dear tree: why did you fall on the tacoma?

[toyotaboy]

tree fell. on the truck. and no i have no clue what im doing so until i find a cab im workin at attempting to fix a cab lol. two pics show it on its way home and second is the progress thus far. got the door strait so the glass goes up and down smoothly now matching the cab to the door. jacked up the bed and the wheel wells popped right back up so all im gonna need is bedsides but wouldnt mind a complete bed if i could find one. any tips or suggestions would be great. trying to figure out where i could split this thing and morph on a new section of can instead of replacing the whole thing but dont really know where they separate... not sure what i want to do with it yet. probably sell it. its a v6 5spd and runs great. body was perfect until this and interior still is perfect.

[<MIKE>]

no insurance?

[toyotaboy]

guy i bought it off just had liability. still a clean title though.

[possume22]

turn it into a buggy

[<MIKE>]

you should part it out. what did you pay for it

[toyotaboy]

if i was rich and wasnt trying to buy a house i would go for it. not into registering and insuring 3 vehicles though. gotta get her fixed and sold most likely. not gonna part it out. someone might be able to talk me into buying it as a whole as it sits though.

[<MIKE>]

is it just body damage? did it affect the motor at all

[toyotaboy]

just body. motor still runs perfect and ac blows cold. drives down the road strait and handles perfect. just has a little lumposis in the roof and bed and a broken side window. the inner fender will push our just fine and a new fender will fix everything in the front.

[bleakhorizon]

throw a first gen runner body on it...lol

[Peterbuilt84]

Saw this on pirate http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=909417&highlight=tacoma
Kind of old, but may be worth a try

[toyotaboy]

haha thanks man... i almost bought that a while back! couldnt find it in my email anymore and hes local... thanks a million!

[Peterbuilt84]

No problem, really sucks what happened to your truck. Hope something works out.

[k-nutty]

that really sucks. was it frim wind?

[<MIKE>]

you shouldn't have any problems selling this then. i'm sure someone wants a 3.4 or a good platform for a buggy

[toyotaboy]

more work now. would still probably be interested in selling as a package deal to someone

[<MIKE>]

haha damn i wish i didn't just buy my new windshield

[toyotaboy]

you cant have this one anyways lol... i only have one good one... but i do have two complete interiors minus one set of buckets now. new one has power windows and whatnot out of a 99...

[THK Matt]

Whats your plans with it now TB?

[toyotaboy]

right now the plan is to scab on the front clip of the 96 onto the new cab and swap all the interior and wiring over as well... UNLESS.. someone wants to buy the 96 as it sits. id be willing to sell it as is. ive done the front clip stuff before and no its not too bad.. just a lot of time to make it just right. then comes the legality of vin numbers. i dont want it slavage so if i swap the whole cab then id have to swap the vin over or go get a salvage cert on it which defeats the purpose imo... it would make an awesome base for someone as a crawler givin the drivetrain is perfect and in all reality the cab now that its jacked out isnt horrific and someone with some patience could make it look good so if someone shot me a good offer id prob just get rid of it.

[<MIKE>]

well after you're done i'd like to know what you plan on selling off the 99 or throwing away. i might be interested in some of the interior parts that you don't use. if any.

[toyotaboy]

already put up a classified add