flyin ryan · « **Reply #4 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 12:15:04 AM »

Nice looking toys, especially that 1990 runner. Never seen someone with so many solid axled yotas.

wa4x4 · « **Reply #5 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 12:41:18 AM »

That 90 runner is amazing...Makes me sad I sold my 94...I should have sas''d it.

BUBBA · « **Reply #6 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:39:01 AM »

WOW,nice toys.

Good work man.

webilt · « **Reply #7 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 07:00:33 PM »

Thanks, Guy's !!

just to make it fair,, here is a picture of the enfamous 55 Jeep!!

and my 1981 Toyota longbed with 38" Ground Hawgs back in 1982.

Oh,, and a picture of what I now think is totally Bling,!!,, but here is a rear view of my 1983 Toy with a total of """"26 shocks"""

but back in 1984 that was the "COOL" thing to do DOH!!!

crawlerdan · « **Reply #8 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 07:11:43 PM »

Quote from: webilt on Dec 28, 2005, 11:02:52 PM

my 85 extracab,(on the left) fullwidth D44/14 bolt, 40s and GM TBI 350/700R4,, and my good friends son's high School Senior year project (87 extra cab D44/D60 triple t-cases and 39.5 TSLs,

that looks like jacobs truck...yep thats his driveway so it must be

Hyena · « **Reply #9 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 07:54:56 PM »

How do you fit 26 shocks under a toyota? There wouldn't be any room for springs!

IronClad · « **Reply #10 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:04:53 PM »

you should show a pic of the 88 on the ole Cpeck MT's that hans bought from you !:D that thing looked mean with those

webilt · « **Reply #11 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:15:30 PM »

Quote from: IronClad on Dec 29, 2005, 08:04:53 PM

you should show a pic of the 88 on the ole Cpeck MT's that hans bought from you !:D that thing looked mean with those

I wish I still had those pictures,, but I lost all my saved pictures about a year ago, when I had some serious viruses attack my puter,!! I lost like 80k files,,,,

that was too fun having those 44s on my Runner I air'ed them down (actually pulled the cores),, and I could literally go anywhere in the snow,,, I climbed a snow bank about 10' high and as I crested it and ended up back on pavement I immediatly broke my short side stock D44 axle,,,,,

IronClad · « **Reply #12 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:25:00 PM »

damn that sucks that you dont have them anymore

those were some awesome pictures.. and those tires are still around.. they got sold to a guy in orland who is a bud of mine those tires were badass

IronClad · « **Reply #13 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:27:00 PM »

HELL YEAH I RULE !!!! http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108377

webilt · « **Reply #14 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 08:50:48 PM »

Quote from: IronClad on Dec 29, 2005, 08:27:00 PM

HELL YEAH I RULE !!!! http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108377

Ahh, Dude your awsome,!!!!
i forgot I had posted there,,, I now can save those in my new pic file,, THANKS,,!!!!!!!!!!!

gotrocks · « **Reply #15 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 09:28:14 PM »

wow I think you are as sick as I am. I've had 7 toys in the past 4 year. Got any more pics with those full widths on that ex cab and the runner on full widths

BigMike · « **Reply #16 on:** Dec 29, 2005, 10:03:13 PM »

wow..

webilt · « **Reply #17 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:08:32 PM »

Quote from: gotrocks on Dec 29, 2005, 09:28:14 PM

wow I think you are as sick as I am. I've had 7 toys in the past 4 year. Got any more pics with those full widths on that ex cab and the runner on full widths

I'm hitting up friends to try and gather up more pictures of my rigs,, that they might have,, I lost all pictures, when my computer couldnt recover form some seroius viruses awhile back,, I'll post them when they arrive,!!

RokCrawlinToy · « **Reply #18 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:12:03 PM »

You're runner is pretty friggin sick!!

