my 1st gen...1980 longbed

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

ya you will always see  at the lake when ya have one of these!!!



and we saw some good burnouts at the lake thanks to this too

[TheCookieMonster]

  ....did you get a pic of the road sunday

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

sure did all my burneys from the neon... reverse at 20mph str8 to 1st in the rev limiter

[toyotanner]

you need some bigger tires

[TheCookieMonster]

you need some bigger tires

...i need 40s

more progress on the crossmember ....all cut, drilled and ready







tacked together




getting closer

[Jud]

looks good.

[TheCookieMonster]

looks good.

thanks....it will look a lot better once its in the truck and i have a flatbelly

[95SAS]

nice xmember. i need to build me one.

[TheCookieMonster]

well i finially got motivated any started my flatbelly

some pics before i started  old crossmember








floor before the grinder came into play







old crossmember out finially



the new one i built installed



chipped the rubber crap off the floor and drew  a line to follow while cutting





and then





as you can see the front of my tranny was already resting on the floor in the stock position...this happened when i swapped in the 5 speed a while back



so more  was needed





then i jacked everything up and found this



so



some more lifting and wala



FLATBELLY









still need to cut the back section of the tunnel to be able to get a driveline to that flange




then i got the crossmember all burned together







more to come tommorrow stay tuned

[toyotanner]

sweet man everything looks sweet how's the exhaust looking like its gonna turn out?

[TheCookieMonster]

sweet man everything looks sweet how's the exhaust looking like its gonna turn out?

its gonna be pretty tight....ill probably take it to the exhaust shop and have someone run a whole new piece to the back. there isnt very much room between the new crossmember and the floor. ill figure somethin out. hopefully i can get it all in there today. we'll see

[toyotanner]

yeah when i do my flatbelly i was like yeah im gonna take it to an exhaust shop but then i would have to put a cat on my truck and they are $$$

[TheCookieMonster]

i dont need a cat here ...they'll put exhaust on without it. i got more progress today im just too tired to upload pics....after drilling 16 1" holes through the frame my arms feel like rubber ...ill post up tmr

[TheCookieMonster]

so here is some more for ya

tabs cut out and sleeves for frame cut


test fitting to get tabs in the right spot


tacked on


all welded




back in once again


marking spots for the holes


inside holes drilled...what a pita that was



had to lift the cab up to drill the outside holes....wasnt as bad as the inside holes...crunched my rain gutters with the tow strap




and finially..sleeves are welded







installed again...just need to get some bolts for the frame


i need to move my fuel pump back a lil ways


heres what i got for exhaust room....right around 3" in the tight spot


front shot


motor sits just right



a little close to the fan



need to cut this down


so thats what i got done for the weekend. next is all the sheet metal work

[Tallchevy]

That's look'n sweet 

[TheCookieMonster]

That's look'n sweet 

thanks man ...hopefully ill get some more done tonite. i got all my hardware at lunch to bolt the crossmember to the frame. ill get that on after work and hopefully get the rear driveline back in

[toyotanner]

stop with the progress your making me look bad

[Jud]

Lookin good! 

[Gittinit]

Nice and beefy. I just wish I could see all the pics. Its prolly just my crappy old puter though.

[TheCookieMonster]

stop with the progress your making me look bad

thanks for the good words fellas

Nice and beefy. I just wish I could see all the pics. Its prolly just my crappy old puter though.

are my pics not showin up ...can everyone else see them

oh yea i got some more done tonite also....havent got any pics yet tho

[Jud]

I can see them all they just tale a while to load.

[toyotanner]

i can see them

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

pics work fine for me but my crappy computer at work takes forever to load them up!

[TheCookieMonster]

ya its probably because there are about 70 pics on that page

[toyotanner]

well if you need a new bed let me know.... i got a blue long bed that i bought for 100 bucks  i comp cut it and decided to go another route

[TheCookieMonster]

what kind of shape is it in? does it have a tailgate??? i may be interested because my bed is pretty hammered

[toyotanner]

it does have a tailgate... its actually in pretty good condition. if you were to bob it it would be a damn near perfect bed because it has little surface rust spots but its on the back half.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

  he needs it for sure! this one is pretty hammered on..

[TheCookieMonster]

it does have a tailgate... its actually in pretty good condition. if you were to bob it it would be a damn near perfect bed because it has little surface rust spots but its on the back half.

sweet man ...how much you want for it? i would bob it for sure. that would be sweet to have a tailgate so my crap dont fly out the back as eazy ...let me know ill take it

[toyotanner]

100 bucks would be nice just what i paid for it. i comp cut it clean too. no sawzall crooked line haha