Author Topic: tom's '82 build: Long Live The Minuteman Buildup... (Read 23363 times)

mado13 · « **Reply #60 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 01:01:46 PM »

sweet looking rig... im doin a 1st gen build while in school too... sure makes things a little harder!
sick rig though!

DTB · « **Reply #61 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 01:54:20 PM »

nice clean work

i likey

tom w. · « **Reply #62 on:** Jan 13, 2007, 02:21:10 PM »

thanks

tom w. · « **Reply #63 on:** Jan 22, 2007, 03:56:58 PM »

got some things done today (thanks to my brother)

first off, we got the crossmember done...

and finished

and we got the steering just about knocked out

that's all for today. we should be able to get the front done on saturday. we'll see.

DTB · « **Reply #64 on:** Jan 22, 2007, 04:10:14 PM »

that crossmember is bad arse..good work

tom w. · « **Reply #65 on:** Jan 22, 2007, 04:20:41 PM »

haha that's all thanks to my brother. but i appreciate the comments.

6.72:1 · « **Reply #66 on:** Jan 28, 2007, 01:43:53 AM »

Lookin' good!

Keep up the good work!

And that cross-member looks nice and sturdy!

tom w. · « **Reply #67 on:** Mar 13, 2007, 10:09:51 AM »

update:

it finally moves on its own power.

and halfway painted.

got my goodyear 33's mounted and balenced,
driveline shortened, ujoints replaced,
front shocks mounted/welded up,
front hanger welded (still needs bracing),
and rear tube work started, which includes rear shock mounts.

almost there.

6.72:1 · « **Reply #68 on:** Mar 17, 2007, 05:13:29 PM »

Looking good!

tom w. · « **Reply #69 on:** Mar 18, 2007, 07:51:09 AM »

Quote from: 6.72:1 on Mar 17, 2007, 05:13:29 PM

Looking good!

i wish you'd get somethin' done, man. i really want to see your truck finished.

THE SHEER MAGNITUDE

tom w. · « **Reply #70 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 10:16:18 AM »

mm tubework...

my air tank

DTB · « **Reply #71 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:41:28 PM »

that looks really really nice.

i love roll cages like that in the stock bed pimp

86bobbedtoy · « **Reply #72 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 01:46:31 PM »

hay hay lookin better

tom w. · « **Reply #73 on:** Mar 19, 2007, 02:13:37 PM »

thanks guys.

maybe one day i'll actually drive it...

6.72:1 · « **Reply #74 on:** Mar 24, 2007, 08:13:42 PM »

Quote from: tom w. on Mar 18, 2007, 07:51:09 AM

i wish you'd get somethin' done, man. i really want to see your truck finished.

THE SHEER MAGNITUDE

Fear not my friend, one day, one day...but not today....

THE SHEER MAGNITUDE WILL RIDE!

tom w. · « **Reply #75 on:** Mar 26, 2007, 09:52:26 PM »

weeeeeee

rear tube work done - minues some bracing and paint...

air tank mounted, just ordered a couple things from ebay to finish it up...

and... mounted a couple lights on the front.

tom w. · « **Reply #76 on:** Apr 08, 2007, 05:33:41 PM »

well it's pretty much as good as it's gonna get for a while.

finished my on board air, built a front driveline, mounted a couple ammo cans in the bed, put in some some speakers, deck, amp and a JL 12 inch sub, put on the steering stabilizer, and took a couple pictures to look at.

not as impressive as some of the trucks on here, but i'm more than happy with it.

one of the only problems. but when the spring just starts to go negative, there's actually still about an inch between. probably be a good idea to bump stop it anyways.

nothin' crazy, but it'll work for me.

rocktoy83 · « **Reply #77 on:** Apr 08, 2007, 07:04:29 PM »

well its looking good

tom w. · « **Reply #78 on:** Apr 08, 2007, 07:34:25 PM »

well thanks

tom w. · « **Reply #79 on:** Apr 19, 2007, 12:21:55 PM »

well i've been driving it for a couple weeks now, finally figured it up and i'm getting about 15 miles to the gallon.

i'm real happy with everything but the motor and the interior, so... as soon as i sell my weatherby .270 i'll be buying a timing chain kit for a 22RE i've got, and new gauges for the interior.

the plan is to put in the 22RE and RE wiring harness, splice in the lights, put in the tilt wheel steering column from the '87 i got the motor and stuff from, build an interior cage, tie it into the bed cage, and then custom dash and everything.

and maybe hopefully in the future a locker, gears and tires....

MiniSimp · « **Reply #80 on:** Apr 19, 2007, 01:13:26 PM »

Do yourself a favor before you break it, rotate that steering stabilizer mount up so the nuts are on top, it's a serious rock hanger right now.

tom w. · « **Reply #81 on:** Apr 19, 2007, 02:40:44 PM »

will do, thanks.

tom w. · « **Reply #82 on:** Apr 27, 2007, 07:09:19 PM »

my parents are going to utah to visit the fam, and are bringing back an audi turbo diesel for me...

82juguete · « **Reply #83 on:** Apr 27, 2007, 11:31:38 PM »

Hey, im thinking about starting a cage in the back of my 82, and want to make it removable, with mounting flanges and stuff, poking up through the bedfloor, a lot like yours. I was wondering, for the main hoop behind the cab, since it's base is wider than the framerails did you just run some tube out from the side of the frame, do a ninety degree bend, and pop it up through the bed closer to the bedsides? I've just been thinking about it and wondering if there was any other way...

tom w. · « **Reply #84 on:** Apr 28, 2007, 06:50:24 AM »

yep, that's what we did. we were also thinkin' about doin' it like the shock hoops, run a tube straight out, and then put the hoop on top of that. but i think this was the easiest/best looking way.

82juguete · « **Reply #85 on:** Apr 29, 2007, 06:40:49 PM »

Yea...I think thats what I will end up doing eventually,,, either that, or see if it would work out to install some sliders, and then run the main hoop off of one of the lateral conntecting tubes for the sliders... it would have to line up with where I want the cage to be though, or Id have to just add an extra one.... anyway, cool... thanks for the response and the pic.

tom w. · « **Reply #86 on:** Apr 29, 2007, 07:16:31 PM »

no problem dude

tom w. · « **Reply #87 on:** Apr 30, 2007, 04:32:50 PM »

turns out it's a VW 1.9 TD...

86turboyota · « **Reply #88 on:** Apr 30, 2007, 07:03:50 PM »

what are your plans for that?

tom w. · « **Reply #89 on:** May 01, 2007, 07:40:47 AM »

get it in there as soon as possible, and then see what i can do to tune it up. right now i'm still researching what it's going to take to put it in there.

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