my 1st gen...1980 longbed

[TheCookieMonster]

there we go 

got an update. hopefully the last time i need to put these in 







the time has come



stuffed in their holes



and back together again. hopefully the last time for a while



here is what i did to get the tailgate working. the stock mounts in the bed were toast and all the bolts were broke off inside the rusty holes. so i hacked them out and made some little flanges 



welded to the frame



painted the gate with some halfway matching color. works for me



thats it for now

[twistedtoy92]

lookin good!

[pumkin toy]

longs are sweet!  Is it going to cause any problems with the tailgate mounts welded to the frame instead of the bed?  the bed and frame move seperate from each other.

[TheCookieMonster]

Thanks guys

longs are sweet!  Is it going to cause any problems with the tailgate mounts welded to the frame instead of the bed?  the bed and frame move seperate from each other.

i dont think there will be any issues. the hinges themselves have a lot of play in them so that should take up any movement between the two. ive takin it out once since the gate has been mounted and havent noticed anything yet??

[pumkin toy]

thats  good ou dont have any problems with it

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Longs man, nice i need a set so bad too! The yota gate looks sick all painted up to. Go buy more of that paint and paint the whole truck dude, would be killer man. Then go scratch it!! HA HA

[89sastoyo]

Hey man when are we gonna go wheelin??

[TheCookieMonster]

Longs man, nice i need a set so bad too! The yota gate looks sick all painted up to. Go buy more of that paint and paint the whole truck dude, would be killer man. Then go scratch it!! HA HA

thanks man, so glad i finally got longs in there. been wanting those for a long time now.

Hey man when are we gonna go wheelin??

im not planning on going again til the end of next month for memorial day weekend. me and a bunch of other guys are going to central oregon to hit swartz canyon and groundhog. get some people together and head over, should be well worth it.

[sixstringsteve]

Your truck is just right!  Thanks for posting this thread, it's keeping me motivated to get through my build.

[SloCrawler]

Looking good. Did you have to add shims when you did RUF?

[Early]

Dang, finished your thread, looks sick. Dig the front axle / belly/ dove.

Used but super clean for used.

[TheCookieMonster]

Your truck is just right!  Thanks for posting this thread, it's keeping me motivated to get through my build.

Thanks i appreciate it 

Looking good. Did you have to add shims when you did RUF?

i didnt "have to" but i did because i had them already and i figured it wouldnt hurt. the pinion angle is pretty bad without them in there with my flatbelly so that helped a little. i think i could run it without them and not have problems, but i stuck them in anyway 

Dang, finished your thread, looks sick. Dig the front axle / belly/ dove.

Used but super clean for used.

Thanks man.

went to  Browns on saturday and had a good time. the truck did good but it was a little wet and my tires are damn near bald, they werent hookin up very good. ran mini rubicon, crushers, firebreak, airplane hill, and tried getting into upper crushers but couldnt make it. only made it about a 1/4 the way up airplane hill also. rocks were really slick, but it was a blast. my buddy has pics on his camera ill try to get on here soon. o ya also a dirtbiker decided to ride on the left side of the road up by crusher and came around a blind corner and collided with my front bumper as we were going down the hill. that was crazy, he fucked up his leg pretty bad and hammered his bike, the bike was wedged under my front axle . so we had to load his bike and him up in the back of my truck and take him back to his rig at browns. i think he learned a pretty good lesson. other than that ordeal i had a great time

[gtoyonrocks]

I like your truck, that's sweet. I have always liked the way the first gens looked. Someday I'll build me one.

[TheCookieMonster]

I like your truck, that's sweet. I have always liked the way the first gens looked. Someday I'll build me one.

thanks

here some pics from browns from a couple weeks ago

[pumkin toy]

nice pics man, looks like fun!

[NITE KRAWLERS]

Nice pics for sho, looks fun! Two mini's to i see... NICe ha ha

[TheCookieMonster]

not much new here... did put some lights on my front bumper and got a trailer box for for storage in my bed. finally got all my junk and spare parts out of my cab that were rolling around. its nice to have a little room inside the cab now !!

[FatBarry]

Good looking truck man, any updates?

[TheCookieMonster]

not really any updates, i did get a new windshield put in. other than that ive just been abusing it whenever i get a chance. last trip was over at the dunes a couple months ago ended up ripping one of the fittings out of my front brake line launching it   and breaking the bottom caps on both my front shocks... good times. i got a dirtbike now so most my attention has been on it lately  

[ryantowry_81]

good looking truck! i have never been a fan of blue trucks but i think first gens in that light blue are SWEET!

keep up the good work.