David (4WDTOmag) and I were talking to you at the Roundup. You should talk to him about doing a writeup on it.

crawlerdan · « **Reply #19 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:13:42 PM »

hey jamie, is that the 44 toy /60 combo tat jacob had under your 88 runner?

webilt · « **Reply #20 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:45:22 PM »

Quote from: crawlerdan on Dec 30, 2005, 08:13:42 PM

hey jamie, is that the 44 toy /60 combo tat jacob had under your 88 runner?

the d44 front and Toy/D60 rear hybrid,, started life under my 88 Runner (the 1st set of axles I built) than I went 8-lug full width,, and built a 1979 Toyota longbed at which point we put the D44,Toy/D60 under that, and sold the truck to Jake (his 1st rig),, he than rolled/sold that truck and sold the axles to Aaron (gray 83 Toy) and we than built the set of 8-lug D44/ D60s to go under his blue extracab for his senior project,, rumor has it that he will be selling that truck ,, as soon as he installs the Warn shafts and CTM's

webilt · « **Reply #21 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:50:54 PM »

Quote from: RokCrawlinToy on Dec 30, 2005, 08:12:03 PM

You're runner is pretty friggin sick!! David (4WDTOmag) and I were talking to you at the Roundup. You should talk to him about doing a writeup on it.

I did talk to David at the Round-Up, (cool guy/cool Mag!

),, he did take down some info,, but I think he kind of wanted to be the 1st to show it in a mag,, but Brandon from Crawl Magazine had already did a photo shoot for a feature in the 1st issue of his mag,,about 2 weeks before,,,,

,,,,

crawlerdan · « **Reply #22 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 08:53:53 PM »

Quote from: webilt on Dec 30, 2005, 08:45:22 PM

the d44 front and Toy/D60 rear hybrid,, started life under my 88 Runner (the 1st set of axles I built) than I went 8-lug full width,, and built a 1979 Toyota longbed at which point we put the D44,Toy/D60 under that, and sold the truck to Jake (his 1st rig),, he than rolled/sold that truck and sold the axles to Aaron (gray 83 Toy) and we than built the set of 8-lug D44/ D60s to go under his blue extracab for his senior project,, rumor has it that he will be selling that truck ,, as soon as he installs the Warn shafts and CTM's

ya i know bout aaron, he was my neighbor for 12 years, he sold those axles to a kid at les schwab, tommy, who put um under a 92 x cab.
any way, runner looks great, i saw it when you brought it home, and man have you done alot!!

toybuilt · « **Reply #23 on:** Dec 30, 2005, 09:25:12 PM »

hey webilt its been a while, so will have to go wheelin when my trucks put back together. Heres how it sits as of now.

webilt · « **Reply #24 on:** Dec 31, 2005, 05:29:30 PM »

Hi Aaron;
Hey I might have a 4.3 in my future too,!!,, i have a neighbor who is giving away a 1992 Astro Van, with a SMPI 4.3,,, so now I just have to locate all the stuff to mate to my Turbo tranny!!

you truck looks like a theft recovery right now,!!!

toybuilt · « **Reply #25 on:** Dec 31, 2005, 10:42:30 PM »

The only thing thats holding me up is $$, of course. I hope to have my engine rebuilt and in my truck and have my 39.5x15x17 TSL's on my truck at the end of Feb

muddytaco · « **Reply #26 on:** Nov 05, 2008, 09:19:32 PM »

it would be awesome to be able to build so many rigs!!

KYOTA · « **Reply #27 on:** Nov 05, 2008, 10:52:32 PM »

Quote from: muddytaco on Nov 05, 2008, 09:19:32 PM

it would be awesome to be able to build so many rigs!!

I think this is a record, 3 year old bump

Jaime whats up? lets see the new one

TIMS89CRAWLER · « **Reply #28 on:** Nov 05, 2008, 11:26:32 PM »

thats tight though cause i never seen this...

jrock · « **Reply #29 on:** Nov 05, 2008, 11:37:11 PM »

Them's some nice trucks. It's okay to bring back oldies for a compliment.

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