Bigbs budget beater 83'

[BigBs84]

that thing is badass! keep up the good work man. thanks for the inspiration.

Glad to have inspired you and thanks for the complement.

[BigBs84]

So I got the front fenders bent up, brakes plumbed, and the back seat mounted. What do ya think ?

[BigBs84]

Oh I also changed the rear springs to a chevy 54" main leaf mixed with some s-10 springs and now it is level and feels much more stable and still inboarded

[BULFYTR]

  :smokin:LOOKS GOOD READY TO GO PLAY SOON

[toyotanner]

i like it.  looking good

[BigBs84]

  Thanks guys

[CE_TX]

Great fab work!   

I will be watching to see how your 63s do with them inboarded.  I've got them on the back of mine and have been wanting to inboard them also for more flex.  Do you have any pics of how you did the front mounts?

[toyotanner]

Great fab work!  

I will be watching to see how your 63s do with them inboarded.  I've got them on the back of mine and have been wanting to inboard them also for more flex.  Do you have any pics of how you did the front mounts?

i believe he said he traded them out for some 54" chevy springs

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Another first gen build sweet.

[CE_TX]

i believe he said he traded them out for some 54" chevy springs

True, but they are still inboarded and I would like to see his front mounts that he fabbed for inboarding them.

[BigBs84]

Thanks guys but sorry man I dont have any pics here of the inboard I will try to take some pics of it for you. And yes I went to the 54" pack and it feels much better than with the 63"

[BigBs84]

Alright so I won some twins from the T.G. run and I got them installed and I built my trans mount using frame tubes and a FROR center section Oh and I half a$$ primed the rear section.

[BULFYTR]

 

[BigBs84]

This thing keeps telling me the file is to big and I already resized my pics so I dont know wtf!

[BigBs84]

So I built my driveline and got the rear end clocked and I took it for its first drive with its new crawler status lot of little stuff to be done but it moves and I am super stoked. Here is a pic finnally out of the garage.

[BigBs84]

So here is some pics of the suspention getting cycled this weekend

[BigBs84]

and Whittie showing male domenece

[GJToyotabug]

nice dude i love the first gen and the bobed runner

[BigBs84]

Thanks man but it is a truck, but I do get that alot

[GJToyotabug]

oh dang! i saw the topper on it and made it look like a runner but still really nice

[madhunt]

another runner comment( ha ha) i love it when people call whittie a runner.

[madhunt]

bump for an update??

[ninja turtle]

and Whittie showing male domenece

whittie needs to learn respect for his elders 1st gens rule!

[BigBs84]

 

[BigBs84]

well here are some updates. Tranny tunnel, the exhuast fit through the cross member as planed, you can kind of see the seat bracket I made it goes from slider to slider and has a hump over the trans.(he said hump) oh and I finnaly got my power steering stuff but have yet to install it. All I need now is some money to complete this thing
Things Needed still
long slip for front
rear shocks
material for skid plate
1 set of 5.29's works without but would rather have
complete welding on the cross member
I think that is all the main stuff all the rest is just cosmetic

[ninja turtle]

  sick. i like how you tied the sliders together. what'ca thinking for the skid?

[BigBs84]

thanks. most likely 5/16 or 1/4 " plate frame rail to frame rail. Oh and I forgot to mention the battery has been relocated and is on top of the trans. tunnel in front of the shifters

[ninja turtle]

ahh, thats your battery. i thought you made ducting or something.

[1981_toy]

lookin good i want a first gen...

[toyotanner]

thanks. most likely 5/16 or 1/4 " plate frame rail to frame rail. Oh and I forgot to mention the battery has been relocated and is on top of the trans. tunnel in front of the shifters

i dont think i've ever seen the battery mounted there before. any advantage or just something you wanted to do?