The Eyesore

[CumminsDZL]

Hey guys, been a lurker forever, finally decided to post up some pics of my junk.  82  Swb pickup, bought almost 3 years ago, been an ongoing process of building it and wheeling it.

Current specs are:
Truck
1982 Toyota Short Wheel base Pickup

Engine
Stock Completely Rebuilt 22R less than 5000 miles on it i would say
missing catalytic converter, and all emisions equipment
thrush glasspack

Drivetrain
Stock and worn out L45 4 speed tranny, 3.93 first gear
dual 2.28 transfer cases with marlin MC07 adapter, 23 spline through out
square driveshafts front and rear
4.10 gears front and rear
aussie locker front
welded rear
36x12.50x15 TSLs on 15x8 black steelies, 3.75" backspacing
1.5" Marlin wheel spacers

FRont Suspension
stock 83 toyota rear springs
budbuilt banana shackles
trail gear greasable shackle bolts
Bilstein 5150 piggyback resovior shocks, 12" travel

Rear Suspension
Stock rear leaves
downey 1.5" lilft shackles
8" travel Skyjacker shocks moved inward up top

Interior
no dash
no heat
no a/c
stock 82 gauge cluster
Sunpro Tach
Sunpro Volt guage
SR5 steering wheel
Honda Accord seats
Radio Shack bobo CB with firestick

Body
BEAT UP worse than yours
no front fenders
no doors
no windshield
no back window
21" of frame and bed cut off the rear
2.5" square tubing rear bumper with d ring
Bed cage by unbreakeable fab, tied into bedsides, frame and rear bumper

Misc.
Kongs high steer, 1.75" DOM tie rod and draglink, 1 ton chevy tie rod ends, 1" thick steering arms
Marlin Diff guard in front
Trail Gear u bolt flip kits front and rear
Trail Gear shock hoops[/b]




In the beginning


Then


Wheeled for about a year like that.  33s, welded rear and some longer shackles, did pretty good.





The we added the dual cases, the bedcage, and lots of dents





More coming, hold on

[CumminsDZL]

Then one of my neighbors decided they didnt like the truck sitting in the driveway.  They left a note on the front door of my house saying "please move the truck, its an eyesore."  Well that pissed me off quick so i decided i would give them an eyesore.  Painted it right on the side and parked it in the front yard all weekend long.  Never heard another word out of them, and still to this day dont know who wrote the note.




The name sorta stuck, and from that day foward the truck has been named the Eyesore.

While installing the dual cases, my buddy Shawn (metalmangler) had to do his "statue of Marlin" pose





Then i added some 33x12.50 boggers out back




Took the front fenders off to narrow her down a little











More to come

 

[MiniSimp]

Nice reply to the note!

Exactly what I would have done!

[DTB]

thats bad-ass 

[fordh8r]

Nice reply to the note!

Exactly what I would have done!

X2  





I don't care who you are that's some funny     right thar.    

[CumminsDZL]

Then it was time for a little diet for the 'sore....Removed the entire dash, heater core, a/c, everything


Filled and entire 50 gallon trash can with useless crap from the interior.  Also found the best (most fun) way to remove the crap from under the headliner....FIRE



Extended the wiring to the dash cluster and mounted it in the middle



Cut up an old steering wheel and made a little switch panel



Put down a nice rubber mat to cover my cancer problem



By this time, the body was starting to show the signs of rough wheeling.  Really started fitting the name given to it



Slapped on some new paint, and it looked a little "better" i guess

[CumminsDZL]

Last wheeling trip with push pull steering and stock springs







Bye bye crappy steering and stock springs, hello Kongs crossover, and factory rears with budbuilt shackles








Flexed pretty good after that.  Still stock springs in the back, but man they sure do stuff good

[Duffil]

[CumminsDZL]

Suffered some pretty nice bed damage at Tellico. 


I was getting sick of the rear end of my truck stopping me from going places.  IT was getting hung up on every trip.  So off it comes....21"s to be exact





The wife approves






Then from this


to this, 36x12.50x15 tsls





Then i had to make them fit.  It looks a little funny with the rear of the fenderwells cut out, but it was the only way to give my tires the room they need to work.





Notice how the truck now sits level with about 150lbs of bed and bumper off its back.  Still factory rears in the back with a 1.5" lift shackle

[CumminsDZL]

Added some bling bling LEDs with some dualie lights in the middle for a little flava




You can see how we shortened the bumper to make it work with the bob job.  We notched out the frame above the shackle mount so the bumper would sit flush with the end of the frame










Putting those stock birfs to the test

[CumminsDZL]

Playing on big piles of rocks





Some pics of our last trip out




Had a little issue here


And how she sits right now.  Painted the cage green on a whim.  Doing a few things to get her cleaned up for the fall.  I'll add some freshened up pics in the next few days


I would never had gotten this truck to where it is today without my friends.  Many of them are on here, and the rest hang out at NCTTORA.com. 

[DTB]

got sliders? 
 

hey, u know bubba? Im on NCTTORA too. 

[CumminsDZL]

I dont need sliders, i've the factory dent package which includes high clearance rocker panels.  As you can see they are actually higher than the top of the frame rail

[kiyul4130]

time to boat side that homeboy

[Yoat Goat]

Then one of my neighbors decided they didnt like the truck sitting in the driveway.  They left a note on the front door of my house saying "please move the truck, its an eyesore."  Well that pissed me off quick so i decided i would give them an eyesore.  Painted it right on the side and parked it in the front yard all weekend long.  Never heard another word out of them, and still to this day dont know who wrote the note.

I would have done the same thing.

[fj40forlife]

I like it alot.


But I like how it use to look right here


 

[StretchASU]

Man...that is not an Eyesore...its a mudcrawler!

[jimbo74]

i bet your neighbors love it now... i think it looks sweet... its basically a truggy....

[AaronB]

well used!!!!

[CumminsDZL]

Thanks guys.  I love the way the truck used to look back in the day too.  Its funny that when i first started wheeling the truck i wished it would get more body damage so it would look like a real wheeler.....haha, i guess i accomplished my goal.

[coondogger]

Kyle................  You sure have smashed that thing all to in the last year and a half.  I like it!

[DAWGTOY]

hey man. bring that thing to brown mtn.
we'll run the squeze trail & see who we can
piss off.
id like to meet & ride with you sometime.
i don't know if my truck will go as good
as yours tho. oh i'm from nc also.

not yo daddy dawg

[CumminsDZL]

Dawg you're crazier than you look.  You know as well as i do that half the damage on that thing came from the "brown mountain squeeze"

Is everything on the Dawgmobile ready for your big trip?

[82rustbeast]

Obviously, your neighbors dont get the Beauty of that "Eyesore"    Dont worry none of my family and friends get it with mine either.

[CumminsDZL]

've been busy this past week. I havent posted up any pictures because most of the work hasnt been very picture worthy, so i'll just posted pictures of the finished product.

Degreased and powerwashed the engine. All oil and grease is now gone.

Painted the entire undercarriage, the bumpers, and the wheels with some fresh gloss black.

Painted the entire body with fresh flat black

Painted the cage "eyesore green"

Bought new headlights since my old ones got trashed at Whipporwill.

Took the grille off, cut two sections off of each side of it so its now only about a foot wide. Moved the headlights in next to the new narrow grille so they wont get hit anymore. They now sit in narrower than the bumper. I also took the factory "Toyota" emblem and moved it to the middle of the new small grille. I have it zip tied in place for right now, just didnt have any screws like i needed to mount it right.

Took starter off and had it rebuilt. Buddy of mine that owns a starter shop did it for free.

Changed the engine oil and filter

New spark plugs and plug wires

Relocated the wiring harness that used to go across the dash to under the hood against the fire wall. The cab is much cleaner and simpler now. No wires running all over the place.

Removed the factory gauge cluster i had mounted under the dash. The speedo stopped working and i always wanted to know an actual temperature for the engine, not just a needle between "C" and "H"

Removed the healight switch, and windshield wiper switch off the column.

Removed all three of my rock lights, and the dually lights off the back. I dont hardly ever use them and they are just not needed.

Wired my CB to come on with my ignition, no more leaving it on and draining the battery.

Cut the factory wiring harness to peices. I cut off every wire that was not needed in the cab and under the hood. I was sick of wires going everywhere and looking like crap. I filled up three trash bags of factory wiring and wiring i had added in the past.

Installed a new switch for the headlights, and one switch for the charging system.

Installed a new mechanical water temperature gauge.

Im sure there are other things but thats about all i can think of right now.

[CumminsDZL]

]New gauges and swtiches.  the wiring you see is all the wiring that is in the cab.  Its hard to make it look but so clean when you dont really have a dash to hide wiring behind.





New grille and lights.  Its a little ugly, but at least i wont kill a light everytime i go out now


New paint job.  I stopped the green where the cage meets the bed in the back.  Figured that would make touching the paint up a little easier.

[DTB]

wow! it looks....brand....new....

[82juguete]

That shot from the rear is screaming "dovetail" to me...Ever consider it? 

[CumminsDZL]

That shot from the rear is screaming "dovetail" to me...Ever consider it? 

Everytime i look at it.  A few weeks ago i was gonna pull the bed off and re do the cage and build a tube bed, but decided against it.  I will do something with the rear eventually, but for now i am spending my money and time on things that make the truck "go" better.  The width of the bed never stops me from going somewhere, its so short it rairly ever gets hung up.

But yes to answer your question, i would love it if the main bars coming off the hoop tied into the bumper about as wide as the frame, i would love to dovetail it in that far.

[UNBREAKABLE]

Yep, I built this bed cage too....and eventually Kyle will let me hack into dovetailing it too